The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-22
XLIst CONGRESS.
THIRD SESSION.
SENATE,
SENAlE.
WASHINGTON, December 81.


efforts to bring about q reconciliation be-
tween the President and Senator SUMNER,
in which it is represented that SUMMER
had charged the President with COrrup-
ton, and thAtthe President In turn said
that If he were not President, he would
hold SUMNER personally responsible.
MIR. SUMNER arose today to make u
personal explanation. lie sent articles to
be read ut the desk Of the Secretary Of the
Senate, ailcr which he said that so far us
TINT part OF the article was concerned
where the President and his SeCretNry's
threatened him personal violence, he re-
fused to notice il. lie called on Senator
MORTON, SGCretry FISH and Secretary
boutwell,, to state what he had said
about tic PissidCnt. lie had said harder
things about him 10 those gentleman than
TO any others, he intended that they
should tell tho President what he (SUM-
NER) had said. lie hail nothing to
rctract, he had always spoken OF the
President in the Senate in most respect
luI manner, but lie Ind thought it his
duty rs Senator to criticize the action
Of the President and he would do so
again., he begged pardon Of the Senate
for taking its time with personal cxpla-
nations. But he had been notified that
this statement was coming out ind that
il would be sent all over the country. He
had no personal quarrel with the military
gentlemen around the President, and they
were not OF sufficient Importance 10 receive
notice from either him or the Senate.
LII f,,NnTF1,tAO1 hNy Mr. ENNCIYNINS
increasing the pensions OF disabled
soldiers, sailors and widows and children
20 per cent from the first of next March.
Referred.
MIR. CoRBETr introduced n bill TO fix
the salaries Of heads Of Departments and
Judges of United States Supreme Courts.
1t increases the salaries of heads OF De.
partmcnts to 81, 900 each, and the snla.
ries of U. S. Judges as follows: Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court $lO,5OO;
Associate Justices $4,000; Circuit Judges
$500; District Judges OF Court OF Claims
and Judges Of the Supreme Court OF the
District Of Columbia $4,000 each.
The consideration Of Mr.. MoRToNs'
resolution was resumed.
Mr.. BAYARD delivered long argument
to show that the proposition was uncon-
stiutlOnal. ..a .s.
Mr.. SUMNER then addressed tho Senate
in long speech, which reviewed the
whole subject Of the proposed annexation
of San Domingo, and severely criticized
the administration for having any connec-
ton Herewith.
There was u recess until T:30 =. NJ.
The evening session will probably ad-
journ Mt very late hour. .E
HOUSE.
Mr.. JULIAN presented n memorial from
Victoria q. Woodruff, claiming tho right
of suffrage under the 14th and 18th amend
mcntS to the Constitution, and asking the
enactment OF certain laws to guarantee
tlat right TO the women Of the United
States Referred, and ordered to be
printed in the Globe. Mr.. BUTLER, Of
Mass, rose to make II proposition in refer
cncc to postpOning the vote on the amnes-
" bill. After debate, the question on
Dostponemcnt till January was taken by
yeas and nays, and decided in the Affirm
ativc, yeas l02, nays s.. Mr.. PERRY Of
fcrcd resolution instructing the Commit
tee on Public Lands to inquire into the
cxpcdcncy Of allowing every soldier who
served 90 days in the United States army
in the war, and who were ll0nOrably dis
charged, to select 100 acres ofpublic land,
without requiring tho occupancy OF the
same. Adopted.
Mr.. NIBLACK offered resolution in.
structing the Committee on Ways and
Means 10 inquire into the cXpcdicncy Of
repeating all laws authorizing and allow
ing the compulsory use Of metres in dis
tiIlcries and rGGunding the sums hereto.
fore paid by them. Adopted.
Mr.. HALE, from the Committee on
Elections. called up his contested election
case Of EGGLEsTON against STRADER,
with resolution declaring EGGLEsroE
not entitled to the sent. The resolutions
were adopted without discussion ur divis-
ion.
The death of VIM. Smythc, late Repre-.
sentative from the I'd district Of Iowa, was
announced, and appropriate cnlogics were
spoken by MCssrs ALLISON, WOLF,
LOuGMMDGE, WILSON o' Nlinn., and
JULIAN, and then nj GARTER past .
o'clock the House adjourned. The sCs-
sion tomorrow will be for general debate
only. .....