The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-15
42d CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.
WAsHINGTON. NAV IL.

WARRINGTON, May IA.
The SPEAKER presented letter an
nouncing the resignation Of Mr.. BRooKs
Of Massachusetts. f7
Several bills and a bill codifying the
pension laws were passed.
The House then took. up and disposed
Of the Senate amendments TO the naval
appropriation bill, and ordered a Confer
ence Committee on the disagreeiug votes,
The House then went into Committee
Of tho Whole on the tariff and fax bills.
The first hour Of the session Of the com.
mittee was wasted In voting on a whole
sheaf OF amendments offered In sue.
cessiOn by Mr.. BEATTY in regard to the
duty on wool. A division was called for,
the affirmative votes being generally con.
fined 10 those 6i Mr.. BEATTY, and his col.
league, Mr.. BINGHAM.
Mr.. DAWES appealed 10 Mr.. BEATTY 10
state on what conditions he would be viii.
ling 10 let the public business proceed,
but Mr.. FARNswoRTn objected 10 debate
or discussion on tho second section, II
having been closed by order Of the House.
On motion Of MIR. BUCKLEY, the item Of
iron and iron manufacturers, was amend.
cd by striking out the words Excepting
cotton machinery"
Mr.. Brooks moved the proviso that no
article in the section shall pay higher
duty than G5 per cent ad valorem. Re.
jected by go to SO.
Mr.. DAWES moved 10 strike the follow
ing item out Of the second section, "on all
metals not herein otherwise provided for,
and on all manufacturers Of metals. Re:
jected, by SO to 72.
3 Mr.. DAWES moved to include in the
second section all sized printing paper,
so as TO reduce the present rate OF duty
10 per cent.
Mr.. BURsHARD moved to strike out the
word sized" Agreed to-76 to 90.
Mr. DAWES amendment as thus amend
ed was agreed to.
MIR. DAWES moved to include within
the I'd section all lumber and manufactures
Of lumber.
Mr. Brooks objected to taking lumber
out of its placein the bill, where the duty
Is reduced 90 per cent, and putting It
where It Is to be reduced only 10 per cent,
but the objection was overruled. Another
objection made and overruled was that
when the House had closed debate on
the second section, 1t had not been
contemplated that the different items
would be transposed from other portions
ofthe bill, and that there should be no
opportunity TO discuss them.
After the amendment had been modi.
fled in various particulars Mr.. DAWES
withdrew it.
MIR. BURCuARD moved to include In
the second section all steel and manutac.
tured steel. Agreed to-66 to G4.
Mr.. DAWES moved 10 add to the item
OF all metals and manufactured metals
the words excepting watches, jewelry
and other articles Of ornament" SO as to
include them in the reduction. Agreed to.
Mr.. SARGENT moved to add to the sec.
ond section that all wire rope and wire
strand made Of iron wire shall bear the
same rate Of duty now levied on iron
wire. Agreed 10.
Mr.. Cox moved 10 exempt from duty
all wire used in mining or rigging ior
ships. Rejected.
After long effort to agree on sub.
stitute for the second section the commit.
tee rose without having disposed OF the
section, and the House took a recess until
7:S0 p. ~, the evening session TO DO Tor
business Of the Judiciary Committee.
EVENING SESSION. {
In the House this afternoon the SPEAK.
Err announced a message from the Presi.
dent calling the attention of Congress 70
the hardships and prvHtlons endured by
Immigrants.
On the reading of the message, Mr..
BROOKS, of New York, said that so far
as the message referred 10 the treatment
oI Immigrants in New York the President
must have been sadly misiniormed.: He
deeply regretted that document should
go forth from the Ohiei Magistrate which
was calculated to discourage rather than
promote immigration. The exhibition Of
such lugubrious picture was certainly
calculated TO discourage immigration.
Mr.. BINGHAM remarked that the Pres.
ident had not perhaps the benefit oil the
instruction and information which Mr..
Brooks had, but 1t was undoubtedly the
duty Of the President to bring to the at.
tention Of Congress such information as
he had. Instead Of discouraging immi.
grafton 1t would only notify all the world
that persons coming to these shores would
be taken notice Of by the chief magistrate
Of the nation, and that complaints Of their
i'll treatment would be attended to.
Mr.. BUTLER, Of Mass, said he was very
glad that the President had directed at.
tention both at home and abroad To the
fact that hereafter immigrants would be
the wards Of the nation and would be
taken care Of by the nation, instead OF be-
ing the victims OF wrong doing on the
part OF individual States.
The message, with accompanying doc.
uments, was referred to the COMMITTEE on
Commerce.
IT. SENATE. 81. o.
Mr.. TRUMBULL called up the bill to cs-
tablish q District Court In Indian Terri.
tory. Tra.
Mr.. NYE, offered an amendment de.
signed, he said, to reorganizc thatwhole
Territory and smoke IN favor of Il r,ntii