Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-09-17

CONGRESS-PROCE OF MONDAY.
Passage of the Tariff bM--sent to the
President--Passage of the Distribution
Bill an the Senate, and the Loan and Trea-
sury Note Bill in the House-Adjoun-
ment.
Monday, the Goth, was a working day in
both Houses of Congress- as will be seen
by the following account of the procee-
dings derived from the Baltimore Ameri-
can:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 1912.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The journal of proceedings having been
read, there was rush for the floor, and the
first effort was to adopt resolution allow
ing extra compensation to the chaplains of
the two Houses of Congress. The resolu-
ton was not adopted for want of time TO
considerit.
Proceedings of the day.
Some thirty or forty Bills, most of them
private, having passed on Saturday, were
signed to-day.
Revenue Bill in the House.
The Bill Nth the President
The Revenue Bill was the great question
Of the day.
The Secretary of the Senate was at the
bar with the bill from the Senate at an ear
ly hour, and as soon as he made his report,
the Chairman Of the Committee of Ways
and Means moved that the House proceed
at once to consider the Bill
sides of the Hail.
The bill was taken from the table, and
considered.
Mr.. Fillmore moved a concurrence in
the amendments of the Senate.
Mr.. Wise hoped they would be printed.
Mr.. Fillmore said that they had been.
This seasonable service was done yes
terday in the Clerks Office
Mr.. Fillmore stated that an apprehension
had gone forth that the bill interfered with
existing treaties. Such was not the fact
There was section in the bill which pre-
vented it.
Mr.. F. closed his brief remark with the
previous question.
Mr.. Linn of N. Y. hoped it would be
withdrawn. He wished to explain his vote
No, no, don't withdraw, was heard upon all
sides of the Hall.
WI Llull-Dut &c lNltluteS.
Mr.. Fillmore-For that time withdraw
it if my colleague will renew it.
Mr.. Linn will. Mr.. L. proceeded to
state why he had voted against the bill
when before under consideration. He
regarded it as yielding too much to the Ex-
ecutive, and he could not conscientiously
give the bill his support. His friends had
thought differently, and he acquesced in
their Judgment He was known to be a
Protection man at home, and was so here.
Mr.. Linn acted as friend of the BILL
Closing his remarks, he moved the Previous
Question, according to the plege given.
Mr.. Bolts begged Mr.. Fillmore to with
draw his motion.
No. no. no, was heard from all parts of
the Hall; ard Mr. Fillmore did not with
draw. There was a second almost with
out objection.
The question returned upon laying the
bill upon the table.
Mr.. Bolts of Va. rose to address the
House briefly upon motion to be excused
from voting. He stated that he had been
overruled in his opinion by his friends in
the two Houses Of Congress. He had be-
lieved that Congress dishonored itself by
allowing Congress to yield. He could not
now vote for the Bill. He would be drawn
upon the racks first.
Mr.. Bolts motion to be excused from vo-
ting was put by the speaker and rejected.
The yeas and nays were then called, and
the House re iected the motion of Mr.. Cliff
ford to lay the bill on the table by the fol-
lowing note:
For laying the Bill upon the table 65
Against the motion 100
Vote upon the Amendments.
The amendments of the Senate to the
Revenue Bill were then read, and concu,red
in ,cithout objection.
The Loan and Treasury Notes.
This Bill reported on Saturday from the
Committee of Ways and Means, and which
has already been pubished) was before tile
Committee of the Whole, after the DISPOSE
ton of the Revenue Bill, upon a resolution
limiting the debate in Committee to two
hours.
Mr.. Ingersol was called to the chair.
A recent correspondence between Mr..
Fillmore and the acting Secretary of the
Treasury, was referred to by Mr.. Fillmore
as reason why the bill should pass
The debate upon the Treasury Note Bill
was commenced very briefly by Mr. Fill
more, continued by Messrs. Bolts, Cushing
Barnard Marshall, Arnold and Profit. The
debate was closed at two o'clock, in Com
mittee of the Whole.
The Bill coming into the House,
Mr.. Bolts moved an amendment to the
effect that the Treasury Department should
not be allowed to issue certificates of Loan
according to the power contended for in