The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-25
House..

/ The House met at ten o'clock.
The Senate bill for the temporary loan
to redeem compound interest notes was
passed.
The bill was passed appropriating
S39, 900 for temporary clerks in the In
dian Bureau and State Department, and
the expenses of the Surveyor Generals
Office.
The Senate amendments to the House
bill for the payment OF the captoEs o,
JEFF. Davis were non-concurred IN, anu
a committee of Conference asked.
The Senate joint resolution granting
permission to officers and soldiers 10
wear army badges was passed.
The Senate amendments to the House
bill for the exchange of public docu-
ments with foreign countries was con-
Cured in.
Mr.. Banks, from the committee OF
conference on the Alaska bill, made
report. The preamble originally offered
as an amendment, by Mr.. Loughrldge,
declaring the right of the House to in
tervene in treaties is struck out and the
following clause is substituted
"And whereas, the said stipulatIons
cannot be carried into full force and ef-
feet except by legislation, to which the
consent of both houses Of Congress Is
necessary"
After q brief discussion, Mr.. Paine
moved to lay the conference report on
the table. Negatived.
After noisy and excited discussion,
in which, however, nothing of any pub
lie importance was developed, the re-
port of the Conference committee was
agreed to.
The Senate bill relating to the pun
ishment of certain crimes against the
United States was passed.
The motion to reconsider the vote ON
taking q recess from Monday next was
called mp by Mr.. Washburne, Of Hi
nOis, and laid OH the table,
This makes the action of the House
yesterday final.
Mr.. Farnsworth made 4 report from
the Conference committee on the bill to
further amend the postal laws, which
was agreed to.
Mr.. Washburne, of Indiana, from the
committee OH Military Affairs, reported
bill reducing the time when honora'
bly, discharged soldiers can secure titles
under the homestead bill from five
years to one year, which passed.
Mr.. Bingham, from the Reconstruc-
ton committee, reported bill entitled
an act to provide for more speedy re-
organization of the States of Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas, and for other
purposes. The bill passed by strict
party vote
On motion of Mr.. Schenck com.
mittee of Conference was asked on the
funding bill.
Mcssrs. Schenck, Logan and Boutwell,
were appointed.
Mr.. Broomal, Vt Pennsylvania, from
tho committee OH Accounts. presented
u report on an Investigation into the
disbursements of the contingent fund
of the House. TIP report shows that
the charges on which the investigation
was ordered were entirely unfOunded,
and that the Number of House employees
in the present Congress is only the same
as in the Thirty-ffth Congress. The
report closed with q resolution making
changes in the issue of stationery, &c.
In reply to q question, Mr.. Broomall
said the investigation had rot shown
any improper conduct on the part OF
the door-keeper.
The report was accepted and the res
olution adopted.
Mr.. Hopkins, from the committee on
Public Lands, reported bill requiring
that lands granted to aid in the con-
struction of railroads be sold to actual
settlers in quantities no greater than a
suarter section and at prices not ex-
ceediug two dollars and fifty cents per
acre.
After debate, the House, at 5 o'clock
adjourned until halfpast ~ tomorrow,
when the business on the Speakers ia
BILE is to be proceeded with.