Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-11-16
Congress Of the United States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAr, 18th November, 1911.
CREpoRrED FOR THIS GAZETTE.

FRIDAY, l5fh November, 1911.
TREPoRTED FOR THIS GAZETTE.
Mr. Bassett and Mr.. Butler asked and OBJ
tanned leave to be excused from serving on
the committee of claims. Mr. Williams NOV
ed to reconsider the vote excusing those
members from serving: the committee of
claims was an unpopular one, he observed,
and it would be difficult to find any men,
bers willing to serve On it, if they could be
so readily excused.
Mr.. Bassett replied that such was the state
of his health, that he was utterly unable to
attend to the lsborious duties of chairman of
that committee, which he declared he would
not consent to undertake. for four thousand
dollars.
Mr.. Williams's motion was lost
Mr.. Rhea proposed the following resolu
ton: Resolved, that the committee on Indian
affairs be Instructed to enquire into TIE ex-
pediency of extending the laws of the U. S.
over those parts of the states and territories
of the U. S. to which the Indian title is not
cxtingnishesd, in such manner that all white
persons residing within such parts of states
and territories shall be liable to the operation
of the said laws. The object of this reso-
tuition is, to provide for the punishment of
fnurderers and others fleeing from Justice.
The resolution was ordered to lie on the
table.
Mr.. Quincy presented petition from Aaron
Baldwin. of Boston, praying the remission of
cours; law. Referred to the committee Of
commerce and manufactures.
Mr. Morrow, from the committee on public
lands, reported a bill extending the time for
opening the land Office in the territory of Or
leans Referred to committee of the whole
on Monday.
The house took mp Mr.. Rhea's resolution
Offered yesterday directing the committee
of commerce and manufactures to inquire into
the expectancy of encouraging all manufac-
lures Of hemp, fax and cotton (Which last was
today added on the suggestion of Mr.. M'Kim.
Mr. Little hoped the resolution would be
suffered to lie on the table for a few days, ia
order that it might be so amended as to en-
brace all manufactures, which he said it was
the duty of government to protect. Agreed
70, 5 to A.
Mr.. Jennings reported bill authorising the
laying out of public road from the line es-
tablished by the treaty of Grenville to the
north bend of the state of Ohio. Referred to
a committee of the whole on Tuesday.
The engrossed bill to alter the time of hold
ing one of the terms of the district court of
the United States for the district of Maine,
was read third time and passed.
Mr.. Minor said that the laws for the pro-
lection of American seamen were very de-
fective. The objec ofsuch laws ought 10 be
twofold-to protect bona fde citizens, and to
prevent abuses Of such protection by others.
He mentioned case which had occurred in
his district of an Italian, not twenty days in
the country, who obtained certificate of ma
turalization on the oath of person who swore
that he (the Italian) was born in Baltimore /;
and although the mans tongue betrayed him,
although the perjury was notorious and avow-