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December 24, 1858
Ellsworth American
Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine
What is this article about?
In Washington, House Military Committee rejected motion to advance President's Mexican policy bill; opposition agreed to request War Secretary's troop estimates, hoping figures would derail it.
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From Washington. The correspondent of the New York Times says
"The informal motion made yesterday morning in the Military Committee of the House to report a bill for carrying into effect the President's Mexican policy was voted down. The Chairman then proposed a call upon the Secretary of War for estimates as to the number of additional troops which would be required to garrison military posts in Mexico, and this proposition was readily assented to by the opposition members, believing as they did that the answer of the Secretary of War would enable them to defeat the whole project. The figures, they say, will frighten the country, if not Congress."
"The informal motion made yesterday morning in the Military Committee of the House to report a bill for carrying into effect the President's Mexican policy was voted down. The Chairman then proposed a call upon the Secretary of War for estimates as to the number of additional troops which would be required to garrison military posts in Mexico, and this proposition was readily assented to by the opposition members, believing as they did that the answer of the Secretary of War would enable them to defeat the whole project. The figures, they say, will frighten the country, if not Congress."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Mexican Policy
Military Committee
Troop Estimates
House Of Representatives
Where did it happen?
Washington
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Washington
Event Date
Yesterday Morning
Outcome
motion voted down; proposition for troop estimates assented to by opposition.
Event Details
Informal motion in the Military Committee of the House to report a bill for the President's Mexican policy was voted down. Chairman proposed calling on Secretary of War for estimates on additional troops needed for Mexico garrisons, assented to by opposition expecting it to defeat the project.