Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-12-07
deferred Procecdiags.l
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Iuesd0h Dec. ), 1911.

number of copies ordered To be printed,
Mr. DROMGOOLE moved that the Mes
sage and Documents be committed TO The Com
mii,ee of the Whole House on The state oil the
Union.
MIR PARMENTER moved an amendment
that the Message do lie on the table.
Mr.. DROMGOOLE inquired as a question
Of order whether, after resolution had been
offered proposing the reference OF the Message 10
Committee, an amendment was in order which
proposed 10 Law it on The table While M, ne
would express his hope that the House would re-
store on this occasion the ancient and the proper
practice OF referring Executive Messages TO
COMMITTEE of the Whole Oh the state OF the
Union. This was the long established usage OF
the House until recently departed from, anc II
certainly seemed more propet and appropriate
The Message treated OF the state OF the Union
generally; il il went TO a Commitlee OF Tue
Whole on the stale Of the Union, ifal loIninh-
tee could take il up, anay2e lis contents, anu ols
tribute its several paris 10 The appropriate oo'l-
ni,rees 10 which, from the subjects referred, each
nart more fully belonged. No Committees had
Vet been appointed, sd that the Message could mol
now he referred 10 them. II here we're any thing
in the document which called for preliminary
discussion il could in a general Committee I've
pronerly had This, as he had said, was The
ancien, and approved Parliamentary Prac''ce. IL
had always prevailed till OF late years, when II
was set aside under high political excitement
He hoped it would now be restored.
The CHAIR overruled the question oil order;
Mr.. PARMENTER spoke in support OF MS
amendment. He was well aware OF The existence
of The practice referred 10 by the gentleman IRON
Virginia. (Mr Dromgoole,) and he also reme'n-
hered that il occassioned frequently prolonged
debate. which detained the House Tor Gays and
sometimes tor a week 10 no valuable purpose
The result was. that no subject was much atten-
died 10 by the standing committees, and me ausi-
ness OF the country was consequently much ne
elected. The Message for one or Two sessions
nasi had been referred directly 10 the appropriate
committees and with the best effect Ihis was
obviously the better mode. discussion III
Committee Of the Whole as 10 the distribution Of
The Message 10 committees was wholly unneces'
Sary and waste oil Tune.
As 10 the number of copies to be printed, me
House had ordered last year the printing OF l5OO0
extra COPIES of the Message unaccompanied by
the documents This was in his opinion mere
idle waste OF the public money. Long before
sucb copies could reach their constituents the
Message had been spread ny the public prints
all over the Union. The only valuable portion
of these extra copies was the documents; these
for the most part, never went into the public pa
uers. and il was these the people wanted In
several instances Of late, The House had printed
10000 copies with the documents and none win
ont; he hoped that course would be pursued now
The question being on the amendment proposed
by Mr.. Parmenter, j, was disagreed 10.
And the motion of Mr.. Dromgoole was agreed
90.
And so the Message was committed TO the
Committee of the Whole on the state OF the
Union
THE CUMBERLAND ROAD.
Mr. WRIGHT OF Indiana, gave notice OF
motion for leave TO introduce bill making APP
preparations for the Cumberland Road in Ohio
Indiana, and Illinois.
Mr. HOGE gave notice of 4 motion for leave
TO introduce bill providing for the sale OF lhe
reserved mineral lands OF the United States IN
the State of Illinois and in the Territories OF Iowa
and Wisconsin, and Tor other purposes
REDUCTION or POSTAGE
Mr.. PRESTON KING gave notice of his in.
,ention, on some future day, 10 introduce hi! 10
reduce and regulate the rates OF postage.
rnE NATrRAtlzATioS Laws.
Mr.. JOSEPH r. INGERSOLL gave notice
that he would introduce, at some future day,
bin 10 amend the Naturalization laws Of The
United States.
IrorRTH INSTRUMENT OF DEPoslTEs.
