Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-01-13
TWENTY-NlNTH CONGRESS.
THURSDAY, JAM 1916.
GEN i III

THURSDAY, JAMS, 1916.
/ SENATE.
The joint resolution from The House Of Repre-
\ senlalives, authorizing The Washington National
Monument Society 10 erect statue 10 Washing
Ion on such portion OF the public grounds in the
4 City oil W ashihglon as The President oilhe United
4 States NAV designate was taken up and read.
/ Mr. SEWER moved a reference TO The Com
miitee on The District Of Columbia, which motion
after some debate, prevailed.
The bill to raise regiment Of mounted rifle
men and for establishing military s.acns Oh The
route 10 Oregon was read third time and passed
The joint resolution Regulating the printing OF
/ Congress, and establishing The compensation Tor
the same was read 2 Third time and passed.
Mr.. ALLEN, f;om lie Committee on Foreign
Relations, TO which had been referred the Joint
resolution heretofore offered By him, Gdrising
The President OF the Uaited States to give notice
10 Great Britain of The termination Of the treaty
otjoiDt occupancy, reported as follows:
\ Re0lred bV The Scnate and ILoRSc Of Representa-
Tires Of tie United Stats in Congress assembled,
Tina! in virtue Of The second article of the Con-
venlion Of The 9Th August, 1927, between The
United States and Great Britain, relative 10 The
country westward Of the Stony OF Rocky Noun
,ains that the Une, States do now think fit 10 an.
nul and abrosa,c that Convention, and that the
said Convention is hereby accordingly annulled
f-JOtsutH,
take effect after the term OF twelve months from
The day on which dne notice shall be given 10
Great Bri:ain Of lhe passage OF lnis resolution;
ard The Presden, OF the United States is hereby
authorised and required 10 give said notice, ard
also al The expiration Of said Convention 10 issue
his proclamation setting forth The fact.
Mr.. ALLEN said liz would mova to take up
resolution on Monday ncxl, with view 10
have an early day fixed for its consideration. He
dill not press its consideration earlier.in Difference
10 an honorable Senator who had informed him
that he wished preliminary question first 10 be
disposed Of
Mr. ALLEN, from be same Committee, offer
ed a resolution directing The Secretary OF The Sc
naie TO procure aud place 10 the room cf said
Committee set OF globes maps aud such books
as The Committee may direct, provided The ex.
pcnse does not exceed $500. The resolution was
adopted.
The bill To authorize the Secretary of The Trea-
sury 10 pay to The State Of Texas the amount as
cenained 10 be due 10 her for disarming herlroops
&c, while an independent State, vas postponed
until Tomorrow, and the documents relating
thereto ordered To he printed.
The Senate then went inlo Executive Session,
and after a short time spent therein, adjourned
over until Monday next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Several Executive communications were laid
beorelhe House by the Speaker, and ordered 10
be prinlcd-one from the Clerk OF the House, re-
laliye 10 the contracts for stationery, ard one from
! the Commissioner Of Public Buildings.
MILITARY BILLS.
/ Tie bill from TIC Senate restoring the Office of
Inspector General, was reported from the Com
initIee on Military Affairs and passed. The bill
for appointing Company ofSappers and Miners
was reported and about 10 be passed, when MIR.
MCKAY moved its reference 10 The Committee
of The whole House. Mr. BRINKERHOFF
advocated lis passage al this time but The rule re-
quired lis reference, and il was referred accor-
DINGHY.
Mr. JONES OF Term. made speech upon re-
! lrcnchment ard reforms The bill under consitera-
ton was private pension bill, and quite de-
i bate arose upon il between Messrs JONES and
/ COOKE OF Tenn, and Mr. GIDDINGS Of Ohio.
| The bill was finally referred 10 the Committee OF
the Whole.
APPROPRIATION BILLS.
4 Mr. MCKAY, from the Committee Of Ways
and Means, reported The following annual aPPro.
pria,ion bills:
The Fertilization Bill for 1916, 47-lhe Indian
Appropriation Bill for 1916 and 'i7-lhe Army
Bli-the Civil and Diplomatic Bill-he Naval
Appropriation Billiard all those bills for The
fiscal year from July, lSiG, July, 1877.
