The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-27
442d CONGRESS.
SyAsHrsdTON, January, 20.
HOUSE, 7aur 7 :

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bursting officers to pay in duplical
checks was concurred in. A larg
number Of pension bills were pas
ed. One Of them was reconsidered o
motion OF Mr.. Cox, and the propose
pensiOner, Adam Correll, was denounC
ed by Mr.. GRASSLAND as q robber, Gu
throat and thief, who had hung aroun
the skirts Of the Union army. After tha
bill was recommitted.
The House went into q committee {
the whole OIL the legislative appropriG
ton bill. On motion Of Mr.. DAVIS,
proviso was asked to an item which ap
propriated $4,000 TO pay the judgment
OF the Court Of Claims, and directing
that no part OF the amount should b
paid on any judgment rendered in lavo
OF Geo. Chorpening, growing out OF an,
service rendered in carrying mails. Ol
motion OF Mr.. MAYNARD, last December
the bill was stricken out which direct
that no claim shall be considered or pait
by the government unless tiled within
seven years from the time the claim oc
Cured.
Mr.. GARFIELD Offered an amcndmen
looking to the restriction on public print
ng, and said that last year the quantity O
printing done at public printing oltlco
would, if put into books, have made
library of 10000 volumes OF 500 page
each. He held up and exhibited vOlum
8 of the Geological explorations Of tn
fortieth parallel by Horace King. HI
described II US large quarto volume
printed on luxurious tinted paper, of tn
most expensive kind. There were tivO
more volumes TO come, filled with tht
most expensive engraVings, and Who'll,
aliases They would cost at least $25 1
volume, and he understood that the tota
cost of the book would be not less thai
100000. ua
Mr.. SARGENT followed in the same linl
of argument, and said that the drawingt
of machinery, mines, tunnels, &c, will
which the volumes were filled, were no
made by Clarence King or any Of hi
associates, who had never visited The
places, but they were supplied by persons
interested in the Sutro Tunnel Company'i
stock, &c.
The amendment was agreed TO and the
bill was laid aside 10 be reported TO the
House. The total sum appropriated by
tits about $17000000.
The committee then took up the pen
sion appropriation $780, 4s0, ,0O0 and dis
posed Of It. The committee rose and
reported both bills to the House.
Mr.. GARFIELD called for the yeas and
nays on the vote on Mr.. MAYNARD's
amendment striking out the section which
establishes q statute Of limitation against
the government. The House refused the
yeas and nays and the section was struck
out. Both appropriation bills were then
passed.
Mr.. Cox offered a resolution calling on
the President for information as to the
rcindenture or e.enslavement of China
men in Cuba, which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce.
The House then adjourned. J
s.. . SENATE.
Mr.. WRIGHT presented the credentials
of Senator elect, WM. B. ALLISON, Of Iowa
Mr.MoRToN moved To takeup his resO
luton OF adjournment, May Goth.
AIessrs. SUMNER and TRUMBULL op
posed the motion. The resolution was
taken up. 3 .l4t.ia lsfs.Ef
MIR. SCuURz modified his amendmen,
so as to provide that Congress do not ad
iourn without passing the civil service
reform law. The rejection Of this amend
ment he thought would indicate that the
Senate didn't care about reform, and thai
if adjournment was fixed now, the minor.
ity could have the power TO prevent leg.
islation on the amendment. Rejected by
80 to 16.
Mr.. SUMNER talked OF the adjournment
resolution to the end of the morning honr
Mr. TRuMBuLL demanded the regular
order, the apportionment bill. 20
Mr.. MORTON moved to postpone all
other business untilthe adjournment ques.
tion should be decided, but Mr.. TRUM.
BULL had the floor and would not yield it
The apportionment bill was taken up, and
Mr.. TRuMBULL commenced speaking on it
The pending amendment then was Mr.
SUMMERS, providing that no adjourn.
ment shall take place until after the pas
sage of the supplementary Civil Rights
bill. W. Il
Mr.. TusIBULL moved to amend the
amendment by adding "noruntil the Sen
ate shall have come to av0te on the bill
from the House Of Representatives to re-
peal the duty on coal"
Mr.. SUMNER asked Mr. MORTON bis
reasons for urging the adjournment reso
luton! IN
Mr.. MORTON did not wish 10 discuss the
question, but said he hoped that Mr.. SUM
NER would not attempt to prevent the fina
action upon 10 by interspersing amend
ments Of this character. lam for his Civil
Rights bill as he knows, but il we cannot
passit by she OF May, we cannot pass
it at an lam opposed 70 aging that We
shall stay here until We do pass It, I be-
lieve that we can do the business by The
Goth of May. live can fix the time We
can work up to- II; but If We don't, We
shall continue to waste the time as We
have done already at this session. l dc
not think it necessary TO debate this reso
luton further, as the will fthe Senate II
regard TO 1t has been repeatedly indicated
Mr.. SUMNER, Mr.. President I an
glad that the. Senator has expressed
himself. You have heard him, and nov
you shall hear the answer. And know
that neither the Senator himself nor an,
other Senator can answer that which
shall now make to his remarks. have
before me q Globe OF May 90, 1870, whCr
there was resolution before US to adjourn
sine die on the 4th Of July. Mark you
sir, that resolution was discussed, not OF
the 2Gth Of January, as this is, but OF
the 9th of May, and how was it encoun
tered by my colleague from Indiana
Why, sir, he pleaded against it! will
his accustomed cloQuence, because We
could not do justice 10 the tariff, the very
subject that is now presented by tht
Senator from Illinois, Mr.. TRUMBULI
That subject is now before us. II is ur
gent, il is practical, and the Senator now
proposes to cast off the opportunity fol
that full discussion of it, which, ON (