The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-19
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WAsH1NaToN, April IL

WAhHNGToh, April ~.
A,biliwas inlFoducel1 suspendihg sfdf
ther cancellation Of three per cent cefti
flcates till next January. Referred to thu
Banking Committee. ..
The bill was passed permitting thetun
nelling Of Niagara River for the Buffalo
water works, .Hq.
The bill Incorporating the Great Sail
Lake & Colorado RailfoAdIapd granting
the right Of way through the public lands
was taken up and the main question or
dered. There was considerable debate
during which Mrs. Oh AaeEET, ,otlAl l6hlana,
supported the bill as one which will re.
suit ID enabling otllefsi besides dlhe lMori
mons 10 obtain o foothold In Utah. He
said tliat The Utah Legislature haS6gfahtI
ed every foot Of land and every valuable
right and franchise In Utah to Mormons,
Mr.. HOOPER denied the, assertions ol
Nj. CLAoakFT and defended the lIormo1s
as epterprislng, industrious and patri.
'otlc. - An Qangry alteration o6etween
Messrs. CrAGqETT and HooPER ensued.
Mr.. HOOPER, Of Mas, desired t6say he
did not concur with delegate HooPER's
admiration ofaWomnninstitp titptions; in order
that the latters speech might not be attri.
buted 10 him. tEahghtef.1 The bill was
then passed 3 SO0 yE0
The Civil Service reform bill was then
'Fifn MGt f9 n On S9nbes of lie Committee
on Ciyt Service, Joaeted a substitute for
the BILL requiring all Recommendations for
appointments TO or dismissal from Office
to be made in writing, stating reasons
therefor, and the recommendations to be
regarded as official, and to DO at all times
,o1en To the INSPECTION iof ,memberb lot
Congress He proceeded toihddfes the
house In support OF his propositioh.
Mr.. BUTIiER, Of Massachusetts, moved
to recommit the bill without voting on
this motion or any OF the pending amend.
ments. s
House adjourned.
SENATE. Ai
b Ms. euMsER gavefiotice flfat when he
amnesty biH comeslup, be willmcge al
amendment, another bill Of far greater
Importance, namely, Supplementary civil
rights biIl, PiElAIghtefJ and hoped for the
support OF the Senator from South Caro-
lima, RoBRRTs) on promised support.
w Fridayof next week, is assigned for the
consideration Of the bills from the Public
Lands Committee, with the understand.
ing that the appropriation bills, and FEN.
ToN's customs bill, have the precedence.
a 1Ir. BueEIlseH hoped Slhe eonsidera
ton Of Mr.. T EtsToN's bill would Be post
poned till after the Retrenchment Com
mittee report o bill, on the same subject. /
A bill granting lands for the improve.
ment of the. channel Of the Mississippi
below Minneapolis, alter expl ation, wa
placed on the calendar. q i1ssgeII GsJ /,
AbiII for the relief Of the nurchasers d
lands, sold for direct taxesih the Southern
States. Passed. aosiI sidaT aTgs 51S9 I
Several District Of Columbia bills were
passed. &c a ''o'i 'e en'~'i tii'ss vi e -
Mr. CHANDLER, from the Committee oh
Commerce, reported the House bill irelat-
ing tothe construction Oh bridges across
the OhiolriYerfaboYe the mouth 4of the
BigsR Sandy, j with Siamendments. - The
Observation-Disclosures ont ifhe re6{1irern ent
for authority from the States, SO as Il
provide simply that AbridRes over the
Ohio, may be erected BY any persons ol
CORPORATIONS having lawful saufhority
therefor. IPhe provisions Of this bill re.
quire one span to be ninety feet above
low water, and forty feet above. the high.
est water mark, measured to the bottom
chord OF the bridge; and, provides thai
changes made in the plan OF construction
approved BY ne Secretary " q Var, and
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