The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-15
The House adjourned until to.morrt
SENATE. r-

SENATE ug
Mr.. FRsI.INuHUYsEN presented the peti'
tiOn Of tho Yebe2uela Steamship Compa'
ny, asking redress for the seizure OF their
steamers by Venezuela, and said that the
complaint against Venezuela might yet
nCcessitate severe measures on tho part oI
our government.
MI. SUMNER said that he had examined
the question and found his own cOuntryi IN
the wrong.
MIR. BUCKINGHAM presented h memorial
against woman suffrage, and said that
more than 10000 of the most refined and
respectable women in tho country have
signillCd to Congress their unwillingnCss
to have tho responsibilities Of suffrage
thrust upon them. This protest contains
the names OF many Of the most respected
talented and influential women of the
country. In looking over the list l find
that know many Of them. They arc
many women of good sense, and their
Judgment is entitled TO consideration.
They don't say anything about the ab'
straCt right Of suffrage, but they say that
having already their iull share Of burdens
and responsibilities of liiC they tear that
others more bold than they may succeed
in having imposed upon them other bur
dCns and responsibilities rnsulted TO them
and therefore they ask Congress TO protect
them from these dangers. They say that
the extension Of suffrage to them will be
adverse to tho interests Of the working
women; that il will introduce n fruitful
element OF disCord interesting the mar.
riage relation, and 1t will be frRught with
danger to the general good order of the
country. | sympAthize with them. sec
no possible benefit which can arise by the
extension Of suffrage to women to the
country.
Mr.. CoNKLING presented petition
from New York soldiers In the late war,
recounting the services Of women 10 the
war and asking congress to make some
provision for tho acknowledgment Of their
heroic and charitable work.
Bills were introduced and referred rs
follows: BY Mr.. SCoTr-TO promote the
securing Of efficient seamen for the nayy.
BY Mr.. HAIiLAN-For the relief Of Ger.
tain settlers on the public landsin Iowa.
NJ Mr.. TRUMDULL asked Mr.. SHERMAN
when the Committee on Finance intend.
ed to report House bill repeating the du-
lies on coal and salt.
Mr.. SHERMAN said he thought II uuad.
visable to tako up tariff matters separate.
ly from the internal taxes.
Mr.. TRuMBUL1I-Then l give notice
that tomorrow l will move To discharge
the Committed on Finance from the fir.
ther consideration Of the House bill re.
pealing the duty on coal and salt.
On motion Of Mr.. WILSON the Senate
took up the House bill to equalize the pay
OIyOrkingmen under the eight hour law.
Mr.. TRUMDuILs amendment repeating
the law was read, but at the request 6l
Mr.. WILSON, Mr. TRuMBULLs withdrew
his amendment in order not to embarrass
the original bill.
MIR. FERRY, Of o., reviewed H.. when
the bill was referred To the Committee on
Finance. ....... ..,
The Senate then resumed the consider.
alton of Mr.. ANTIpNY's resolution Ia
create Committee on Retrenchment,
with Mr.. TRUMBULL's amendment al.
thorizing II TO sit during recess and send
for persons and papers
Mn. WILSON warned his Republican
friends that they wer placing their party
in false position before the country al.
ready, and that there were milllona
throughout the country who believed that
an attempt had been made in the United
States Senate to shield the. administration
lie hoped there would be unanimous
vote for Mr. TRUMBULIs resolution
so as TO let the people see that
Republicans were determined TO keep
the administration pure In all It's depart.
ments lie Ind no sympathy with the
plan of covering our own shortcomings
by talking Of tue gigantic swindles In
| New York. There were Republican
thieves as well as Democratic thieves,
and the Republican thief to him was the
far more hateful of the two, because he
brought disgrace upon the Republican
party. Notwithstanding the defects OF
The present administration Il was fat
purer and more efficient than most Of Its
predecessors. No administration had ever
been so prompt in Furnishing delinquency
among its officers
Mr.. BbGR-The Senator is very boast.
full about the purity and rigor Of the admin.
istration. / wish to call his attention Ia
case in Arkansas, where the District
Attorney and Marshal were both removed
from office for procuring an indictment
against q man for violating law OF the