The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-15
42d CONGRESS.
HOUSE..
WAsHtNoroN, Feb

tl0p calling Tor information In regard 4
the sales Of material made by the Nav,
Department since June, 1896. TIT
MIR. BuTLER, OF Mass objected.
MIR. MYERS presented q petition TO In
crease the duty ON imported cigars, an(
also amemorial from the members Of thI
Peace Union, and an amendment repeal
ing the war clauses, abolishing the army
and navy and their universal disarma.
ment. ...... !.
Mr. FINKRLNDURG from the Committee
on Ways and Means, reported q bill TO
repeal the existing duties on tea, and
said that 1t was reported in obedience tc
an order OF the House and thata q majority
Of the committee, including himself, were
adverse. On motion, the bill was referred
to committee On the whole.
On motion OF MIR. TYNER, tho public
building bill passed, for the construction
OF a post office at Indianapolis, not
exceeding 100000, and the purchase Of
additional ground adjoining the site, and
the purchase of site forgovernment build.
ings, at u cost not exceeding 100000;
and also an appropriation for buildings at
Hartford.
MIR. FARwELL, Of the same committee,
reported o bill for the erection OF Gov.
ernment building at Quincy, Illinois, at a
cost not exceeding $l50,06O the site TO
be donated by the city. The bill was
opposed by Messrs. GARFIELD, DowRs,
RoDERFs and Cox, advocated by Messrs,
HAwLEY, PLATT, and others. llsl-
Mr. DOVES had no objection to Quincy,
which has US meritorious q claim as any
other town of the same size. But were
Congress to inaugurate a hundred such
buildings and iastcn the cost on tho Treas.
ury, or should 1t not confine itself 10 the
cases where the custom houses and u, s.
courts combined would render II public
building unnecessary. .l,.lI,isa,i ..s
Alter further discussion Mr.. HoLMEs
moved to lay the bill on the table; mega.
tiVed. Yeas 7O;nays l05. The bill went
over. ..n' - sg .r. ~" 49,
Mr.. DIcEEY, from the Committee ON
Appropriations, reported the army appro,
priation bill, which was made a special
order Tor Tuesday next. The bill appro.
PIRATES s., ,94S,0O0. s H.. ra-i''
Mr. BRcK offered his resolution of In.
quiry as to the sale of naval material since
June 1866, and it was adopted. ' 49,.
The Senate amendments to the most.
office deficiency bill, and u the pension
appropriation bill, were taken up and
Concurred in. .a '.f.' .T-
The House then, at 2 P. NJ, went into q
Committee OF the Whole on the naval
appropriation. 1tI uiiaE
The committee rose and the SPEAKER
laid before tho House message from tile
Senate requesting to be furnished with the
testimony taken before the committee oil
the House on the impeachment of Andrew
johnson, and resolution was adopted
directing the Clerk 10 furnish such testi.
mony for the use Of the Senate in Exeeu.
tive session.
Mr.. KELLEY introduced bill to im.
prove the commerce OF Schuylkill river.
Adjourned. .
+ .' .'3'i' SENATE. .hi 2
Mr.. SUMNER called up his resolution OF
investigation Of the alleged manufacture
Of arms for the French, In the workshops
of the United States.
MIR. CoNKLNG was anxious to have the
resolution disposed Of.
MIR. SHERMAN said the resolution would
lead to q political debate, and appealed to
the Senate not to be diverted from prac-
tlcal business. II Mr.. SUMMER had been
content TO omit his long preamble, and
offer o simple resolution Of enquiry. il
might be passed without debate.
Alter discussion the resolution was
taken up and Mr.. SUMNER addressed Tic
Senate. The subject, he said, was inter.
esting and important in two aspects, as il
concerned ourselves as 1t concerned the
foreign powers. Allmust unite in the dc.
sire to redeem our country from the sus.
picion Of moral obliquity. He would
speak not of men but OF facts, and If
anybody should be pointed at by the
statement he was about to make Il
would be the. fault of Tie
facts and not his. He had brought for.
ward this subject with great reluctance
and after long delay. The main facts had
been brought to his knowledge before
Christmas, but he had postponed bringing
them to the Senate because he knew thew
had been laid before the President and
Secretary Of War, and he had reason TO
believe that they would institute an in
quiry. They had not done so, however.
but the Secretary Of War had made TO the
House Of Representatives report upon
this subject. The character OF that re.
port would appear as he proceeded, and
the Senate would judge whether 1t did not
fall under some ofthe suspicion which al-
tached TO the whole transaction. In set
ting forth the facts he must introduce two
characters in the scene, Mr.. Place, lalc
Consul General OF France at New York,
and Samuel Remington, Of lion, N. Y.
MIR. Place had been accused of fraud, and
upon his second trial had been convicted,
mainly on the testimony Of Mr.. Reming
ton, who was authenticated. as witness
in the French Courts by a certificate from
our Secretary Of War. ~
Atthe expiration Of the morning hour
the legislative appropriation bill came up
as unfinished business. ~ =
MIR. TRUMDULL moved to postpone II
and continue the discussion on Mr.. SUM-
NER'sresolution. '.I %
MIR. SHERMAN appealed 10 the ma.
jority Of the Senate not TO allow them
selves tySbe drawn into a political debate
by taking up this resolution. If they did
he would not be present. He warned
the majority that 1t was unwise
for them to permit their adyersaries
10 drive them into wrangling political
debate every time they chose 10 wave a
red flag in their faces. Everybody knew
thartherc was no objection to any proper
inquiry into this matter, but the Senate
ought to object tothis attempt to get up a
political debate in advance upon the al.
legged facts not yet Investigated. =
MIR. TnToN reminded Mr.. SHERMAN Of
the storm which greeted the tactics Of
those who opposed the resolution for an
inquiry at New York, and said that the
real native for onnoaino thiq nna voo NOT