Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-04
rwrNry-NINTH CONGRESS.
S.TrRpAy, AUGUST |, 1916.
GIN AT,E'

half of The ommIiiee Tecoihiuen"so '"1 -
nate insist upon lis own ameho'nen's d"r upo"
lis disagreement 10 the amendments VI Tue fhoas0
The report was concurred 10.
The bill from The House 10 define the oonhoa
ries oflhe State OF lpUa, was taken up anu pa -.
The bill 10 establish a new land ONCE W ~, ~,
northern par, OF Michigan, and 10 W;ch;
the sale OF mineral lands IN Inc old'e " ~ y. m
gan and Territory o. Wisconsin was 'aAs" -
and passed. 49,, aao an ,uemp, TO get
nm he hin TO repeal the Pilot laws oil 1881 WIN
view TO make II the special order LOT -aonoey'
but the Senate refused 10
The Sub Treasury bill was then taken up, Inc
question being on the passage OF the pull
MIR. Webster said he felt II his au.y 10 'ahe
this occasion 10 call the attention o! Inc oenasoa
from Alabama (Mr. Lewis and DINER 'ne.so III
ns rho senate 10 what was stalled in the ofhcial
;ourna1 in reference TO the new Tariff bill He
fonnd il stated in the Union OF last night, "tnal
The valpe of Goods taxed is to lie settled, no' ny
,be imporers invoices, but by competent ana
skilful appraisers. They are TO appra'se inc
goods al their actual market value m o~' p''SS ~
New York or Philadelphia, not al CANON OF IL
Manchester" ...o,
Now said MIR. w, n more enormous error
vas never committed The law is, that The sooas
are 10 be aprraised a, '',he true market value ol
such imports in The principal markets OF 'he
conn,rv whence the importation shall have been
made. ar in which The goods shall have been
nr;o;nallv manufactured or produced, as the case
NAV be-" The truth was exactly opposite 10 what
was stated in The Union. GOOD
MIR. Webster said he had always been opposed
IN ,he system called the Constitutional Ifea-
.nryn or the "Independenl Treasury" or the
aSnh. Treasury" System, and ne proceeded 10
no;nr out the evil consequences which mus
rise # the measure should 60 INTO operation
Ua concluded by suggesting TO the TRENDS OF Inc
,na,sure whether il would not be oeller iof 'neh'
10 move its posrponement unIil the next session'
Mr. Niles continued the debate IN favor oil The
hill He wished 10 know whether me connection
between the Government and lie BANKS, taxing
The whole lime from the foundation OF the 10
vernment, had mol been The cause Oh ioss " '"e
Treasury.
AIR Evans lei, called upon to reply 10 the ques-
linn The connection between the Government
and The banks had not only not been the cause Of
loss bur on the contrary, had been productive OF
oain 10 the Government-for had II not been ior
that connection, the revenue oil The GovelnmeDl
would not have amounted 10 any thinS IKE 'iie
sum it has reached The banks suspended IN
Mes Mes III ever $50 100000 OF Inc pubic mo.
had been os,2 MOI one larthhl fRtSe u ''' ''0'
MIR. Webster observed in reply 10 remark By
Mr. Miles that the collectors might take the re-
sponsibilily OF receiving the notes OF specie-pay-
Ing pd0hS dli pay llis lichA W. ehoN 49,
proceeding was expressly provided against in The
Both section 0! the b II.
Mr.. Simmons spoke briefly against the bill, and
was followed BY Mr. Miller on the same side oil
the question.
MIR. Calhoun, while he greatly regretted that
portion of his friends on that side OF the House
had thought proper TO put any restriction what
ever upon the use OF Treasury drafts heretofore
employed, he hoped To see the system 90 success
fully into operation. As sincere friend IRON
thorough conviction he shnnli vo!e for II, be.
cause he believed that il, would be emnentlr
useful 10 the Government and the country. Il
would essentially benefit all manufacturing in
dus,ry, give greater stability 10 The currency, ana
prevent Those excessive expansions which had
always, when they occurred proved TO be 80 in
iurious u every branch oi industry.
Some further remarks were made 10y Messrs.
Speieht, Evans, Niles and others.
