The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-01
SENATE.
SATURDAY, March /, 1916.

The reading of the minutes was dispensed with.
Mr.. ASHLEY said he was mortified yesterday that
he was appointed chairman of the Committee on
Rules. He felt due to the Senate to say that he
would not lie able to attend to that duty and hoped
to be excused from serving.
Mr.. EVANS moved that the vacancy be filled by
the Chair.
Mr. CHOATE said it is necessary that there
should be Committee the Library, from which
he was excused. He moved that the vacancy in that
committee be filled by the Chair; which agreed
TO.
Mr.. SEWER, from the Committee on Pensions,
made an adverse report upon the petition of Messrs
Elliott, Fitch aid Others for relief also report up.
on the petition of Isaac Allen for relief with re-
commentator that 1t pass.
Mr.. EVANS moved that the report of the Com
mitee on Indian Affairs, which was made to the Sc.
nate few days past be printed; which was agreed
to.
Mr.. JARNAGIN, from the Committee on
Claims, asked to be discharged from the further con-
slderaon OF the bill for the relief of Robert Wmon;
which was agreed to.
Mr.. MERRlCk moved that the amendments to
the Post Office bill made by the House of Represen-
tatves be coDcurred in.
| Mr. SIMMONS objected to the amendments made
by the House particularly that with regard to the
time when the bill is made to go into operation The
BILL it left the Senate, provided that il should go
into operation from and after its passage but by these
amendments, it would not take effect until the LIST OF
July next He was opposed to this amendment, a.
well as to the other increasing the rates of postage
300 mills TO ten cents, and he would move that
they be str cken out
Mr. WOODBURY. asked for the yeas and nays on
this motion.
Mr.. MERRICk said he was disposed to amend the
amendment Of the House but he hoped that every
friend of the Post Office Department would concur
in these amendments, for If went back to the House
it would be- sacrificed.
Mr., DICKINSON said that although he was OBJ
posed to these amendments, he in favor of con.
curing IN them, lest by sending the bill back to the
House il should be lost; but he hoped at some other
time TO have the bill further amended
MIR SEWER wanted to increase the rates Of post
age over three hundred miles to the maximum of
fifteen cents.
Mr.. MERRlCk repeated what he had said here
toiore that II the Senate made any amendment now
to the bill 1t would be entirely lost.
Mr.. SIMMONS said that the second amendment
was an injurious one. That amendment would throw
the heavy rates OF postage upon the country. BY
looking at the State OF Louisiana and other Western
States, It would be seen that the heavy rates would
fall upon that part OF the country, while the low rate
of postage would fall upon the thckly settled part
lie you'd at some future time introduce bill 20 al
ter the present one.
Mr. MERRICk admitted that the highest rate of
postage would fall upon Louisiana and the other
states similarly situated, but did not the bill reduce
the rate Of postage 10 much lower rate than what
It was before. At all events it would not do now to
lose the presept bill and If the Senate would amend
il now 1t would certainly ne lost
Mr. HAYWOOD ss d that The Senate had mad. ,
bill which was one IN great measure Characteristic
OF Mr. Hills bill, and that was of very great re.
duction OF The former Of postage and did not
wish TO see Il altered by those a nepdment..
The vote was taen taken upon the adoption OF the
first amendment OF the Hose Of Representatives
which was agreed to-
Mr. BEN ON said there appeared TO be an error
IN one OF the provisions Of the bill, which denied