Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-03-27

tstEs ndHUotpH fyain Eose, 6Du e8fu,
that ae should take the liberty which
the gentlemen iiom New Y orS seemed
90 willing to take himself, bu, to refuse
" othets-no uncoiniI,on case-of ma
king some obses vat ions on al interdict>
sd subject. He should, IN the selection
Of his topics, pursue his own lights,
however feeble, without availing him
self OF the very great discernment, sa.
gacity, experieDce--(be wished he could
enlarge the ca,alogueJ--of the gentle
nan from New York. !, for one, said
Dir. r. voted for the repeal Of that
preposterous rule which, even If this
building were on fire. prevented the
House from ad jcurning before 4 o.
clock; and ! did suppose that. in it's
spirit, it went to repeal the other role
Oh the sane subject, in reference TO
the proceed ngs of the committee of the
whole. Four hour. per diemis as long
as 1, at least, AN aols to endured
will not say, the pes,ilenIiai al mo.phere
OF this House but an atmosphere, such
as nothing bat the wretched aoinais
plunged into the Grotto del Cane. near
Nsp,ss, were compelled to breathe, to
gra.Hy the lsudsble curiosity Of the
very benevolent philosophers of mo-
deem Europe. hope the gentleman's
motion viii not DE adopted-shd now
give notice, that mean TO follow up
HE motion with one which relates to a
subject that requires. if not The actual
csulery, al least the knite--it is a mo,
ton to reduce the per diem allowance
Of members Of this House, to what 1t
was when first had the honor of seat
here. and which then Though and
still think, as per diem allowance, was
fixed q great deal too high.
1.-THE present session is suffered to
continue, instead Of Laving. in Con.
grsss great leading prsiessioDsi uen,
We shall have what have been deDomI.
mated he merely mechanical the iDst,u-
mental members of those profess
Aud, as to the landed interest, how can
we expect it to be represented, when it
10 ruin TO landed man TO attend here?
| for one, cannot, SIR. consent to SIT
here for so many months. de die In di.
en-, for ak days in the week, and hear
nothing bot the same strain forever re-
pes,ed. It's sncu III. sir, to worry the
patience of job hi.$self shall, there
fore. move shat, from aud after the snd
Of the present session Of Congress the
psr diem allowance of members be SO,
aud the allowance for travelling expeD
ses be the same sum for every twenty
miles travelling,
The question was then taken on Mr..
Tsyior's resolution, and Carried.
Mr. Randolph moved the following {:
"Rssolued, That. from and after the
end Of the present session of Congress.
the per diem allowance Of MEMBER
shall be six dollars, and SIX dollars for
every twenty miles travelling"
This resolution he desired 70 lay on
she tabls, sad he gave notice that ae
should. call up it's consideration on Fri
day next.
The question being put on laying the
resolve on the table, it was carried
Ayes so noes CO..
The Speaker laid before the houss g
communication from the Treasury De-
pastmen,, accompanied with copies Of
all the Official correspondence between
the Secretary and the Banks in which
the public moneys were deposited, from
lss January, 1917. to 9Th May 1922.
Navy APPROPRIATIONS.
Nc McLape ,aoved 10 postpone all
ths previou. orders Of the day TO take
ue the bill making provision fer the ma
val service of the United States for the
wear 1924. The. motion was carried
Ayes 81, noes IS.
The House then went into committee
Of the whole, Mr.. Bartle't, in he chair.
on the consideration Of the above bill,
and proceeded to consider the same,
item by rem.
Some Of the items gave rise TO con.
siderable discussion, particularly that
which proposes to appropriate 225 600
dollars, for contingent expenses, in.
cluding all extra allowances. 10 this
discussion, Messrs. Coob, Cocke, Nc.
Lane. TAYLOR. Forsyth, and others, en-