The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-17
CITY OF WASHINGTON THURSDAY MORNING MARCH H. 1853

slT. AAcc. cannot possibly see any OhfeCuOn 10
putting this building Al the disposition Of the head Of the
department He must be The best Judge OF what want
ing. We do not know. II there is room wanted,
the head OF the department the proper person Judge
OF that and will doubtless do what oug 10 be done
aud he i responsible for his acts.
Mr. WALKER. That comes with good deal OF
force expressed opinion about what The incoming
Secretary Of the lnlenor val do believe whoever BE-
may be, he will do right. lssthed in presaming
hai-ior to presume the contrary would be 70 accuse
hirn-vhoeyeT be may be, and mol knowing who be l.,
oi an intention OF aeing wrong before il Is shown Boz
this much ! will say that what is SAID by the senator
from Michigan dsproved BY The facts as they have
appeared 10 The American public The Secretary ot the
Interior has not done justice 10 the class OF whom was
speaking he has tubled, suffered TO be kept tum-
bled IN the basement story OF The building, mouldenne
and roings broken and amped under foot the models
OF The Patent Olce. He has done il cupablys II al The
same time there any into which he could have
pai them Tor The benefit OF the public. moi gong 10
presume against facts that the Secretary OF the Interior
knows better thar VIC 90 what ought TO be done | say
II he knows it. and wlltuliy refrses 10 DO right, 1t de-
mands The coercIve power OF Coogfess over him itis
folly 10 tell me that the Secretary OF The Interior knows
what s right, when know that whether he knows
not, be viii not DO H. We know that il has been
gned IN Congress that he determined to thrust the De
parimeni OF the Interior into that building Then does
i be know better than do Have | not gone there 10
look Tor models and have not found them broken and
have not been compelled 10 rample them myself m
order 10 get al Them Are the models TO be left in that
way II he does not know more than that be does MOI
Enow his duty class OF people appealing TO
not through tire press hui IN strong and pathetic terms
10 take OF their interest Ii The iaborng Glars
the mechanics, the inventors We have heard great
deal OF sympathy expressed here this mofnng for them
m mailer IN which they were not Interested, but
when toueh their real interest, they have 10 give way
10 The Department OF he Inferior and clerks liz
hrelinss must be thrust upon hen, and their interest
must be kept back The Secretary OF III. Inferior, re-
peat, has either not known his duty, knowing 4, he
would ROT execute II if knowing II, he willing
70 execute il, be ha- not had the power because he has
not had the roUm and when he is about 10 have
The room are 70 lake II IRON tbs purpose for which
il was designed am not going to yield 10 this sppea!
70 Us TO give up everything 20 The Secretary Of The ne
rioF y hen have this example before me. For i've or
years have been here endeavorn ng 10 obtain for
the Patent 0fhce wtEi - It's right
MI. CASS. have no feeling about this matter.
know nothing about il All want IT, that great pub
lie principle shou. not be sacrificed. The Commissioner
OF Patents is just likely TO do wrong the Secfcary
ol the Interior The Commissioner OF Patents IS just
likely 10 require twice a. much room as Is necessary as
the Secretary oil the Interior 10 take kan Deces
sdry bat the Secretary oi the Interior acts under the d
recon OF lhe President and with respect 10 whether
there is any improper conduct IN this not say know
nothing about II. But II will not do for the senator 10
take that ground Ii he has done wrong, lmpeach him
but that IS reason why should not confer all the
necessary power upon an executive department ! viii
dispute the point Tor which the contends he
has greatly The advantage OF me. for know nothing
ABOUT IT, do not bink have been IN the building once
ths year, and not than three times last year. There
fore thai want 10 refer TINS dIsinisrested
who, from has position, hrs character. his respons
bIllty to The public wlll have to act, and 10 act justly II
be does not impeach him that is the remedy II Is not
The way 10 say that will not give any power because
il NAV be abused.
