The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-28
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xLIst CONGRESS.


a t'l WGa n lllGltiklIa0 M kelS4Ae1 ~
Nj. f'1TIlIaN. requiring dat National
B1I' 6lng Into liquidation shah deposit
lIaV Il money b place nf thelr circulating
i rll and 10 tliCe Up their bonds, q !
Hui was reported, and reCOmmitled,
bI III. JULIAN, fruA tls Committee On
| PihHe I,SR1s, ~ pTVTat The further salf
Iof p1blIt Iifidi, e1t&pt inch as are pro
Sidcd Gor In the pre- GRpiiOn and home
stead lsrul ard laws 0G dtIpO1lng ~ t9lER
sitrs = II iiF,i3yli laAls n .FJF iNf
a.. DAWES called D. ne bill intrCddcs
ed by him yesterday " amend ttle ti5Ss Is
RiniS bill BY constituting me word q ta ~
include affirmation. fassed.
Mr.. PAINE moved that such 81 the Nlf'
ginln members as To whose right 10 StalS
there was not any objection ShoaId now
bG sworn in.
Mesyrs. Pl.ATT, RIDOEwAY and MII.NER
,hercupon came forward aud took the oath
Of Office
Nj WOoD objected u the oath being
administered 10 Mr.. Porter, and read ~
thc ground Of his objection, the charges
and specifications upon which Porter hld
been convicted md sentenced u six
months Imprisonment, which sentence
was approved by Nal. GGn. Butler; that
Porter was convicted Of declaring public,
Iy In A tavern at Norfolk, that "ths Gov
6rnment was u God id humbug, from
beginning to end; that Abraham Lincoln
was doing everything he could for his
own election; that thIs was u rotten, E1o-
gus and corrupt Government nom begin
ming To end.
III PAINE, in answer, sent to the Clerks
desk, and had rcall, a telegram nom 9lF.
BUTLEn, dated May 8, 1853, stating that
Charles II. Porter, In heated discussion,
hnd used words which, being repeated 70
him. 'hc WINS obliged TO notice. lie had,
however, omitted all Onerous parts oE the
Judgment Or the Commission, because the
CasS and his previous acts showed that
Porter had NOT in fact, been dIslOyal.
A discussion followed between McsErs.
VOORHEES,, WOOD, ELDnID0E, SAWYER,
and others
Mr., PAINE resumed the floor and insist
cd on the previous question. The pre-
viOus question having been seconded anu
the main question ordered, Mr. HOLMAN
moved TO reconsider the vote ordering the
mnin question, which motion gave Him
thc right 10 the floor for an hour. lie
divided his time among members on both
aides, An excited discussion cnsuctl on
IbOlh sides by McSSrA. HOLMAN, SMITH, OF
| Oregon. Beck, VOORHEES,, SARGENT, Cox,
NAYIlAM. WOODWARD, BUTLER, Of AIasSa-
chnsetts, WOOD, y RGAS and El.DRlnGE.
A motion 10 reconsider was finally laid
upon the table yclS l53, nays ., AMI MIR.
POHTER was sworn i: rs member from
Virginia ,w
Mr. FARSswORTI reported hill to
abolish the FnInking Privilege which he
wished 10 have made II special order. lie
yiCldcd, however, TO the general cxpres.
lsinn az he HUre 10 putt on iiJ passage
= y - "a aifar an hours discl Ion tie
Ib,8 w1s nassed, ayes IA, nays IA. II
rdti INTO effect on the lat OfLuly.
Tho House at 3:HO went into Commit
tcc Of the Whole, Mr., CESSNA In the CllAlr,
ON the legislative. executive ind judicial
appropriation bill.
Mr.. DAWES Addressed the committee in
reply To Mr.. BuTLEM lie showed CON
Clusivclv that he spoke not merely fur
lhimselrbnt for all his aSSsnCiates on the
ICOmmiltee; that his former speech was
moi a reckless argument nf departments,
that the committee spent the whole oI
the holiday recess in cabinet; the
President hilnsclfwAs consulted as to the
reduction Of estimates that every head
oC Dcnnrtmcnl but one had been anxious.
ly consulted by some member Of the com
lmittee that he did not visit him Whose
letter Mr. BUTLER produced with such
flourish Yesterday, because Mr. Belknap
hal inst come into office, and the PrcSl-
dent himself said he WAS satisfied the csii'
mates OF the Department could not bc re-
lTCed He confined himself strictly u
tkr isslle he made IN the other speech, anil
said lie had not drawn any comparison
Ilwtween the expenses Of .IOhnSOn'S adj
mInistration and Gmnt's, and point blank
refused to plead To new Issues 50 made
and adrOitIy set upby BUTLER, FoRNEI
and others. lie gave President Grant
nnd his Cabinet Cre,litl for reduction
Of the. public debt, excepting r'LScAlS III
the pu6liC service. IAithtIlncss in collect
inc the revenue and entire honesty Of ct'
fort in administering the government he
nruycl the necessity of the position taken
hy tho committee by showing the COnInrt'
son ofthO appropriation made last winter
for the first year Of our administration, with
estimates submitted for the second year
thereof, indicated an upwarl tendency o;
expenditure instead Of n downward, to
(which the Republican party is pledged,
and vindicated the prOpriety Of his first
speech BY showing how the committee had
l1bOrSl with the President and his Cabi'
net. and how Congress itself Is responsible
for every dollar Of improper expenditure
made hy any administration, and that II
WAS necessary To arrest the attention OF
Congress and the COMtry, because the com.
mittec was everywhere met In efforts for
economy, by the assertion that tie Exccti.
tive could only carry ont the will Os
Congress. lie reviewed his former
Ispecch and showed by reference TO tue
official hook Of estimates. that every
material figure was correctly given And
called the House and country TO take no
ticC that not one Of the Departments knew
ANYTHING about the errors and balances
now UreSGntCd when the committee was
consulting them about appropriation bills,
4 and said II some Of the bureaus must now
have credit, II is because errOB and bal
anCcs have been hunted UP since he mndC
his first speech lie reported the result Of
his interview at the White House, and
showed that the President was rs solicit
Gus a. anybody to have the estimates cut
down and to aid Congress in the work ol
economy. lie stated that up TO week
AGO not one Of the members Of tho Cabi'
lnel objected TO the show made in the book
Of estimates, or even pretended they could
make better exhibit Of their depart
mcnts tllan was therein made,
Adjourned.
SENATE.
Mr.. PATTERSON, from the Committee
on RetFenchment, reported personally thG