The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-18
42d CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, January Il, 1872
HOUSE.

reu anu numerous pension bills passed
A bill was passed fixing the date Of pen
siOns at the time Oi the discharge or dCall
Of the soldier, and extending the time ioI
application to July /, 1874.
One OF the bills passed, and which gav(
rise TO considerable opposition, established
the principle OF granting Il pension to tht
widow of soldier after she had contract
cd second marriage and entered sec
Ond wid0whOod. The vote on the pass
age of the bill was l0S tOSi.
MIR. GARFIELD, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported the Lcgisla
tive, Executive and Judiciary ApprOpria.
ttion bill, appropriating about l7,0OO,OOO
which was made the special order ioI
Tuesday next.
Mr. STEVENSON offered resolution
calling for information as 10 the condition
Of the Louisville Il Portland canal
Adopted.
MIR. SNAPP offered resolution that a
commission OF seven men had addressed
a document (called a report to the Presi.
dent, recommending set OF rules for the
examination OF applicants Tor office, and
declaring il inexpedicnt that such docu.
ment he adopted, as it does not meet the
approval Of the House or the people.
Referred TO Committee Of the Whole.
Mr. MAYNARD, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported bill permit.
ting the CalCasien Sulphur and Mining
Company Of New Orleans to import, free
ct duty, certain machinery and accom-.
panying implements to be used only in
making series Ofexperiments in mining
for sulphur in the Parish OF Calcasicn,
Louisiana, the value OF the importation
not to exceed 100000; and also permit.
ting a like importation Of machinery bv
any persons employed in the manufacture
Of plate glass in the United States. lie
explained briefly the object of the bill,
which was To enable the large sulphur
deposits OF Calcasicn Parish, Louisiana, to
be reached through the heavy boring Of
sand and gravel, and TO allow company
in Indiana toeStablish plate glass manu-.
factory, there being only one Ot the kind
in the United States. He stated that the
bill met the unanimous approval Of the
Committee Ol Ways and Means ..
MIR. FiSHEISEURG opposed this special
legislation rs wrong in principle The
House should so 10 the bottom of the evil
and make such a reduction of tariff as the
revenues and trade of the country would
permit. The influential and powerful in.
duStricS can obtain special relief from
Congress, while the rest Of the people are
left 10 bear the burdens rs best they can.
II it relieved ship builders to have chcup
material, cheap iron, Corlage and copper,
so it would relieve the industries using
thSRNatcrinls' lit aids citizens OF Chi.
cagd1eh have cheap building material, So
would ii aid every village and city
throughout the West in building today 6r
To I've built hereafter. lfit will aid those
glass manufacturers and sulphur mines in
Louisiana 10 have cheap machinery, il
would aid every manufacturer using ma.
Chinery. Every argument for special re.
lief was equally an argument Tor general
reduction Of the tariff As 10 the state.
ment OF Mr.. MAYSNRD that the hill was
the unanimous report OF the committee
he lFISKELSRURGl begged 10 say that he
WAS not in lav0r nf the bill in The com
mittce.
Mr.. MAYNARD apologized for the in.
correct statement he had made, and said
he had not proposed to 90 into the tarilI
debate on this bill The hill provided
merely for exceptional cases. They were
exceptions which proved II rule
Mr.. KERR Concurrcd in all Mr.. Fisk.
LESBURG said, except in the insinualion
that 1.-TWO Of the industries concerned
were powerful and ,lhat by reason Of
that power they had been enabled Ia So.
cure favorable recommendations
Mr.. KERR said company had been
organized three years ago for the manu-.
iacture Of ordinary glass ut New Albany
Indiana, and had determined il would
make some attempt to establish in this
country the manufacture OF what is called
French plate glass, but in order To com.
mCncc that manufacture it was ncccssi.
tatcd 10 import this machinery from
France. The enterprise was u mere cX.
pertinent, and il might not succeed. After
Il single importation al the urcdnl ma.
Chinery the law wuuld expire. That was
all that there was in the matter Of plate
glass. In regard 10 the other part of the
bill, it was exceedingly important that
those who had the enterprise in charge
should obtain machinery Tor making this
bore Tor sulphur, hut the machinery was
not manufactured in this country, and
would have 10 be- imported. 1t was for
these special reasons only that he thought
the bill should pass
Mr.. kEILEr said that in view OF the
iact that nm immense deposit Of most all
Of the ingredients needed in the manutaC.
turG and polishing Of glass had been dis.
covered in Missouri, he thought they
would probably hr able Ia manufacture
plate glass in this country, even with the
high rate Of wages, at less cost than il
could be- made elsewhere with the rcla,
lively low wages Of Europe What was
wanted was machinery, and the bill pro,
posed to admit that free.
Mr.. DAVE, deprecated this premature
discussion. The Committee ON Ways
and Means was CndcnvOring To see II il
were possible 50 ~ 10 reduce the revenues
nf the country by nm amount Of $50,00O,,
600 or $l00,OOOWO, more nr less, cOnss
tcnlly with the current expenses Of thC
government with paying the proper
portion Of the public debt so ms on On(
hand not To stay, and on the uthcr hand
to relieve and revive as much OF the in
dustrics Orlhc country ~ possible. II his
friends from Missouri and Indiana hai
already arrived at the conclusion 10 as Il
see the process by which, with one hOri
Aonlal stroke, all these things wOuln hC
accomplished, lie (DNwEs) was exceed
ingly gratilicl that they hnd done and
that they were prepared beforehand I,
make such announcement Ia the huuSl
and country. lie confessed To his ultc
incHmpclcnCy 10 the task Ia which he hat
been unfortunately assigned. II il wcr,
possible Tor other gentlemen Of III,
committee IL have seen NJ Ccarl,
how, hy one horizontal stroke
to reach the great end 1t had been ulicrl,
impossible Tor him tn do 80, nr To come Il
any intelligent conclusion IN the subject
His friend from Indiana (Nr. KEnu wn