The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, June I.
SENATE.

SENATE.
The Vice President appointed
Messrs. Stewart and Stockton mem.
bers OF the Board of Visitors to West
Point in the places Of Messrs. Blair and
Wilson, who declined to serve.
Mr.. Boreman called up the bill to
reimburse United States Msrshals for
moneys necessarily expended by them
in taking the ninth census, in excess Of
the compensation allowed them under
the law in force before the passage of
the act. Passed.
Mr.. Wilson called up the Senate bill
to perfect certain land contracts, which
was passed. .... -.
Mr.. Trumbull moved that the Com
mittee on Judiciary be discharged from
the further consideration of the House
bill to regulate the seizures and the exc
animation of invoices, books and papers
in Custom House cases, and that the
bills be placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Conkling objected to the absence
of Mr.. Edmunds and Mr.. Fenton ex-
pressed hopes that the committee would
be discharged and the bill to regulate
the service in the collection of customs
at various ports of entry in the United
States and the disposition Of fines and
J forfeitures incurred under the laws
relating to customs, &C., which was
made the special order for January 8.
would be taken up and passed. The
exigencies of the public service requires
it's consideration. He charged that this
bill, which had now been delayed for
several months, had been purposely
DELAYED
Mr.. Elmunds moved to lay Mr..
TrumbulIs motion on the table. Not
ageeed to-yeas 20, nays 80.
Mr.. Trumbull said, in relation to the
action by the committee, on bills under
discussion, that he had tried several
times to get quorum of the commit
tee to meet in order to consider it, and
had failed on account of the illness Of
Mr.. Eimunds, and therefore thought
the best way was to put the bill on the
calendar and let the Senate act at its
pleasure on it.
MIR. Buckingham expressed the hope
that Mr.. Trumbulls motion would pre-
vail in order that the bill, which was
important to the proper collection OF
the public revenue, might 60 on the
calendar and have some chance to be
passed before final adjournment.
Mr.. Edmunds said to place the bill on
the calendar would deprive it of that
grave consideration which it would be
likely to receive if kept in the Judiciary
Committee, where it ought to be per-
fected before being placed before the
Senate for action. Mr.. Edmunds exc
planned at some length the objects
sought to be obtained in the adminis-
traton of the custom service by the pro-
visions OF .the bill. He thought it
would be di5courteous to the committee
to take it out OF their hands at the
present time.
Here the morning hour expired and
the subject went over.
Mr.. Bayard asked the unanimous con-
sent ofthe Senate to have vote taken on
his motiou to allow the minority OF the
New York Custom House Investiga-
ting Committee 10 report their views,
during recess.
Mr.. Cole objected, when Mr.. Casserly
arose and was appealing to Mr.. Cole
merely TO allow vote to be taken,
but Mr. Conkling refused to allow him
to proceed.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
was then taken up.
The motion Of the committee to
strike out the sixth section, allowing pay
to mai, contractors in the rebel States
prior to May 81, 1861, was carried by
vote Of 2S TO o.
TIE amendment Of the committee TO
allow credit to the Collector of the
Port OF Chicago in the settlement OF
his accounts, OF such sums ia coin and
currency as may have been lost during
the fire in that city, was agreed to.
The amendment Of the committee
appropriating S25l, ,05j 81 to restore to
the Creek orphans Of 1922 the funds
10 which they are entitled under the
treaty with the Creek nation Of March
%, 1882, was discussed at length.
Mr.. Morrill,, OF Maine, moved an
amendment that the sum named in the
appropriation be invested by the Sec
retary OF the Interior in FIVE per cent
bonds OF the United States 70 be held
in trust for said orphans, the increase
thereof to be paid to said orphans or
their legal representatives upon fur
nishing sufficient proof Of identity.
Agreed TO. Z
The question then being on agreeing
to the amendment OF the committee as
amended, it was rejected; yeas 2S, noes
q.
A message was received from the
President, returning, without his ap-
proval, the bill for the relief Of Thomas
Walls, and giving his reasons therefor,
which was read and referred to the
Committee on Claims.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
was proceeded with. An amendment
to pay mail contractors in the South
prior to May 81, 1861, was rejected.
Amendments were adopted appropri-
ing 500, 900 for new State Department
and also to extend the signal service
observations for the benefit of COM
merce and agriculture An amendment
Z TO pay s25S,0O0 to Carlisle Il Co. OF
New York, tor steam machinery was
ruled out of order The Senate after
an executive session took a recess until
7:30 P. N. -
HOUSE.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, intro
duced a bill fixing the time Of the opera
ton OF the tariff tree list on July l,
instead OF August Referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. Dawes, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported q bill pro-