Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-08-08

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lion on an iron slesm hiests rssqaup eplnpra which
he supposed wess vessels e WAR; ~ ~ q1oosn ha
one Of our lakes had been tie shsatss - p.Ss victory
They were, u al insp1 Ind purposes pos a }osgn com
merce and ports needed BY navy how oeed 4 -
ssHnsions 70 protect then from injury "A 49, e hsd
been objected % Mr. and the pemocraic panty n ~ he
canvass that they opposed 70 the improvement 81 ths
Lake hsrbors and be had denied Il with Indignation. What
should he say now This had been called Jsekson vto
such thing Here Mr. B. quoted ths Of Cen.
bill embraced objects Of which hsd tsen * different
times presented by those two Presidents 70 Congress He ~
ferred to the additional authority d Mr. Wright Mr. Benton,
and others Of similar cslbs men with sny q whom tho
President might be comparsdsnd might Nh B. y comp
pared with Hercules.
He referred to Mr. CALuouxs river bill, and IL prompt
rejection by the House. The people Of Ohio mp has hses
4 is he C. fSss Fssa R.s
for time and throw away the money Of 10 psopIs W eng
them decay, but stop them he could The veto admitted
that Cong'ess might erect piers and lighthouses Piers
Why, what else did these lake habo need but They
consisted Of piers and nothing but piers Tbst a ~
people Of Ohio asked the Government 70 build Mr. esd
long list OF similar items which had Beeh approved ~ Gen.
Jackson the real Hickory-the Old Hickory. And ~ h1d
approved bills in which there great variety a oes
in this And they TO be told that party allegiance
and party ealy required them TO submit 70 this veto He
believed such thing, and would on no such aduS.
Mr. B. dwell the fact that the estimates for hsse works
had been submitted by the Departments the President him
SELF and by him submitted 10 the attention Of Congress- with
syllable of objection. What the natural infsrence
How did Congress other estimates Were they not
understood as proposed to the basis law He would
abolish the power In the constitution on tho eOntrsry
he would retain there Tut should be psed with the IT.
caution III tetoing bill which had passed BY such
majoies the President had assumed fearful responsibility
After an animated speech from Mr. RHEIT in favor and
vindication Of the veto
Mr. FARAN said he had voted for the river and harbor
bill which had been vetoed by the Pesden yet be dis
posed to sustain the President. 20 frs a. he could Do = con-
sseny with his views on the subject AZ there seemed,
however, to he diversity of opinion 70 the actual import
construction Of many passages Of the mesge, Of which
almost impossible to arrive at correct construction from
hearing read he would move TO have printed
Mr. WENTWORTH moved to amend the potion By odd.
ing to it the printing Of the estimates from hb Executive De-
paments for the making Of the denica Improvements
vetoed by the President They contained IN the docu
ments which accompanied the annual message q the COM
encement of present session II this veto 90 ID
his constuents-and he intended TO send Il 70 themhe
wanted be accompanied by these estimates that they
might both sdes Of The question coming from TIE same
quarter.
The House here adjourned without taking any question:
U a TUEspAr, AUGUsT 4, 1916.
The House resumed the reconsideration of tho bill making
appropriations for the improvement of and hsrb0rs,
which has passed both Houses Of Congress and yesterday
returned by the President with his vetos sSH
The question REQUIRED the amendment moved By Mr..
WEsrwonr yesterday the motion Of Mr. DRomsooLx, 70
postpone until tomorrow and print the veto message
when Fa3 ~ aEs ash kft1s
Mr.. WENTWORTH, at the suggestion of Mr.. TIB-
BATS, modified his amendment to print, in
ion with the message the bill reported by the Committee
on Commerce and the amendments adopted by the House,
with that part Of the Presidents message page 49, begin
ming with the words 81 refer" to the words national
rest" inclusive that part Of the report Of the Secretary of
War; beginning at the words the report FROM, atpage 20s,
that part Of the report OF the Chief Of the Typographical En-
gnees beginning with the words river and hsrbor improve
mens at page 297 to the figures ,66l, 1854 49, At
page 39 inclusive and in that part Of the letter Of the Sec
Rotary of the Treasury Of the 4th December 1s45, House
document No g. commencing the words harbor rivers,
&c., page A. to the figures $50, 000. at page 49, In
elusive
Mr. BAYLY addressed the committee in vndcston Of the
veto, and entered length into constitutional argument
against the power Of making the Gen.
era Government After which, he proceeded notice Of
the remarks which had been made yesterday by Mr. THonrsoS
Pennsyivana and Mr. DousLAss, OF Illinois, and Mr. TH0s
BUTLER KIse of Georgia, and Mr. BRIHKERRoFr, Of Ohio
Mr. THOMPSON had complained that after submitting the
Inmates for these improvements and being fully appzed that
the House engaged 10 discussing the BILL he had
the slightest inmaion that he had any objections to the bill
either constitutional any other ground To this Mr. B.
said that il the President had made any ntmaon beforehand
Of what his opinions were, the Capitol and the country would
have rung with complaints Of his attempt to dictate
beers Of Congress what bills they should and what tey should
pass He expressed bis astonshment that Mr. DoUsLA
while strongly condemning the constutonay Of one item
in the BILL should have felt his duty for It. Mr.
BRIsKKnHoSr had noticed the Presdcns admission that the
erection Of piers had long been sanctioned by the practice
Of the Government that he should Il and had sad
tn the harbors the lakes consisted only Of piers Mr. B.
replied that though the President said he should interfere
the subject Of piers lighthouses buoys &c. yet be plainly
nmated that he doubted the whole power in every form bf
its exercise He called Mr. Krra for the authority
which he had stated that the harbo bill had been subto
the Cabinet
Mr. KING explained, denying that he had made any
lion in the and showing the ground which he had
put an inerrogatory that subject 4f
Mr. BAfLY concluded with remarks on the gradual
and insious progress Of snconsuonsl practices in the
Government and nveighed against the admission Of pece
dent any ground Of action where constitutional question
was involved ~ *A t'tiA F'ifhA
Mr. LYON moved the previous question.
Mr. SCHENCK said he wished information upon ques-
lion Of order Of privilege whether Il was allowable
Tor Wing to take any part in the debate the suhect be
fore the Houseseng that Wing had been able yet to
obtain the floor He had made Of every exerion in his
power obtain il from the commencement bot had been
fortunate enough TO do fe
The previous question having been seconded, put
viz Shall the main question be put and decided in the
affirmative by yeas and nays-ll9 to59
And the House decided that the main question should be
now put That main question was Shall the bill pass the
objections Of the President the contrary notwithstanding
Mr.. DnonsooLE's motion and Mr. WEsrwoRra's amend
nent being set aside by the previous question. e
The constitution of the United States requires that the qucs
ion the passage Of bill vetoed by the President shall Be
AIKEN by yeas and nays tye
And the question being taken the form prescribed by the
constitution, the result follows.
NAYS-Messrs. Abbott John q. Adams. Arnold, Ashmun,
N H.