The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-03
ResolaIIon Of Respect TO Horace
Greeley.
The Pacific Railroad Credit MobilieI
I1TestiEatiOn Ordered.
HOUSE



The EooBe vas called 70 oa3ef =; poou
By Speaker Blaine The attendance q
members vas TgIy large, and the CALLER.
il Eee crowded with spectators.
The proceedings were opened With
p1yG By the Chaplain, RET. J. s Bot.
ler. The roll Q! members vas theo call
ed One hundred and iorGy.nine mem
bs5 answered 70 their rAmez
The following new members Eere
EEurn in: Jos r HGEleJ, Of CJnnec-
ticut, Constantine C. Rs,y, q NAssehu-
sets, D. 7. Dodds, Of Ohio, God ErAsn1.
o. ". Beck, o; GeoSgiA
4 committee WAS bpPdniej, consisting
d NeEaL Maynard, TyDer and Potte:, 70
wait On the President and inform him the
Ho2Se vas in session, and ready 10 re-
GIVE any communication he nig ht have
70 make.
NJ. Banks oGersd his resignation IS
Chairman d the Conmitiee % PoriEn
Affairs, bat the House BY rote Of &c 10
s. refused 10 scoept il
Speaker Blaine then called NJ. Cox, o!
New Yo,k, 70 the chair As Speaker pyp
TN, ADc took the foo: 70 oieT the follow.
ing resolution
WHKBEAs, Accusations have been made
in the public press, founded o. the s!leg-
ed letters Of OAkes AmeS, . Representa-
tive from Massachusetts, snd upon the
ImdGvit Of Henry o. McConb, = citizen
Of Wilmington, In the State Of Delaware,
70 the eject that members d this House
were bribed By OLkes Anes 70 perform
certain legislative acts io' The benefit Of
the Union Pacific RAilrUGd Company BY
presents o. stock in the Credit Aobiiier a
America, and by presents Of 5 valuable
character derived thetefron, therefore
RStao16, That special committee OF
Eve members be appointed BY the Speak.
er, pro Tn, whose duty shII be TO iuves.
tigEie and ASCERTAIN whether Guy meube,
o. this Hoose was bribed by Mr.. Oskes
Ames OF any psrsc1 OF corporation in
Any E4ttet tocching his legislative duty
and thAIt the committee be authorized 70
ssnd for persons Rod papers
NJ. Blaine ssid be h1d requested VI.
Cox 70 appoint majority 0: Democrats
On the COMMITTEE So1 made a lev re-
marks Challenging a. investigation.
NJ. Archer opposed the motion On the
ground that the scandal hal been retuted
Scd - investigation YES 1uuecassrv.
NJ. Randall favored il Al : mstie! 0.
pssonl privilege
Nj. DIVES sud be hopa1 The resolution
Eo1id Be adopted.
TIE resolution vas adopted, with 8
!eE oegEiive votes on the Democratic
Eds, and NJ. Cox, Is Speaker 27o isn,
appointed a. the Selecs Committee
Aessr< Poi2od, Banks, Beck, NiblAck
and McCresEY.
NJ. Dswes sid: M. Sps.ke:-Ba.
lieTing that all viii concur IN the pro
pris,y oi public recognition Of events 50
impressive and Sc without parallel in the
history Of this Government, thSt have re-
Gently trsrspre1, l deem it proper 10
o5s: tie following resolution
RsSIysd ~ IG .StHGl and HgGH Of Re2.
'sSsE.:-:spSI, In view Of the recent deaih
0: Horace Greeley, io1 whom, ct the lste
election more than three millions o! vote:
were cast 70: Presi3eot, that record Be
made On the journals Of Coogress 0. the
appreciation Q! the eminent services and
personal purity and worth Of the decess.
Il, and q the sad impression created By
bis death, following keer !InIy beresT,
neot
NJ. Cox, Q: y. H. then paid feeling
tribute 70 the memory and character o.
Nj. Greeley, AFTER which the resolution
vas unanimously adopted.
Mf. Banks again arose Sod Offered hi.
resignation Is Chairman OF the Commit
Tee On Foreign Affairs, remsrkine that i;
was proper that the Ho7ss should be rep
Resented BY one who was unuualifediy
committed to the policy Of the msiority
as ne could NOT claim 10 be The House
By vote Of IS 70 Is refused 70 accept hi:
Resignation.
Ny Sargent from the Committee Of
Ways and Means, reported the Indis1
appropriation bill, winch vas made the
special order for Tuesday, the 10Th inst
be stated that the amount sppriated IN.
der ii WAS S $79 i3S5, being S9s2 692 les
than 10 the same bill last year.
The Speaker presented The resignation
Of NJ. 4ercur OF Pennsylvania, vino hal
been elected Judge Q: tie Supreme Cour
Of that States.
After short reoess, the Presiden,'s mes
sage wss, 81 40 P. u, received and read
The message was ordered 70 be printed
NJ. Gsrleld, from the COMMITTEE OF
Appropriations. reported q pension Gp-
| pE!Aii0n bill, which was made the specis
order ~ wednesday Of next week. tt,
BIZ! sppEQpisies -. 10000.
A legislative, executive and judicial !sp
preparation bill IVES also reported, yhict
was made the spsciA! OrdeT FOX Thursda,
Of next week
Aess'- TWiichell and Butler intro
doced bills Tor the EeiieI Of the sufferer
| by the Boston IRE Referred.
NJ. So06e!d introduced 3 bill for III,
reduction OF officers and the expenses 0
the internal Revenue Department Re
ierTe1.
Houge adorned.
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