Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-12-17

Treasury order of the llh July last, designating the
| funds which shall BE- received in paymen! tor pubhc
lands, taken up aud alter some rernarhs !foh 'eS
| Ewing of o., Benton and Webster,
On motion Of MIR. Webster ,
The resolution postponed 10 ana ,auc tiie o'oI
! Of the day for Monday n.xt. 49,
Tha ,osnIr,ion drccl;uu The annual Treasury slate
uIeuts OF the ami navigation u! The Uieu
States BE- printed under The direction vi Tue oecfg"J
Of The Treasury, read the Third time and passed
Tie Senate Hen GGjDusErd. ''
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Speaker laid before the House COMMUNICATION
from TIE First COMPTROLLER o. thu Treasury Department,
transmitting, pursuance OF the acts OF i5OJ ana loI',
statements of the accounts remaining unsettled, or on
which balances due than three years PRIOR 10 Ihc
;5Ulh of September, 1896; which motion OF Nh Nht-
llrsry of Ohio ordered TO lie the table ana DE-
! printed - , 80,
On motion OF MI. Loyal TIE House l!irn look up inc
resolutions reported yesterday from the Committee o!
the Whole the Stale Of the Union on the Presidents
message.
The resolutions. as amended, having been read they
were all concurred in except three.
Mr.. Adams moved 10 amend The third resolution,
which as follows:
.Rcsyircd That So much of the said message re-
lalrs the finances, and every thing connected there
with; the safe Keeping OF The public moneys and every
thing connected there with; and The Bank u The United
States, including the stock uf The United States IN that
institution, be referred 10 the COMMITTEE vi ways ana
Means; by inserting after the word 'thrrewi: III The
third line the following: except much as relates TO
The protecting duties aud every thing Connected there
with and also 10 add The following at the end Of the re-
souliuu and ResUred That sn much thereof lis relates
to protecting duties, and every thing connected there.
with, be referred to the Comntce Oh Manu!acturrs
Mr.. Adams went at some length INTO the rcasuns which
nGuccd him 10 propose the amendment he had offered
lie said it remarkable circumstance that IN Tie
whole Message far lr had rUkrd into H. there was
nothing to be found which related the subject OF the
Protective duties and perhaps, in consequence OF this,
the gentleman from Virginia. Nlr Lpya!) had not made
proposition 10 refer any part Of The Message 10 The
Committee Manufactures. IL must be- apparent that
that part Of the Message relating the Finances, &c,
bore very considerably the interests ol manulIclurcs,
and should be considered by The committee OH HAT sub.
cc 1t had been the pleasure OF The liGuzr To appoint
Standing Committee Manufactures and having line
honor Of tv:ng placed al Ilr head Of iha C"Eunrr lie
e!t himself bound therefore, to attend To those interests
when committed u his charge; b!li he must repeat that
he was surprised t" End no more reference to those IN
terests than II none such existed lie considered TIE
subject not 10 belong 10 the Committee Of Ways and
Mems Their duties were to devise ways and means
fer raising revenue, hut al present lhry had loo
muc! rcvrnur, ana The question was how should
lry dispose OF pat o ii. The interests OF co"
mrIcr, III agriculture, and OF manufactures, were al!
deeply Interested in This question, and he considered III"
Committee Of Manufactures the appropriate committee
|" which to refer tc subject. There was no difference
ol "Eion 10 the ProrrIey ct reduction Vi duty
but - The extent I'll the reduction o. the first
day on which petitions were received. hr had presented
one from LOO c!t!zrus C Boston, requesting rr.uc
lun Euly coal: anu 'Hc tCVsSaGitS oi
lie moved To refer that petition To the Committee on
Manufactures, brcausr it operated un tie manufacturing
interests Of the country. He Mas, however, satisfied
with The determination Of the House. ii the llousr
should refer the subject to the CuuItec OF Ways and
Means he wond conpa!n but if they did, far as
this subject was concerned, he thought The Committee
on Manufactures might us well lake holiday to the
close Of The SESSION.
