Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-16
"WEDNESDAY MARCH 10, 1924.
IN SENATE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 102i
IN SENATE.
The hi q Tor the gradual Supply Of cannon, homhs,
aud howiz Tor tho io,iG' aons r,.d the ,iiir,l
time. M. Lowrie moved to i-nd the bill so To
cx,rnd the provisions of tie bill 10 the purchase .!
"a field artillery ihei, carriages aud cassons -
which ag,ech 10. The Till WAS then PASSED,
md Srut 10 the o"r HOUSE.
Tue bill reported hy the Commitce on Naval AZ
f'rs. regulating the transportation oil gold and ST.
yer bullion. s,ecie. aud Jewels, aud carving of pas
sencrr> aud ptohin the receip, Jf merchandise,
~ tn puhlc vessels 0filc Uniied St,tes, WAS again
takrn up fnr considerations, IN committee Of the
VII i" Mr.. King. Of Alabama, IA the chair.
NJ. Lloyd, of Massachusetts, made u few remarks,
in >uppuri of the bill NJ Lloyd, of Maryland, pro-
uos-d To ameud he hill, to prohibit the public
vessels Of III" United States tom giving convoy To
vessels OF beii,serent nations, having specie, &c o"
ho'fd d.
M~ssrs. Parroi, Lowrie, Lloyd, Of Nil. Sn"'l,, AVID
Lloyd. of Mass. spoke uron the propre,y of this
aren 'lmGr', and ii was chen adopted Nh. King, OF
New ,rk surg esied verbal amendment, which
WIS rgrred TO.
NJ Parro,r proposed an y n,ondu,rui, in regard 10
the distribution OF ,hc commission received Tor The
ransnnfi Of specie BE-. The hill provides, that
shalt 90 iae ndiue officer OF the vessel one
bad 20 the commissioned officers and the remait-
Ing bird 10 the Navy Hosui,si Fund Mr. P's 'nn-
ton WAS, that the commanding tieer should have
rus-hali thu; one quarter should go To the Navy
Hospital Funi, add the other quarter 10 the Nn'N
r. 7siun Fund Some debate arose upon this mo-
Of M,ss rhuset's, Chandler, P.rro,', and Haync,
Ionk part. The Scmaie refused 20 a'opt tbs Fm-nd-
m mi. An explanation OF 'he object and uses at the
Hospital Fund was made, between Messrs. Lloyd,
of Mss. and Smith.
The hill vas then reported to the Senate, as
amended; aud passed TO he engrosscd aud read the
ihrd tme.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TIE ,n, resolution offered yesterday ty NJ Beck
On reln'ion io Poar's pnr ait "f W'shIrg'or, wa
'cad Second Time, ard ref,rrcd 20 committee oil
he whole.
rhe resolutions yesterday offered by Messrs
FLOYD aud Cooke, On relation brtveued officers
IN 'hc arnl J were agreed TO.
Mr.. BniI'on, from The Military Committee, re
ported hill 90 concerning the distribution Of arms
10 the uiiluia ;; which WAS twice read and commit
ted.
On morton OF Mr. MoEane, of Delaware, The
III 1use then went ipto committee of Ihc whole, Mr.
Caopbeli, Of Ohio, IN the chair, on the hill " max
ing appropriations Tor the support Of government FOL
the Year 1871.
Mr.. NJ Lane, of d iaware, withdrew the amend
ment offered by HIM Sesterdiy; Vc,ng The coUr
ronm OF the unitrd States, IN Chalesoo, 10 order
thai The cutite subj OF providing accommodations
tpI the Ented Silcs' courts III the several states
might lie submitted 10 The Committee Oh the Judic1-
On motion Of NJ. Taylor, of New York, the 29Sh
S99ib, and 300h lines OF the BILL which lie
words fnow,ng q For erecting the eastern portico
o the Sapto, aud completing the interior of the
b1idng one hundred thousand dollars, were stuck
en- out, nnd, motion of Mr.. c shmdn, (Charmar
OF The ConInillse on the Public Buldngs,) the fol-
lowing substituted
For continuing the work the centre builiinr
eighty. SIX Thousand dollars.
For alterations amt repairs in the occupic,
hy lie Supreme Court, SIX hundred and ioriy dol
Lars.
For improving the Capitol square, and painting the
rilings around the same, eleven hundred and SIX,
doi.rs
For making lootw a front Of the publ,
grounds, tut
Navy Oiice, five thousand dollars.
For finishing ,he North Porricn TO the President
| House, twrrty-siM tlonsand dollars
| An item added alter the 3O7Ih line in b
words following =" for sick, and Disabled, aud DIES
lirute sramen IN foreign countries, $40 OC0"
| Ihe 3llh aud 3l5ih lines, were altered to rea'
thus: 4" ioT salaries Uf The Ministers Of tie Uri'ec
Safes TO London, Paris ST.. Petersburg, ard Ma
drid f'om The Sd Mnch 10 d November, 1923, and
also for the Cia'g,s DIES Afaires at Stockholm, and
the Hague, SG7 500.
Thu VEN io- buiiling North Portiro 10 ,he Pic.
sidco,'s House, AID that for the cons rucron &C .
gravcllrh wrlk III from Of the pubic grounds, me
with consoles able opposition
NJ. FOrSyth also opposed ihlt item which max
appropriation for the Payment of the salaries of snme
Of o"r foreign Minister'S, the grnnnd Il,at ,l,e
number of Ministers unnecessarily gteai, as
Charges des Ahaires might he substituted for some
Of Diem Without deirimeut TO The public seTvre and
with saving Of tire public money, aud shouli
thereby Hguid The sncrire Of seiirespect now aTi,-
ING from our sending Ministers PIenpotenriary 10
Powers who send Ministers of The same gr.,,t Ia
represent them at tbs govetnmeni-0f which num-
Der Ministers ?, Spain aad Pormgal-and
he moved To strike out that clause of The bill until
farther information could n obtained, TO the ne
cessity expectancy of such minis eIs being sent
where they were not, continued where they were
After proiraeied debate Ihls subject, The
question aiken MIR. Forsyth's moi,un, and
loss. Ayes 81, noes 10.
He then mnvrd 20 strike nui Inc word " Limn :" IN
She list Of tie Ministers To South America The lie
bH'e vas renewed on this mption, bu', before th,
question was laken, the committee rose.
The members, who took part III this days de-
ha'e, were Messrs. NrLin", Corke, Cush,nan
Tay'or, Sharpe, Ten Eyck, Mercer, Gizay, VIM.
pie, Forsyth, Mccoy, Cook, s. Wood, aud Liv-
ingslDn.
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