The Washington union., 1858-02-02
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE.

MIR. STANTON, of Ohio from the select committee to
investigate the alleged appropriation Of money BY Law
renee, Stone, Co., to influence the passage Of the last
tariff act, reported the following resolution:
whereas j. r. williamson city York, Was,
2h day Of January 1885, duly summoned 70 ape and testify be
Towing o Of the .ssd aapsnaue Of money By
Stone Co. Boston influence the tbs
a Of 1851 and whereas he has failed appear before said
the Sergeant Arms commanding him % take into
I'd! the body fhe said j. p Williamson whseyer he may be
70 answer for contempt Of the authority Of this House.
Mr.. STANTON caused to be read copy Of the
served upon Mr. Williams and his answer declining
appear and testify for which his attorney ad
,sed him would permit him to leave the city Of New
York. a55a .gtess
Mr. s. then moved the previous question under the
operation of which the resolution was agreed to. aa
ARMY APPROPRIATION. q
Mr. FAULKNER Of Virginia. called up the bill to sup
ply omission in the enrolment Of certain act there
in named this day being set apart for its consideration
Mr.. FAULKNER proceeded to explain the bill In nc
corance with the policy Of the government extending
lack far l794, the Secretary of War, at the
nencement Of the last Congress- recommended the usual
annual appropriation for the support of the national
lnories That Of $500 600 equally divided be-
tween the two national arfnores the Mt Springfield
at the North and the other at Harpcrs Ferry, In the
South This appropriation reported by the Commit
tee of Ways and Means passed the Committee Of the
Whole without amy objection received the unanimous
consent of the Senate and House. but lost in the act
Of transcribng in the enrolled bill The object there
FORE simply to correct that omission of the clerk
Iary in the session this information received from
the Secretary Of War; and Congress urged to supply
the omission That communication was referred to the
Committee Of Military Affairs it was there considered
aud this bill the result of the action OF that COM
Iuittee He should be justified in demanding the imne
date passage Of the law and, even under ordinary
circumstances, in calling tho previous question, but
he promised his colleagues the Committee o,,
Military Affairs that he would afford them an
opportunity of making any objection they might to
the bill II had been asked, and IL would no doubt
lie asked again. what had become Of the national armo
res since the LIST Of july 1851 at the expiration Of the
last fiscal year. and how had they been sustained BY
what authority and under what law He would answer
these inquiries Shortly after the adjournment Of the
last Congress- and since this emission discovered
the attention Of the President of the United States
called to the state Of facts II represented to him.
and represented truly that unless arrangement in
strict conformity to law should BIO devised by which the
omission could be corrected the LIST of July fol-
lowing the manufacture of would cease aud the
mechanics become scattered with the probability that
many of them would never return. Tho President
fully advised OF what the will of Congress- the only
question with him being whether not there any
funds under his control with which 10 remedy this state
Of affairs The Attorney General being called upon for
his opinion advised that under the provision and Ian
guag Of the act Of lsos 1t w1s competent for the Pre