Mi JAMES ! only desire that the mechanics shall
have what room they absolutely require. Perhaps sena-
tors do not know that inventors are paying no The
Patent Office something like SS5,ooO per annum. The
inventors pay for all expenses OF the government other
citizens do and when they come TO this city to perform
certain duties instead OF 10 certain deparim or
bureau ike that OF The War, or the Navy. and having
clerks u copy what they want and having all they ask
free OF charge, they are called upon 10 pay fee OF $50
to with and certain contingent expenses alter
wards And as observed, they pay So, 900 per
! IN Ia hat izs he
viii give to these men the room that absolutely and 10.
dspensably necessary.
| Mr.. DAWSON. desire to say one word merely to
ny friend from Wisconsin. II has become very habiiua
with him, for the last two three days, to become
cited n speaking, and we night be led 10 believe IRON
h, manner, that he in anger with some public oi-
Ger. He has announced 10 the country, and will go
and will generally be believed. that the Secretary
OF the Interior has failed discharge bis duty n relation
to the Patent Office. do Rot believe iha, be rrant TO
say that he said be had known his duty, or had
uhiully failed 10 do IT, Now, know something about
the in which the Patent Once is managed and
DO not believe any remark OF that sou Is ushed never
have heard OF charge being made against the Secre
tary from the Patent Office Everything IN that building
has been well taken Of could be, esnsder-
ing the and condition Of the building The build
ing not yet completed Neither the Secretary OF the
Interior the Commissioner Of Patents has failed TO
discharge has duty and ye; the impression made this
morning is, that there Is something wonderfully wrong
therethai the interests Of the country suffering be-
cause The officers have failed 10 DO their duty.
/ Mr.. WALKER VIII the senator permit me 70 inter
rupi hun replying 20 the honorable senator from
Michigan, Mr.. CAss As TO making any charge, dad
intend anything Of the kind was saying that II he
had room and failed 10 be dld wrong and SAID
Il useless for the senator from Michigan 10 tel me
that snch the fact ln conclusion sad he was
wrong. II there IN the building for the models
10 be preserved and he bad neglected 10 use y II
be had had the be could not do n made no
charge whatever against the Secretary OF the neo Tor
know well the sesaor from Georgia that be has not
had the room be needed and - proposed be shall
not have tlhat is Is proposed that the Department OF
the Interior shall 20 into the Patent Office, and The Com
missioner OF Patents shall not have H. One word more
We know ths-thai the Department Of The lnteror or
-omebody else has done what seemed 70 be wrong TO
the paienees Of the country and Their building. We
have kept cabinet Of curioses m what was designed
to be place where the models OF inventions could be
safely deposited, and easily found and examined, while
their models iarned into the basement 70 be rampied
upon and broken 10 pieces.
4 Mr. DAWSON. ! am much gratihed al The explana-
ton OF the Hence - not necessary 10 say
one word since there charge made against the
Commissioner Of Patents the Secretary Of tie lnieror
| and none intended
Il Mr. JAMES I wish II 10 be understood that did not
mean in what sai 10 reflect upon the Secretary Of the
Interior at all for perfectly well aware that neither
the Commissioner Of Patents the Secretary Of the ls-
terror could 90 the extent Of the duty which We owe
/ TO The psieniee< without furtker room.
/ Mr. WALKER called for the yeas and nays on the
i amendment and they were ordered.
i MIR B0RLAND. | cannot say that understand very
clearly what is the point IN dispute.
4 The PRESIDING OFFICER The Char would state
TO the honorable senator that there s Proviso 70 me
BILL from The House, that until directed ~ iau'
the Secretary Of the Interior shall not use The faten VI
fee for snv other purpose than The accommoshon o he
Patent Bureau The pending amendment oi the I0mmil-
e, on Finance s 10 strike ont that restrictive pfovso
4 Mr. BORLAND Then, IL understand i, the propo-
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