The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-02
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Tmemtp=Senenth Congress.
SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE,
SATURDAY, April 80, ls4s

SATURDAY, April ou lo4~'
Mr.. PHELPS presented the credentials of the
Hon. SAMUEL G. CRAFTS, appointed by the Govern
or of Vermont a Senator Of the United States for
that State in the place of the Honorable Samuel
Prentiss, resigned
Mr. CRAFTS was then qualified and took his seat
in the Senate.
Mr.. BUCHANAN presented memorial from citi-
zens of Northumberland county, Pennsy lvania, COM
planning that American manufacturers will not be
able to endure the competition of foreign manufactu-
rers after the duties under the Compromise Act shall
have been reduced to twenty per cent, and they,
therefore, ask Congress to pass, speedily and prompt
", a tariff to protect the domestic industry OF the
country also, memorial from citizens OF Washing
ton in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in which
they enter into argument for the purpose OF prov
ing the improperly of the mails being transported,
and the post Offices kept open, on Sunday, and they
ask for the repeal of all laws which give sanction to
this violation Of the Sabbath.
Mr.: LINN presented memorial from citizens OF
Missouri praying for the settlement OF the Oregon
territory and asking for the establishment Of mi itary
posts and expressing their desire to have law passed
giving tract of land to each soldier connected there
with after the expiration of his term of enlistment.
Mr. LINN gave notice that he would, on Wednes-
day move to take up the bill (on which an adverse
report has been made by the Committee on the Judi
ciary) to refund to General Jackson the fine imposed
on him in 1915, by the District Court of Louisiana.
The following bills were engrossed for third read
ing viz;
The bill confirming the claim of the heirs and legal
representatives of Pierre Dole deceased tract of
land in the State Of louisiana
The bill confirming the claim of John Baptise Lee
compile to a tract Of land in Louisiana; and
The bill to continue in force the act for the final
adjustment of private land claims in Missouri, APP
proved oh July, 1882, and the act supplemental
thereto, approved March, 1888.
The bill for the relief Of John c. Reynolds late dis
bursting agent of the Indian Department having been
read
Mr. ALLEN moved TO lay it on the table, for the
purpose Of taking up the resolution heretofore sub
mtted by him requesting the President of the United
States TO furnish the Senate certain information in
relation to the existing controversy in Rhode Island.
He said that the resolution could be passed without
word of debate. II his motion should fall he would
feel bound to present the question in another FORM
that the information which he desired could not be
suppressed and he gave notice that he would perse-
we're in this movement For the purpose of testing
the sense of the Senate the subject, he again
moved to lay the bill the tabl but the motion
disagreed to.
The bill for the relief of John G. Reynolds and the
bill for the relief of Charles M Keller were then en-
crossed for third reading.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill
making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic ex-
penses of Government for the year 1912
The amendment of the Committee on Finance,
striking out $4 900 and inserting 2l5 dollars for
commissions 10 superintendent of light houses, was
agreed TO.
The following proviso was stricken out viz:
s,That the commissions of two and hal per cent.
and any and all other commissioner heretofore allow
ed to the superintendents of lighthouses, be disc
tinued in all where the compensation of the col
lector as SUCH and superintendent Of light houses,
including fees perquisltes, official shares of fines for
FIXTURES and penalties and commissions and all emolu
ments of Office whatever, shall amount together to
one Thousand dollars or upward per annum; and the
different collectors shall hereafter discharge the duty
of superntendents heretofore required without
any additional or specific compensation for the per-
Torrance thereof except as above stated Prorided,
That nothing herein contained shall be construed
to impair or affect the eighteenth section of the
act approved seventeenth May, eighteen hundred and
twenty two, limiting the compensation of collectors,
surveyors and naval officers TO the of four hun-
dted dollars annually, for services performed for the
United States in any other Office OF capacity"
The next amendment was read, and, after debate,
was agreed to- and is as follows
"Strke out "for outfits of Charge dAifaires to
the Republic of New Grenada and insert 'for out
fits of Charge DIES Allares to Sweden, Belgium, and
New Grenada, and half outfit to Charge j. Affairs to
Holland, $l5 $50"
The amendment approphating $4,000, toad Of
$2l PA for contingent expenses OF foreign inter-
cou Sc, was agreed to-
The amendment appropriatmg $50 900 for defray-
ing the contingent expenses Of all the missions abroad
was agreed to.
The amendment approprating $1,000 for the sal.
airy of the Consul at Paris was rejected, after debate
! by the following vote
| YEAS-Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Choate, Clayton,
Conrad, Evans, Graham, Kerr Phelps, Rives, Smith,
Of Indiana, Sprague, Tallmadge, and White-l4.
| NAYS-Messrs. Allen; Archer, Bagby Benton,
Buchanan, Calhoun, Crittenden, Cuthbert, Crafts,
Fulton, nderson, King, Linn, McRoberts Man
gum, Merrick, Morehead, Porter, Preston Sewer,
Smith, of Connecticut Sturgeon, Tappan, Wilcox,
Williams Woodbury., Wright and Young--2S.
The following amendments were agreed to
"For the relief and protection Of American sea
men in foreign countries, fifty thousand dollars
For the removal of the statue Of Washington, un-
der the direction Of Joint committee Of the two