The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-01-11
TUESDAY, JANUARY IL, 1913.
HOUSE OF REPREsENTATIV
The journal having been read

The journal having been read
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
The SPEAKER proceeded to call the committees for
reports, which were submitted as follows;
Mr.. LYON, from the Committee OF CLAIMS, reported a
bill for the relief of Jacob Gideon read twice. and COM
mitted ~
Also bill for the relief of Bent, St. vrain, Co.
read twice. and committed
Also, bill for the relief OF J. Throckmorton; read
twice, and committed.
Mr. j. A. ROCKWELL from the same committee re-
ported bill for the relief of John Anderson, OF Missouri
read twice, and committed.
Also, bill for the relief of Joseph C. Doxey: read
twice, and committed.
Also, bill for the relief of S. Morris VAIN: read
Also, bill for the relief OF Albone Allen read twice
and committed.
adverse reports in the Of John Dckay Roswell
Fitch and George Reeder; which reports were laid upon
the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. r., still further from the same committee, sub
mitted the following resolution, viz!
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House be directed to
cause to be prepared alphabetical list Of private
claims, which have been before the House OF Repre-
senatives from the of the lih Congress
to the close of the 18th Congress, with the proceedings
showing the names of the claimants the nature or
object of each claim, at what session. and in what
committee referred, the nature Of the report, and the
number Of reports if printed and i not the date OF the
Senate and House bills the manner in which the claim
disposed of by the House, and. in cases where it
the whole be compiled from the journals of the House Of
Representatives and by reference, when necessary the
of the houses and the laws of the United Sates and
that the Clerk be authorized employ suitable person,
engrossing clerks of this House, to be paid out of the
tngent fund of the House.
Mr. FICKLIN moved to lay the resolution upon the
table; but withdrew the motion at the request of
Mr.. j. A. ROCKWELL, who said that similar reso-
luton TO the under discussion had been heretofore
adopted by the Senate and the result had been the
nrod n work IF the Senate
and through it to the country The value OF such a
work to this House must be perfectly apparent to every
member 1t well known that most supendous
frauds had been practsed upon Congress in relation to
private claims Such claims had been presented TO Con-
gess and after being adversely reported upon at various
times, the papers had been withdrawn and, after the
lapse OF few years, again brought in original
papers, and the claims struggled through without any
knowledge upon the part of the House of the previous
action had in the light OF complete understanding
of the subject; which action had demonstrated the want
of justice in the said claims To guard against such
frauds these the book was required The work pro-
posed would, at glance, show each OF the committees o.
this House whether any, and if any, what action had
been previously taken upon each claim presented for Their
consideration.
Mr.. FiCKLIN agreed with the gentleman from Con-
Deccut in relation to the necessity for such work
that proposed but he thought the resolution proposed
which would be too voluminous for general use. He
would ask the honorable gentleman if the resolution die
not authorize the publication of volume, or volumes
too large to be available. Again he was in favor Of
striking out that part Of the resolution which authorized
the employment Vi u CcTk " " tue supJcct
because clerk could not complete the work con.
tempated during the present session of Congress- and
the Clerk of the House would have ample time, with
the force which he had hand, to compile the work
during the recess OF Congress He had just been In
formed that the Committee of Claims had clerk of its
own and he would suggest that the services OF the
gentleman might be obtained for that purpose during the
| recess.
Mr.. HENLEY (Mr. FIcKLN giving wsy for the pur-
pose understood that the congressional Librarian ME-
eehan had for two years past been occupied upon just
such work as that called for by the resolution. He
would suggest therefore, that the House should
king any arrangements of the kind contemplated
MI FlCkLlN resumed The fact Just stated was an
additional reason against WeciPtatc action He was in