Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-19
TWENTIETH CONGRESS, lsr SESSION.
Thursday. .apriil7, 1929

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report, whether any further regulations are ne
cessary for the police Of the Capitol, 10 secure
free aud undis,urbed communications between
the two Houses of Congress, and the Executive
and Legislative Dspart ments-and whether
there has been any "6reach Of privilege" of the
Senate, during the present Session; and said
Committee is hereby vested with power to send
( Tor persons and papers.
| The resolution for the change of the position
! Of The Chair and the seats in the Senate cham
Der was considered, and, after some discussion,
rejected, 90 to 81. The Graduation Bill was
discussed al some length.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
VIZ. Williams moved the following resolu>
tions, which were read and laid on the table.
Resolved, Tina, the Committee on Military
Affairs be discharged from the further cons'.
dera,on Of the resolution directing them to
enquire into the expediehcy Of aboishing the
Office Of Major General, in the army Of the U.
States"
!. 2. RESOLVED, That il is expe6ient to abolish
| the Office Of Major General in the army Of the
United Sales.
ADJOURNMENT.
Mr.. Tucker moved the House TO consider
the following resolution;
Reso,red, That q Committee on the part OF
Join such Committee as the Senate may APP
point, on their part, 20 fix upon and recommend
the day on which the President Of the Senate
and the Speaker Of The House Of Representa-
lives shall adjourn the present session Of Con-
gress.
On the call Of Mr. Vinton, it was ordered
that when the question be taken, II be taken
by ayes and noes.
The question was then taken by yeas and
nays, when there appeared-Ayes "a, Noes 80;
SO the House refused to consider the reso>
luton.
THE TARIFF.
The House then resumed the consideration Of
the Tariff BILL
The question being on the motion for indeh>
mite postponement.
Mr. Pearce then concluded the remarks he
commenced yesterday in opposition to the bill
| pos,ponement.
MIR. Cambreleng then spoke at sSns length
| against the American System and against the
| bill, and in favor OF the motion for indefinite
postponement.
| McDuffie then took the floor, and said il was
| his wish To make some observations OH the bill;
,but as the hour was late, and there was bill
| TO be acted on which had been returned from
the Senate with amendments, he would, with
the assent Of the Chairman Of the Committee
on Manufactures, move to postpone the further
consideration of this bill until tomorrow.
The mn'ion b, ing successful
Mr. McDnffie moved that the House now re-
| solve Itself into Com-ni,tre of the Whole on
the Safe Of the Union; which was carried in
the affirmative.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
The House then resolved iiselfinto Commit
tee of the Whole on The Stale OF the Union, Mr..
| Wickliffe in The Chair, to take up the amends
ments made by the Senate in the bill making
appropriations FOR internal Improvements
Mr.. McDuffe moved that the Committee
concur in the amendment providing $4,000
for work at Buffalo.
lie said he had satisfactory evidence that The
| appropriation was necessary 10 preserve the
WORK from ruin. He deemed il right 10 say
that he was in a minority in The Committee on
! all the other amendments.
The Commute then rose, and reported the
! bill and amendments.
Mr. MoDuffir then moved that the House do
now al journ, but withdrew the notion
| ASSAULT IN THE CAPITOL
| The following message was received from
| the President of the United States, by MIR.
| Brent, and was then read:
To the Senate and House of Representatives. Of the
| United States
| WASHING ron, 18th April, 1928.
In conformity with the practice OF all my
predecessors, have, during my service in The
office OF Presidcni, transmitted TO the two Hou-
svs of Congress, from time to time, by the same
Private Secretary, such messages as proper
discharge Of my constitutional duly appeared
to me 10 require On Tuesday last he was
charged with the delivery Of a message TO each
House Having presented that which was
intended for the House of Representative,
whilst he was passing, within the Capitol
from their Hail TO the Chamber of the Senate,
for tie purpose Of deli> ering the other mes
sage, he was waylaid aud assaulted IN the
Rotunda, by person, in the presence OF a
member Of the House, who ia:erposed and
separated the parties.
| have thought it my duty 10 communicate
this occurrence to Congress, TO whose wisdom
it belongs 10 consider whether 1t is OF nature
requiring from Them any animadversion; and
also whether any further laws and regulations
n 10 fth