The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-11

tam resolution of the Legislature oE Ken
| lucky, expressive OF rheir appreciation OF the
course cf po,;cy pursued blythe general go
'crnii,cnt, 6 piedging their n'ost cordial sup
port.
On motion of Mr.. b. Hall, these resolu-
| tons, with those of Il similar nature rccciv
ed from other Legislatures, were referred
To the Committee OF Foreign Relations.
The 1heaAer also laid before the House,
4 memorial iroI, tho synod Of Kentucky.
sitting AT Lexington, praying for the repeal
or modification Of that l..utoI the post ONCE
laws which directs the carrying and open
ing tile mail OH tac Sabbath. except III eX-
traortlnary OCCASIONS Ordered to lie Oh
the table.
Mr.. Pickcas obtained leave of absence
For his colleague Mr.. Sawyer for the :cs-
SION, Oh account ot the low state Of his
health.
A bill from the Senate, to promote the
progress OF science and useful arts, WAS
twice read and referred TO sekct COM
mittee.
The bill for chasing and arn;ng the mi
lItia was read the third time and the ques-
ton being taken on the passage OF the bill,
it was negatived, So votes to SIS. The fol-
lowing were the Yeas and Nays,
NEAS.-Messes. Alstoa, Anderson, Ba-
ker, Bassett, Bbb, breckenridge, Calhoun,
Cheves, Clay, Cochran, Crawford, Dawson,
Dinsmoor, Earle, Fisk, Franklin, Green,
Grundy, b. Hall, q. Hall, Huf.y, johnson,
Kent, Key, King, Lacocls, Lefevcr, Lewis,
Little, Macon, Maxwell, Moore, M'Brydc,
Metcalf, Morgan, Morrow, Newbold, Orms-
by, Pickens, Ridgely, RinSgold, Roaue, Sage,
Seaver, Sewer, Shaw, Shelley, N:nilie, SteY-
art, Stow, Strong, Troup, Williams, Winh,
Wright-55. I'M
-NAYS.-Messrs. Archer, Bacon, Bard,
BigelOw, Bleeckcr, Boyd, Brigham, Brown,
Butler, Champion, Ch;ttendcn, Davenport.
Davis, Ely, Emott, Findley, Fitch, Ghoisun.
Gold, Goodwin, Gray, Harper, Halves,
Hyncman, Jackson, Law, Livingston, Lyle,
Milnor, Mitchill, Moscly, Nelson, Piper,
Pitkin, Peasants, Pond, Porter, Potter,
Reed, Rhea, Roberts, Rodman, Samm ons,
Seybert, G. Smith, Stanford, Sturges, Tag
CART, TallInadge, Taliaferro, Turner, Van
| Cortlandt, Wheaton. White, Whtchiil,
Widgery, Wilson-5B.
The bill supplementary to an act to raise,
tor limited time. an additional military
force, passed the -12th of April 1908, WAS
read the third time and passed.
| The bill making further appropriation
tor the defence of ourmaritime frontier, was
! read the third time ; and OH the question.
+" Shall the bill pass its third reading ,"
| Mr.. u. Hall called the ,sas and nays
upon the question. He stated that he had
two objections to the passage of this bill
the enc was, that the objects OH which the
expenditures were tn be made were not spe-
| cihed the other was, that in our present
circumstances, it would be improper, i'll his
opinion, to appropriate large a sum OF
money as ambition of dollars, to be cXpend-
ed at the discretion of the Secretary at War.
| lie thought the money could be more use
fully employed.
Mr.. Rhea also spoke against the passage
of the bill.
1t was defended by Messrs. Chepes
l4ifchfH, 1allnadge, Potter, Wright, Shcf:
|feY. and WidgeSy, who stated that the APP
preparation was called for by the proper
authority that New-York and Rhode
Island had been mentioned sby the Sec
rotary OF War as requiring a part of the
expenditure, but that the, appropriation
was Intended to be- left at large to be used
as the President of the u. States nigh,
think proper, and according to existing Cir
cunlStancss that it was impossible, at thi
time, to foresee what might be necessary il
this respect; and that the President, who
IS entrusted with the use of the military force
| OF the country, might very we'll be entrust-
ed with the expenditure OF this money, OIL
any part OF 1t, OH such Notifications as he
inight deemit necessary to erect or repair
The question on the passage of the bill
was carried, 90 to Is.
The unfinished business of yeste. law be.
ing. postponed,
/ On motion of Mr.. Bacon, the House went
into committee ofthe whole, NJ. Stanford
in the chair, on the bill making appropra
4 tons for the military establishment ct the
/ u. States for the year 1912 the bill max
ing appropriations for SIX companies o
mountain rangers, for the year 1912 anc
the bill making appropriations for the sup
r port OF an additional military force, for the
same period. The committee having fillet
up the blanks in the sc, eral bills, they were
reported to the House. The House took
them up, conCurred with the committee in
the amendments, and ordered the bills tt
be cngrossed for third reading tomorrow
On motion of Mr.. Bacon, the Hose again
resolved itself into a committee OF the whole
Mr.. Nelson In the chair, on the bill ma.
king appropriations for the support of .lt
navy for the year 1912. The comr.itte,
having gone through the bill, reported it to
the House with amendments. I'he Hous,
considered the amendments, agreed to them
and ordered the bill to third rcatlne Oh
tomorrow.
When the. committee Of the whole came
to fill up the blank which contains al
appropriation iacluding "forage for SUR
lhr. u. x. It'iHiams moved to strike on
this item. lie knew no occasion that Off
GERS of marines had for. for4ge He cons
dercd it wAstc!ul hpeDdjtal'c.
Messrs. Ba$ssH and LITE said these
marines were emploed on land as well "a.
at 3ea, add were sometimes called from