The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-08

Mr.. FEArHERsToN nosifed the House that
he designed moving as an amendment, she reso-
Iutions with which the report OF Mr.. DisHEr,
Mr.. Jos Nam, and himself was closed; which
were AZ follows, viz;
LIST. RESOLVED, That the claim of George Gal
phin was one that the United States was under
no obligation to pay prior TO the passage OF the
act Of 1913, which authorized and required the
payment Of the principal only.
Cd. Resolved, That the interest thereon was
paid without authority of law or usage.
Sd. Rssoteed, Thu Congress should pass a
law prohibiting the pay of the interest In any
case by any officer Of the Government, unless
expressly directed by law ~ - n
4th- Resolred, That Congress should pass a
| law prohibiting any member of the Cabinet from
deciding on any claim ordemand against the Gov
ernment in which any other member of the same
Cabinet shall be interested, while they may be
thus ASSOCIATED together in the administration Of
the Government, 1890 :.
5th. Resolved, That Congress should pass q law
making final the decisions made by the heads OF
the. different Departments, and regulating the
right of appeal, &c.
Mr.. JONES also notified the House Of bis in
tention TO offer an amendment in the shape Of
an additional resolution, as follows: WI
Resoired, That the amount paid as interest on
the persons TO whom it was paid.
MIR. WELB0RN then urged the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. RIoHARDsoN,) further to sus-
pend his call for the previous question, until he
(Mr. W. had an opportunity to address the
House on the reports from the Select Committee.
But Mr.. RICHARDSON pressing the demand
for the previous question, it was seconded by the
House.
The main question was then ordered, when
MIR. BURT, (the gentleman making the main
report in the case,) addressed the House at length
upon the merits of the question, and in his argu-
ment sustaining his report and resolutions on the
subject.
7. A motion to adjourn next being made, it was
not agreed to.
In explanation Of the question being demanded,
The SPEAKER stated that the preceding ques-
ton was upon agreeing TO Mr.. ScHENcK's amend
ment to the amendment offered by Mr.. TooaBs,
to the resolutions reported from the Select Com
mittee by Mr.. BURT, which were as follows (by
MIR. TooMBs1:
ResoiUed, That there is no evidence submitted
by the committee 10 whom. was referred the letter
of George w, Crawford asking g an investiga-
ton = into his conduct in reference to the claim
Of the representatives Of George Galphin, which
impugns his personal or official conduct in rela-
ton to the settlement Of the claim by the proper
officers Of the government.
BY Mr. ScHENcK to amend the above,
Provided, however, That the House is not to be
understood as approving his relation to that claim,
in continuing to be interested in the prosecution
of it, when il was to be examined, adjusted, and
paid, by one OF the departments of the Govern
ment, he himself being at the same time at the
head of another Of those departments but the
House considers that such connection and interest
of member Of the Cabinet with claim pending
and prosecuted before another department, would
be dangerous as precedent, and ought not TO be
sanctioned. -
Aner a desultory conversation between the
SPEAKER and many members upon questions Of
order, relating TO the precedence Of the above and
the propositions Of Messrs. HAcKErT, FEATHER
SION, and SEDDoN,-the CHAIR was understood to
rule that the previous question having been called
before certain of these said propositions Off
cialy before the House, they were cut of.
Mr.. BURT remarked that he conceived the
members generally would prefer to have time to
closely examine each, of the many amendments
offered to his proposition. To this end he there
fore moved to adjourn, which was not rgreed
to- va
The SPEAKER, in explanation, stated that in
case the House voted down the amendment Of Mr.
TooMBs, with or without the proviso of Mr.
ScHENcK attached, the question would next be on
agreeing to both as both togetherhad been offered
by Mr.. ScHENcK, as substitute for the resolutions
reported by Mr.. BURT from the Select Committee;
the said resolutions of Mr. b. being as follows,
viz:
Resolved, That the claim of the Representatives
Of George Galphin was not a just demand against
the United States.
3 Resolued, That the act Of Congress made it
the duty Of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
the principal of said claim, and it was therefore
paid sin conformity with law and precedent.
3. Resolved, That the act aforesaid did not
authorize the Secretary Of the Treasury TO paw
the interest on said claim, and its payment was
not Sin conformity with law or precedent"
But the question being first on agreeing to the
amendment of Mr.. scHEscK to the amendment Of
Mr.. TOXINS, the yeas and nays thereupon were
ordered. s E
Mr.. WOODWARD moved that the House do
now adjourn; not agreed TO-.
The question on Mr.. ScHENcK's amendment to
the amendment being put, it prevailed--yeas 15s,
noes 25. - s
The question next being on agreeing to the
amended amendment
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Arkansas, moved an adj
journment. Not agreed to.
The yeas and nays on the amended amendment
being next ordered, it was not agreed to--yeas
80, nays 80. s.. a,
The SPEAKER here announcing that the next
question in order on substituting the amended
amendment which the House had just rejected, as
a substitute for the resolutions Of Mr.. BuRT.
Mr.. STEPHENS, Of Pennsylvania, moved that
the whole subject matter be laid on the table
Mr.. HARRISON moved an adjournment; not
agreed to. @.ass f.s sIsa,. ~
The yeas and nays. being next ordered on the
motion to lay on the table, the said motion was
not agreed to--yeas AZ, noes l26.
Mr.. WILLIAMS moved an adjournment; not
agreed, (by telers,) ayes 81, noes 80.
The SPEAKER stated the next question to be
on agreeing to amend the proposed substitute, by
adding thereto the proposition of the gentleman