The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-08-13

mittee for an hour against the bill, and against
, the Tariff act
Mr. McCleland of Michigan spoke in favor
of, and explained the bill and its bearings.
Amendments were now offered and consid-
cred
Mr. MCLEAN of Pa. proposed to amend, by
imposing certain specific duties on iron and
: coal.
Mr. Ashmun moved to amend the amend
ment so as to repeal the new Tariff act. Lost
Yeas Ga, Nays Sc.
N1cClean's amendment was lost Others
were put and lost. The Committee rose and
reported the bill to the House without amend
ment.
The previous question was ordered.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed, and
read third time-Yeas III, Nays so.
The bill was then read a third time and
passed.
The House next proceeded to the consider
alton of bills from the Senate ON the private
calendar.
Bills for the relief of Putney & Riddle,
John Crowell, late Indian Agent, Ebenezer
Ballard and James Low were passed after a
good deal of opposition.
The bill for the relief of Harriet Ward
was passed
Then, after many unsuccessful motions, the
House adjourned.
Monday, Aug. 8, 1916.
SENATE.
A Bill from the House to repeal an act
passed Sd March, 1913, for relief of Stock
bridge Indians, was taken up and passed.
The amendment of the House to the title
of the Warehousing Bill was agreed to-
A new Committee of Conference was Or
dered on the Army Appropriation bill. The
bill to reduce and graduate the price of pub
lie lands was then taken up, and after some
discussion the amendment Of the House was
amended and then agreed to.
The Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill was then taken up, and large number
of amendments reported from the Finance
Committee were considered and adopted, sew
| eral amendments from other sources remain
| ing to be acted upon.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Dodge offered a resolution to pay the
officers of the House the usual extra compen-
sation. Lost-Yeas rs Nays II.
Mr. Garrett Davis offered resolution call
ing on the President to state whether any
Treasury drafts have been issued, and if SO,
the amount and their denomination.
The motion to suspend the rules to consid-
er this resolution was lost-Yeas so, Nays 81,
not two-thirds.
The Presidents Veto Message on the Riv-
err and Harbor bill was received and read
His predecessors had voted similar bills-they
had given sufficient reason for so doing. He
would add but few.
He says the power to make such appropr-
atoms as are contained in the River and Har-
Dor bill, is both unconstitutional and incxpe-
dent He argues the question at length re-
counts the evils that would follow the carry
ing out of the principle of the bill. And
from constitutional objections there are 9TH
crs-the bill appropriated between one and
two millions ofmoney wanted to carry on the
war.
The Speaker now put the question, Shall
this bill become law, the Presidents objec-
tons to the contrary notwithstanding
Mr. Boyd moved the previous question:
Not sustained: Yeas Sc, Nays 105.
MIR Thompson of Pennsylvania dsapprov-
ed and denounced the veto and its doctrines.
He asked Messrs McClelland and Constable
ifthey had not conversed with President Polk
on the items Of the BILL and if he did not give
them to understand, before the Tariff Bill
was passed, that he would sign it? If Col. |
Pod intended to veto such bill, why did he |
allow his friends to frame it without telling |
them what he could not approve? Why did |
he and his Secretary recommend all these i'm |
provements and now veto them? For one, |
he (Mr thompson condemned this duplicity |
of the Executive.
Mr. Wilmot sustained the President and |
condemned the bill as a log-roling concern.
Mr. Brodhead would sustain the veto, not
for tbo oo,,+.;,oI I,,+ Ioo Al
was no money in the Treasury to make inter-
nal improvements, and there would be none,
now that the Tariff had been repealed.
Mr. Brinkerhof' opposed the veto in some
energetic remarks, and said that if his advice
had been followed on the Tariff Bill, the veto
would not have come. He described the
works commenced in the West which this We
to would cause tic wash and tumble away.
Mr. Rhett followed and sustained the veto
and the principles upon which it was based.
AT the conclusion of his speech
Mr. Bayly got the floor, when, on motion,
the House adjourned.
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1916.
SENATE.
On motion of Mr. Breese of ILL.,, the usual
extra compensation was directed to be paid to
the officers and clerks of the Senate.
MIR Cameron Of Pa. from the Committee on
Patents, reported bill from the House to le-
galize certain acts of the Chief Clerk of the
Patent Office, with amendments.
A bill to remit the duties on Railroad Iron,
in certain cases, was read third time and
passed Yeas 26, Nays 80.
A Bill for the admission Of Wisconsin into
the Union, was taken up and passed.
The Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation 8
Bill was then taken up, and large number of I
amendments were adopted.
After the adoption Of sundry amendments !
the bill was passed. :
The West Point Appropriation Bill was 6
then taken up and passed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. '
The Speaker announced that the title to v
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