Mr.. DAVIS OF Ky, submitted the following
joint resolution:
Resoircd, by the Senate and House ~ Rcprcsc7,-
tniircs Of tie L,aifcd sites Of lmeyico, an Con-
gres assembled, That The Secretary Of the Irea-
sury be and he is hereby authorised and directed
10 pav over 10 the Treasurer or other proper au-
thori,y of the several States Of the United States,
the sum of S9,361,2lf 49, the fourth lnstalment
of the money in the Treasury directed 10 he de-
posted with The several States BY the act entitled,
IAN act 10 regulate the depositcS OF the public
money" approved June %, 1896; the oistrl3u-
non hereby directed 10 be made quarterly, IN
equal instaments, according 10 the provisions OF
The aci aforesaid
Mr.. WELLER objected 10 the reception Of
The resolution, as not being in order.
But the CHAIR orerruled The objection
The resolution having been read frsl time,
and the question recurring on its second read
ing
MIR. WELLER moved 10 lay il on the table
ON which motion Mr.. DAVIS demanded the
yeas and nays.
Mr.. STEENROD inquired of The Chair whe-
iher The resolution must not lie on the table one
1ay ?
The CHAIR said that this being joint re-
solution, it need not
The yeas and NAYS we're ordered; and, belnS
taken, resulted as follows: Yeas los, nays to-
YgAs-Messrs Arlington, Atkinson, Bayly,
Benton, Bilack. Edward j. Black, James A.
Black. Blackwell, Brnkerhof, VIM. J. Brown,
Burke, Burr, Caldwell, Carpenter, J. E. Cary,
Calm, R. Chapman, Augustus A. Chapman,
Clinton, Cobb Dana, Daniel, John w Davis,
Dawson Dean, Dillingham; Douglass, Drom-
goole, Duncan, Dunlap, Ellis, Elmer, Farlee,
French, Byram Green, Hale, H. Hamlin, Ha-
ral>on, Henley, Herrick, Holmes, Hoge Hop
kins, Houston, Hubbard Hubbel, Hudson,
Hughes, Hungeriord, James B. Hunt, Charles }.
Ingersoll, Jameson, Cave Johnson, Andrew
n l. irl-. tpl-
branche, Leonard, Lucas. LnmpSin, LYON, Nc
Clelland, McClernard. Mcconnell, Mcdowell,
Mckay, Joseph Morris ]. E. Morse Norris,
Owen, Parmen;er, Payne, Pratt, Ra,hbun, Da-
vid S. Reid, Rcdng, Relfe, Rheit, Ritter ST.
John. Saunders, Thos II. Seymour, David l."
Seymour, Simpson, Slidell Thos. Smith, Robt.
smith, Stcenroi Ste,son, John Stewart Stiles,
James w. Stone. A. P. Stone, Taylor, Thomp
son, Tibba,ts, Weller, Wentworth, Wheaton,
Benjamin. White, Williams, woodward, Jos. A.
Wright, Yancey, Yosi-l05.
N.ys-Messrs. Abbott Adams, Ashc, Baker,
Barrinecr. Barnard, Brodhead, jeremiah Brown,
Burlington, Causin, Chiffon, Clngman. Cola
mer, Cranston, Darragh, Garrett Davis, Debcrry,
Dellct, Dickey, Fish, Florence, Foot, Fuller, Gid
dings. Gosyin. Grinuell, Order, Edward S. Ham
lin, Hardin, Harper, Hudson, Joseph r. lnger-
soil. Irwin, Jerks, Perley B. Johnson, John P
Kennedy, Daniel P. King McIvaue, Marsh,
Edward JOY Morris, F. Fl. Morse, Moselev, Mes
Newton, Paterson, Pey,on, Phpnix, Pollock, Eli
sha R. Pouer, Preston, Ramsey, Rockwell, Rod
ney, Rogers, Sample, Schenck, Sener, Severance,
John T. Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Stephens, Tho
mason, Tyler, Vnton, Welhered, John White,
Winthrop, WIN. Wright-6S.
SO the resolution of Mr.. Davis was laid on Tie
table.
And the House adjourned until tomorrow at
l2 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY December t. 1911.
IN SENATE.