Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-04
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The Military appropriation bill was
then then taken up. After some debate,
/ tile resolution was ado ated, 16 to 4. The
amendments from the military committee
to erect an arsenal on the Red River of the
| North; to erect barracks at Fort Cobb, in
the Indian Territory; appropriating for tue
support CT one regiment of mounted vol
unteers in Texas, S7se,O00 and for repairs
and continuation of the work on various
Notifications, Sl,l55,oOO and a number of
others of less moment were offered and
adopted. Adjourned.
loUsE.-The House resumed the con-
I sideration of Mr.. WidslOw's resolution Of
| fered yesterday, directing the Speaker to
issue his subpoena for certain witnesses to
appear before the Covode Committee.
Mr.. Train said with his sense of duty,
/ he could never allow the minority to die
tate the transaction of business. He, how
ever, would listen TO any suggestion from
| his colleague in the committee, Mr.. Wins
| low, MS he had always done with defer
cnce, but he repeated that he could not al
low him, on the minority to dictate to the
majority how it shall pursue the investt-
cation. We are responsible and therefore
should pursue Our'Own way.
! Mr.. Clark, of No., enqWired, do under
stand the gentleman 90 say that the Re
publicanS are in IL majority in this House.
Mr.. Train-I don't include the gentle
man and that's enough.
Mr. Botelcr-Does the member include
any gentleman of the Southern Oppose
ton? II is AN ilnputatiOn on the party to
which have the honor to belong.
| Mr.. TNin-PerhaPs ] ought to qualify
my language that the Republican party is
responsible for the legislation of this
| House. We shall be held responsible, to
| some extent, for the conduct OF this COM
mittec. The resolution of Mr.. Winslow is
out of order.
Mr. Wiuslow thought his friend from
Massachusetts, whose gentlemanly bearing
he appreciated, had fallen into error with
regard to the testimony he sought TO bring
out relative to the Congressional election
| in Westmoreland, Co., Pa. Instead of as
sisting in the investigation, the chairman,
| Mr.. Covode, said he had some personal
knowledge of that district and therefore
declined to subpoena the witness. 1t was
a great Outrage and blot on the Republic
can party, which the waters of the ocean
could not wash out. The refusal was uD-
| Just and iniquitous. He had been inform
/ ed that greater frauds had been commit
ted by the Republicans in Pennsylvania,
than those charged upon the Democrats.
Mr. Covode said he had never refused to
summon witnesses, butOLjccted to summOn-
ing thirty or forty whom he knew would
entail an expense of $4,000 or $4,000
The gentleman from North Carolina has
brought witnesses before tue committee
without their being summoned and the
| majority of the committee did not object.
/ MIR. Winslow was glad that the gentle
man had reminded him of this.
| Mr.. Hughcs-Give it to him.
| Mr.. Winslow said he asked that only
| eight out of thirty witnesses had been
summoned and stated on his individual re-
| sponsiGility, that it had been the practice
OF Mr.. Govode to summon witnesses with
| out consulting the committee.
MIR. Covode replied that it was only this
morning that au order had been passed by
the committee, relative to tile SummOning
of witnesses.
Mr.. Campbell said the charges of the
fraudulent election of Mr.. Scranton came
ussnssiu-like from an anonymous source,
which Mr. Winslow refused to give to the
public.
MIR. CoYode said he told Mr.. Winslow
that lie WAS willing to send for several
witnesses and Mr.. Winslow informed him
that those witnesses had nothing to do
with the government.
Mr.. WinsIow asked for no favor. He
stood ON his right To have witnesses sum
moned.
| Mr.. Robinson, of ILL.,, remarked from the
time of the organization of the Committee
| to the present Mr.. W. insisted that no wit
ncsses ought to be examined unless the
subject of snbpnnaing them was first
brought before the Committee.
| Mr.. Covode-My course has not only
/ been protested against by majority of
the Committee, but by the President
Laughter.
Mr., Robinson have only stated q fact,
| Sir.
Mr.. WinsIow trusted that the Speaker
would not hereafter issue his subpoena for
witnesses until the list has first been GER
titled Ivy the Committee. Mr.. W. alluded
to the fact that testimony against the Adj
ministration had been improperly pub
lishcd. He (Winslow) did not think it
proper for him to have any agency in pub
| fishing refnting testimony, coming as he
did from North Carolina, where the duty
| of gentlemen is known and the prophecies
of life are regarded.
MIR. Covode replied, he had particular
reasons sometimes for not communicating
the names of witnesses he intended to ex-
anime, one of which was that if they
should hear of it they would get out OF
the way.
\ number of private bills were passed.
The House voted to go into Committee
of the Whole on the State of the Union.
Nearly all the members then left, few re-
! manning for general debate.
Mr. Stewart, of Md, made a speech in
reply to his colleague, mir Davis,) who,
several months ago, attacked the House of
Delegates of that State for censuring him
for voting for Republican Speaker, (Mr.
PcnningtOn.)
Mr.. Davis said the House of Delegates
expression of opinion was sheer piece OF
Iimnertinence,
Mr. Stewart asked whether his colleague
thought the people of Maryland would
sustain him.
MIR. Davis had no mode of ascertaining
this till the TALL election and perhaps not