The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-02-12
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
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Washington.
Correspondence Of the Herald.l
WASHINGTON, Friday Night,
February 10, 1913


February 10. 1913
Passage or the Army Bill by the Senate
Professor Espy-State OF the Treasury
Reissue OF Treasury Notes-Mr. Adams
on the MISSISSIPPI Debt-Lunatic Asylum
FOR the District or Columbya-The District
Banks-NO Rechartcr.
There was not much real business done in Con-
gress. The Senate passed the Army Bill with few
unmpor,ant amendments. One was to appropriate
$4,000 for meteorological observations to be con-
Quoted by Professor Espy This last was opposed
and passed, 2S to 10. Benton, Allen, Fulton,
McRoberts, McDuffie, Sewer, Tappan, Wilcox,
Wright, Williams. Young, and both the Smiths.
voted against 1t. The bill was passed, and sent to
the House for concurrence In the amendments.
The only other important matter in the Senate
was the passage of a Bill allowing part of the Mis-
sissippi two per cent. fund, about $25, 600 to be
spent in completing one Of the railroads in the
House.
The Senate then wentinto Executive Session for
an hour.
!NTHE House. the most important matter was a
Bill offered by Mr.. FILLMORE from the Ways and
Means, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury
to issue $5 600 900 of Treasury Notes during The
present gear This is really another loan. Il ex-
cited some laughter and derision all around the
House. The Bill was read twice and then sent to
the Committee Of the Whole. 1t will pass-be-
cause without it, there will be an explosion.
learpthat Mr.. Fillmore has received another let
ter tromthe Secretary of the Treasury, in which
the latter states that the gross receipts for the last
quarter nom customs were only So, $50 600; out OF
this has to come the drawbacks, expenses, &c. 1t
also appears that the revenue rom customs last year
was So $40 600 less than the previous year Still the
Secretary consoles himself by saying there will be
balance in the Treasury at the end OF the present
year of $500, 600, or $4oO, 900.
The OREGON BILL, on Mr.. Everett's notion was
taken from the Committee of the Whole and referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. You have
already published this important bill exclusively
do dot think il will pass the House. The bill to stop
private expresses will pass the House, unless the
press speaks out, and shows its enormous Injustice
and tyranny. Many members here say it is a mon.
strous measure, and one tho despoic for even Ma.
homedan Government.
Mr.. JOSEPH lNGERsoLL moved to print 10000 CO
pies OF the reports OF the COMMITTEE of Ways and
Means against issuing $500, OO0,0 900 of Government
stocks; the projet Of Mr.. COsT Johnson in favor of
which petitions and memorials pouring into
Congress daily from all classes and sections of the
country. sent you copy of the reports the other
day:
This motion called up Mr. Adams.
Mr.. ADAMS said, hope, sir, the motion will not
prevail. do not mean to censure the committee,
or any member of it, but in parliamentary sense,
both the reports are improperly made. And the
whole proceeding, sir, is not respectful to the House.
nor to the gentleman from Maryland, (Cosr JOHN
SONY he being the chairman of the select committee
that have all the memorials on this subject now
der deliberate consideration, to which they have
been referred by the action of the House
Mr.. PIckENs Dumping up, and fearing a warm
discussion speech from the 'old man eloquent")
Have not similar memorials been presented by the
gentleman from Massachusetts himself, and referred
to the committee of Ways and Means, at his own
request!
Mr.. ADAMS One branch of that question can
not answer, and I'll tell the gentleman and the
House why can't. According to the proper usage,
petitions should be openly presented TO the House.
on certain days assigned for their presentation But
Infamous rue-(grPAf nd
members crOwding down round in front of Mr.
Adams)-the 2lst rule-that odous and detestable
rule, those regular days have been devoted to other
purposes: And thus, the people of these United
States have been deprived of their precious
right of having their petitions presented in
the face of Gay. They must now, by that
odious rule, be sent secretly to the speakers
table, and he is to decide whether they are to be re-
ceived or not. For this reason, can't tell how the
petitions have offered here, have been disposed Of
By that gag rule lam not allowed to offer in the face
oflhe House and the country, the petitionsthat am
entrusted with. But am compelled to send them
secretly 10 that table, and leave it to the Speaker to
say whether he will receive them or not, and how
he will dispose of them if he does receive 'em.
have demanded written statement from the Spe aker
why my petitions have not been received but that
answer has not been rendered me. No petitions
have been referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means, or any other Committee upon my motion.
And wish The gentleman from South Carolina to
note this fact. Here he was very warm and in
pressve. and much excited, and pointed his John
Randolph's finger at Mr.. Williams and the Speaker.)
The action OF that Committee in making these re
port OneersolPs and the minority report has been
precpitate-it has been too hasty and has inter-
fered improperly with the subject now before the
Select Committee and about TO be reported upon. 1t
is a most unusual mode Of proceeding thus to bring
extra number. These two reports, Mr.. Speaker,
have the for popularity, tor the purpose Of
making odous prQ1d to which, or to some very
similar one, let the gentlemen of both parties do
w
A MKMBER-No, never
ANOTHER VeIcK-Never, by Cd
substantially that the General Government shall
come to the aid OF the several States, which States
have, in pursuing laudable objects OF internal
improvement, become involved in debt TO so great
without the aid OF the General Government Well,
the petitioners come legitlmatey to this House. and
ask Congress to help them to discharge the debts
thus incurred. / wish to impute no improper mo-
tives, but am satisfied that the Committee have not
examined to any extent the proposition of the gent.
from Mary land, Cost JOhnson). Although am on
that committee, do not wish to be considered as
committing myself favor of that proposition, or res
ponsbe tor it; but, sir, claim in behalf the honor
of this nation that when petitions asking for this aid
from the House of Representatives are presented
here that they shall be fully and fairly considered,
and not pushed aside by these side winds and blows
ter how either the wing party the locofoco party,
or the north, or the south may dread the gentle
mans proposition, the House must come to a calm
and serious consideration of it, before is definitely
disposed Of. II is most marvellous thing to me-
sirit is most surprising that the wing party in this
House should exhibit such extraordinary anxiety
to avoid the belief that they are in favor OF this
$500, 900 zrojef. We might suppose, sir, that
the whig party are afraid that when the locofocos
shortly come into power, they will try them Tin the
glow OF victory and flush of trlsmph) for treason, if
they express their approval of this project, and make
an applicaionl of the I'd tsection. Uaughter) 1t
does appear, sir If the wing party, by their great
haste this matter, the running this in the
pors to think that their very self preservation
demands that they shall never, never, never consent
to give any aid to those States which are involved
in these disastrous deb's Why, sir, we have before
this House solemn declaration from the people of
the State OF Mississippi that rather than pay their
debt they will go to war with Great Britain
THOMPSON, of Miss. Dumping up in hurry and
warmly Sir, the State of Mississippi has never yet