The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-28
42d CONGRESS-.
lq sIM.1 sWAsuINGToE, February %. 4
% 'g HOUSE, = yi!-fd0 n

! EeuuctlOn Oh Lne uuty on coal and iron
and from the citizens of Harrisburg 10 re
peal the duties on Tea and colfee.
II On motion oG Mr. McGRRw, the Com
mittee on, ,Waysapd Means were instruc
ted toliQalfe Into tjie exfediency uilabol
ishing the legacy succession oi take
occurring prior to October, 1870, yls
The bill for the retirement of mutilatcl
bank notes was made the special order 70
. the first Tuesday in April. Tho bill au
thoriztng banking officers TO whom wer
presented counterfeit bills 10 stamp, then
Us such, was taken up The House re
fused, by vote of 81 to 90, TO pass III,
bill, and 1t was reCOmmitted. SO i,f,-.
y Mr.. MERRIMAN reported a bill to flcili
tate the bank In clearing House exchanges
Went over until tomorrow.
The House went into the business or
the SPEAKER's table and disposed thereo
as follows; :. 2alea y iSNiy'i 2H
7 Senate amendment 10 House bill author
lzing the construction Of q bridge acros.
the Missouri river at st. Joseph. Con
Cured in. Senate amendmentto Hous.
bill authorizing the transportation o
goods in bond. Non.concurred in and or.
dered R,Committee of Conference. Senatl
bill extending time for the completion o
the Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay and LAX,
Michiganship canal. Passed. The Senate
billsetting apartthe Yellow Stone Valley
In Montana and Wyoming Terrltorys, AZ
o national park came up, and was passed
The House went into a Committee Of thC
Whole on the deficiency bill. The CLAUSE
repeating the law for the publication O
the statutes was struck out as not in order
Finally, after getting through half the
bill, the committee rose and the HOUSE
adjourned. 81 III ~ ;,
On motion Mr.. RAMSAY the bill for the
relief of Postmaster Eastman, of Chicago
was passed.
Bills introduced by MIR. HlToHcooK
appropriating $150OO0 Tor erecting a gov
ernment bridge at Lincoln, Neb.; by Mr.
HAMLIN, TO provide for group Of statua.
ry to commemorate the late epoch in
American history, directing the employ.
ment of Fisk Mills as sculptor to prepare
said group, after Il design approved by
/ IhC JOlut AlDluly OOulullttcC.
On motion Dlr. SHERMAN's bill was
passed authorizing free import for photo.
graphs, paintings, stationery, &C., for the
Cleveland Exhibition.
Mr.. CoNKLINd called up his resolution
requesting information from the President
in regard to persons recommended to
office by Senators from New York, hi.
nois, Nebraska and South Carolina.
MIR. FERRY spoke in opposition to til C
resolution. y @iS. 2 4..f7aI FlH ],
The resolution went over. s., ,
The debate was resumed on the resolu.
ton rs 10 the sale of arms to the French,
Mr.. WRIGHT, Of Iowa, having the floor.
He said the greater part Of the session had
been spent in political debate. He then
proceed TO give his reasons why he woull
not vote ii6rg amnesty either. universe al
or general. Passing to the pending rcso.
luton, he said, whatever others might do
he would vote for it, with, or without Il
preamble, because the discussion had
shown beyond all question that there was
no warrant whatever for an investigation.
He believed 1t had been demonstrated
beyond all doubt that. there was ALSO
lntely nothing tothrow. the least suspicion
on the nation or its officials. This was
an era Of investigations, and he would al.
ways vote for proper investigation for
legitimate purposes, but he would not
vote for this investigation, because he be-.
licved il was neither for the interests Of
the country at large nor for the protec.
tion Of the rights OF any 0! the citizens of
this country. In lis main purpose this
measure would certainly fail, for the peo.
Pile had already decided that Gen. Grant
should accept Of the Executive chair for
another term.
Mr.. WEST followed, taking similar
grounds. In referring TO the Missouri
Liberal Republican platform, he said that
the most that. could be said Of tile
resolutions composing it was, that they
were not inconsistent with Republican
principles, and therefore there was no
reason why any Republican should
leave his party for the sake of them.
MIR. ScHURz said he wanted to say n
few words in reply to Mr.. FRELIKGHUY.
SENS remarks ofyesterday. That Senator
had said that il this was not question OF
violation otfthe neutrality laws it was
nothing, and had seemed to imply that lie
(ScHURz) and SUMNER had been engaged
in trying to make up case for Germany.
Mr.. FRELNaHUYsEN said he lad not
impugned the motives OF the Senators. He
had merely spoken Of the effect Of their
acts. Hewould not say that of the Senator,
but he would say That the measure was
unpatriotic. w
Mr.. ScHURz said he was glad to see
that the Senator did.not mean to impute
pute himself or Mr.. SUMNER with any de-
signs, sympathies or interests that were
not purely American. Mr.. SCHURz
then commended that the resolution
was mot for Germany. The, case as
It stood was cnphatically our business
and not Germany's. As TO our relations
with foreign powers, the only way mis-
chief could come out OF this matter was
by wAntonly undertaking to Ldeiend a
false position; and il any Of our officials
have wantonly betrayed us into such o
position, it was our manifest interest Ia
disavow their action and to take a stand
we could honorablY and safely defend.
At this point Mr.. ScHURz gave notice
that he would move to amend the resolu,
tion so rs to direct the committee TO in.
quire, also, whether breech.loaders and
other muskets capable OF being trans
formed into breech.loaders were sold in
such quantities as to seriously impair the
defensive capacity of the country.
The discussion then driited into the
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