Congressional Record.: House. 1391

1901. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.:_HOUSE. 1391 The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Thirty-five Senators ~ve The CHAIRMAN. The House is in Committee of the Whole answered to their names on the roll call. There is not a quorum House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of present. the naval appropriation bill, and the Clerk will proceed with the Mr. CHANDLER. I move that the Sergeant-at-At·ms be di reading. rected to request the attendance of absent members. Mr. RIXEY. Mr. Chairman, I was unavoidably absent yester The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New Hamp dayin Annapolis, in the discharge of public duties, when this bill shire moves that the Sergeant-at-.Arms be directed to request the was being considered in general debate. I had desfred to make attendance of absent members. The question is on agreeing to some remarks in the general debate, but will content myself by the motion. · asking permission to extend those remarks in the RECORD. • The motion was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Virginia asks unani Mr. TELLER. I move that the Senate do now adjourn. mous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD. Is there ob The motion was agreed to; and (at 5 o'clock and 7 minutes jection? f After a pause.] The Chair hears none. p. m.) the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, Friday, January 25, The Cler'k read as follows: 1901, at 12 o'clock meridian. Na val training station, California: Maintenance of naval apprentice train ing station, Yerba Bnena Island, California, namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; _general care, repairs, and improvements of gronnds, buildin~s, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and mamtenance of live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, im HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. plements, and tools, and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in in THURSDAY, January 24, 1901. struction of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; / The House met at 12 o'clock m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and / HENRY N. COUDEN, D. D. materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. expenses, $30,000. RECORD. Mr. WM. ALDEN SMITH. Mr. Chairman, in the course of Mr. BOUTELL of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I desire to correct the the debate yesterday upon the naval appropriation bill the gentle. RECORD. Yesterday, in a colloquy with the gentleman from Ken man from Illinois [Mr. BouTELL] interrupted the gent1eman from tucky [Mr. WHEELER], I asked him his opinion in refer~ncetothe Kentucky [Mr. WHEELER] to ask him regarding a modification modification or abrogation of the Rush-Bagot convention, and he of the treaty, or supposed treaty, of 1817 between Great Britain replied that under certain circumstances he would be in favor of and the United States in relation to naval armament upon the its modification or abrogation. I then asked him if this question Great Lakes. I was interested in the inquiry of the gentleman had been considered by the Naval Committee, and he answered: from Illinois, and regarded it as having a most important bearing upon the commercial development of the States and cities border- Not since I have been on the committee. ing upon the Great Lakes. · The RECORD reads: After the war of 1812 between Great Britain and the United I am glad to hear the gentleman so ex.press himself. States and the ratification of the treaty of Ghent the peaceful My remark was that I was glad to hear the gentleman was relations growing out of that war were only disturbed by the personally in favor of the modification or abrogation of the treaty, number of war ships policing the great lakes of Ontario, St. Clair, and not that the Naval Committee had failed to consider it. What Michigan, and Superior. James Monroe, then Secretary of State, I meant was that this committee ought to consider and report a regarded these naval forces upon the Great Lakes as a source modification of that convention. of constant irritation to the two countries, and likely, in the BRONZE ST.A.TUE OF SPINNER, event of any attempt to rival each other in tonnage and equip Mr. McCLEARY. Mr. Speaker, I ask immediate consideration ment, to lead to misunderstanding, and possibly war. He there· for the privileged resolution which I send to the Clerk's desk. fore, at the suggestion of the President, took the initiative in un The Clerk read as follows: dertaking to lessen the armament kept upon the Great Lakes by England and America and fixed an agreement for the conduct of Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to request the Senate to transmit to the House a duplicate of engrossed copy of Senate resolution No.60, "Granting the two countries in that regard. permission for the erection of a bronze statue in Washingj;on, D. C., in honor I have carefully examined all the correspondence between Sec of General Francis E. Spinner, late Treasurer of the United States," the retary Monroe and John Quincy Adams, who was then our min original copy having been lost. ister to England, and Lord Castlereagh, representing the English The question was taken; and the resolution was agreed to. Government in the negotiations. I am deeply impressed with the On motion of .Mr. McCLEARY, a motion to reconsider the wisdom of our Government in taking such steps as were neces vote by which the resolution was passed was laid on the table. sary to reduce the armament and to fix a maximum armament DUPLICATE COPY OF SEN.A.TE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. for the Great Lakes. At that time the army of the English colo Mi. DALZELL. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolution. nies of Nova Scotia and Canada more than equaled the number The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Pennsylvania offers the of troops authorized and maintained in the United States. Such following privileged resolution. armament as our own country kept upon the lakes had relation The Ulerk read as follows: solely to the navigation within our limits. There was no necessity Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to request the Senate to transmit to for war ships upon these lakes more than sufficient to maintain the House a duplicate engrossed copy of Senate concurrent resolution No. the revenue service. 87, relating to counting the electoral vote, the original engrossed copy of said Pressed by our Government, England finally agreed that there resolution having been lost. should be 1 vessel on Lake Ontario, not·exceeding 100 tons burden The resolution was agreed to. and one 18-pounder cannon, and on the upper lakes 2 vessels, and COUNTING THE ELECTORAL. VOTE. on Lake Champlain 1 vessel, of like burden and force, it being Mr. DALZELL. Mr. Speaker, in connection with the same sub specially understood that all other armed vessels on these lakes ject-matter I offer the following resolution from the Committee should be forthwith dismantled, and, likewise, that neither party on Rules. should build and arm any other vessels on the shores of these The Clerk road as follows: lakes. Resolved, That on Wednesday, February 13, 1901, the whole of the gallery, The object of this arrangement was ·to cause a suspension of except that which is designated as Executive, diplomatic, and reporters' gal further construction by England of armed vessels upon the lakes, leries, and two sections of the east end of the public gallery, shall be reserved ~nd was, as I said in the beginning, wholesome and wise on the for the use of the families of Senators, Members of the House of Represent atives, Delegates, and their visitors. part of our Government. At that time this vast lake region was The Doorkeeper shall strictly enforce this order. the home of the Indians. There wer~ no such cities as Chicago, The Speaker shall issue to each Senator, Member of the House of Repre Milwaukee, Duluth, Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo, Grand Rapids, sentatives, and Delegate two cards of admission, and only persons holding these cards shall be admitted. and B y City, and the places now occupied by these busy marts of c erce and trade were only known and recognized as the The question was taken; and the resolution was agreed to. tr ing posts or gathering places for the tribes of Indians that On motion of Mr. DALZELL, a motion to reconsider the several · fested the Northwestern States. votes by which the foregoing resolutions were agreed to was laid I do not dissent in any particular from the wisdom of that ac on the table. tion, and wish it distinctly and emphatically understood by the NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. members of the House of Representatives that I have no desire Mr. FOSS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House resolve itself whatever to see naval war ships floating upon the waters of the into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for Great Lakes; indeed, I do not think them necessary and would the further consideration of the naval appropriation bill. not vote a dollar of the public money for that purpose. What I The motion was agreed to. des.ire and insist upon is the right of these great cities, and others The House accordingly resolved itself into Committee of the that I could name, fortunately situated upon the shores of these Whole House on the state of the Union, Mr.

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