Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-11-11
RELIEF TO IRELAND.

election in this district, the natu-
ralized VOTE rs were told that Mr.. Bolts was their
enemy because he voted in the Convention for
the provision of the new constitution requiring
hat the Governor shall be born in the United
States. That charge had its influence for the
day, and many voters were misled by 1t. But now
it must rebound, with terrible force, upon Mr..
WILLIS P. BocoCK, the Democratic candidate for
Attorney General, WHO GAVE PRECISELY THE
SAME VOTE THAT Mr.. Boris DID. Hear what
the Richmond Enquirer said that vote proved
against Mr. Bolts
$50 Mr. Bolts helped to declare by organic law
that foreigner, though he have lived among from
cancy and per' ormed the services OF a kosclusko.
Montgomery, OF Lafayette; though he have achieved
The weird WIDE reputation, IN The cause OF human nee
dom, OF kossuth, or the home reputation IN me same
cause ,o Gallatin shall be Governor OF Virginia, II
the people desire to call him to the trust
Now let the name BoCocK be substituted for
Boris, and the toreign-born voter will see what
the Richmond Enquirer has solemnly assured him
concerning the Democratic nominee for Attorney
General. Mr.. Bocock, in his letter of cceptance'
took occasion to invoke union of the Democrats
FOR HE SAKE OF THE WINGS. Under the En-
quirer's auspices, he will probably desire it still
more earnestly for the sake of HIMSELF.
So mach for Mr.. Bocock.
We have now something to exhume from the
public records concerning Col. JOSEPH JOHNSON
1--WE find the dear old mans antecedents so re-
markably rich, that we are prompted to parody the
famous Greek line, and say, soc mou, sas agapo)
and his colleague candidate, Mr.. SHELTON F..
LEAKE.
1t will be remembered that during the memo
rable famine in ireland, liberal men in Congress
made an earnest effort to procure from the Ma
tional Legislature, some substantial proof of
American sympathy with the suffering thousands
of that unfortunate country. Many Iof them, by
means of the generous aid which was sent to
them from the United States, have had their lives
preserved, and have come to unite their fortunes
with those of our free Republic. But the De-
mocratic Congress of 1916 Il failed TO make any
farther contribution to the humane object of re-
lief, than to allow two ships of war to be used to
carry across the Atlantic the contributions made
by private individuals
Let us now see what part Messrs. johnson
and Leake, who were both representa- lives from
Virginia at that time bore in the proceedings
We quote or abridge the history from the Con-
GREssIoNAL GLOBE, containing the official reports
ofthe House of Representatives
Feb. 8, 1917. Mr. Washington Hunt cot n York;
gave notice that he would ask leave at future day
to introduce bill for the relief of Ireland.
Feb TO- Mr.. H. introduced the bill.
Feb. 25 Mr.. H. endeavored to get up his bill, but
the House refused.
March |. ''The Senate 'Ac to provide some 1e-
lief for the suffering people of Ireland (and appropr
ating S500,00 herefor) was read twice.
'Mr WASHINGTON HUNT asked for its immediate
consideration.
'sMr. g. w. JONES, democrat from Georgia) NOV
ed that 1t be laid upon the table, upon which motion,
the yeas and nays demanded and ordered; and,
being taken, resulted-ycas IS, nays 79.''
The Virginia delegation voted thus
YEAs-Bayly Bedinger, VIM. G.. Brown, Chapman,
Hopkins, Hubbard, JOSEPH JOHNSON, LEAkE,
Seldom and Tredway-1o, IAN Democrats
NAYs-None.
ABSENT or did not uote.-Messrs Atkinson, Drom-
goole, Huater, Mcdowell, Pcndleton.
The bill then referred to the Committee of
Ways and Means, by which it was never reported to
the House.
March 8. Before the transaction of any other bus
mess, ''Mr. WINTHROP said, that having in vain en-
deavored to get any action the bill in the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, he moved to suspend the
rules for the purpose of enabling him to move reso-
luton lnstructlng the Committee of Ways and
Means report the bill tor the relief of Ireland; which
motion decided in the negative. Yeas So, nays
1872 THE yeas and nays are not given'in the Con-
gres sona Globe.l
The same day, March 3 ''The joint resolution au-
thorzing the employment of the United States ships
Macedonian and Jamestown to transport provisions
to the suffering poor in Ireland and Scotland was taken
up and after remarks by Messrs. WINTHROP
and HlLLIARD-
'Mr. BRoDHEAD moved the previtus question: and,
under Its operation, the joint resolution was ordered
to be read third time.
"Afler some remarks by Messrs. G. J. lNGERsoLL
JAooB THOMPSON, STANTON and ] r. INGERsoL1
"The previous question was moved, and under it's
operation, the resolution passed, THE yeas and
nays were not taken, or, if they were are not report
ed in the Congressional Globe.l
Just before the Speakers vaedlctorv Mr. WENT
WORTH made Intellectual effort to introduce the fol-
lowing resolution
''Resolved, That the Committee of WAYS and
Means hereby directed to report forthwith to this
House the Senate bill referred to them for the relief
OF Ireland
The reading of the resolution was objected to, and
it never came to a vote.
Thus we see that, in the Democratic House
OF Representatives OF 1857 the Dill to appro-
pirate money for the starving poor of Ireland was
first attempted to be killed outright, by a motion
to lay it on the table, JOSEPH JOHNSON and
F. LEAKE voted for the motion.
That attempt failed, and the next expedient was
to stife it by referring it to the Committee of
Ways and Means, majority of whom were
Democrats Mr. Winthrop testified before the
House that the Committee could not be prevailed
upon to take any action on the bill. and they
would not report it back to the House.
Afterwards, it being evident that the appropri-
alton must fail, proposition was introduced sim
nlu q allnu, shins tho Initial SIata.. NJ.