The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-11
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XLIst CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SECOND SESSION.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.

W HhaulNNAoNt GGb' ave-
Mr.. RoOr introduced bill to encour.
age tue establishment Of o mail steamship
line 10 India and China, and promote emf.
grafton from Egypt to the Southern States.
Referred.
The resolution reported sometime since,
from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
calling Oh the President for information
concerning the imprisonment Of American
citizen IN England, for political offences,
came up for discussion In the morning hour.
Mr.. WOoD addressed the House, taking
strong ground against the British Govern.
ment. The discussion was further cOntin.
ued by MeSsrs. lIAIGHT, SClGuNAKER and
WILKINSON, on the same side ofthG qucs-
ton, ,und the matter went oyer till the
next morning hour. ..
Mr.. BANKS moved the privilege Of the
floor be given to John kits, who was
born in Pennsylvania, in 1862; was u sol.
dicr Of the Revolution; witnessed the STIR.
render Of COrnwHllis, ut Yorktown, and
had also served in the war of 1879.
The motion was agreed to unanimously
by the members, and the old gentleman
was soon chatting in n lively and intelli-
gent manner showing but slight iidIC,-
tons ofcXtrcme agc.
The House ut 1890 wcntiintO Commit
tee Of the Whole, Mr. CESSNA IN the clair,
Oh tho legislative appropriation bill. The
paragraph for pay anil mileage Ofmembers
having been reached, Mr. BUTLER, of
Massachusetts, moved to reduce it 10 half
q million with Il provisO, that no part of il
should he paid for mileage. He desired
the gentlemen to go the country Oh the
question Of economy and that they should
vote on some practical thing here was Il
question that affected the members them.
selves, and on which they could save the
Treasury $50000O q yClr. The debate
was general, spicy and exciting. NTcSsrs.
KELLY, Of Pennsylvania, FARSswoRTH
and Cox opposed the reduction, and Ii.
GERsoLL and LAFLIN supported It. Mr..
BCTM:R's amendment wts rejected.
Various other items in the hill about
Clerks TO Committees. &C.. gave rise to
discussions.
Adjourned.
SENATE.
Mr. SCuuRZ introduced II joint resOlu.
ton concerning colleges for the promotion
Oi agriculture and the mechanic arts.
Mr. CHANDLER from The Committee on
Commerce reported with amendments the
bill to re.Organizc the hospital services.
Mr. RAMSEY from the Committee on
POStOlllccs reported House Postofllce
route bill with amendments.
The greater portion Of the morning
hour was consumed by Mr.. SCOTr IN
rCrutation of theories and statistics Of
the Special Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, particularly MS to cost Of man
ulacturing pig iron. ..
At the expiration Of the morning hour,
Mr.. MORRILL, Of Maine, called up the ljll
making appropriations to supply the de.
tlciency in The appropriation to lhc naval
service for the present fiscal year, which
was passed.
The Mississippi bill was taken up and
the question was stated 10 be upon tho
amendment Ofthe committee to strike from
the bill the preamble and all conditions,
leaving simply tho proposition 10 admit
to representation. The bill gave rise to
Il lengthy discussion upon the policy Of
imposing fundamental conditions prior 10
the representation Of the State in Con-
grcSs. Mcssrs TRUMBUrL, MORTON and
STEWART favored M unconditional repre-.
SentAtion md MeSSrs. PoMERoY, EDWARDS
md WILSON opposed Il.
Adjourned.