Mr.. CarbrcIcng briefly opposed the taken by
The gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr.. e. glad to
hear from the gentleman that he had examined liIr Pre-
sldrnls message III vain uE any Thing the subject oil
protecting dutIcs but there statements made
the gentleman 10 which he felt imprlird 10 say few
words reply. He had particular objection TO the
reference OF subjects wholly relating To the protection OF
domestic manufactures to any committee OF that House;
but this was not one Of that character. Adycrung 10
the petition referred TO by Mr. AZ he said III The
recollection u the House that memorial presented,
t"o yeats ar" sc subject OF the DUTY coal, which
referred 10 the Committee Of Ways and Means. and
remained there Til the present presiding u!crr OF The
House, (thcn chairman Of that COmttrr:) reported
upon it; and similar memorial had been referred at
the present session. Now lie would briefly shrw tis
distinction between the two committees. When the
Committee on Manufactures was lGSl established, II was
Tor tic purpose OF examining INTO the various conn"dI'
ties winch duties proposed 10 be Icrcd and int"
TIE puprlely OF projecting them, Without any reference
whatever 10 The subject U the revenue OF the country
Upon this very prncP!c the ball OF 1916 was passed; 'r the
purpose d! clcIsrg Tie interests OF III" great capitalists:
but not Tor revenue. They found themselves III il
different pus.tiun collecting millions upon millions
der that Las hr YviId the wants OF The Governments and
the question arose, in what manner these
should be reduced; question purely and altogether ui
finance, aud properly coming under IL. c"gmzlncc OF
the Committee OF Ways and Means That was. how
ever, question which The House could determine here
atlvI-tic whole SUBJECT having to come up "n Monday
next and II would probably result III referring 10
Ircl committee. Mas it the province vi the Committee
un Manufactures, q. lie Committee on Conlmrrcc, or
The Committee on agriculture, To determine upon every
interest Of The Country Or Was 1t not specially tile pro.
NiInr
remarks The preprIey Of referring The whole subject
10 The Committee ol Ways and Means: Mr.. T.. cuncud
cd By congratuaing the country upon the return to the
spirit OF lonO more, the message Of the President
MIR. Adams asked for the yeas and nays his amend
nent; which ordered.
Mr.. Mann advcrtpd To the frequent decisions of Tie
House heretofore the subject, and he saw no
why the former should be departed from.
lie in favor Of referring the subject to the Commit :
tee Uf Ways aud Means, lnasnuc as all questions re-
a.ng 10 the reduction raising OF revenue belonged To
it, and this had reference whatever 10 the great inter-
est oi domestic manufactures.
Mr.. Denny briefly supported the amendment of Mr.
Adams, the ground that IL was The great manEtactur
ing interest winch most deeply Inrolvcd lie con
cllIrd by saying that tn" principal part OF the present
surplus in the Treasury, amounting To upwards Of forty
millions Of dollars, derived from the pockets Of the
manufacturers.
MIR. Parker thought the question resolved itself into
this: Ii the subject related only 10 manufactures, it
should go TO that committee; it 10 revenue, it should
take The advocated b. the gentleman from Ne"
York
Mr. Boon said that il had not been his intention say
word the question before the House, had
not been for the most extraordinary doctrine advanced
By the gentleman from Pcnnsy vana, (Alr. Dcnny) If
the remarks Of the gentleman could be confined to his
district, and TO his constituents, he would not
reply to them this time. But (sad Mr.. b the gen
lIenaus speech will fins; lis way through the columns
Of the newspapers into my district, and among my con-
sttucnts should suppose, from the remarks OF the
gentleman from nnsyIvanIa that he, if not manuac
lurcr HIMSELF represents manufacturing people; and TO
this have objections to urge. But continued MIR
b. my constituents agricultural pcople-tmy are
the of articles manufactured. The farmers