The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-19
TwENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
First Session.
FRIDAY, June 10, 1916.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


by vote Of the House, had been laid on the table,
providing for the printing Of all the testimony accom-
panying the report Of the select committee appoint
ed to investigate the charges made by @. ]. h'
GERsoLL against DANIEL WEBsrER should be print
ed
Objections were made; and some conversation fol-
lowed as to the mode in which the object eouid oe
attained, &c; when
Mr.. BRINKERHoFF moved suspension Of
the rules, TO enable him TO offer a resolution ans
asked the yeas and nays, which were oruefeu' anu
being taken, resulted as follows;
YEAs-Siessrs. Anderson, Boyd Bfinksfnonhh "i E
q. Brown Cathcart Chase, Clarke, Cobo, Coilh Suih
minis. CUNNINGHAM. Ea,sil H Hfssn aOpsnsi Georss
Houstoa Hungerford, James B. Hunt, Jenkins James a.
Johnson Joseph Johnson Esnnsdy rri1a ossps
Nc Dowell Barclay Martin, Moulon, NNen, NoTTls
owen Payne. Perrill Reid Ritter Russell sswtsle, saw
stIoug James Thompson Jacob Thompson Iiboat"
srM is Abbott. stephen Adams A.hmun. Bell
Biggs, Brodhsad Burlington Burt, william W. Campbell
John II Campbell, Carroll, John q. Chapman S9eAs
Dobbin Doekrry Ellsworth, John IL Ewing Foot Gen
w Giddings. Goodyear Graham H1% RS t haips
Washington Hunt, George w. Jones, Daniel I. Ming
Le4ks, LeiO, Lewis Lyon Long MeGaTghsy MS saL
Esm'sy' JuESs Rockwell } 4. Rockwell Root, Runk
sshenek, seaman seldom, Leonard s%, s s,a
b. ' SSraS wheaton %S WSSiTs
ward Ysncey, and ioung-U.
So the rules were not suspended.
THE DEBATE ON THE TARIFF.
Mr. Mckay rose and said that he proposed to
offer A resolution fixing the day when the debate on
tie revenue bill should be brought to a close. He
presumed that both sides Of the House would
sent TO a proposition Of that kind. He offered
therefore, the following resolution on which he de-
manded the previous question:
RsoIrsd That all debate in the Committee Of the Who'll
House on the Of the Union the hill OF the House
reducing the duties imports and for other purpose
shall cease on the 3Oth instant at II O'Clock meridian, ga
the committee shall not TO conclusion uPon
line same1 aud the committee shall then proceed vote
sHs and San then report il to the House with such
amendments may have been agreed BY the commit
tee
Mr.. G. 8. HOUSTON suggested to Mr.. McKAr
10 withdraw his demand for the Previous question,
TO admit an amendment, fixing Saturday, the 9Th,
at II o'clock, instead Of Tuesday, the 3Oth.
The SPEAKER said no debate was IN order, the
previous question having been called.
Mr.. COLLAMER suggested that there was no
necessity for the previous question, as the resou
ton was not, under the rules, debatable.
The SPEAKER said II was true the resolution
was not debatable. But the previous question, II
called, had the effect of cutting off amendments.
Mr. Mckay said he would withdraw the de-
mand to enable the gentleman from Alabama Mr..
HousroS ifhe thought proper, to offer the amend
merit he had suggested
Mr.. G. s. HOUSTON accordingly offered his
amendment, and renewed the demand for the pre-
vIous question.
Mr.. JOHN II. EWING inquired of the Speaker
whether the resolution was in order without a
pension Of the rules
The SPEAKER said it was always in order to
offer such a resolution
Mr. POLLOCK moved that the resolution and
amendment be laid on the table.
Mr. HENLEY asked the yeas and nays which
were ordered and, being taken, resulted as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Abbott, John Quincy Adams, Ander
son, Ashmun, Barrnger blanchard Brodhead Burlington
Mott, Dixon, Doekery Edsall. Ellsworth John II Ewing
Goodyear Graham Hamlin Hampton, Hafmanson, Har
per billiard, Elias B. Holmes, John w Houston, samuel
James B. Hunt, Hunter Jenkins James r. johnson
Daniel P King Thomas Bu'l.y Sins LeiS Lewis
Mcilvaine, Marsh, Moseley, Moulton, Nivsn Norris
Parish, Payne; Pandston, Perry. PiIlsbuy, Pollock
Rockwell, Root. Runk, sawtele schenck, seaman sed-
don Truman smith Albert smith Caisb b smith Stewart
Thompson ribbatts, Tilden, lIumbo. vinton. White,
Stephen Adams. Bell Benton, Rigg.
James Black, Bowlin, Boyd BToekenbrO9gh, VIM. @.
Cobb, Collin. Cullom, cumRl;, Cunningham, Daniel,
Dargan, Jefferson Davis Dobbin Dunlap. Erdman,
e. Holmes, Hopkins George Houston, Joseph johnson
George w Jones, seaborn Jones, Kennedy, La sere.
Mcdowell James Mcdowell, Mckay, Barclay Martin.
Morris, Owen, Reid, Sawyer, scammon. Alexander d.
Leonard
Stephens St John, Jacob Thompson Towns TredSay,
Wheaton, Wick, williams, Woodward, and Yancey-67.
So the resolution and amendment were laid on the
table.
On motion of Mr.. MCKAY, the House resolved
itself into Committee of the Whole on the state OF
the Union, (Mr CoBB, of Georgia, in the chair, }
and resumed the consideration of the bill to reduce
the duty on imports and for other purposes.
MIR. YOUNG entitled to the floor and ad-
dressed the committee during the hour in a speech
r. r ~ tnk ha
tended, proved by all experience to be the sys-
TEN best adapted to promote the prosperity of all
classes of the community. He drew picture OF
the distress existing the State Of Pennsylvania in
1919, which he attributed to the reduction of the
tariff.
Mr.. BRoDHEAD begged to correct the gentle
man from Kentucky, and to inform him that the
distress in Pennsylvania in 1919 was occasioned by
the expansion of the paper-money system. Forty
banks had been chartered in that State few years
previous in one batch. That was the cause Of the
distress.
Mr.. YOUNG resumed, and devoted the remain
der Of his speech to an attempt to prove that pro-
tectve tariff, while it encouraged our own labor
reduced the price Of the articles protected, by
couraging domestic competition in their produc-
ton.
Mr.. OWEN said There are things, seemingly
possible, which yet cannot be done, in this world
any more than TO turn the sun back in his daily
course. There are certain progressive changes in
society and government that must go on; it may be
slowly. may be quickly; but proceed at some pace
they must. man who looks calmly over the whole
field of human affairs and of past history, and can
put from him national and party prejudice, may
readily distinguish these, or some Of them. The
short-sighted oppose them. The sanguine some
times over-hurry them The cautious may strive
to check their speed, the wise to direct their courses
but he is no statesman who thinks stubborny to ar
rest them. Ii is folly only that attempts the i'm
possible.
A striking example is to be found, a, this day. in
France. They are talking there about the exten-
sion Of popular suffrage as well they may, in a
country containing thirty millions Of people, OF
whom about quarter OF million only are voters.
1t requires little sagacity to predict the ultimate re-
suit. The right Of suffrage in France will be grad
uaIly extended, let the Powers that be struggle
against fate as they will. That is necessity; as
much necessity, as that man must grow old
with the lapse Of years. The law of the day dis
franchises, throughout France fou rteen out of eve.
ry fifteen male adults; but you no more make