Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-27
wENTY.EIGHTII CoNGREss--firstS Session
Thursday, Dec q, 1915.
IN SENATE

uarf last covering eport from The office OF the Al
orney General, showing the catalogue OF BOOKS III
that ,iice.
Mr. ATCHIsON, on leave, introduced bill TO "a
ciae aud encourage the settlement OF the Territory
of Oegou.
Mr. expressed wish tina, this bill should 60 II
S5lcl Committee instead Of the Committee on the
judiciary On referring 10 the journals he had ionnd
rhali1at had been the reference Of this SUBJECT when
INTRODUCED bef,re; and Ii said that no principle OF
pa tme ntary u.aae was better Understood than that III
such cases The committee should CONSIST OF The friends
of the measure.
| Mr. a moved that Il commi tie Of five he sppoinled
hy tn Chair which motion having been agreed TO, The
/ Chaii named Mess;s Aichison, Walker, Sewer Mer
rick. md Phelps
[Tie b II provides for line Of siockaoes and block
houses not exceeding FIVE, CONNIE nee II! some pon
On the aiIssou! river, and 10 run mt tue West pass
Tor entering he va@y Of Oregon.
! Forl,icatlohs 10 be ere al the mouth oil Colum
be river.
] Grants OF Go acres nj lard to each white male, with
additional grants Of 100 acres Tor wife and for each
child under eighteen.
| Allows 30 sale contract I, be made until the pa
tent is issued allows OF rs being 'oken IN eAecu
ton or by bond or lien, until the patent ~ issued.
| The space comprises all the territory lying west o.
The Il ,cky Mountans the Pacific, aad between The
para!, OF II and "A degrees of North lat'tada
| TITLE TO TEA PATCH ISLAND.
The SENATE took up the bli to set Il the tile 10 tht
|
After debate, on motion OF Mr. TAPfAN, The
bill was theI laid on the table for Tie present
On motto, OF Mr.. EVANS, the Senate proceeded tt
the consider ion Of Executive business; and, after
short time spent therein, adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I The Journal ri Yesterday was read ara approved
! Mr. F. l.. Moss, member elect from The State
Of Mline ;ppeafed, was qualified. ard took his seat
! PAY AND MILEAGE. ,
Mr.. DEAN, of Ohio, gave notice that ne wonio
Inn
pr di1m ply aud to regulate the mileage Of members
of Congress,
Winch m;ice was entered on The Journal.
PETITIONS.
| Tha SPEAKER announced the regular orocr Oh ou
sin SIS t. be the call Of the States for petitions.
The question before the llonse was lin The order OF
business tie appeal taken yesterday by Mr. Wise from
the decisonof the Speaker ION The petition presented
by Mr. dams from The citizens Of lIlinos that when
debate arise on the question OF the rccfP't' OF Pe
ton the de,a.c must under the 5sth rule 90 over.
| Which appeal Mr.. Strong had moved be ia'd on The
table.
| Mr. WISE rose, and, looking al the Speaker with a
very good rmored expression Of countcnance, inquired
whether tr Sp aker, reflection, adhered TO his de
cision cf yesterday;
The SPEAKER declared that he did.
| NJ WSE Then Withdraw the appeal, Sir
The Sneaker Well, SIR. The Chair has nc
doub. OF ne correctness Of the decision
Mr. WISE asked lave to withdraw from the files o
The House the peutiOn ol i Hoind5 ildiIiooH'
M KING objected.
After III, reference of one or two other petitions
The House proceeded To the consideration OF the Iues
ton raised Yesterday by MIR HARRISON, on the before
mentioned petition Of citizens Of Illinois, to WIT: "Sha'
The petition be received,
Mr.. ADAMS begged leave 10 refer to the argument
he had Yesterday addressed 10 the House, that by re
pee led decisions under the existing rule 1t had been &C
ternined by the House heretofore that when petitior
contained sundry prayers one or more Ct when cams
within the rule and other parts OF the prayer d'd no
come " thin the rule those parts within the rule were
considered IA excluded and those which did not come
within The rue we're referred 10 the appropriate com
mittees He had therefore, moved the reference, anc
he had sad that lie supposed the Speaker would con
slider HE last prayer Of the petition, which was that the
House take measures ID secure 10 the whole people
the S the enjoyment Of the self-evIdent principles
the Declaration of indie pendence-he afraid tina
that part of the prayer would be decided to come within
tie rule.
