The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL.

lief for the poor in Cincinnati, COM
planning that great distress exists among
the widows and orphans of soldiers in
consequence of the delay experienced in
collecting bounties and back pay.
Mr.. Ramsey, from the Postoffice COM
mittee, reported House bill fixing the
compensation of postoffice clerks and
route agents at not less than 5000 nor
more than $1,000 annually. 1t was
passed.
On motion of Mr.. Chandler, the Sen
ate, by q vote Of 20 to 10, took up the
Niagara Falls Ship Canal bill OF last
session.
Mr.. Edmunds moved to strike out the
section providing the act shall not take
effect unless the legislature of New
York gives its assent within two years.
The bill was then made the special order
for tomorrow.
House bill to amend an act author
izing the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
to construct railroad from Point Bel
man, Lennoxville and Monocaey juno
ton into the District of Columbia, by
provision that the extension into the
district shall be on such line and to such
place rs authorized by Congress and no
other, was passed.
Mr.. Morrill, reported q bill to prevent
illegal voting in the District of Column
bia, and other purposes, with amend
ments. The amendments provide for
the appointment by the Supreme Court
of the District of five judges of election
for the city of Washington and three
for the city of Georgetown, whose duty
it shall be, biennially and prior to each
election, TO prepare list OF persons
qualified to vote in said cities.
Mr.. Lane called up bill to regulate
the appointment of Pension agents.
Mr.. Fessenden said he objected to
the kind of legislation contained in the
amendment, vacating all offices filled
since the first of October.
Pending the consideration of the bill
the morning hour expired.
The regular order of business being
the consideration of the bill regulating
the tenure of office, it was then taken
up. -,
Mr.. McDougal spoke against the bill.
Mr.. Wiley replied to Mr.. Cowan's re-
marks of yesterday, stating that the
President had appointed i'll West
Virginia those who had abused him
most. One man, named Long, had been
Amounted Postmaster Mt Wheeling. He
was the editor of the Wheeling Regis
| ter. Mr.. Wiley read extracts from
the paper named, dated March Ii, Ia,
and 10, 1865, in which the President is
denounced as IA drunkard, an idiot, &c.
Mr.. johnson asked when that ap-
pointment was made, and If 1t had been
confirmed.
Mr.. Wiley said the Appointment was
made in August last, and had not been
confirmed.
Mr.. Cowan said it was impossible,
when SO many appointments were to he
made. to avoid an occasional mistake.
Mr.. Hendricks replied to the former
remarks of Mr.. Sumner, defending the
President for removing men from office
who were opposed to his policy, and
placing men in Office who were in SYM
pathy with him. He said that in nine
cases ont of ten, when the President
had removed anybody, he had appoint
ed in his stead Il man who voted the
Lincolnsand Johnson ticket in lo64. AL
lnding to the alleged remarks OF the
President, that he would kick certain
men ont of office, he expressed doubt
as TO whether the President had used 1t,
though he had not taken upon himself
the task of reading all the speeches
made by the President on his way to
Chicago and back.
Mr.. CONFESS reviewed the politlca!
difference between the President and
Congress, saying that the responsibility
was not with Congress. The President,
he said. would have not restricted him
self to four hundred removals, had not
the Senate stood i'll his way.
Mr.. Doolittle favored q tenure of Of
flee during good behavior. AS to the
philadelphia Convention and those who
in it, he claimed for him
self and those who acted with him the
most patriotic of motives. He would !
not sneak ut length upon this topic |
now. but at some future time he would
prove that the policy of the Admins
tratiOn was the policy of Lincoln, and
from which the Republican party had
departed. ].
Mr. Hume said inasmuch as his col
league had spent good deal of time in
attempting to demonstrate that prob
lem already, and as about two thirds OF
the people had failed to sec it, he did
not think that it would pay for him to
demonstrate it any more.
Mr.. Doolittle said he coulddemon-
strate it from his colleagues speech
on the question admitting Arkansas to
representation.
Mr.. Howe denied that any such thing
conld be proven from the speech refer
red to.
Mr.. Sumner replied to the remarks
of several Senators against the pending
proposition which was the amendment
offered by him. He congratulated the
President on having found so able de-
fender and champion as Hendricks, and
would say before this controversy was
ended, the President would need all the
ability, all the experience and all the
powers of debate of the Senator from
Indiana.
Mr.. Sumner advocated his amend
mcnt. He said it was the duty of Con-
gress to protect loyal people against the
President of the United States in this
particular, for the President was an en-
envy to his country.
Mr.. Sumner proceeded with his re-
I1aTkS, anu ItpcutCu his ithSuisSO
This, sir, is the duty of the hour.
There was no such duty on our fathers:
there was no such duty on our predeces-
sor in this particular, because there was
no President of the United States who
had become an enemy of his country"
Mr.. Doolittle rose tn the question of
order that such language toward the
Executive was not permissible i'll the
Senate.
The Chair decided the words did not
exceed the limit of debate.
Mr.. Doolittle appealed, and moved,
in order that the Senator might have an
opportunity to consider the question,
the Senate adjourn. The motion was
disagreed to.
Mr.. Lane moved to lay the appeal Oh
the table. Carried-yeas ~, nays 10.
Adjourned.
| HOUSE.
The House went into committee OF
the whole on the Legislative appropria-
ton bill.
Mr.. Stevens offered an amendment as
an additional section, extending to the