The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-08
42d CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.
WAsuNoroN, June /

Ways and Means, reported a bill provid
Ing that when II shall be shown TO thC
satisfaction Of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury that parties are entitled TO a refund o
the duty paid on goods In public stores OF
bonded warehouses prior to August 1872
under the provisions Of the recently passed
tariff act, Il shall be the duty OF the Secre
tary 10 draw q warrant for the amount
Passed.
Ten thousand copies oi the tariff act
were ordered TO be printed for the use oi
the members OF the House. The same
number Of copies Of the new postal code
were also ordered TO be printed.
The House took up the message Of the
President vetoing the bill granting pen.
sion TO Mary Ann Montgomery. The
Senate having reconsidered and passed
the bill, the Presidents objections TO the
contrary notwithstanding, now the House
afler q brief debate passed the bill by the
required constitutional majority OF two.
thirds vote. Yeas 101; nays A.
The SPEAKER laid before the House a
message from the President calling atten.
ton Of Congress to the act approved
July 14th, 1870, directing the Secretary
Of War TO place at the disposal Of the
President certain bronze cannon for the
erection Of an equestrian statute Of Gen
j. A. Rawlins, &c. The President says
that no artist Is named or parties designat.
ed TO whom the ordnance Is to be deliver.
ed. In order TO remove the ambiguity he
desires Congress to signify what action
shall be taken as TO the artist and fix the
amount of money to be expended, and
further that o board shall be named to 10,
cate the monument. Referred TO the
Committee on Appropriations.
The SPEAKER also laid before the House
additional copies Of the correspondence
relating to the commerce between
the United States and certain British
colonial possessions, also copies Of q cor.
respondence with regard to the Extradi.
ton treaty between the United States
and Belgium, referred. The House passed
the Senate bill authorizing the construc.
ton Of a railroad bridge across the Miss.
issippi river at the city OF Red Wing,
Minnesota. The Senate amendments 70
the river and harbor bill were read; the
House enon-concurred in numerous amend.
ments including the appropriations for the
next fiscal year, and asked for Commit.
tee OF Conference; the House non.concur.
red in the Senate amendments TO the for.
tificstion bill, and asked for q Committee
of Conference; the House concurred In
the Senate amendment 10 the bill author.
zing the Secretary OF War to release 2J
acres ol land to the Plattsburg s. Canada
railroad; the House took up and the clerk
read the Senate substitute for the bill to
prevent and punish distractions to justice
in courts Of the United States.
Mr.. SPEAKER appointed Messrs. SAW.
YER, SHELDON and RANDALL a Commit.
tee Of Conference on the river and har.
Dor bill, and Messrs. NBLACK, DoNNAN
and TwITcHELL, q Committee of Confer.
ence on the fortiacation bill.
The House took up the Senate bill to
declare and enforce the civil rights oI
citizens Of the United States.
Mr.. POLAND offered an amendment
providing that no penalty should exceed
$1,000, the minimum TO be at the discre.
ton OF the Court.
After discussion Mr.. POLAND moved to
pass the bill under a suspension OF the
rules with his amendment.
The House voted and the result was 80
for against 70; so the question was decided
in the negative, there not being the re-
qulred two-thirds.
Mr.. POLAND then modified his amend,
ment, changing the proposed penalty from
$1,000 to 800, and again moved sus
pension OF the rules and the passage oI
the bill. The vote was SO against 70, and
the question was therefore decided In the
negative. The bill now lies on the
SPEAKKR's table.
The Committee OF Conference on the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad bill made
q report thereon, which was agreed'to.
The House lookup the Senate Ku.Klu1
bill proposing to extend the suspension
Of the privilege Of the writ Of hGbedS corpui
until the end Of the next regular session
of Congress. The vote on suspension o
the rules was SO against SS; two.thirdl
were required to suspend the rules ant
pass the bill.
YEAs-Beatty, Buckly, Burlington, But
Ter, Of Tenn, Coburn, Conger, Crocker
Dawes, Duell, Dunnell, Foster, of Ohio
Hosmer, Harris, Of Miss, HaYens, Haw
ley, Hazleton, of N. J., Hill, Hoor
Houghton, Lampert, McGrew, McJunkln
Mercer, Merriam, Monroe, Leonard, My
ers, Orr, Packard, Packer, Palmer, Pen
dleton, Peirce, Perry, Of OHIO, Poland
Prindle, Rainy, Ellis a Roberts, Sawyer
Sessions, Shanks, Shellsbarger, 81. Board
man Smith, of N. Y, John A. Smith, o
Ohio, Sprague, Starkweathcr, Stevenson
Townsenn, Turner, Twitchell, Timer
Wakeman, Walden, Williams, Of Ind.
Wilson, Waldron,-56.
NAYs-Messrs. Acker, Adams, Archer
Arthur, Beck, Bell, Biggs, Bird, Blair O.
Michigan, Blair Of Missouri, Braxton
Brooks, Burchard, Caldwell, Campbell
Carroll, Comingo, Conner, Cotton, Cratch
er, Grassland, Donnan, Dubois, Cox
Duke, Eldridge, Farnsworth, Finkinburg
Foster Of Pennsylvania, Garfield, Garrett
Getz, Giddings, Golloday, Haldeman
HAmbleton, Hancock, Handley, Hawks
Harper, Harris Of Virginia, Hay, Here
ford, Hibbsrd, Holman, kellogg, Kendall
Kerr, Lawson, Manson, Marshall, McClel
land, McCormick, McCreary, McHenry
Mcintyre, Merrick, Morgan, Morris, Nib
lack, Peters, Potter, Price, Randall, Read
Rice of Illinois, Ritchie, Rogers of Nortl
Carolina, Sherwood, Shober, Slocum, Ste
vens. Storm, Strong, Swami, Tuthill, Ter
~, Van Trump, Vaughan, Waddle, War
rem, Wells, Whitley, Whittern, Willard
Williams Of New York, and Winchester
SIS.
WM. R. ROBERTS offered apreamble AM
resolutions with q view Of ascertSininI
whether any steps had been taken for tn
release Of Dr.. Howard. Referred.
On motion Of Mr.. McHENRY, Of Ken
lucky the House took up, and after an ex
PLANTATION from him, passed the Senat
bill appropriating one million dollars 10
the payment Of the Kentucky war claimE
The Secretary Of the Treasury Is au
thonzed and directed to cause to be ex
amined and settled and paid, any prope