New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-28
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
By TIE REPoErER OF me sEw-YoEk TElBu,'E.
wA.Hrxeros. FEB. as, 1915.

wAsHfxe1oS. FEB It, 1915.
IL SESArx-Mr MILLgg Of y. J. proceeded TO
address the Senate IN an able speech il opposition
10 the Annexation OF Texas.
When he took his seat, Air. BAGsy OF Ala. OBJ
raincd the floor.
The senate then went into Executive Sessioa
with closed doors, where they Continued Tor snort
time have aoi heard what ;hey did, ort may &c
able TO notice any thing OF Importance by ins
4: the conclusion OF the Secret Session. the
Senate took recess I'll o'clock. As write
;acy are Jusi assembling tor long Evening Ses-
SION. Some insist upon havlns tue question TAKEN
tonight hardly think II possible II the trendS
Of Annexation want 10 stop The NOUNS oil those
hose who wish 10 speak, they should begin with
HorsE House was very full a; he hour OF
meeting, as the friends cf the Post Othce Bul were
determined 10 have pass, and rs toes weTe equal
! " determined 10 defeat II possible.
The question then came up on the POST OFFlcE
The amendment providing tha, the bill 90 into
operation on July lst, 1915, coming up, was adopted
/ without division.
The next amendment, providing that the rates SO, Of
Postage shall be, uncer 500 meSo cents, over 'oo
| miles 10 cents. was taken up.
Mr.. Barnard called for the Yeas and Nays, which
were ordered Yeas no. and Nays -.
The next attempt 10 amend was relative TO the
Franking Privilege. After much confusion the pro-
| posed amendments were lost. -
The Main question was then put, and the bill
passed Yeas l2S: Nays "a. The Yeas and Nays
were
Yr,s-Abbo;;. Anderson Baker Barnard, Renton Bid
lack Black Pa Brengle, Briakerhof Broaihea, bEowl
BuflEcton Burke. Carr enter. Cary of y y Cary OF Ne
Carroll Can Car>:n. Clinton, Collamer, CranSton paia
DarTa-h Davis Of Hy. Davis OF " Dea' pa4et' pcAe,
Dillingham; Douglass Dunlap, Ellis. Elmer Farce tis!
Florence Foot Foster Fuller Giddings, Green c y l.
Grnne!l riGe Hale Hamin OF 1ie. aniir OF Ohio Hardin
Harper HAYS Herrck. uubbe, ,huneeord Hunt OF
" y Hunt Mich irwin jerks johnson OF Ohio Kennedy
OF Nd King of y Y King Mass. Kirkpatrick, L1brace
Leonard LYON. NcJat,en Aacly- NcCleiland, Mcdowell
McIvae Marsh Morris OF Pa. Morris OF Ohio Morse OF
Me Moseley, Murphy, Norris Owen, Pafmenier PATERSON
PhmnX Pollock Potter of T. l. Potter OF Ohio Prdtt fur
dv Ramsey RathbUn. Reed Of Pa Reding, Ritter. Robinson
Rockwell, Rodney Rogers Rlssell, 81. John, sample,
Schenck, Severance, Seymour o. Conn., SeyHou. OF y l.
simmons, Sde Smith y. y Smith OF f Steison, Stew
OF Pa. Stewart OF Conn. Stone OF Ohio, Srois Sykes
Thomassou, TibbattS. Tiden, Tyler, Vance Nanmeter,
I Wentworth, wethered, Wheaton, White OF Ne Williams,
! Winthrop, Wright of y. J Wright Of la. fost-l2s.
NAys-Arrncton. Ashc, Barrncer Bayly Beser, Black
of : c. Blackwell Bowiin A. V Brown, Milton Brown OF
renn Brown Of Ind Burt. Caldwell Campbell Chapman Of
Ala. Chapman OF Va, Chappel Clinch Cnsnan, Cobb,
Coles, Cross, Cullom, Daniel Davis OF Ia De6erry Drcn-
coo!e. F!cklin French, oiCgcn. Green Hammeti Hral-
SON Henley Holmes, Hoce Hopkins, Houston Hubars In
gersol Jameson Cave johnson. Andrew johnson OF Ien
Jones. Kennedy Ia. Lucas, Lunpkin, NcCernand Nc
| Conne McKay. Morse OF La, Newton, Payne, Petit,
Peyton yner Reid OF y c. Eelie heti Roberts Spuil-
aers Taylor. Thompson, Tucker Weller White OF NY,
| Woodward, YaHcey-.i.
The title of the bill was then read, when Mr..
| Thompson of Mississippi moved an amendment,
that il be enti;led "a bill TO make the Post Olnce
! n public nuisance, and 10 perpetuae the Tariff OF
! 1872" On this amendment Nr. Thompson made
long speech against the bill itself. Objections were
/ made, bu, The chair ruled that he was IN order
| From this decision an appeal was taken. Yeas a;
| Nays 10. So the char was sustained.
I r. MAJ DO
Seymour of New-Yorll and voted down.
Mr. Houston of Alabama moved 10 reconsider
the motion by which the bill TO reduce and sradu-
| .te the price OF Public Lands was ald on the table
| A few DAYS since Yeas and Nays ordered. Yeas
81. Navs 81. So the motion was not reconsideTed
The House then went into the Committee ofthe
Whole on the State OF the Union.
Mr. Mckay moved 10 take up the Army Appro
priation Bill Tellers ordered. Yeas %, Nays 40
The bill making appropriations for the improve
ment of Harbors and Rivers was taken up.
Jrpon thi; Mr.. Raynor OF North Carolina pro-
ceeded 10 speak an hour, IN opposition to wild eX-
pendtures, as the state OF our Foreign Relations
nigh. REQUIRE all the funds could have. He
closed his speech with rphIlllpc against John
| Tyler.
GIr. Thompson of Kentucky spoke N favor of the
bill
| the bill He launched oil INTO speech on Ma
tivism" and other questions as lmperilnent to the
subject as Mr. Raynor's speech was
Before Mr. Murphy had concluded, q motion was
made that the Committee rise.
A motion passed that debate cease on the River
and Harbor Bill in half an hour after it is taken up
The House then went INTO Committee oil the
Whale again upon this bull.
Mr.. Smith of Illinois Is speaking, as the cars are
about to leave, in favor OF putting the National
Road among the Rivers and HaTbors. More by
the morning mail.