The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-22

the Government, and at the same time, protect do
nestle industry also, praying Congress to pass the
Currency bill reported by the Select Committee OF
the Senate-known the Excheqler Plan.
Mr.. PRESTON, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, to whom referred the resolution Of the
Senate instructing the committee 10 inquire into the
eXpediency of reducing the army Of the United
States to the scale of the proyiso OF the bill from the
House, made a report, accompanied by bill in con.
formity thereto, entitled "a bill respecting the orga
nization of the Army, and for other purposes,
which was ordered to second reading
THE committee suggest reduction, in the 20
companies Of Dragons Of POO men
In the forty companies OF artillery 32O
/ In the eighty companies of infantry 2,400
Total reduction 1920 men
The committee propose to dispense with the Office
of Superintendent Of Armories, and to give the SUI
pernendency to officers of the Ordnance corps, and
to abolish the Office of Commissary of Purchases and
three paymasters of the Army. With regard to re
duction in the pay of the general staff, they propose
to postpone until the next session. The force of the
Army, on paper, if the suggestion be acquiesced il
by Congress, will be 1884 enlisted men, instead
OF 1929, proposed by the bill Of the House. and
would give effective force of about seven thou
sand men and this was less than the standing force
of 1908, under Mr. Jctiersons administration.
| The report ordered to be printed
Mr. ALLEN moved that the resolutions heretofore
submitted by him in relation to the affairs of Rhode
lSlaHu together Win tne amendments, DC MADE ule
special order of the day for Wednesday week. lie
made this motion after conversation with the Sena-
| tor from New York, Mr. Tallmadge,) who had sub
mitted counter resolutions; and he called for the
yeas and nays which were ordered
/ MIR. TALLMADGE said that he had merely ex-
pressed the hope that the resolutions be taken up,
that the Senate might fix some day for their consde-
! ration. -..r
The question was taken, and decided in the affirm
ative--yeas 81, nays las follows:
! YEAS.-Mes rs. Allen, Archer, Baeby, Benton,
Buchanan, Choae, Gratis, Fulton, King, McRobers,
MERCK, Preston, Sewer Sturgeon Tallu,adge, Tap
pan, Walker, Wilcox, Woodbury., Wright Young.
-2l
| NAYS Mes-rs Bates, Berren, Clayton, Conrad,
Crlltenden Cuthber Evans, Henderson, Huntington,
Kerr, Mangum, Morehead Smith, OF Ind, Wnlte,
Woodbndge.--l5.
So the resolutions taken up
Mr.. ALLEN now moved that the resolutions be
made the special order of the day for Wednesday
week #
Mr.. MERRICK suggested TO tie Senator to name
Monday week; to which
Mr.. ALLEN assentcd and the motion was then
agreed TO.
Mr. WRIGH Fmoved to postpone all The previous
orders for the purpose OF aklng up the following
solution, W:
Resoired, That, until 9TH rwise ordered the Sen
ate will take recess each day, from two 10 three
O'clock y. M and that after the reading of the Jour
nal, aud the transaction of the dina mornlng busl-
ness, the order0t bu ipe,s Tor the morning ing shall
be the ubc bills before the Senate for action and the
order OF business for the afternoon sitting shall be the
private blls upon the calendar exclusively until those
bills shall have been acted upon
And on the question being taken it was decided in
the negativ,--ayes sIX noe not counted.
The resolution Submitted days since by Mr.
CONRAD, in relation 10 the claims of American citi-
zens on the Government of Mexico, being announced
as the next business IN order
Mr. CONRAD remarked thatit WIS unnecessary
for him To say auy thing eX plan iton OF tins
luton, 1t sufficiently eX planned itself 1t would be
recolected by the Senate that he period for lhe ter
nlnat of the joint commission for settling the
claims OF American cltiz ms on the Government OF
Mexico was hnted-the duration OF the time which
it to sit, he believed, being eighteen months. AT
the cx ration of tins period, 1t appeared that large
number of claims had not been acted at all, and
with regard 10 small number, eighteen or twenty
involving considerable amount OF money, there was
a.dilcrence OF oplnion between the commissioners on
the part of the United States and those on the part OF
the Government of Mexico; in consequence of
which these pa cular claims had been referred an
UMPIRE but the umpire, concesing tha his Office had
also explr with the oinr commission had declined
10 act these claims after the expiration of the time
for which the commission was appointed These
claims, therefore, remained if they had not been
submitted to tie commission. Ii would also be recol.
lected that by the of the convention between
the United States and Mexico, the Government OF
Mexico was To give It's Obligations to pay the
awards that might be found due To the respective
claimants and that the Government of the United
States had taken the settlement Of these claims
lis own hands. Since the termination OF the convcn-
lion, the claimants had received from the Mexican
Government evidence OF the recognition of their
claims and evidence OF any steps being taken
any time fixed, for the discharge, of the debts |
Now the object of the resolution TO ascer. |
tain what measures have been taken by our |
Government for the purpose of obtaining the recog-
milton of such claims have not been finally acted
on by the commission? What steps have been taken
to obtain the payment of such claims have been
recognised? When the resolution before the |
Senate former occasion, the Senator from Ala
bama (Nlr Kng) suggested that the call was unne-
cessary nasmuch the information was likely to be
afforded by reply, by the President to a resolution
adopted motion made by that gentleman. The I
Senator, he presumed was satisfied that the mes
sage of the President did not meet his Mr. Conrads)
object nor answer the inquiries proposed.
Mr. KING remarked that he had supposed that the
desired by the Senator would have been
furnished by the recert communication from the Pre-
sident, reply to his resolution but this had not
been done and therefore, he would not oppose the
resolution before the Senate.
The question was taken on the resolutions and it
was adopted
Mr. BERRlEN, from the Committee on the Judi
ciary, reported, with amendments the bill TO regulate
arrests on mcsnc process III the District of Columbia.
Mr. McROBERTS gave notice thct, whcnthe Sc
nate bill toprovide for urthtr remedial justice in the
courts of the United States" shall be taken up, he
would move the following as an amendment, IL the
same, and he moved tha, It be printed, viz:
Sec. . ind be il furtbcr enacted, That the powers
conferred upon the President of the United States by
the act to provide for calling forth the militia to exc
cute the laws of the Union; suppress Instructions
and repe nvasions approved Feb 2Sth 1895 or by the
act authorizing the employment of the land and naval
forces Of ) IN cases oinsurrectons approved March
81, 1907, shall not be exercised by him hereafter for
the purpose of supprcssng distractions, or alleged
to the laws of individual State, or of
domestic violence therein, except during the recess
of Congress, and then only in case of actual force
and Tint a the first sns.lnn ner Ln nXcrclsc ~ sch