The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-26
Cmentp= &cbenth Congress.
IN SENATE.
SECOND SESSION.
TUESDAY, January IS, 1912.

TUESDAY, January IS, 1912
! The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate state
Of the of the Treasurer of the United
States, made in compliance with law.
| Mr.. BUCHANAN presented the petition Of citi-
of Pittsburg, in the State of PENNSYLVANIA pray
ing that Congress may arrest the compromise act of
1892 and take into consideration the subject of dis
eliminating duties with view to the protection of
home industry.
Mr.. MILLER presented petition from New Jel-
sey praying for an increase OF duty upon iron
Mr.. CLAY and Mr. BENTON presented petitions
praying that the Bankrupt law may be repealed or
amended.
Mr.. BENTON presented petition praying for a
repeal of the Bankrupt law.
Messrs CHOATE, TALI.MADGE, BATES,
WOODBRIDGE, BUCHANAN, EVANS, HUN
| TINGTON, PHELPS, WRIGHT, SIMMONS
CLAY, BERRIEN, WALKER, and HEN DERsON,
presented "Reminiscences against postponement or
repeal of the Bankrupt law.
Mr.. SMITH, Of Indiana, from the Committee on
Public Lands introduced bill for the reliefof Rich
ard Higgins; and
Mr.. MANGUM, from the Committee on Naval
Affairs, introduced bill for the relief Of Rcynod
| Coates and Walter r. Johnson
! Mr.. WRIGHT introduced bill further supple
mentary to the act to establish the judicial Of
the United States, approved September "a, 1889.
On the motion of MIR. STURGEON, it was resoly-
ed that the Committee on Public Lands be instructed
to inquire into the propriety of directing the Survey
or General at Chcothe, Ohio, to locate military
land warrant IN favor OF I.ucreta liaymaker
On the motion of Mr. PHELPS, the Committee on
Revolutionary Claims was authorized to employ a
clerk.
Mr.. PIERCE submitted resolution (Which lies over
under the ruc,) directing the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to communicate To the Senate certain Informal
ton with regard to the New York custom-housc IN
vestigaon, at"
Mr.. CLAYTON submitted the following resou-
ton, to be added to the standing rules of the Senate
and it was adopted, viz.
Resoired, That whenever claim has been pre-
scented and referred to a committee, and report
made that the claim ought not TO be allowed and the
report has been adopted by the Senate it shall not be
in order TO take the papers relating to such from
the files and refer them TO another committee, unless
il be shown that the committee TO WHICH the subject
was first referred has erred, and new testimony be
adduced in support of the claim
THE RANKRuPr' LAW.
The bill to repeal the Bankrupt law was taken up
for consideration.
Mr. BERRIEN remarked that a majority of The
Legislature of Georgia had adopted resolutions adj
verse to the Bankrupt law, and that they should re-
ccive at his hands respectful and deliberate corsid
Grafton. lie desired to say to the friends as well as
to the opponents of the measure that, in his uds-
ment, there was very great mistake with regard to
the alleged imperiections contained in the act. II
would be found commensurate with the purpose fer
which II was framed, and might safely be permitted
TO go INTO operations without specializing upon amend
ments and they would do wisely to let the law have
It's course or,f should, in any respect, be found
Inefficient, experience would suggest the proper
mody He then replied 10 the objections heretofore
urged against the constltutionallty of the law
The Senate went into an Executive session; and
after some time spent therein, the doors were
opened,
And the Senate adjourned.