The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-04

The House sgain went into ComnAitteA On the
amsndmsnts e the Navy APprcprissioa big.
railway stshe dock q. San Francisco was v.Fmly
discussed, md then rejected-ayesgs, uoss4o.
| Without djbposing Of tho amendments,
Tho cpm16ittee rose to receive Feport fson the
committee NJ conference on the disagtoetnk votes
on the CiviI6nd Diplomatic Appropriation 61l.
Mr.. HOUSTON moved the previous question,
which was seconded; and, under IT. operation, the
House waspr0ceediDg to vote on the report made
| from the committee Of conference, when
Mr.. McMULLEN inquired whether 1t would be
in order to move that the amendments be printed.
| The yeas and nays were ordered.
| Mr.. MoMULLEN said he could not hear the
have them read or explained. We are, he said, to
| ego it blind" and am not willing to do it.
There were cries all over the hall. .sRead them.''
ssread them!''
Mr.. Nom JULIEN. call for the reading of the
amendments.
The SPEAKER pro tenn. (Mr. sTUART) said,
| if there was no objection the amendments would
be read. [Cries of Object, p @object!"]
Mr.. McMULLEN again arose to address the
Chair, but
The SPEAKER informed him that he was out of
| ORDER
Mr.. McMULLEN. rise to privileged cues.
ton. move to suspend the rules by which the
House determined to take the vote. daughter 4
The CLERK commenced calling the roll, and
when he reached the name of
Mr.. CLEMENS, that gentleman desired to know
whether, under the rule, member could be COM
PEELED to vote when he did not know what the pro-
position was. $3.50
He was loudly called to order.
The question was taken amid the great confusion
which prevailed, and the House refused to concur
in the report-yeas 60, nays LOG.
Mr.. MEADE moved reconsideration of the
vote.
Mr.. HIBBARD move to lay the motion upon the
table.
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee, said that it would not
take the Senate more than five minutes to make the
bill acceptable to the House.
Mr.. HfBBARD said he did not wish thesbill to
fail; he was very earnest in his desire that it
should pass; but he wished it to be stripped of the
abominations put in by the Senate in defiance of
the House. 1t was not too late to have another
committee of conference.
Mr.. MEADE said there were not only this but
many other important bills to be acted upon. He
believed the House had voted under misappre.
hension. The principal amendment was to in.
crease the salaries of the heads of the Departments
from six to eight thousand dollars per annum; and
TINS sum 10 not more now than six thousand was
i've yearsago. And he called upon the House to
adopt the report, and not create the necessity for
an extra session.
Mr. STANLY, one of the committee of confer
ence, said the committee did the best thew could
under the circumstances; and that, if five commit
tees were appointed, they could not do better. He
replied to MIR. HIBBARp's charge of Senate abomi-
nations, and explained the report of the committee
Mr.. VENABLE was not afraid of taking the re-
sponsibility of rejecting such bill as this He
was not willing to herald in the new administra-
ton with an increase of salaries. He would re-
mind the gentleman from Virginia that when the
salary of members Of Congress was raised to & 500
per annum, it turned out almost every man who
voted for the law.
MIR. ALLISON asked whether the gentleman did
not recollect that John Quincy Adamss admins
tralon was not prescribed because Of its extrava-
gance. g4
Mr.. vENABLE said he did.
Mr.. ALLISON. Then you do not belong to the
Democratic party OF the present day.
Mr. VENABLE said the question was, whether
the House shall continue to truckle to the Senate
Ii the Senate do not recede from their amend
ments, the responsibility of the failure of the BILL
and an extra session, is with them. In conclu-
sion, he moved to lay the motion to reconsider
upon the table, and let the bill there die.
Mr.. JOHNSON, of Arkansas, said the remarks
OF the gentleman were all wind; and asked Mr.
VENABLE to withdraw his motion for short time:
but that gentleman refused to comply with the re-
q4est.
The motion to reconsider the vote by which the
House rejected the report of the committee of con-
ference was laid upon the table-yeas 80, nays IS
Mr. HALL moved that the House ask the Senate
for another committee of conference on the Civil
and Diplomatic Appropriation bilI and under the
operation OF the previous question: this was agreed
to.
THE NAVY BILL.
The House again went into Committee and re.
sumed the consideration of the Senate amendments
to the aboye-named bill; and were in session at
l2o'clock, when we heard from the Capitol.