The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-22
The Latest News.
xLIst CONGRESS.
gECOED SESSION.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.

Bills introduced and referred: To lega-
lie discharges in insolvency under pro-
ccedings in State Courts; abOllshing the
bureaus Of Education and FrCCdmcn's af'
fairs; to remove political disabilities In
the States; ratiiying the 18th Amend.
ment; regulating the foreign and coast
ing trade on the Northern, Northeastern
and Northwestern coasts; making II u
mtsdcmcanor To fit out or equip ships OF
war or sell or furnish arms or munitions
Of war with the intent that they be cm'
ployed in the service Of any foreign Prince
or State to commit lostilities against tho
people Of any Province, District or Colony
who are in q State Of armed insurrcctlOn
against any Prince or State, and provides
for tho forfeiture of such ship or vessel; to
abolish tho office Of Pension agent and
provides for the payment OF pensions
through tho Postmastcrs; to provide
means Of reviewing Judgements OF United
States Circuit and Districts Courts In
criminal cases; reducing the Income INK to
3 per cent and excmpting $500 thcrelrom;
increasing the tax on distilled spirits to
81 per gallon; TO cIualizc the distribution
Of National bank currency.
Tic resolution offered last Monday by
Mr., LOuGuRIDGE, which came up for ac-
ton, reads rs follows:
ReSoiCed, That In tho opinion OF the
House tho business interests OF tho cOtn'
try require an increase in the value ofcir-
c1lating currency, and tho Committee on
Banking and Currency arc instructed to
report 10 the House ut al early tiny as
practicable, q bill increasing the currency
| 10 nm amount of at least $50, 100000.
Tho previous question was seconded,
1903 to 73, and the resolution Was adopted,
yeas 110, nays Is.
Mr., CRARY introduced a joint resolution
to relieve from tho manufacturers tax,
pork packers, lArd rcndcrcrs and persons
engaged in smoking hams and curing
meats, SC. Pending It's action, the morn
ing hour expired, and the joint resolution
went over till next Monday.
Mr.. BUTLER, Of Mass, from the Com
mittec on Reconstruction, reported back
Senate bill removing political disabilities
from between four and five hundred per
sons in various States. Some eight OF the
persons embraced, had hcen elected to Of
ticc in Mississippi, and iCthis bill were not
passed they would be disqualified.
Mr.. WIITTRMORE offered us nm amends
ment, the House bill embracing about
e 600 names. BLr. WInTTEMORE.s amenl-
mcut was adopted. After debate the bill
was passed by the necessary two'thirds
majority.
Mr, LOGAN, from the Committee on
Military AiTnirs, on tho subject of the sale
Of cadetshIps, reported that tho commit
tee Ind taken testimony III the case Of Is.
F, WluTrEMORE, member Of Congress
from tho 1st district Of South Carolina,
which testimony, together with the state
mcMt made 10 the committee Dy MI.
WluTTEMoRE in cXculpatiOn Of himself,
he submitted to the House. The commit
tee Having carefully considered the same,
had come to the conclusion that in max.
inc appointments to the military and M"
val academies from the district represent.
cd by him, B. +. WHITTRMoRE had been
Influenced byimproper considerations. He
therefore submitted the following:
ReSo!ued, That B. F. WHITTEMoRE,
Representative in Congress from the 1st
Congressional district Of South Carolina,
be and Is hereby expelled from his seat rs
member Of the House Of Representa-.
tives In the dist Congress.
The Clerk then proceeded to read the
testimony of Messrs. Cathcart, DAILY, and
lP&U, Kegler, Of New York, General
SchoeG, Of Washington, and Z. F. Brooks;
newspaper correspondent and the exCulpa-
tory statement madeby Mr.. WHTTTEMORE,
The report was signed by NIessrs. LOGAN,
CoDB, PACKARD, STOUGIETON, AsPER,
WITCItER, MORGAN, SLoCuM ind IloGE.
Mr.. KellOg's testimony Is to the effect that
he was introduced TO Mr.. WHITrEMoltE
by Senator SAWYER, who asked him II
he had not already disposed Of hisap"OInt'
mcnt, to give Il to the witnesses son.
Mr., WHITrEMoRE told the witness he had
pledged himself elsewhere. Tho matter
then dropped, but four months afterwards,
while in Boston, the witness met an old
business acquaintance, W. I. Shaw, who
offered to get the appointment for constd'
GratiOn, and showed the witness letter
from Mr.. WHITTEMoRE, stating that these
apnointments were worth from $1,000 to
$4,000. Mr.. Shaw gave the witness letter
10 NVmTTEMollE, but when he gotto WASH
ington, the latterhad gOnO home. A lettert0
him broughtN reply, in which Mr. Witt
TEMORE had fixed the appointment outside
his district at $500. The witness subse-
Ouently wrote TO WInTTEMoRE that some
parties wanted his letter for political pur-
poses. WnITTEMORE in reply asked Its
return, which WINS declined. Shaw after.
wards wrote witness mCnacing him II he
did anything hostile 10 WHITTEMoREs
letter. The letter wns addressed In
WnTTEMoRE's handwriting, with his
frank.
Gen. SClOeirtcstilied that WHITTENoRE
offered him an appointment for . son Of
Gen. Tyler, Of New Jersey, for $4,000.
II. p. Brooks, u newspaper correspond
cnt, detailed his negotiations with WHIT.
TEMoRE for the appointment Of son Of
Mr.. Daily, Of New jersey. Between $500
and II 100 WINS paid WHITTEMoRE, lie
understood 1t was for usO In tho political
campaign In his district.
MIR. DNiiy testified 10 having received
through Mr.. NYOlcolt and Mr.. Brooks an
appointment TO West Point for his son,
for which he paid $1,000.
Mr.. WHETTEMORE stated before the
committee that his first idea was
to givO the appointment TO some
poor boy, but colleague in the 10th
Congress, Mr.. GOsS, asked him for It anti
said "IC you mike an appointment Of
my son will give you $500" lie replied
that hc should not sell the appointment,
when Co.'s said he would give tic money
for the use of educational purposes In his
district Thus 1t was understood that
Co.'S was tOhavc the appointment and that
TINT WuITTNoRE told keglCr he had ds-
posed Of the appointment. After Co.'s lett
Congress WHITTEMoRE wrote asking him
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