TWENTY-ElGHTH CONGRESS.


SECOND SESSION.
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WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. "a, 1916.


Several reports Of Committees. OF little importance
presented and referred, objection being made


MIR PAnMENrER called the attention of the House to the
fact that there great number Of papers lying
dsposing of them, and objection being made, they
taken and referred to appropriate Committees be
ing nearly oil private bills from the Senate.


After these had been disposed Of the message of the
President received day before yesterday, read
was published in Intelligence this morning
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and


communication ives received from the War Depart
ment in reply to resolution the House. calling for in
&C Iowa 1t was laid the table and ordered to be
printed


resolution Of the House leerred TO the Commit
tee en- Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed


The report of the Commissioners tf Pensions
csived, laid on the table aud ordered to be printed


report of the number CT Clerks employ the State
Department ordered to be printed.


report Of the number sf passengers arriving in New
Orleans ordered to be printed.


Arpoit Of the number Of Manuscript Volumes in the
stae Department with the number to which indcss have
been prepared referred the Committee OF Ways
and Means and o; dered to be printed


The report Of the Commissioner Of Patents was ordered
MIR BrLsrs Of Aisbama, moved that the rules be sus
pended and the House resolve itself into Committee the
Whole which was agreed to, and


Mr. HoPxrSs Of Virginia, took the Chair, and the Com
mittee proceed to tho cons.dera ion of the


ANIMATION or TEXAS.


Mr. DRoMoooLE, of Va, had the door He said it was
usual for members to state in the outset what they



begged to say what he would discuss. He would
whether had latent claim to the territory
Texas by the treaty Of lsO3 would he discuss the
question In what way the Constitution should be
suued on this question To gentlemen who had mani
intense desire to dscuss the latter he beg
xed commend fer study the commentary OF Of shs
eminent Of vgins, John Tay o- Of Caro-
line where il sufficiently discussed. He thonght
the United sses by the recognition CT the ndepend
ence Of Texas and by the fact that the Texans had
achieved and maintained their Independence, were pre-
cluded from bringing up any latent claim to the ter
ritory OF Texas which they might have had under
the treaty OF lsos He would say that he could
not vote for the proposition of the Committee Fo
reign Affairs, watch attempt to procure
ratification Of treaty, which had been rejected by
the power competent to decide upon It. He did not be-
eye that the power had the power acquire
foreign erory but he believed that the treaty power
had and he had onnd the argument, support OF this
pl plopostion ably summed up by the venerable gen.
ttmen IRON Mass, 90 Adams in communicates to
tbs people o. Va, SO long ego 1929, hat he begged
that an extract from H. which he handed to the Clerk,
might be read II read, as follows -


General Smith has therefore, done great injustice
in drawing these votes the conclusion that vas
gov erned giving them either by principles offacton
or by hostility Louisiana 10 well Known to all those
with " HON acted at the time, as well those whose
votes mine we'll those who sanctioned
by their votes these assumptions Of constructive powers
that my voice and opinions were in svsr Of the scqas