The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-16
gwentp-SeOenth Gomgress.
SECOND SESSION
IN SENATE,
Try,pAy. March Is, 1912.

Mr.. HUNTINGTON presented Tour hien'o.'a
from the State of Connecticut ask' ,sec,rss
mating duty 10 protect American manuiac'uics'
Mr. WOODBRIDGE presented memorial from
citizens of Michigan, asking that some provision may
be made by law for the removal oil cases remaining
undecided in the Territorial courts (beore Michigan
became State) TO the Supreme Court of the United
States.
TIE RESOURCES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Mr. ALLEN moved that the Senate take up the
resolution submitted by him days ago, in rela
ton to the effect of the Distribution act and express
ed desire that il would be disposed Of this morn
ing
Mr.. CLAY said that he hoped that the resolution
would not interfere with the order of the day. and
that, If the Senator would consent to lay II on the
table at one o'clock if it should not be disposed Of be-
fore that time he would have objection to its con
sderation at this time.
Mr.. ALLEN assented to the course suggested by
the Senator from Kentucky
The resolution was then read, as follows;
Resolved, That the Secretary Of the Treasury be
directed inform the Senate, soon as practcapie
whether the Government can in the present exigen-
cy Of affairs be carried on without either recalling to
its service the derived from the sales oil the
public domain and which, by an existing act IS SET
apart for distribution the States without draw
ing from the people, in addition to their present
taxes AN amount equal to that revenue, and IN con-
sequence of its distribution by means of increasing
the taxes now levied upon them, IN the form oil tari
duties or, Dy imposing a new anu ulrtCt tuA upon
them or by borrowing upon their credit in the form
Of direct loans of Treasury notes, to be paid even
iually out of their labor and property and IT, IN hls
opinion, the Government can be so carried on, with
out recalling the land revenue, or increasing the
taxes or the loans to amount equal to that re-
venue and in consequence of its distributions then,
which of those alternatives WILL in his opinion be the
most economical to the people the recall OF that e
venue, the taxes, the loans Also, that he be d.
rected lay before the Senate the estimates and the
reasons upon which his opinions may be founded
MIR. RIVES at the time the resolution sub
mitted moved to amend it by striking out all after
the word Resoiredp and inserting, THAT the Sc
cretary of the Treasury be directed to report to the
Senate by what means adequate provision can best
be made for meeting the necessary expenditures OF
country, submitting his plans therefor in detail with
estimates of the probable product of each of
supply proposed and also to what extent retrench-
ment in the various branches of the probable expen-
ditures likely to arise from the cessation or di
minution of charges the Treasury existing or
may be farther effected by wise economy adapted
alike to the wants and resources Of the Govern
ment"
MIR. ALLEN said he must confess, from the hos
tity manifested on former occasion, that he had
very little hope that the resolution would be passed
in its present form. In his opinion, If the dstrbu-
ton Of the proceeds Of the public lands should con-
tinue, an additional tax of two millions of dollars |
would be thrown upon the tax-paying body OF the
American people, and it would be lost as absolutely
as if their property annually taken from them,
and consumed by fire. There two propositions
which could not be objected to- and they werel That
the three millions which 1t was supposed would be
distributed must be supplied by resort to tariff du-
ties the people; and 2. That It was perfectly i'm
material, (because the effect the same, whether
these duties be levied in the form of duties
c!es paying no duty or increase Of duty on ar
tcl,s dutiaDle tax Of one per cent on TWEEN
~ articles, or twenty per cent on one article lie
then proceeded to demonstrate by arhmetira calcu-
iation that fraction less than 81 900 600 would be
lost by the process of distributing the thr millions
and the evyng of taxes to supply the deficit thus
created in the Treasury and this loss would neces-
safhy fall upon the people, as they would re obliged to
pay for the articles consumed by them in accordance
with the cost Of the collection OF duties and the profit
claimed by the importing merchant as well as by the re-
taller.
Mr.. RIvES said that this resolution had been lying
the table for nearly two months he thought that
it should be disposed of in some shape other and
he would prefer modification of it in the manner
which he had suggested
The resolution was laid upon the table until to-
morrow.
THE TARIFF, AND RETRENCHMENT, AND REFORM
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of
the resolutions of MIR. CLAY, proposing an augmen-
tation of the duty imports and dimnution of the
expenditures of the Government.
Mr.. MILLER addressed the Senate and expressed
the belief that the Compromise Act could be main
tanned, and at the same time, give TO manufacturers
adequate protection against foreign competition
and he asserted that this act must be usaned the
principle Of home valuation. His friends did not
however, ask for higher imposition OF duties than
was required for the economical wants of the Govern
ment, but they did say that, in revenue BILL it
their duty to discern, discriminate, and determine
whether duty ftweny per cent should be levied on
some altcles, thirty per cent on Others and whether
the duty should be ad valorem specific, until they
arrived at the indirect protection which home labor
should receive In his opinion, no rate OF ad valorem
duty had yet been fixed to from desruc
ton the iron glass, and the other great manu-
featuring interests of the country. Thirty per cent
would not do it, would forty and, there
fore, he demanded protection as far as they
could give it by means of revenue duty. He did
not confne his argument for protection to any parti
cular nterests-not to the glass and the iron inter-
struck blow it was the duty of the Government to
stand by and protect it against foreign enemy.
The Senate then took up and passed the bill from
the House to authorize the judge of the district court
for the eastern district of Pennsy to hold spe
cal session of the said court in lieu of the regular
sion which should have been held on the third Mon
day in February, 1912, but prevented by
cy in the office of district judge; and the bill autho-
rizing the courts of the United States in the State of
Pennsylvania to select persons to serve jurors.
The Senate went into an Executive session, and
after some time spent therein the doors opened
and it adjourned.
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH.
The " treaty by the five powers" of Europe in re-
ation to the right of search has awakened strong
feeling in France. Below we give letter which is