The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-07-07

granting pensions to the widows and orphans of such Off
GERS and soldiers of the army have been killed in bat
te or have died ros wounds received in the service of
the United States, with the pending amendments report
ed from the Committee Revolutionary Pensions lin
ting the operation of the act to those engaged the
Mexican service, and who have died since April 1916.
| Mr., HARRISON proposed to amend the amendment,
so as to include IN the provisions OF the bill such officers
and soldiers have died their march the of
war which agreed to, together with the amendment
by the House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions:
and then the bill ordered to be engrossed, read
third time, and passed.
LIGHT HOUSE
On motion Of Mr. BINGHAM, the resolution to change
the site OF lighthouse Lake Superor-making the
location at Copper Harborepored last week from the
Committee on Commerce, taken from the Speakers
table, ordered to be engrossed, read third time, and
passed.
TERMINATION DEBATE.
On motion of Mr.. VINTON it was ordered that all de-
bate upon the Senate amendments to the Post Office APP
preparation bill shall terminate in thirty minutes after the
consideration OF the shall be again resumed in Com
mittee OF the Whole.
| OFFICERS OF THE ARMY.
| Mr. BOLTS said, some time since bill was reported
from the Committee Military Affairs repeating so
much OF the act OF ls!e required the President TO dis
and major generals and other officers appointed under that
act The bill had passed the House and gone to the Sen
ate, and was taken up there Saturday last and sent
back with various amendments Upon its return to the
House, was the motion, he thought of the gentle
man from Ohio, Mt VINToN, referred to the Committee
on Military Affairs That committee had had meeting
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the knowledge Of any member of the committee that the
bill had been referred to them. Otherwise, meeting
would have been called and the committee would have
had the bill under consideration 1t had become indispen
SADLY necessary that should be acted to-day He
understood that the treaty had arrived from Mexico that
the proclamation Of the President would be published To-
morrow and would probably have been to-day had any
paper issued in this city this morning If the bill
not acted upon to-day became the Presidents impera
tive duty to dismiss the oicersthe major generals
brgadier generals, and other ocespovided for in the
act OF 1916 many of whom, for their merorous services
had been promoted
The amendment of the Senate suspended the operation
of this act to the 4th of March, lsi9 thus aording ad
dona time Tor legislation this subject 1t would be
perfectly competent for either House to introduce and
pass bill repeating these laws at any subsequent period
Of this or of the next session; but there time to
act upon now, in any other way than by suspension
Of the law such as was proposed for the reason
he had said that these gentlemen 60 out of Office
Immediately upon the proclamation of peace.
He therefore moved that the Committee on Military
Affairs be discharged from the further consideration Of
the subject and that the amendments of the Senate be
put on their passage Immediately He hoped there would
Mr.. Bolts hoped the gentleman would not by his
power OF objection under the rules defeat the will OF the
large Is, m ncKET Of ,d ahe House e. ,..n
LIGHT COMPANY
On motion OF Mr.. HENLEY, the Senate amendments
to the bill Incorporating the Washington Gas Light Com
pany were taken up and concurred in.
| HARBoR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
MI. HUM called lot the orders OF the day.
The SPEAKER announced the subject first in order TO
be the report of the Committee Commerce and accom-
panying resolutions; which read follows, to wit
Resoiped, That The constitution of the United States
vests in Congress the appropriate money open
and improve harbors, and distinctions nav
to be m where ns ARE
foreign nations or the commerce among the States
Resolved, That the interests of national rec
the common defence, and general welfare of the United
States require Judicous exercise of the foregoing powers
g. Hesoped That the reasons assigned by the President
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approve and sign bill passed March g. si7 maxi ing APP
propriaons for the Improvement certain harbors and
rivers. deemed insufficient and unsatisfactory.
Resolved That would be nexpedient, and contrary
of Congress in advance Of legislation by the States
the imposition of duties by the States
means Of improving the ports and harbors which such
duties may be leyied
on the memorial of the Chicago conventions respect
ing hs9or and river Improvement, the Presidents mes
referred 10 said COMMITTEES in relation duties with
the minority report the subject he printed and
that the Committee on Printing be directed inquire into
the expediency OF printing extra copies of said report
Mr.. SIMS, who was entitled to the floor, said he had
no disposition to occupy the time of the House this late
period Of the session upon the subject of these resou
lions He would much prefer that The regular
business before them should be attended to and in order
to arrive at that result, he would move lay the report
and resolutions on the table.
Inc yeas and nays were ordered the motion to lay
on the table.
to excuse him from voting upon the resolutions and for
leave to state his for the indulgence asked
The SPEAKER, Under the rule the gentleman from
Illinois would not be authorized to go into anv statement
OF reasons.
Mr. McCLERNAND would then vote against the reso-
luhons because they designed in their effect to
provide basis for prectatng the country into an enor-
nous public debt and because he could moi regard them
otherwise than as attack-a gratuious attack upon
the administration.
The question TO lay upon the table was put and decided
in the negative, by the following vote:
YEAS-Messrs Atkinson, Bayly Beale Bcdinger Bird
SAIL bowdon. Brodhead, William G. Brown, Burt Chase
rankin Clark D. L. Clark Williamson r. w. Cobb Cum
mns Daniel Dickinson Featherston, Fcklin Fries Green
wizard f. Hail. lannon's, HARRISON, Hamanson Harris
Hi George y Houston, lnge Charles j. ngerso Iverson
Jameson Andrew Johnson, H. Johnson, Robert W. John
Maclay, McCe,nand, Mcdowell Mckay Miller Pea sIee
Phelps, Pllsbuy. Rhett Richey Sawyer Simpson sims
Smart. Stanton, Thomas Jacob Thompson r. a. Thomp.
son. Venabe, Wallace, Wick, Wiley, Williams Wood
| - NAYS-Messrs. Abbott, Barrow, Belcher Bingham
Blanchard Bolts, Bown, Brady, Buckner Butler Candy
Chapman, Clingman, Colamer, Collins Conger Cranston
Ecis Ed%asd ps mg Dsksy pno Ponn Dunn
Gddngs. Goggn, Gott Grinnel, Hale, Nathan K Hall
o Hampton, Moses Hampton, Henry, Elias B. Holmes,
John W. Jones, Kellogg t. b. King, d. p King, William
T. lawrence Sidney Lawrence, Letter, Lincoln Lynde,
McCeand, Mcilvaine. II; Mann, Marsh, Marvin, More.
head Morris, Mullin Nelson, Newell, Outlaw Palfrey
Peck Pendleon Petie, Petit, Pollock, Preston, Putnam
Reynolds, Julius Rockwell, John A. Rockwell Root, Rum
sey, ST. John, Shirre, Sylvester. Slingerand Caleb
Smith, Truman Smith, Starkwea,her, Stephens Charles r.
John B. Thompson William Thorn pson Thurston, Toombs
Turner, Van Dyke, vnton, Warren, Wentworth, White,
Wson-IO9 ' " '
Mr. McCLELLAND had very little objection TO the
first and second OF these resolutions though he confessed
if he had been on that committee he would not have
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