The following ale the principal items in The
ForliiicaIion Bill:
For banks at Detroit, 100000; at Buffalo do,
% coo; Fort Niagara, $500 Fort Ontario, g.
00u Lake Campaiu $4,000 Prnohscot river,
$4,000: Fort Preb.c, 80, 900; Fort SCANNED. %
GEO; T. ri McCary 5000; Governors Island,
Boston Harbor 10000; Fort Warren, do as,
oO0 Fort Adams. Newport, $4,000; New Lon
don Harbor. 20 600; Fort Schuyler, East river.
| n. Y, 40, 600; Fort Wood 10000; Fort Hamil-
Ton, 10000 Annapolis Harbor 10000; Fort
Washington. Potomac river, $4,000; Fort Mum
roc Va $4,000; Fort Caswell, n. c., $4,000;
Fort Moullrie, S. c., $4,000; Drunken Dick
Shoa S. c., $4,000; Fort Sampler, $4,000 Fort
| Pulaski, Savannah river, 25,0G0; Fort Jackson,
1000; Fort Pckens, Florida, 10000; Barracks
at Pensacola Harbor, $4,000; Repairs at Fort
Morgan, Alabama, 10000; Fpri Pike, Lousi-
ana, 1900; For Wood, $500 Fort Jackson,
Mississippi river, $4,000; Fort ST. Phillips, do;
Fort Livingston, La, 10000; Florida Reef, l00.-
600; Contingencies of Fortfcations $4,000.
Mr. INGERSOLL reported Bill for The pay
nen Of evidences , { public debt in certain cases
al The above Bills were from The Committee Of
! Ways and Means, and were reported 10 The Com
millee of the Whole.
The Cumberland Road Bill making appropria-
| tons for continuing the Road in Ohio, Indiana,
and Illinois, was also reported, with large mum.
Der of private Bills.
AT hali-past ono the House went into Commit
lee OF The Whole, on the Stale OF the Union.
OREGON QUESTION.
| Mr. COBB of Ga addressed The House in IA
| vor Of giving the notice. He believed our Title
| 10 the whole of Oregon was good one; that The
question was national one; as much so as the
| annexation OF Texas. The negotiations had
reached crisis.
We are advised ny the President TO give the
notice. and he wished now 10 direct The House 10
4 ~, ~ IF nj riynp the notice
Should we not be placed in tie position oil receiv.
ing a recommendation from the President 10
give the notice, and Of declining 10 act upon the
| recon- mendalion? The effect Of placing Con
rress in opposition 10 the Executive, would be
disastrous 10 our claim in Great Britain. British
statesmen would see our position aud take advan-
! lage of it.
| We had received The ullimatum Of Great Bri-
tain and she had received ours, and as our Claim
was good, and hers bad one, some new mode
| must be reached 10 settle The question. We
weakened our claim il We did not give the notice,
and. regardless OF consequences, he was for CIV
| inc that at once.
Mr. COBB repudia'cd The idea thai we should
be compelled to give up any portion OF the Ore
gon if we went TO war with England. Not Bri-
/ ion would be lett upon our soil il we engaged in
a struggle with England She would not colEc
out Of such struggle with safely, il we entered
into a contest for our territory
We might suffer by war, but We would never
make reace while there was British flag upon
any portion of The soil consecrated oAmerican
Freedom He was for doing his duiy come what
might, anil for sustaining The Executive IN giving
| The notice a once.
Mr.. McCLERNAND followed in favor OF The
whole of Oregon, and with speech accompanied
by maps and statistics illustrating the importance
TO u, OF the whole OF The territory.
Amidst some forty competitors, the floor was
given 10 Mr. GILES of Maryland, and ut half
pas, three the Committee rose, and The House
adjourned
FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 1916.
The Senate was not il session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
Mr. WENTWORTH moved 10 suspend the
rules, for The Introduction OF bills By members,
which motion was lost.
| Mr.. TRUMAN SMITH made motion, The
object Of which was 10 SO allo Tie Time that each