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Report on the U.S. Congress second session in Washington on Jan. 29, 1849. Senate handled petitions, a memorial for a transcontinental telegraph, and discussed/postponed Whitney's Pacific railroad bill. House voted on suspending rules for a uniform postage bill but failed to pass the resolution.
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CONGRESS—Second Session,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 1849.
SENATE.—After the usual preliminary business, a number of petitions on various subjects were presented and referred.
The Vice President presented a memorial in favor of a telegraph from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. On motion, it was referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Niles moved to take up Whitney's bill for a railroad to the Pacific.
The merits of the bill were discussed somewhat at length by Messrs. Niles, Foote and Borland, in which the importance of early action in the matter was dwelt upon. A motion finally prevailed to postpone further consideration of the subject until Monday next.
The Senate adjourned.
House.—Mr. Embree moved to suspend the rules, in order that he might offer a resolution making the bill for reducing postages to a uniform rate, and correcting abuses in the franking privilege, the order of the day at one o'clock to-day.
The question was taken by yeas and nays and decided in the affirmative—yeas 121, nays 47.
Mr. Cobb then offered an amendment to Embree's resolution, changing the time from one o'clock to-day to one o'clock to-morrow.
The question was taken by yeas and nays and decided in the negative—yeas, 70; nays, 115.
The resolution was then put on its final passage and decided in the negative—yeas 130; nays, 61. Two-thirds not voting for it. the resolution was lost.
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Washington
Event Date
Jan. 29, 1849
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senate: memorial referred to committee on commerce; whitney's railroad bill postponed to monday. house: motion to suspend rules passed (121-47); amendment failed (70-115); resolution failed (130-61, short of two-thirds).
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In the Senate, after preliminary business and petitions, a memorial for a telegraph from Mississippi to Pacific was presented and referred. Niles moved for Whitney's Pacific railroad bill, discussed by Niles, Foote, and Borland, then postponed. In the House, Embree moved to suspend rules for a postage reform bill; initial motion passed, but Cobb's amendment to delay failed, and the resolution itself failed without two-thirds majority.