The SPEAKER remarked 10 Mr.. A. that the ques
ton ID refer it not nov IN order TO debate Tor tht
reason that the petition was not in the possession OF tn
House.
Mr. ADAMS Wei if he wa. not allowed to speal
the motion 10 refer, he presumed he was allowed L
speak upon the question of receptions and rs the cues
ton Of eccption he supposed, depended upon the pre-
vious suppostlon that there something obectiona
BILE in the petition, for which he right should be denct
tn the petitioners 226 respectable citizens oil Illinois
their prayers heard here-as that was to be pre-
supposed he ct liberty 10 urge the argument 10 the
House, that the supposiion that there was
part of that petition which should be excluded still TIA
another part the other parts, not being excluded BY
the rules, proper to be referred to some commit
lee. 1t in that point of view that he repeated wha
he had said yesterday, that, although he was afraid tina
the Speaker of this House would decide that petition
TO Congress TO secure to the whole people o Tue Y ,
the benef, Of the seevident principles OF the Dcra
ration Of ependence, would be excluded by The rule
Of the House, still he entertained hope that the House
would admit That portion OF The petition which did no
come within the rule.
The objection to the reception made afterwards was
that the petition contained an Insult TO the House -
He had desired that the petition might be Rad, u tha
was the ground Of objection, and then The objection
was 10 the reading Of The petition, after dsSnmng pre-
supposiag that there was something IN II insulting
the House He wanted to know how 1t was possihlt
to get forward with the petitions OF The people OF Inc
States if objections Of this kind were TO be made u
y, every petition presented here, ard how members o
this House from other paris oil The Union, and h7vng
other petitions 10 present. how they could tolerate 'f
exs,enc Of rule which necessarily stopped the pro
ceedngs of the House for arguments OF this nature.
Mr. A. protested against being held responsible to-
the emrloyment nf time, Of onc-loufh OF an hour OIL
one minute of this tmr discussions o! this nature
and he said that they were all owing to Tie rule ~
which this House the Representative body, undeIt 'nk
to rdct their constituents, the soveregns OF the
country the right to address 10 them their petitions
for the repara,;on ofther gricvances-a right securee
10 them by The letter Of the Constitution and by 'it
first principles of every human Government, the
right of petition. Yes: insult 10 is House 'oas
be presu,acd and then refusal 10 read the petition
Some conversation here as to the iact whethe
motion to lay The table the question of reception
/ had net been made yesterday.
] The SPEAKER SAID his recollection was that al
though it might have been mentioned, no gentleman
had been recognised at the time, and no motion hat
been entertained considered as formally submitted
| Mr. SAUNDERS and Mr.. WISE expressed thei
opinions, that molten Of this nature had been made
Mr.. ADAMS said, that the motion TO lay on the ta
! bic, which the gentleman told them had been made
related 10 another petition, and had not been made up
on this The Speaker had decided Yesterday, wiLhou
any appeal that The question VI on hs petition, gvn!
rise 10 debate must lie over, and said their journal
No motion had been made for laying on the table
That expeden had not been resorted 10 in this case
though it had been in another-ihat wooden-nutmel
of moving the question Of reception, and then Of NOV
in. lay it the table, in order to exclude by ind
| recton that which the rule would moi do
Mr. SAUNDERS here rose and called Mr.. Adams
to order for irre!evancy.
Mr.. ADAMS said, according 10 the construction
OF snme human skulls, notaing bore upon the question
or was relevant but wha. agreed with their opinions
and sometimes it happened that the skulls of these
gentlemen had strong sympathy with the skull of h'