The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-06-16

Mr.. BERRIEN remarked that the amendments
the Senate-frst, changing the ratio, and secondly
providing for fractional represenation-had been
non-concurred in by the House. These points were
fully discussed by the Senate to render il some
what improper 10 offer any observations at this time
and therefore would merely submit to the Senate a
motion that they insist on their amendments to the
bill.
Mr.. BUCHANAN called for division of the
question, first The ratio, because he would vote on
insisting upon that but could not SO vote upon the
second.
Mr.. KING suggested that the amendment pro-
viding for fractional representation was first acted
upon and adopted by the Senate il would be proper to
| take the vote on insisting upon it.
The question was accordingly taken and the Be
nate insisted upon the amendmenl-yeas "a nays 10,
| as follows
| YEAS-Messrs Bates, Berrien, Choate, Clayton,
Crafts, Cuthber Evans, Fulton, Graham, Hender-
son, Huntington, Kerr, Mangum, Merrck, More
head, Phelps Porter Sewer, Tallmadge, Walker,
White, Wilcox Woodbridge. and Young-24
| NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagby, Barrow,
Benton, Buchanan, King Linn Miller, McRoberts,
Preston Smith, Of CT, Smith, of la, Sturgeon Tap
pan, Williams, Woodbury., and Wnght-ls
| The question was next taken on insisting on the
second amendment, viz: striking out 50,l79 and in
serng 7O6S0, and it decided in the Affirmative
Yeas 30, nays H. as follows
| YEAS-Messrs Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bayard,
Bernen, Buchanan, Clayton, Conrad Crafts, Cuth-
bert, Evans, Fulton, Graham, Henderson, Linn,
| McRoperts, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Phelps, Por-
ter, Preston Sewer, Smith, of Indiana Sturgeon,
Iallmadge, Walker, White, Williams, and Young
| 80.
| NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Bates Benton, Choate,
| Huntington, Kerr, King, Merehead, Smith, of Con
necticut Tappan, Wilcox, Woodbridge, Woodbury.,
| and Wright-H.
The Senate then insisted on its mendment fixing
the number of Representatives to which each State
would be entitled under ratio of $50.
So the Senate insisted on all its amendments here
tofore made to the Apportonment bill, and it was
again sent back to the House
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the
Navy Appropriation bill.
The question pending was striking out the fol-
lowing proyiso of the House to the clause approprl
ating 81 600 for the pay of commission, warrant,
| and petty officers and seamen amended by the
Senate to read follows:
Provided, That, until otherwise ordered by Con-
gress, part Of this any future existing appro-
Priaton shall be applied TO the payment of any Off
GERS IN the Navy appointed after this date beyond the
number in each grade now in service
i A debate ensued in which Messrs CHOATE,
SEWER, BAYARD, WALKER, CUTHBERT,
HUNTINGTON, BUCHANAN WOODBU-
RY, PRES TON and MoREHEAD participated.
A message received from the House of Repre-
sentaves stating that they had passed bill to extend
for limited period the present laws fol- laying and
collecting duties on imports
Mr. EVANS expressed the hope that the Senate
would now proceed to take the vote on striking out
the proviso, they were admonshed by pressing
sideations to observe the greatest despatch and he
called for the yeas and nays, which were ordered.
/ Mr.. BENTON remarked that he had little to say;
and if it the desire take the this afternoon,
| he would proceed with his remarks
| Mr.. EVANS again observed that it was desirable
4 they should proceed with all proper despatch The
House had changed their rules with a view to dispose
of business with rapldty; and therefore the Senate
should endeavor to legsate with a somewhat equal
pace. >..@s
Mr.. BAYARD also urged speedy action upon the
bill The officers of the Navy had not received
dollar for six weeks, and he had letter from Off
Ger in commission, stating that he had received no
money for that length of time, and was living
dit from day to day.
Mr. BENTON said that, if the Senator desired to
take the vote this evening, he for his own part was
ready to acquiesce
Mr. CUTHBERT thought that they ought not to
urge the measure with such extreme haste Thy
ought to have full deliberations to insure which -
bill would only be delayed but a day or two.
i Mr.. EVANS said that the bill had been for two
days before the Senate how much longer it would
be discussed, he did not know, He could read COM
municatons from the Navy Department dated
far back as February and March, saying that former
i appropriations were exhausted, large arrearages
were due, and that there not dollar on hand
letter had just been placed in his hands, stating
there were large demands against the Department,
which could not be met until the bill passed;
and therefore it was of the utmost Importance to
push the bill
Il MIR. CUTHBERT remarked that as the bill in
yolyed SO many considerations, it seemed to him that
,hey ought not to pass il through in hurry. The
Dill Tor the settlement of the accounts of Silas Deane
! aPpropiiating some 100000, occupied four or five
days; but this bill proposed to appropriate millions
and they had had it under consideration but two days.
when the Senator proposed dispose of it without
giving them sufficient time to look into the matters
connected with i'll
! Mr.. ARCHER had designed to make some re-
marks, but he would willingly abstain from doing
under the suggestion that speedy passage ofthe bill
| had been desired by the Department But il was no
reason why he should force sim lar course the
Senator from Missouri and TO extend to that Sena-
tor that courtesy which the Senator had never hest
tated to extend to Others, he would that the Sc
| nate do now adjourn.
| Mr.. BENTON thanked the Senator as he had
proposed to grant more than he (Mr. Benton) had
! asked
MrEVANS would not resist tho desire of the Sc
nate to postpone the further consideration of the bill
but he would ask that three short letters from the Sc
cretary of the Navy be read He would call the at
tention of Senators to their dates that they might
see what the condition of the Department and is
and he would suggest that they would come prepared
Tomorrow, to get through with the bill speedily as
possible.
The letters were read The first is dated the 26th
of February, 1912, and invites the attention of the
Chairman Of the Committee of Ways and Means to
the fact that most of the appropriations for the sup
port of the naval service nearly exhausted some
entirely so, and requests him to bring this state of
things to the notice of Congress at the earliest day
Fhe second letter was dated the 9TH Of April, and
states that since the letter of the Goth of February
the Secretary has been obliged to call on the Presi-
dent of the United States, by virtue of the act of
| 1894 to direct transfers from such appropriations
which will bear it, to be expended upon works
which cannot be neglected without serious detri-
ment TO the public service There is no APP
preparation which will bear a further trans
fer. The Department is in deporable condition,
having means 10 support the Navy. As rests
with Congress, the Secretary do more than
call attention to the subject and urge speedy action
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