The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-06
HOUSE.
BILLS INTRODUCED,

biLLS lSThODUCED.
By Mr.. strengthening pensions t,
the soldiers and sailors of the war o
1872 for forty dayss service.
BY Mr.. Hill-Authorizing the Post
master General to issue one cent CORE
spondence or postal cards.
By Mr.. Wells, OF Missouri-Appro
prlating money for the purchase of 6
site and the erection of buildings for 6
custom house, postoffice and other Fed
eral offices at st. Louis.
Mr.. Farnsworth, from the Postoffics
committee. reported a bill to re
wise and amend the statutes re
lating to the Postoffice Department
lie stated that it was the same bill
which passed the House at the last
Congress, after having been very strong
ly considered by two committees in
conjunction with a commission of ex
perts appointed by the Postmaster Gen.
eral. 1t was simply a codi6cation oil
the postal laws with few amendment.
not generally Of Importance but neces.
sary to have the law clear and harmo.
nious. The postal laws had never been
codifed since the organization of the
department, and many Of them had be
come obsolete while Others were contra.
dictory and difficult of explanation.
The clerk proceeded to..read the bill,
which was very voluminous.
The reading of the bill was interrupt.
ed by the expiration of the morning
hour, when the House went into com
mittee of the Whole, Mr.. Wheeler in
the chair, on the Presidents annual
message.
The usual resolution distributing por.
tions OF the message among the appro.
pirate committees was offered by Mr..
Dawes and adopted.
Before the vote was taken on the
resolution, Mr.. Wood, (Democrat,) OF
New York, inquired whether there was
any such committee as the committee
on Insurrectionary States. He denied
that there were any insurrectionary
States or any such committee.
Mr.. Dawes, (RepuElIcan,) Of Massa.
chusetts, said he would not now discuss
the question Of fact, but would state
that there was a committee which went
by that Lame, and was raised last ses.
sion for the purpose Of considering the
subject which it was now proposed to
refer to it, the Ku-Klux outrages.
Mr.. Wood remarked that several
efforts had been made last session to
revive the Insurrection committee, and
that the House had, on every occasion,
voted down the proposition. The COM
mittee on Insurrectionary States was
brought into existence for temporary
to 60 into the Southern States
10 ascertain things, and when that com.
mittee had reported to the House it had
no further functions. He was, there.
fore, opposed to reviving it for whole
Congress in this surreptiiious manner.
Mr.. Dawes said, in reply to Mr..
Wood, that the terms by which that
committee was constituted provided that
it should continue during the present
Congress; but, even if that were not 30,
there had been yesterday referred to the
some measures which would
have survived it had it expired.
Mr.. Wood supposed that, with such
a declaration on the part OF the leaders
of the house, the Democratic side Was
to assume that it was intended to keep
in existence a committee formed os-
ten atiouslv for the purpose OF preserv-
ing order, but really, and in fact, for the
purpose of promoting disorder For
himself, personally, and without con-
sulration with others, he protested
against the continuance Of a law which
was not only useless, but promotlve Of
disorder and distraction throughout
the country.
A debate sprung up on the PROPOSE
ton to refer to a select committee that
part OF the Presidents message which
recommended the absorption OF the
telegraph into the postal system.
Mr.. Dawes offered and supported the
resolution which was opposed by Messrs
Farnsworth, Randall, Niblack and
Banks.
After a long discussion the PROPOSE
ton was referred to the Postoffice COM
mirtee, instead Of to select committee.
After the committee rose, however, the
subject was revived and vote being
taken in the House on the reference OF
the telegraph project, the proposition
was referred to the committee on
Appropriations by vote OF yeas loo'
nays 9S. ,.,