Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-02-12

prefenl attempts 70 train thean were AZ
tended vith great expsnfc AID thar inc
people would never content 10 place inc
great power contemplated by this motion
IN the hands III the Executive Mr. 1.
took tins location to difputc what has
been frequently advanced, that zen
Wilmington had approved the Plan iuo
mitred y Coagrefs il '79o, by Zen
Enox. then secretary of War bur that
Gen W Ellington mad fimPy fept i to
Concreis, without expecting ei'h-r p
i probauon " difap2robation. Mr.. liar
( ri6s replied u Nr. Poke ring's remarks,
and referred to Documents and oFher tes'
tinoly. Ky eitablLlh the fact thar the plan
+ for ctaainr and diiciptning the militia,
drawn up 6y Gen. knox, had been ianc-
toned BY the judgment OF Gen. Vain
iug,ou and laid further, as 70 the pop
ulaTrv of he notion, BE- was ready 20
take Il cn uieil and was willing ms
popularity III 10 be facritced IN a'tenP
ting TO accomplish an sbjec Of iuch wal
! importance u the cauatry, &c. he
refolution was, on motion of MIR. faacey,
laid on he table
A Report from the Trea(ury, giving
the Taft annual ftatement Of the ExP2rff
Of the u. S. was received, and laid on
the table.
A motion was made by MIR Yanc-y for
Lereafag he d4ty on foreign lPirits. The
Houie then ook up the
NAYTGA1ION BILL,
and pafrcd the fame 10 third and final
reading. without debate or further a
mendment.
he following Mel1age was received
from the P-iident of the United States i:
10 tbs senate and HUFF Of ReprsisntatiOes
Of the Uaited slater
The government of Great Britain, in.
duced by the poiturt of the relations
with the United States, which fucceeded
The conclu6on of the recent commercial
convention, ilfued an order on the I7:h
day of Auguf, 1915, difcontiouIng the
discriminating duties, payable in Britiih
ports, on American veflels and their car
goes. 1T was not uutil the 12d of De-
cember, following, that corresponding
diicontinuance of discriminating duties
on Bri;iih veifels and their cargoes, IN A.
merlcan ports, took effect under the au-
thority vetted in The Executive, by the
act of March, 1916 During the peri
| I'd between those two dates, there was
confequently failure Of reciprocity or
equality IN the exiting regulations OF the
two countries. recommend TO the con-
liberation of Congrefs the expectancy of
paying to the Brlulh government the a.
mount of the duties RENTED, during the
period in queition, to the citizens OF the
United States fubiect 10 deduction of
the nmount of whatever discriminating
duties may have commences in Bririih
ports after the fgnature of that conven.
ton, and been collected previous 10 the
18th Auguf, 1875.
JAMES MADISON.
February 3, 1917
The mehase was referred to the COM
mittee Of ways aud means, and ordered
to be printed
tuesday, FEB. 4
SENATE.-The bill from the Houle,
for more effectually preferying the neu-
trail relations OF the u. S was reported
by the committee on that fubject, with
amendments.
HOUSE-Nunerous bills and other
fabjecs of legi1ation, were padrd upon
this day, and more or lefs maturcd a.
mong others, was thar of setting apart,
and pLedgiug as a PERMANENT FUND, Jar
internal improvements. The Bonus of The
Natisnal Bank, and The u. S. flare Of its
dividends.
Mr. Calhoun role, and adjreifed the
committee about half an hour in lupport
of the propoiltion, embracing conienied
but general view of the advantages and
high national importance OF internal i'm.
provements, and the propriety of COM
menciag at this time the great work, by
pledging and letting apart the fund pro-
Poied. Several other gentlemen fubmit-
ted their views on the iubje6t; and fomc
amendments were adopted by The COM
mit,ee, the mott important OF which was
70 place in the hands Of the general gov
eminent the power only of designating
the improvements 70 be undertaken from
time to time, but 10 leave their execution