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on the judiciary. reported two Bills. one
10 increasethe salary Of the District Judge
for The Western District Of Virginia al.
40 10 aathosize the Secretary 81 The Tres.
sury to compromise with the suresies Of
Sam1. Susrtwont.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES
The following Bills were reported BY
Mr.. McKA Yfrom the Committee Of Ways
and Means:
A Bill 10 malrs provision for the pay,
Tpent oil Revolutionary add other Pensio-
ners Tor The fiscal ear lS45.
Also, a Bill making appropriations for
Foutiicslions Tor the fiscal year 1916.
Also, Bill making appropriations for
the fiscal year 1916 for the support Of
The Navy. All these Bills were read
twice and referred 10 tie Committee Of
the Whole.
The Committee on Public Lands BY
The hands Of Mr.. DAVIS Of Indiana re-
ported q Bill 10 repeal The Act for the
Disiribu,ion Of the proceeds Of the sales Of
public lands.
JAxuAsT II. 1874.
d IN SENATE.
Mr.. MERRICK.pfesen.ed the petition
Of citizens OF Seneca Falls, New York.
Tor reduction Of postage.
MI. .MoREHEAD six or seven me-
MORALS from Cincinnati upon The same
subject. Mr.. NJ. knew many Of The sign
efs, and said that their feelings we're evi.
IDENTIFY strongly enlisted 10 this matter.
Mr.. MERRICK assured the Senator
from Kentucky that the Committee had
not slumbered over iheirrwork; be hoped
Z they would be able TO make report 10 a
few days.
Mr.. BAYARD gave notice of : Bill
for The establishment Of naval school Of
Instruction.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES
The House resumed the consideration
Of the unfinished business Of yesterday.
being the Resolution upon the subject Of
Western Commerce, proposing insiruc-
lions 10 the Committee Of Ways and.
Means 10 report Bill toEemove obslFuc-
lions from the Western rivers.
Mr.. KENNEDY Of indiana closed the
debate OF yesterday, and MI WELLER
Of Ohio renewed the discussion this morn.
ing.
Alr. WELLER said thai II was impor.
tant that this subject should be acted up.
on al once. Protracted discussion could
do no COED. The West wanted actions
and he should not stop TO debate the sub.
lsct now but move the Previous CUES
ton.
There was second 10 the Previous
Question. Ayes 81, nays 81.
The yeas and asys were then called
upon the motion 10 reconsider the Reso.
luton. The motion prevailed by avote
ofs95 10 II.
The motion 10 reconsider having pre-
vailed. the following Resolution was be-
fore the House anew.
Il "That The Committee Of Ways ard
Means be instructed TO inquire what sum.
Of money will be required 10 keep all The
boats now 10 use, and those in The pro-
cess Of preparation designed 10 be EN-
ploysd in removing distractions 10 the
navigation in The Mississippi river and its
tributaries in constant active employment
for the national fiscal year, commencing
on the list Of July next.
MT. SMITH opened the debate up.
on the resolution. He regretted that The
House had recensidered the, vote. He
thought the resolution would lead TO the
introduction OF Bill which would make
all the appropriation the Government
could afford The estimates from The De-
par,nent contemplated an appropriation
of 1928. 600 for the objects designed in
the resolution.
Mr.. Smith said he was in favor Of q
moderate system Of Internal Improve.
meats. He. would vote 10 remove OBJ |
sirnclions from, the Mississippi liver, from |
the Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas and even
from the Hudson The West, he argued,
had been neglected. The Delaware
@break. water had cost the Government
twice as much as had been expended up
on all tina Western rivers. and The work |
be understood wasAo be abandened.
Mr.. MORRIS Of Pa. said the gentle.
man was mistaken. The Delaware Break
water was eminently National work and
would not be abandonsd.E
Mr.. Smith con,inued. He believed
that maay Of the appropriations made IN
Congress resulted 10 log rolling" He
was opposed TO this system Of legislation.
MI Stewart Of Pa. desired here 10 an
swer the charge Of Mr.. Weller (msde
when he was not upon the floor or in he
House, stating that his allegations were
untrue 10 regard 10 Mr.. Van Buren,, aud
that he should prove them so. and then |
The fraud would be upon the gentleman
from Ohio.
Mr.. Stewart said be should put 4he
brand back Upon the gentleman from O.
hio. Every word which he had uttered
10 regard 10 Mr.. Van Buren, was true 10
the letter. He had stated that Mr.. Van
Buren, concurred with Gen. Jackson up
on the subject OF Internal improvements.
He had quoted what he had said over his 1
name. He had proved that be had kept
back the estimates for Western improve
ments. Bot be had not said. except as
an argument, that Mr.. Van Buren, would
veto Bill for Tntsrnal improvements 10
the West. He had only inferred this as
an argument.
Nj. Weller said that the gentleman
had remarked that Mr. Van Buren, would
veto Bill Tor the Cumberland Road
Upon the contrary hes could show that
Mr.. Vsn>Buren had approved bill max
ing appropriations for the Cumberland
Road.
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