Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-22
In SENATE.
Tuesday, Februaru 10, 1910.

In SENATE,
Tuesday, February 18, 1910.
The CHAIR submitted resolution of the Legisa.
tive Assembly Of the Territory of Iowa. praying the
passage of law to authorize the election of the Go
of that Territory BY the people after the term of
the present incumbent shall have EXPIRED which was
referred to the Committee the Judiciary and ordered
to be printed.
Mr. PIERCE, from the Committee of Military AT:
fairs, reported bill; which was ordered to second
reading, viz
An Act to cqualize the pay and allowances of the
officers of the line and staff of the army.
Mr. p said that it would not be proper for him. in the
present stage of the BILL to enter upon particular
PLANTATION OF its details; but he would take leave
mark generally, that it would make but very tring
increase of the annual expense Of our whole military
establishment. II conempates, the one hand,
dncton of the forage ration and the other an in
Of the monthly pay-and this was the main prin
cpe upon which the equalization proposed to be effect
ed was based He believed there was no provision in
the bill which the committee would not be prepared to
vlndcac, upon the ground of justice to those mnedi
atey interested and from considerations Of public po
Icy If he not greatly mistaken with regard 10
the feeling which at present exists among the officers OF
the line of the army stationed in Florida, along the
frontier, every where, sufficiently indicated, by the
of memorials which had been presented at tins
and the preceding sessions and if he did not great
y mistake public sentiment upon this subject, the e
gsation proposed should be regarded not less desa
bic to the staff than to the line. He hoped the bill
would attract the attention of every Senator and finally
receive the appreciation Of all-bccause he anticipated
from its passage the happest results 10 every branch of
the service.
The adverse reports from the various committees
the Secretarys table were taken up, considered, and
agreed to. Among these reports was from the
Judiciary Committee, on the prayer OF number OF cit-
zens of New Orleans, praying alteration of the
turalZation laws which that the prayer of the pc
titioners ought not to be granted.
SPECIAL ORDER
The resolutions of the Select Committee on the as
sumption of the State debts, and the substitute submit
ted by Mr.. Crttenden, and the amendment offered By
Mr. Buchanan were taken up.
Mr. NORVELL offered the following as substitute
for Mr.. Buchanan amendment
Rcs0tred, That while the Senate of the t. States is
fully impressed with the importance and correctness Of
the rrinoploO contained in the foregoing resolutions, it
is not intended thereby to create any doubt Of the
sttutlonal right of the States to contract debts, Of
their resources disposition or ability to fulfil the
gagcmcns which they have contracted, for purposes OF
interna! improvement well as for other objects within
the range of their reserved powers
Mr.. PHELPS, who entitled to the floor on this
subject, not being present, Mr.. HUBBARD said, that
though he would have greatly preferred to have follow
ed Mr. p he did not wish the subject to be farther de-
layed and would therefore, with the leave Of the Sc
nate, proceed TO submit the few remarks he intended
offer on this subject
Mr.. HUBBARD then proceeded at great length in
favor of the resolutions reported by the Select Com
q
On motion by MIR. CLAY Of Kentucky
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
Mr.. DAVIS OF Indiana asked permission Of the
House offer resolution TO extend the time for the
reception of petitions. He had no design that it should
interfere with the special order of the House. His OBJ
ject was to bring the House to some decision on the
qus stion which had been under discussion for several
DAYS past growing out of the petition presented hy
him in relation to the Cumberland road. 1t I'M
~ .l-- y
ed enable the discussion TO proceed and bring the
House to proper decision thereon.
Mr. JONES Of Virginia understood say, that
the Committee of Ways and Means had before it sub
icct of the greatest Importance, upon which they
would report a bill tomorrow; and would then
be INDISPENSABLE that it should be acted without de
lay 1t was in fact necessary to do 50 to furnish means
TO carry on the operations of Government. He was
apprelensiyc, if the resolution proposed should be
adoped that il would interfere with the action on that
BILL rs well as others of equal Importance now on the
Speakers table.
Mr.. DAVIS then offered his resolution, which
read for the information of the House, follows:
Resolred, That the time for the presentation Of pc
ttons be extended and continued until the list day OF
March.
Objection was made to its reception; when
Mr., DAVIS moved suspension of the rules.
Mr. TURNEY demanded the yeas and nays on that
motion; which were ordered.
Mr. PETRIKIN moved call of the House; not or
dered.
The question was then taken suspension of
the rules and determined in the negative-ycas 81,
nays 90.
The SPEAKER announced that the first business,
in order was the resolution reported from the Com
mittee of Elections by Mr.. Campbell, chairman, ask
ING the House to grant that committee the privilege
to have all printing done which it deemed necessary to
facilitate the investigation of the New Jersey disputed
election.
The question pending when the resolution last
a., he oil Cave
son to amend the proposition from the committee, by
authorizing that committee to have printed all the evt-
dence they had collected in relation TO this election.
Mr. CAMPBELL said he had been instructed by
the committee to accept the proposition OF the gentle
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON then offered the following
resolution as substitute for his former proposition
Rcsolrcd, That all the proceedings and papers before
the Committee of Elections in relation to the New
Jersey election be reported to the House by the
mttee with statement of the of the individu
ais who received majority Of all the votes given at the
election for members of the Goth Congress in that
State and that the same be printed for the use of the
House, and the committee have leave to have such
other papers and documents in relation to other con
tested elections, pending before them, printed by the
public Printer of Congress.
Mr. CAMPBELL of South Carolina, Chairman Of
the Committee of Elections then addressed the Rouse
until the expiration of the morning hour, IN expana-
ton of the course which had been taken by the Com
mttee in reference to this quesllon .
Mr. JONES of Virginia called for the specai order
Of the day: and in the execution of which, on his mo-
ton,
The House then resolved itself into Committee OF
the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. Lincoln III
the Chair, and took up the bill making appropriations
for the payment of Revolutionary ana oter pensioners
of the u. S. for the year 1910.
The questions Immediately pcnding in committee,
when it last rose, were, the amendment to the bill sub
mtted BY MIR. Garland of Louisiana, as follows:
TNl,,tp rIatnd
by this act shall be placed in the hands of pension
agents more than month before the day for the
mi annual payment of PENSIONS
And the amendment of Mr. Underwood to the sane,
as follows
"Each pension agent shall be allowed as compensa,
ton for his services - per cent on the amount of
money disbursed by him Proeided, That no pension
agent shall receive compensation more than l,oD9
dollars per annum.