The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-13
NO. 1877.
AID CONGRESS.
WAsuSaroN, Aptnls.
HOUSE. a.

\ WASHINGTON, Aptil1e.
rse HOUSE.
Resolutions on the death Of ex.mcmbe
Erastrs Corning, were adopted. = D.
Il The Senate amendments TO the LeCis
lative, Executive and judicial Appro
priation bill, on which NO special amend
ment was asked, were concurred in as
Whole. NV. la, .fal5g1.,lI - nj - !
| A bill lrequiringR report from the Com
missioners on Claims, was passed, extend
Ing the one year term ior the payments q
the public lands pre-emption claims Il
Minnesota, Dakota, Wisconsin and Michi.
gan. u' rui4lliI ..llggI"# l.III.
| An hour was consumed In tho discus,
sion ofthe amendment extending The
Capitol grounds, including the collateral
points Of removal Of the Capitol. and ol
the removal of the Locomotive Railroad
track in front Of the west gate Of the
Capitol, and ot the amendment appro.
prlAting $50 900 to- perfect and carry out
the proposed, civil service and reform. !.
MIR. GARFGRRD, Chairman Of the Com.
mittee on Appropriations, opposed the
first and advocated the last, He remind.
cd the Republican side Of the House that
1t was their own President, who in his
annual message OF December 9th, 1870,
called the attention Of Congress 10 the
necessity OF Civil Service Reform, as the
present system did not secure the best
men. He also quoted:the latter message
from the President, in which he asked ior
the amount that Congress could give him
to enable him to carry out the Civil Ser
vice reform. Debate and action were the
strength which the Republican side OF
the House was giving the President In
conclusion, he appealed TO the House TO
reject the amendment Of the Committee
OF the Whole, which reduces tile amount
to SIC, 600, and to concur in the Senate
amendment, which appropriates $5OOO0l
The action OF the House on important
amendments, was rs follows: 3151a'
Prohibiting the publication Of laws and
treaties in newspapers was negaliycd-
yeas 81; nays 04, striking out the allow.
ance to the Register OF the Treasury for
signing bonds was ricgatived; reducing
the salary Of the Assayer at Now York
rom "a 900 to $1,000 was concurretl In;
appropriating $50, 900 to enable the Presi.
dent to perfect and put in force the civil
service reform, was reduced to $10OO0-.
yeas 1lG, nays 56; extending the Capitol
grounds was concurred in-yeas 81, nays
so, with Limitation OF the expenditure 10
$500, 600, and the requirement. that the
locomotive railroad track on the point of
the west gate Of the Capitol be removed
within two years. This concluded the
action OF the House on the bill. l':)
MIR. MERRIcK, from the Committee on
Elections, made report on the Dakota
contested election case, that Mr. ARM.
STRONG, the sitting delegate, is entitled 10
the seat Ordered printed.
Just as the morning hour had expiretl.
at halfpast three, and after Mr.. BANKS
had presented some private reports from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr..
ScoFrErD rose and stated that he had
voted against the amendment 10 extent
the capitol grounds, and that his vote had
not been recorded. II it had been there
would have been q tie vote on the 0ucs.
ton. aT H. .fU .-i,'T. i
At the suggestion of the SPEAKER the
difficulty was got over by reconsidera.
ton Of the vote, and tho taking of It over
again by yeas and nays. This time tho
vote resulted: yeas 95, nays 80; so the
amendment was concurred In. NJ
A Conference Committee was then or.
dered on disagrecing votes. 'f
Mr.. Brooks, of New York, offered a
resolution from the grand Jury ut
Moundsville, Texas, declaring that since
1868, armed bands Of Mexicans under
Mexican officers have invaded the United
States, &C., and calling on the President
for information on the subject of Mexican
outrages in Texas, California, New Mexi.
co and Arizona. Referred to the CONF
mittee on Foreign Affairs. 10. -, 4
MIR. SCoFIRLD remarked that the reso-
luton read like an extract from mes
sage Of President Polk. ~ ,S.gl : 4
The SPEAKRR laid before the House al
message from the President vetoinp a bill
tor the relief Of the children Of John nj
Baker, by allowing them his salary as
acting Charge d Affairs at Rio Janeifo in
1884. The President states that Baker
never did act as such Charge d'Affairs;
but on the contrary was expressly forbid.
den to enter rinto q diplomatic correspond.
ence with the government OF Brazil The
message was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs. 1ia s'-J l.pl,T '1'.7a.
Mr.. MoREY, from the Committee on
Mississippi Leyees, made report, which
was ordered, to be printed. nf.-
The House adjourned. ai Hf
The session tomorrow will be for de-