Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-01-11
TWENTY.EIGH TH CONGRESS.
Correspondence Of the Baltimore American
House of Representatives.
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Correspondence of the Baltimore American
House of representatives.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ID, 1913.
Rev. Mr. Tinsley ,,the new Chaplain
opened the House this morning with
prayer.
The Journal having been read, MI
Ashe, OF Tennessee, gave notice that
he should bring in bill to establish
Naval Depot at Memphis, Tenn.
Mr. Baldwin gave notice that he
should bring in bill to abolish the
ranking privilege Of members and
Senators, and to fix the rates OF postage
on letters.
Mr. Hunt gave notice that he should
propose an amendment to the Constl-
tuition, SO that no person having once
been elected President of the United
States should be eligible for second
term.
These motions were entered upon
the Journal, and an effort was made
to submit many others,
PrGSlucny'S '. cSSaScs
A debate arose this morning upon
motion to print five thousand copies
of the message Of the President in Ger
man.
The House suspended the rules to
entertain the motion, and the resolu-
ton being before the House, Mr. Sill
dell moved that two thousand be print
ed in French. MIR Holmes, of S. C.,
moved that a certain number also be
printed in Dutch.
Mr. Wise opposed the motion. The
English was the legal and vernacular
language of the country, and if there
was an innovation for one language
there would be no end to the innova-
iions.
MrC.J. Ingersoll said the Germans
of his State would compare favorably
with the population of any State, and
it was the custom in his State to print
documents in both the languages.
Mr. Hopkins moved the previous
question.
Mr. Wise moved TO lay the resolu-
ton upon the table.
| Mr. G.. J. Ingersoll called for she
yeas and nays. which were ordered,
and the motion to lay upon the table
was nega!ived, Ayes So, noes 1874.
The previous question was with
drawn.
Mr. Ramsey, of Penna., moved that
in addition to the Message, the Reports
of the Heads Of Departments be print
ed in German. He believed that there
were three millions of Germans in the
United States.
Mr. Murphy, of N. Y, said if Mes
sages were to be printed in German
he was in favor of having them in Low
Dutch also; and should move an amend
ment accordingly.
| Mr. Brinkethof, of Ohio, was in ia
yor of the German printing, and
thought the proposition to print in Low
Dutch was but burlesquing the original
proposition. Mr. Adams said the pro-
position to print the Message with the
documents was an important sone, but
if the motions were to prevail that had
been submitted, the expense would be
very great, and a precedent would be
established that would be productive OF
great evil. live were to print MESA
ges in one language we nigh, in many.
The proposition by and by would in
volve rivalship for printers and clerks,
and an expence would be incurred of
at leest million of dollars. AT pre-
sent it was between two and three
hundred thousand dollars for this
House.
Mr. Beardsley of N. Y. said that
the proposition to print messages and
documents in German was a novelty.
Such thing had never been done be-
fore, and the effect would be to make
foreign language take the place of our
own.
Mr. Barnard having closed, MIR Wise
again renewed the motion to lay upon
the table. The yeas and nays were
ordered and the motion was disposed
| of as follows:
Yeas S6--nays Sc.
The Speaker voted in the affirma-
tive, and the proposition was laid on
the table.
! In senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l9, 1913.
Petitions were called for by the
President.
Tariff.
Mr. McDuffic introduced his bill to
repeal the existing Tariff, and to i'm.
pose duties upon the true value Of
goods; that when the duties exceed 80
per cent. ad valorem-afier the last OF
december next TO 25 per cent. and al
| ter December, 1874, to 20 per cent.
Mr. King hoped that Congress would
act early upon this subject. as he be.
lieved the present Tariff insufficient
! for revenue, but he had doubts about