Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1842-06-22
WASHINGTON NE VS..
Washington, June l6, 1912.


ment Bill.
Mr.. Buchanan presented number Of memo
! rials---one of them from persons employed IN
and interested in the Philadelphia Navy Yard
asking for Marine Rail Way The other me-
MORALS were upon the subject OF Tariff.
Among the Bills before the President Of the
Senate was that which passed the House yes
terday. making provision for the extension OF ex-
isting Revenue Laws through the month Of July.
Mr.. Evans, Of Maine, moved the reference
of the Bill TO the Committee of Finance, and
that il now have first and second reading for
that purpose.
The Senate ordered the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Buchanan said he should vote for the re-
ference Of the Bill with great cheerfulness.
Mr.. King, of Alabama was opposed TO any
reference of the Bill, and in favor of stranging
il in its birth in the Senate.
Mr.. Evans said this was not the time TO de-
bate the principles Of the bill.
Upon ordering the Bill TO second reading,
the result wasYeas %, Nays Is.
The Bill was then read a second time, on
motion of the Chairman ofihe Committee of FL
nance, and referred.
Mr.. Evans, of Maine, called for the orders Of
The day.
Mr.. Benton was entitled 10 the floor, and ad-
dressed the Senate at great length, in favor Of
the House Provso 10 the Naval Bill, and Of
course reduction of the Navy.
The vote was now taken, and the result was
the rejection of the Proviso by the following
vote---yeas %, nays %
MIR. Barrow, of La, next moved in the Bill
and proposed as one of the items an appropria-
ton of 100000, for naval construction at
Pensacola.
Mr.. Barrow moved to amend the amendment
by striking out $33, 800 and insert 100000.
4 debate ensued, in which Messrs. Barrow,
Conrad, Evans, King, Woodbury., and Bayard
participated; and the amendment to the amend
ment was agreed TO, and the amendment Of the
committee, thus amended, was adopted.
Several other amendments were adopted.
Mr.. Preston moved to amend the Bill by add.
ing as follows:
For the transportation, arrangement and pre-.
servallon of articles brought and TO be brought
by the Exploring Expedition, $4,000, or so
much thereof as may be necessary.
The amendment was agreed to.
Mr.: Evans moved TO increase The appropria-
ton for the pay Of commission, warrant and pet
ty officers and seamen, by striking out 50, 1885,
COO, and Inserting 50, $780, 900, which was
$395,0Q0 less than the estimates of the Secre-
iary Of the Navy
And pending the question on the amendment,
the Senate adjourned
HoUsE.-Mr. Hall, Of W.T. offered Resolu-
tion proposing Select Committee whose duty
it should be TO inquire into the expenditures
growing out of the Virginia Bounty lands.
Mr. lillo,o.a r. " a. Evo
thousand extra copies of the tabular statements
Of the Tariffs Of "a, %, and 80.
Mr.. Profit objected, and on motion the rules
were suspended.
Mr.. Johnson Of Md. proposed that an appen.
dix also be furnished, giving the yeas and nays
both in the House and Senate upon the various
Tariff Bills enumerated.
motion was made to lay the whole subject
upon the table, and lost by a vote of Ia TO s3.
The resolution as amended was then carried
ll9 to &C.
+, Mr. Cooper, OF Geo., moved reconsideration
OF the vote first taken after speech of nearly
an hour The speech had no effect, and the
House refused 10 reconsider, or to order any
vote upon the motion.
This Bill came up on the question of disa-
greemeni,
AT the request of Mr.. Fillmore, Mr.. Johnson
withdrew his motion to adhere upon the second
proposition.
Mr.. Briggs of Mass, moved to appoint Com
mittee Of Conference.
Mr. Tilinghasi hoped not
Mr.. Tillinghast, of Rhode Island, and Messrs.
Hunt and Gordon, OF New York, farther debated
the propositions connected with large and a
small ratio.
Mr.. |. d. Jones spoke amid general cries for
the question, The House having become weary
of the subject.
Mr. Davis, Of Ky, moved to reconsider the
vote by which the House last evening refused
to recede upon the vote disagreeing with the
Senate
Mr. Jones after the motion was submitted,
made his remarks, and spoke at length in de-
fencesof small House.
Mr.. Thompson, of Ind, gothic floor after Mr..
Jones closed, and after an understanding of the
question, he moved the Previous Question, in
order 10 gel at the question as speedily as pos
sible, but the House adjourned without any de-