The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-03
Cmentp= Seoenth Congress.
SECOND SESSION
In SENATE,
MONDAY, May 2, 1912.

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Mr.. WOODBRIDGE presented the memorial of
citizens of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan
praying that the right Of pre-emption may be granted
to those settlers the public lands who have made
valuable improvements but have not resided thereon
during the time required to entte them 10 the pre-
emption right thereto.
| Mr. TALLMADGE presented the proceedings of
| public meeting, held in Buffalo, New York in which
gentlemen participated without distinction of party,
setting forth their views in favor of tariff as well TO
protect home industry 10 afford ample revenue for
the purposes of the Government
| Mr.. HENDERSON presented memorial from
the West Felciana Railroad Company, asking for the
remission of duty on railroad iron.
| MIR. WILLIAMS, from the Committee on Naval
Affairs reported, with an amendment, the bill to regu-
late the pay and emoluments of purseEs and warrant
officers in the Navy, and, without amendment, the
bill for the establishment and regulation of the Navy
| ration.
Mr. SMITH, of Indiana, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported bill to confirm the sale OF
certain school section in the State of Illinois, and
bill for the relief of William Osieen of Illinois, pro-
vding for the correc,ion-of in the entry OF
tact Of land
| THE POSTMASTER AT ST. LOUIS.
| Mr. BENTON said that he wished to call the at
tention of the Senate TO matter which concerned
himself personally well as the administration oil the
Government. The Senator from Illinois on his left
| (Mr. McRoberts) had received letter from the POST
/ master General to which an requested al
an early hour to-day. The letter was as follows
Posr OFFICE DEpARrMENr,(
| May 2, 1912
SIR On the 3Oth Of March last received from
i you written communication, IN which you request
| ed me Con behalf of the Senate Committee on Post
Offices) to send the papers on file recommending
Samuel b. Churchill to be appointed Postmaster at
ST. Louis with the request promptly complied
! These papers bearing upon the nomination oil pub
lie officer, the propreiy of whose confirmation had
| hao Ia the ate committee | had
thought were to be regarded, when committed to the
Senate, or committee thereof, with the same conf
Dental observance other papers bearing on this or
any other nomination.
| Among the papers sent you two letters from
Mr.. Wash, to the President of the United States
which had been by my predecessor received and
| placed among the archives OF the Department.
These letters have recently been published IN one oil
the wspapers of St Louis The President has called
upon me to inform him how copies OF these letters had
been obtained. Upon inquiry find that copies were
not furnished at this Office and not knowing whether
YOU or the committee have furnished copies or permit
ted them be taken To enable me to comply with the
Presidents request, have deemed il proper respect
| fully to inquire whether you gave, authorized CO.
pies OF these letters TO be taken, and by whom they
were taken
Your answer at as early an hour to-day as will suit
| your conv enience, is specially desired,
| Your obedient servant,
c. A. WICKLlFFE
Hon Mr. McRoBERTs
MIR b. said that this communication had reference
to four letters which he had sent for publication To 81
Louis where the parties who wrote them resided and
which were accompanied Ivy letter which showed who
sent them and for what reason. They contained I'M
truths in relation to himself and one OF his constituents
| and also solicited change in the ST. Louis post olce
for unworthy party ends lie said that, IN TINS mat
ter the President had violated the principles asserted
in the inaugural Address, and prosttuted the Post
Office to factios purposes and since the Postmaster
General had mixed himself with this business, and
| had called upon q Senator for an early answer, he
would now say what he had not asserted heretofore
and that was that the Postmaster General was one
Of those who had led the President to violate the cir
! cular against official interference IN politics, and to
prostitute the Post Office to the base purposes Of
party and that he had done this with the base object
Of turning good out of office and putting one
of his own connections into it. This was the answer
which he returned to the letter of the Postmaster
General, and he gave it at as early an hour as
possible in the day, (tor 1t was nos yet one o'clock
| as time and opportunity would SO permit his he
did publicly and from his seat in the Senate for the
i inquiry related to things depending IN the Senate
and which would find proper time for discussion and
ample communication TO the public. he had much
i to show and Prove this subject and it should all
be forthcoming at the proper time. AT present, he
would only say that he had answered the inquiry ad
dressed the Senator from Illinois, and should send
to the press part of his remarks the four letters
| in question: and his own enclosing them 10 the ell
tor Of the Reporter in 81. Louis
THE RHODE ISLAND CONTROVERSY.
MrALLEN MAYED that the Senate take up the re-
solution heretofore submitted by him, calling on the
President Of the United States far certain information
in relation 10 the Rhode Island controversy. Several
points of order were raised which discussed for
| more than two hours Finally, the question was la
ken on Mr. Aliens motion, and it was decided III the
negative - Yeas l5 nays 27, as follows:
YEAS Mcssrs. Allen, Benton, Buchanan, Full
ton King, Linn, McRoberts, Smith, of Connecticut
Sturgeon, Tappan, Wilcox, Williams, Woodbury.,
! Wright, Young-l5.
! NAYS-Messrs Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bates,
! Bayard Calhoun Choate, Conrad, Clayton, Crltten-
den, Cuihber Evans, Graham, Huntington, Merck,
Miller, Morehcad, Porter, Preston Rives, Simmons,
Smith of Indiana, Southland Sprague, Tallmadge,
White, Woodbridge-2S.
Mi WHITE said that in consequence of the late
ness of the hour, apparent that the ApProprla
ton bill could not be taken with view TO any de-
finite action and, therefore, he moved that the SEN
ate go int, an Executive session, which motion pre-
vailed and subsequently,
The Senate adjourned