Mr.. Criueuden rose, and spoke al some length
and with much energy againt the bill, d-nonnc-
ing il and the administration with characteristic
earneslness.
The question on the passage Of the bill was
Then taken BIZ yeas and nays, and resulted as fol-
lows:
YgAs-Messrs. Allen, Ashley, A,chison, A,her-
led hsaSSsgla f5az sses :l RAS ss cf pesng
hacker, Rnsk, Semple, Sewer. SpriSh!, Sturgeon,
NAYs-Messrs Archer Barrow, Benien, Gil
lev, John NJ. Clayton, Thomas C.ayson, Corwln,
Cril,enden, Davis. Dayton, Evans, Greene, Hunt
inston, Jarnagin Johnson OF La johnson oil Md,
Mangum, Miller, Mcrchead, Pearce, Phelps,
Simmons, Upham, Webster, Woodbridge-25
So the bill was passed
The Naval appropriation bill was then consi-
dered.
Mr.. Yuee moved to appropriate $4,000 for
Dry Dock Pensaco 4.
Mr.. Cameron moved an appropriation Of
100000 for Dry or Floating Dock al PhiadeI-
phia. .
This last amendment was supported By Mr..
Clayton and opposed By Alr. Evans, and adopted,
27to 26.
The question on the amendment as amended,
(raaking appropriations 10 Pensacola and Phila-
delphia) was decided in The negative, % to %
Alter the adoption OF other amendments, the
bill was passed-and Inc Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MIR. Daniel OF n C., asked the House TO take
up the bills upon The private calendar. The spe
cal order, however, was persisted in, and reso-
luton adopted, 10 close the debate uponthe Ware
housing bill al ~ o'cock.
The House then went into committee Of the
whole upon the Warehouse bill, Mr.. Hopkins Of
Va in the Chair.
Mir Seaman Of New York, by permission OF
Mr. Chapman Of Md. who was entitled TO the
floor, offered amendment proposing tina, The
benefits of the warehousing system, or The permis-
sion 10 warehouse goods, should be confined 10
that class Of mpoiaons mol coming into compe-
ii,ion with goods made al home.
Mr. Chapman then addressed the committee al
length in an argument upon the Tarlii.
MIR. Chapman, in conclusion OF his speech,
spoke OF the iron interests 81 Pennsylvania and
The injury sure to result 10 them from the Tariff
bill Just passed. Had The policy OF protection
been extended 10 The iron interests few years
longer, Maryland would have supplied The iron
of The country, and al cheaper rate and oil beuer
quality than the iron OF Pennsylvania. MIR c.
had not closed al the expiration OF his hour.
MIR. McCelland closed the debate npon the
bill in an argument in defence and explanation
OF the warehouse system. The debate closed al
l2oclock, and numerous amendments were then
proposed TO the bill and rejected, mainly propos
ing an increase OF duty on coal, iron and other
manufacturing interests. The bill was finally
reported 10 the House and passed. The enSross-
ment was order, dill 10 u.
The hill was then passed, The title alone being
amended.
ION the cngrossment the following members
of the Virginia delegation voted in the affirma-
tive: Messrs. Atkinson, Bayly, Brown, Chap
man, Dromgoole, Hopkins, Hubbard, Hunter,
Johnson, Leake, Mcdowell, Seldom aud Tred-
way. III He HeSdtNc, W.T.. reuu'e'"i'J
The Independent Treasury bill was received
from The Senate with slight amendments, and re-
fsrred 10 the Committee OF Ways and Means
Another Committee OF Conference was APP
pointed on the Army Appropriation bill.
Private bills we're then taken up and the re.
mainder of the session given 10 their considera
ton.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM MEXICO.
Correspondence Of The Mobile Herald & Tribune
Pensacola, July 25, 1916.
Sir: The y. s. frisae Raran, Com. Gregory,
arrived here yesterday from Vera Cruz, which
place she left on the 18th inst! bringing TWO days
later dates than received by the Princeton.
The Vera Cruz papers of the 18th and 18th.
publish the news OF the Oregon Treaty under The
head of avery Important News" The papers
state, that in consequence OF the treaty. the Next
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