The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-04
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,don Of petitions by Messrs. Rodney and
Riggs, resolution to give The use OF the Hall
an Monday evening 10 the Congressional Tenn
,erance Society was adopted.
Mr. Thompson, of Indiana, offered joint
,esoulion, which was adopted by the House,
directing that no payment should be made for
he printing of the Compendium Of the Census,
,oul il should be ordered by special joint reso-
luton TO that effect.
The call for the previous question on the
amendment abolishing the Office of Postmaster,
&c. was pending. On the final vote, the ayes
and noes were demanded, when the amendment
was lost, AZ being in the affirmative and 1919 in
The negative The original resolution abolish
lng the office of draughtman prevailed. The
next resolution Of the Committee of Public Elk
penditures, diminishing the number OF messen-
GERS and pages, was considered. Mr. Hopkins
offered an amendment providing that the pages
should be selected from the INDECENT orphan
children of the District of Columbia found TO
possess the requisite qualifications. 1t was lost
The resolution was carried.
lion ofthe messengers, pages and laborers, was
next discussed. Mr.. Underwood proposed TO sub
stute an annual salary for the per diem pay. This
amendment was lost. Mr.. Wise then proposed
that the Assistant Postmaster Of the House,
having responsible duties, should be allowed a
remuneration Of three dollars day instead Of
two and half as proposed by the committee.
That officer had been allowed three dollars un-
der former resolution. Mr.. Summers rejoin-
ed and, in conclusion, called the previous ques-
lion The amendment was lost and the resolu-
ton carried
The House resolved itself into Committee Of
the Whole, Mr. Briggs in the chair, and took up
the Civil Appropriation bill. Mr.. Davis proros-
ed TO reduce the sum allowed to the State De-
partmen for printing and distributing the laws,
from $25, 900 TO $4,000. This amendment he
afterwards withdrew. But he modified, in some
material points, the resolution in relation to the
mode in which the printing, &C. should be put
out and executed The amendment to the pro-
yiso is as follows:
"And all other job printing, binding and stationery,
in any way relating to the Executive Departments
any business connected with Them shall also be done
and furnished in the way by the Office having
charge of the same; and no money herein approprla-
ted shall be disbursed in payment for the publication
Of the laws of Congress in newspapers which publ
cation shall and be discontinued for the future
and all advertisements and other printing pertaining
to the public service published and done in news
papers, shall be made in the newspapers of the
town, city, or place where the same may be done,
which shall have the largest number Of subscri-
bsrs; and when such publication may be made in
two newspapers in the same city, town or place,
il shall be made in the two newspapers of dfert mt
politics. which shall have the largest number of sub
seribers, to be asceraned and verified by the afda-
Wit of the editor or editors and such publication
shall in case exceed one insertion per week for
three weeks, to be made in the country paper"
Mr. Gushing renewed his objection to the adj
mission OF the amendment in its present form
INTO an appropriation bill, for reasons already
assigned during the course of the debate. The
Chairman observed that his opinion on this mat
Ter remained unchanged-but his decision hav-
ng been reversed the previous day by the vote
Of the Committee, he felt himself obliged 10 de
eide according to that vote. Mr.. Gushing re-
marking that the reversal was made when there
was but one beyond quorum present, and that
he wished TO ascertain the determination that
would be made by fuller vote, and accordingly
appealed from the decision which the Chair felt
Itself obliged to give. The question being put,
IS voted in favor Of the decision, and 63 against
1t.
Noquorum voting, the committee rose, but it
being ascertaned a few minutes after, that a
quorum was present, the House went again into
committee, and the vote being again taken, SO
voted in the affirmative and IS in the ne gative
So the decision which the previous vote COM
p.lled the chair to make, was again sustained.
The discussion proceeded, at length, in one
Or two cases deviating into an incidental inquiry
concerning the relative expense of publishing
the laws in newspapers and printing them in
pamphlet form In the debate Messrs. Fillmore,
Gamble, Glmer, Cooper, Of Georgia, Tilllng-
hast, Bolts, and others, participated.
Mr. SMITH, of Indiana, addressed the Sc
nate Yesterday upon the resolutions of Mr..
CLAY, in relation to the public lands, and the
tariff.
THE LAST "HEADING"-MR. BOLTS.
Mr.. Bolts certainly possesses good bottom,
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