The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-03-20

And were---Yeas Sc--Says GO. 49,
The question on the bills oeing ear -ossed
FOR \ third res,!,ny was dcci,.ed, without de-
bate--ye;,s 67--Nays 50.
GUAR TER Nl..Sli E<.s DEPARTMENT..
On lion then made, the House resolved
Itself into "A ccn,mit;ce OF she whole, M.
BAsskTT in tie char. on the bin ter es,ab-
fishing q Quar,er-siasJer's Department, &
for other purposes together with the "a
merdmcnts reported by the committee OF
the House. [rhis bin gees Co establish al
SO Il conmisss generals department., a
bclishing that Of Purycyor OF Public Sup
plie..l
Mr.. Roberts in the progress Of reading *
amending the bill, moved to strike out the
h section of the bill. which goes To abolish
the office of Purvcyor OF Public Supplies,
with an intention then to move recon-
mitment of the bill, assigning number of
reasons in support Of the motion, which we
have not room here to detail, but may no.
ticc hereafter.
The motion was opposed by Messieurs
Wright and lallmadge. and lost, ayes Is.
An Intellectual attempt was also made by
iHr. I.dcook to reduce the commiSsary ge
neral's salary from 5000 to 1000 dollars, the
present salary Of the Purveycr Of Public
Supplies, whose duties he is principally to
perform.
The committee went through the bill and
reported it to the Hsuse.
Mr.. Roberts moved that the report efthe
committee of the whole lie on the table as
the House was thin, the committee of For
eign Relations sitting. and the bill only this
morning laid before the House.
or. Urfght opposed the motion on the
ground of the urgency Of the business, the
want OF such department being now most
scriouly felt.
The molten was agreed to, 3S to 81.
And tho House adjourned to Monday.
Monday, March 16. 1912.
lkEPoRTEb FOR THE ALEXANDRIA GA.
zETTE.1
WI. Dawson from the committe to whom
was referred the proposed Constitution for
me state OF Louisiana, reporteda bill proyid-
ing FOR the admission ofthat state into the uni
on OH the same footing as the original states.
tead twice and'reterred to a committee of
the whole house.
Mr. Cheves from the committee on the
naval establishment to whom were referred
an act concerning the naval establishment.
with the amendments of the Senate thereto.
mace report recommending the. adoption
cl the two first amendments, and disagree
ing 70 the two last, in which the house con-
CURED.
An engrossed bill admitting the Mississip-
r. NNhAioiy TIC union as q State was
read third time and passed-Yeas 60.
Nays IS. 80
:. a message was received from the Senate.
returning the bill supplementary to an act
1or raising an additional military force with
amendments which the house adopted.-
Inc NEST important amendment leaves il
with the President to fix the rank of officers
without reference to date of commissions.
y. Inc tiousc took, up the report of the COM
mittee OF the whole on the bill establishing
saquarter-master's department. After ma.
king several amendments the house ordered
the whole to be eagrossed and read third
time Tomorrow.
The following message in writing was re-
ceived from the President, of the United
otates by Mr.. Coles his secretary.
10 me Sc1ate and House Of Representa- iu,cs
ofthe U. States.
lay before Congress a letter from the
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary OF Great Britain to the Secretary
of State.
= JAMES MADISON.
March 18th 1915.
The undersigned his Britannia Maicsty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pieni,,o
Tertiary to the u. States, has read in the
public papers of this city with the deepest
concern the message sent by the President Of
he u. States to Congress on the 9th inst.
ana the documents which accompanied it.
IN the utter ignorance of the undersigned
as 70 all the circumstances alluded to in
th0se documents, he can only disclaim most
solemnly on his own part, the having had
any knowledge whatever of the existence
oi such mission or OF such transaction as the
communication of Mr.. Henry refers to, and
express his conviction that from what he
knows OF those branches of his maiesty's go
vernment with which he is in the habit of
having intercourse, no countenance whate.
yer was given by them TO any schemes hos
tile to the internal tranquility of the United
States.
The undersigned however cannot but trust
that the American Government and the
congress OF the United States will take into
consideration the character of the jndiyidu-
al who has made the communication in
question and will suspend any further
judgement on its merits until the circum-
stances shall have been made known TO his
Majesty's Government.
The undersigned requests the Secretary
OF state to accept the assurance of his
highest consideration.
(Signed)
AUGS. ]. FOSTER.
UaShinSton, March II, 1912.
On motion of Mr. Newton the message 8.
documents were referred to the committee
OF foreign relations, and ordered to be prin
ted.
Adjourned.
DOMESTIC.