American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-21
american Republican,
TRepoued for the American Republican,
FIRST SESSION of the goth CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, April 20, 1916.
SENATE.

T.
ments, received from the Secretary of War,
concerning the Cherokee difficulties; ordered to
be printed
Mr.. Webster presented the petition of Thos.
Blanchard for the renewal ola patent.
Mr.. Dix, memorial from the Chamber of
Commerce of New York, demonstrating against
the passage ofthe Sub-Treasury Bill, and pray
ing Congress to appoint committee to inquire
and investigate as to what is likely to be the
operation ofthe bill; ordered to be printed.
Also, from $40 citizens of New York, praying
the repeal of the act of 1887, IN reference to
pilot laws.
Also, from the New York Historical Society,
praying that scientific books and apparatus may
be imported duty free.
The Clerk of the House brought in sundry
acts passed by that branch, and among them
the Oregon Judicial Bill, together with the
House amendment to the Senate amendment
of the Oregon Resolution passed by the House.
Mr.. Pearce, from the committee on the lii
brary, reported bill for the relief of Elizabeth
Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton.
Mr. Semple, from the committee on the Post
Office, reported bill for transporting the mail
across the Ishmus of Panama.
One Of the messages from the President was
announced by the Char as an answer to a re-
solution of the Senate, calling for the corrospon-
dcnce in reference to the right Of search. On
motion cf Mr.. Webster, this was ordered to be
printed,
Several bills from the House were twice read
and referred. When that in reference to an
extension Of the U. S. laws over the Oregon
territory was about to be read a second time,
MIR. Speght rose and objected to the second
reading.
The amendment ofthe House to the Senate
resolution aud preambe concerning the notice,
was then read.
Mr.. Mangum said there was some diversity
of opinion with regard to the effect of action in
this matter, in Parliamentary sense, but to
obviate all difficulty he moved that the Senate
disagree to the House amendment.
Mr. Allen said he had designed to submit
the motion that the Senate concur with the
House; he asked the Chair which motion had
the priority?
The Chair said that to concur.
Mr.. Haywood observed that the two motions
were the same.
Mr.. Allen then moved that the Senate agree
with the House.
Mr.. Mangum asked for the yeas and nays,
which were called and stood thus;-
Ayes-Messrs Allen, Ashley. Atchison,
Atherton, Bagby, Benton, Breese, Bright, Cass,
Cameron, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield flanagan,
Genness, Niles, Pennyba cker, Rush, Semplo,
Sewer and Turney-2l.
Noes-Messrs Archer, Barrow, Berrien, Cal
houn, T. Clayton, John NJ Clayton, Colqultt,
Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Evans, Greene,
Haywood, Houston, Huntington, Jarnagin,
Johnson of Md, Johnson of La, Lewis, Nc
Duflie, Mangum, Miller Morehead, Pearce,
Phelps, Speight, Upham, Webster, Westcott,
Woodbridge and Yulee-3l.
MIR. Mangum then moved that the Senate |
adhere to its own amendment, but after mo-
ment, withdrew his motion.
So the Senate refused to agree with the
House in the amendment of the latter TO the
Notice Resolution.
The next subject considered was the print
ing of extra numbers of the Patent Office Re
port.
Mr.. Sewer treated the Senate to some a.
musing details about corn planting, and said
that among the seed corn sent out by the Patent
office, he found calico, sioux, tuscarora, and
every other kind of corn, excepting Indiana,
Tennessee or Ohio corn, where the best corn
in the world were grown.
MIR. Calhoun opposed the printing of any
number eff these reports, and said if the report
was no better than the seeds that the office
disseminated, he thought it would be wrong to
print it,, for he lost his garden two years by
trusting to these seeds. (Laughter.)
After several unavailng efforts by several
gentlemen to reduce the number, the Senate
ordered %, 600 extra copies to be printed.
The Bill to supply deficiencies in the appro-
priatons for the year, ending June, 1916, was
then taken up, slightly amended and passed.
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
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the House should diourn from Thursday,
April 80, to the Monday following, the object
being to afford time to have the Hall changed
from winter to summer trim. The resolution
was adopted.
The House then resolved itself into Com
mittee of the Whole, Mr. Houston, of Ala, in
the Chair, and took up the bill making aPpro-
prlatons for the various Indian tribes
The Bill was read and section or two pas
Sed upon, when a motion TO RISE in order that a
message might be read from the President, pre-
vailed.
The message was in reply to c. ]. lngersoll's
resolution, calling upon the President to COM
municate certain information relative to the
Secret Service Fund, whilst MIR. Webster was
IN the Department of State.
The President declines furnishing this infor-
nation, on the ground that to break the seal
Of confidence under which payments from this
fund are made, would be ofpernicious tenden-
cy, and dangerous precedent. The President
further says, that no letters in reference to a
mission to England, from Mr. Webster to
Messrs. Adams & Casting arc of record in the
Department
Copies of letters from the Secretary of State
relating to the Mcleod affair were transmitted.
On a motion to print the communication and
accompanying papers, Mr.. c. j. Ingersol
spoke for some time, and concluded with a
reiteration of his charges against Daniel Web
stef-they were susceptible of proof Under
the circumstances, nothing further could be
eXpected from hun and he should now leave