The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-23
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SECOND SESSION
IN SENATE,
TUESDAY, March y. 1912.

TUESDAY, March ~, loi2.
The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate com
m,,nication from the Treasury Department IN repy
To resolution of the Senate, oil the "a lis'a'' VIZ
ing the Secretary to transmit 10 tne oeia'o s'e
ment exhibiting the amount o. Hs,aaes ~ ,hs
ports and tonnage at the port oil ne" Oriea"s vi he
wears 1919 1910, and l64l, and also the amount Oh
onsvs received from the sale of the public lands in
The slate of Louisiana in the same years and also
what portion of the public revenues derived from he
aforesaid was expended withih the imi's oi
said State during said years,
Mr. YOUNG presented petition from number
of citizens of Illinois, asking for grant oil land ior
the completion of the Illinois and Michigan Canal:
Mr.. WRIGHT presented a memorial from New
York, demonstrating against the admission of Texas
into the Union.
MrALLEN presented petition from Warren county,
Ohio praying Congress TO amend the act relating 10 he
writing on the margin Of newspapers and complain
ing that the recent Interpretation given 10 that ac' py
the Postmaster General is unsound and oppressive
also the proceedings Of large Democratic meetng'
held in M,skingum county, Ohio, and resolutions con-
demnatory of National Bank hign .arll, tno
distribution of the proceeds Of the sales OF e Pup
lands, the twelve million loan ana the gdsu,s 10
of Mr.. Clay especially his proposed amendments 70
the Constitution; approving Of the TWO vc'oes "a
President TYLER, and expressing the opinion
that he would confer benefit on the country oy us
missing any man, whether In the Caplne' ., oeeuPs
inc a situation as a petty postmaster, VINO Is MOI
friendly TO the Administrations Also denouncins Mr.
Adams and Mr.. Giddings, as traitors IN the employ
ment of the government Of Great Briatain, ETC. and
speaking OF the violated promises OF the Wings anu
other matters too numerous to recaptulate
Mr. BUCHANAN and Mr.. CLAY severally
presented petitions from Pennsylvania asking Tor me
protection Of domestic manufacturer
Mr. MANGUM in pursuance OF notice previous
ly given, introduced - 49,. 60
bill for the augmentation OF the Mar"o ooiP''
hin far the regulation Of the pay and emouments
or pursers and warrant officers OF the navy ana
< bill to authorize the appointment oil board 10
niles and laws for the regulation and govern
ment of the Navy which were severally read hrst
ami second time and referred to the COMMITTEE on
Naval Affairs.
rup rAR,rp. AND INFRINGEMENT AND REFORM
Al nm early hour the galleries were filled with visit
eys large proportion OF them ladies', VINO had peeh
,ttracted 10 the Chamber by the announcement that
Mr. CLAY would address the Senate In conclusion OF
the debate upon the resolutions heretofore submitted
by him. proposing augmentation OF the tarlh ana
a diminution Of the expenses OF the Government.
They were, however, unhappily disappointed, for al
Ter the transaction Of the MOI ming business
Mr.. CLAY arose and said that he felt very unwell,
and that he Iaboled under indsposition produced
by charge Of weather. He would therefore ask mat
the further consideration of the resolutions be post
poned until tomorrow, when he would endeavor TO
address the Senate ~.
The resolutions were then passed over informally
and the Senate proceeded to the transaction OF bus
ness and took up the bill to remove the office Of Sur
yeyor General, and to change the location OF the
land Office in the Greensburg district in the state OF
Louisiana the bill for the relief Of Robert b. Lewis
and the bill for the relief Of Valerian Allen winch
were read third time, and passed.
On the motion of Mr. LINN, the COMMITTEE on
Military Affairs were instructed to inquire INTO the
expediency of paying certain Missouri volunteers Tor
services rendered in the Florida campaign in 1887
THE DISTRIBUTION BILL.
The Senate took up the bill to amend the act en-
titled An to appropriate the proceeds OF the sales
of the public lands and to grant pre-empion rights
the question pending being on the amendments here
tofore submitted by Mr.. McRoberts: to remove the
restrictions presumption rights in the following PAL
ticuars, viz: much as excludes from the right OF
pre- empon those who settled upon the public lands
before they were surveyed; so much as denies the
right TO those who own three hundred and twenty
acres of land elsewhere or those who removed from
their own land to reside upon the public lands; and
so much as denies pre-elnption to all persons who
are not citizens of the United States who had not
filed their application to become chzens pe'oo 'ney
settled upon the lands.
Mr.. McROBERTS addressed the Senate in sup
port Of his amendments.
MI SMITH, Of la, briefly replied
The question was then taken, and the amendments
were adopted and, after further modification Of
the bill, il was engrossed for third reading
On the motion Of Mr.. MOREHEAD, the Senate
took the bill to extend the time for selling the land'
granted to the incorporated Kentucky asylum fol
teaching the deaf and dumb which was ordered to bt
engrossed for third reading, and it was read third
time and passed.
The Senate then adjourned.