The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-28
XXXIXth CONGRESS. nd SESSION
SENATE.
WAsHINaroN, Feb. ..

| 4n6IDLl1 EelaLlFea 10 the navy passed
with an amendment, reducing the
number of Cadets, at large, from TWEEN.
/ ty-6ve TO ten.
! The act to amend an act for the re-
| moval of causes in certain cases from
State courts, passed. 4s
The Evening Session to-day is assign
ed for the consideration of bills from the
| Military Committee.
The morning hour expired
on motion OF Mr.. Sherman, the com
pound interest note bill was taken up,
The question was on the Senate sub
stitute for the House bill. The bill as
1 passed by the House authorizes the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to redeem the
| compound interest notes with the new
issue of legal tenders, not TO exceed
Sl00, coo, 600. For this the Senate Fl
nance Committee propose as substi-
tQte the bill passed by the Senate a
couple of months ago, authorizing the
redemption of maturing compound in
| terest notes, with certificates of loan at
The substitute of the Senate bill was
agreed to.
Mr.. Sherman offered the following
/ amendment from the Finance Commit
| tee, that no national bank shall pay or
receive interest on any portion of It's
4 reserve when deposited in any other
national bank, and compound interest
notes to be held o. as part of their
reserve after the LIST of July next. This
was agreed to, and the bill as amended
was passed.
The Finance Committee recommend
ed several amendments of no public
Importance, and one abolishing the
office of Commissioner OF Public Build
ings, and authorizing the election by
| the Senate of superintendent thereof.
Mr.. Watts opposed the latter amend
ment.
| Mr.. Sherman thought il out of place
in an appropriation bill.
Mr.. Watts said the Commissioner OF
Public Buildings had charge of the
capitol building. If any difficulty &C.
| CURED between the President and Con-
gress while the officer having charge OF
the capital was under appointment of
| the President, it might lead to great
deal of Inconvenience. he thought 1t
very important that a man having
charge OF the capitol should be q man
friendly to Congress. ia
Mr.. Howard said he should vote
against striking out the section, because
he thought the appointment ought TO
| be vested in the Senate.
Messrs. Sherman and Williams spoke
| in favor of the Senate amendment.
Mr.. Edwards doubted the right OF
Congress to elect Commissioner of
Public Buildings. He proposed, in
place of the House propositions, Isec-
I
Public Buildings is hereby abolished,
and, until otherwise provided, the du-
| ties of that office shall be performed by
the Quartermaster General of the
army"
Mr.. Wade commended for the House
proposition. There had been threats OF
violence against Congress by the organs
and spokesman of the President, and
the President had never done anything
| to contradict these statements. This be-
ing the case Congress ought to surround
| itself with its friends.
! Mr.. Howard spoke in a similar view.
After further debate the Senate went
into Executive session. and subsequent
| ly took a recess. 81.
| The House went into Committee of
\ the Whole on the tariff bin. Amend
ments numbering from 20 to 80 were
offered and agreed to. The amendment
TO strike out OF the Senate substitute
the words land on wooden dockS and
| shearings of fulled cloth the duty shall
be three cents per pound" was agreed
| to. Amendments relative to wooden
cloths, bunting, dress goods, carpets,
| oil cloths and dress silks, were adopted.
On the amendment increasing abe tax
on manufactured fax from SIS to $50
per ton Mr.. Schenck moved to increase
| tito S45, and subseq ueutly TO 500. Both
/ were rejected after debate, in which the
| interest of the East and West were vim
| dictated by members from each section.
Mr.. Schenck moved to increase the
tox to $40, which was adopted by vote
| of so to 49,. 7sE
Mr.. Schenck moved to increase the
duty on hacked flax to $50 per ton, and
| Mr.. Farnsworth moved to increase it to
| $50. 4 similar debate ensued, which
finally terminated by the rising of the
| Committe.
Mr.. Stevens, from the Committee on
| Appropriations, presented Il deficiency
bill, which was referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole and made the spe-
cial order for tomorrow. The House
then took recess.