American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-07-07
23altim1ore Gltnner.
Reported for the American Republican,
FIRST SESSION of the goth CONGRESS
WAsHNGroN, July 6, 1916.
SENATE.


partment to the enquiry for the names of the
killed and wounded OH the Rio Grande, that no
such information was in its possession.
Mr. Green presented a petition from the Fa-
Guilty of Brown University, asking that the for
eian DO oks may be imported duty free, except
jnG such as were published in the English Ian
g1age, within the five years next preceding the
date ofimPortation.
The clerk ofthe House brought in the Tariff
Bill.
After one or two private bills had been dis
posed of
Mr.. Sewer moved to take up the bill from
the House for its reading, and accordingly, by
general consent, the Tariff bill was twice read
by its title.
Mr.. Sewer then moved that it be printed and
made the special order of the day for Monday
NEXT IL o'clock, and each day thereafter at
| o'clock, until disposed of
MIR. Evans called for division of this mo-
ton, and that to print having been agreed to,
Mr. E. moved to refer the bill TO the commit
tee on Finance.
Mr.. Sewer urged against this motion, that
the committee in question was near equally d.
vided, owing to the absence of the Senator from
Miss. (Mr Speight,) who had gone to N. Car
olina, not TO return until the close of the SEES
sion; and thus if the subject was referred TO it,
there was no saying when it would be report
ed.
Mr.. Morehead protested his utter astonish-
ment that bill revolutioniZng the great COM
mercial interest of the country was to be thus
Summariy disposed Of without even the ordi-
nary forms of legislation.
Mr.. Sewer spoke Of the length of the session
and the number of important bills which re-
manned to be considered.
Messrs. Allen, Huntington and Mangum
continued the debate.
Mr. Lewis thanked the Senator from Arkan-
sas for having made the motion he had, which
he (Mr. H. would have made had he been
present. He looked upon the reference of this
question as only a matter of form, and calcu-
lated only to work delay. He hoped the SEN
ate would pass the bill to reduce and graduate
the price Of the public lands to-day, the Ware
house bill tomorrow, and one or two appro-
priation bills for the rest of the week, and then
on Monday next take up the Tariff
Messrs. Archer, Davis, r. Johnson and
Others advocated the motion to refer, and so
did
Mr.. Niles, who indicated plainly that unless
the bill from the House was materially amend
ed so as to take better care of the iron and
woollen interests, he should vote against it,
After some further debate, the vote was
taken, and the motion to refer lost, ayes 90,
noes "a.
The motion of Mr.. Sewer, making the Tariff
the special order for Monday next and each
day thereafter at O'Clock was agreed to with
out division.
Three hundred extra copies of the bill were
ordered to be printed
The bill to reduce and graduate the price of
the public lands was next taken up.
Messrs. Benton, Calhoun and Crittenden
discussed this bill until halfpast o'clock, when
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
I'm mediately following the reading and APP
proVal of the journal,
Personal explanations were made by Messrs.
Brinkerhoff, Of Ohio, Wick, of ind, and Rath-
bun, of N. Y,
These related chiefly to editorials in the
"Union," and the speech of Mr.. Wick, in con-
nection, also, with former speech, in reply to
the member from Indiana, made by Mr.. Rath-
bun, which occupied the attention of the
House for more than an hour. 1t may be con-
sidered as n sort of settlement of accounts of
the anti ad valorem tariff debaters, the "npper
in" of the democracy, and Mr.. Richie, the
administration driver
Mr.. Dodge, the delegate from Iowa, pre-
scented the constitution of the State of Iowa,
which was received and referred to the Com
mittee on Territories.
MIR. Henly, of Ind, was allowed to INTRO
duce joint resolution TO regulate pay for the
printing of Congress.
MIR. G. Davis, asked and obtained leave, TO
make report upon the printing of Congress
from the Select Committee appointed for that
purpose. He reported back the Senate joint
resolution upon the subject, and a substitute
for the same accompanied with a report which
embraces pU1nnpn IA hpfnrn FL
tee, and the views and recommendations of
majority based upon the facts presented.
Mr. D. spoke at some length, and with a
good degree of earnestness, in defence of the
views of majority of the Committee.
Mr. Benton, of n York, made minority
report from the same committee.
1t appeared, according to the report, that
Messrs, Richie s. Heiss had made, on the
printing ofonly six public documents during
the present session, net profit the very com.
Portable of SO CAT "a, being at the rate of
l6S per ct,profit, the entire cost to them being
but S54,3lS 40.
The whole subject was made the especial Or
der for Monday next
The House then went into Committee of the |
Whole Mr.. Ficklin, of Illinois, in the chair,
and took up the bill to reduce and graduate the |
price of the public lands,
The bill was read through, and then the first
section, which
Mr., Bggs, of n. Carolina, moved to amend
by striking therefrom that portion which cedes
the public lands to the States in which they
after being 80 years in market.
Mr.. Bowlin, of Missouri, then spoke to bun
combe an hour to almost empty benches
Mr.. r. Smith, of Illinois, talked for some
time to n similar purpose, and
Mr.. Mcconnell, of Ala, took up his ''man,
maid and widow case" and defended its merit,