The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-11
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;, bill appl opriatnn five hundred thousand dol
:, lars to be expended i'll PROVISIONS under tit
direction OF the President, and in tlansportin;
= the same to the furnishing poor OF Ireland and
Scotland, i'll Il national vessel. Mr. Critten
: den supported the bill with great eloqucnct
and force.
Nlessrs j. ". Clayton and Coss followed o.
the same SD.
Mr. Niles opposed the bill rs setting dan
gerons Preccdent; when, On motion of Nh
Bagby it WAS postponed until tomorrow.
The bill from the House extending the
lrankng privilege, was passed.
was taken up, and the amendment to pay
Messrs Richie & Heiss for printing, was de-
bated at length and agreed 0, 20 to 20. The
bill was then postponed
Mr. Dix gave notice that he would intro
dc b. |, to amend the Ten Regiment Bill
to-norrow
The Three Million Bill was then taken up
and Mr. ILanneIan addressed the Senate in
favor Of the bill without the W!Inot Proyiso.
| Mr. Niles obtaucd he floor for TOMORROW and
the bill! WAS passed by.
The consideration Of the Civil and Diplo.
matte Bill was resumed, and numerous amend
mems adopted; but, without action on the
bill, the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Thomas Smith presented
resolutions from the Legislature Of Indiana
tor the Improvement Of the mail comMunica-
! ton from Toledo to New Orleans; for Il seSS-
ion OF the United States Supreme Court est
Of the Ancghanies; for the reduction Of the
price OF public lands; to Mr. h.tney for IL
| railroad from Lake Erie to the Pacific and
for various other matters.
Mr. BOYD, from the Military Committee, re-
ported the Senate bill organizing the regI-
npnts into brgalr5 and divisions, and max,
ing provisions, Tor an additional number of
general oil cr5 with anenlmcnts-ou Civ
! lag the President power to assign the chief
command OF the Army unii the expiration +
the war, to any General, Major, o. br,gadier
! regularly commissioned, OF the regulars or
the volunteers, without regard 10 daIc at com
I mission
On Mir Boysl's motion, the House proceed
ed immediately to is consideration, and se,c-
raj amendments were ,rrtri 10.
MIR Garrett Davis moved to 90 into Com
mittee Of the Whole.
Mr. Srmms moved he previous question.
Mr. Ashmun moved to lay the bul on the
table. Nr.aiyvl eaS, II; Nays, 100. The
previous question WAS then sustained, Yeas,
1902 Nays, 70
On the suggestion of Mr. Boyd. the House
hy general consent reconsi;lered the last vote
and went into Committee Of the Whole OH
the BILL MIR Bags in the chair, resolution
having Lren aso adopted to close the debate
at hall past two, and limiting the speeches Of
each member.
The Committee WAS addressed by Messrs
Garret Davis, BrinkerhoH, Smith, Treadwcll,
Newton Sthenck and Cooke.
The Commit ee rose, and the House pro-
ceeded to vote on the amendments.
The amendments were adopted, that rc'at-
ing to the Genela l-m-chief having been fur
Their amended 1t continues the Office not
only during the war with Mexico, but until
the ratification Of IA treaty off enre.
This amendment was agreed to- 1l2 to 81.
The other amendments were also agreed to
and the bill finally passed, l2l to 10.
Wasting on, Feb y, 1917.
In the Senate, the bull to increase the ma
rinc cor,s, was passed,
Tne House amendment to the bill incrcas
ing the compensation fp0Stmasirrs, allowing
the postmaster to select the paper in which
the letters shall be advertised, was stricken
out.
The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
was taken UP.
Mr. Webster, it is expected, will speak on
Mondly.
IL the House, the Naval Appropriation bill
was passed.
The ten regiment bill was then taken up in
Committee OF the Whole.
A mo'ion to amenl the bill by striking
out the tax on tea and coffee was lost-92 to
o..
A motion to amend by taxing salaries %
per cent was declared by the chair to be odt
Of order, and he decision of the chair was
sustained.
A motion to amend by an additional section
repeating the tariff Of 1916, was lost, 60 to
1903.
A new count was then obtained on the mo-
ton to strike out tea and coffee; anl the new
count struck out the articles by vote Of SO
to 80.
Mr. Boyd of Kentucky, has prepared new
amen mcnt, which he intends Offering, to en-
brace Il tax on those articles
4 message was received from the President
covering 800 manuscript pages, in answer 20
the call for the correspondence with General /
Taylor. Laid Oh the the table.
WASHINGTON, March /, 1917.
In senate Mr. Archer presented the ere len !
tails Of r. NJ. I Hunter, elected to succeed
him, as Senator from Va
The Joint resolution of thanks to Gen
eral Taylor and the army, was amended and
passed.
A bill to appoint general officer to the
ten regiments was reported from the Military
Committee, with the House amendment
to appoint lieutenant general stricken ont.
The Light House Bill from the House pas
sed without amendments