The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-07
42d CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 0.
HOUSE.

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which has been devoted 10 action upon
Mr.. HooPER's supplementary civil service
bill.
Mr.. ELDRIDGE, by way of sarcasm on
MesSrs. KELLEY and MAYNARD, sent uI
their substitute ior'the tariff and tax bills
altered to read ito further increase taxes
and encourage monopolies without adding
TO the revenue" the reading Of which Mr.,
Cox demanded, which efteCtnallysused up
the morning hour.
Mr.. DAWES moved 10 suspend the rules
andialOpt the rule making It In order on
the consideration Of the the tariff bill Ia
treat as single paragraphs the various
items relating 10 iron, steel, copper, wool
and Woolens and manufacturers olcotton,
50 thata substitute might be offered rela.
ting to each OF these subjects us n whole.
Alter an explanation by Mr. DAWES,
and opposition by Messrs Cox, BROOKS
ol New York, KERR and BANKS, as a log
rolling proposition the rules were not sus.
pended. Yeas 65; nays 1911.
Mr.. ELY introduced o bill TO add to the
.. s. election law o provision that list
Of supervisors OF elections shall be sub.
mitted to the Representative in. Congress
from the district, who shall have the right
Of peremptory challenge. Referred TO
Judiciary Committee.
A bill was passed allowing the Marshal
for South Carolina tue gross amount Of
Ices and costs legally taxable during the
four months from last September.
Aresolution to pay the defeated contes.
taht for the seat of Mr.. ROGERS, Of 8. O.,
81 800 was adopted
Mr.. PLATT moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill appropriating 100000
for the government building at Port HUI.
ron, Mich. Rejected-yeas 90, nays 70;
less than two.thirds in the affirmative.
Mr. MOOD, rising to question Of priv
ilege, stated that On, Friday there was q
meeting OF the Committee on Foreign
Affairs called, to convene Rt the State
Department on Saturday, and that that
meeting had been called by the President
of the United States, by O notice issued to
the Republican mem6ers Of the Com.
mittee, signed by General Babcock, the
Presidents Secretary His point was
that himself and other Democratic mem.
bers Of that Committee, which were in
the House, and who were non.partisans,
were excluded from that meeting, which
exclusion he considered IN invasion, and
protested. BE called the attention OF the
House and the country to that most ex.
traordinary proceeding on the part of the
Chief Executive. H.N.. ,s .....
Mr.. BANKS, Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, remarked that the
statement made by Mr.. WooD did not
present q question Of privilege.
The SPEAKER coincided with that
view. he saw nothing in the statement
which presented any question OF privilege
except ii should be that the President had
no right to consult privately any member
Of the House, whom he chose to consult.
bIr. BANKS said Mr.. WOOD was mis-.
taken in the statement he made. There
had been no session OF the Committee on
Foreign Affairs at the State departments,
or anywhere else, except in its own com.
mittee room.
Mr.. WooD asked whether he (BANKs)
as chairman, and other Republican mem.
bers of the committee, had not received
notes from Gen. Babcock, to meet at the
State Department.
Mr.. BANKS replied he had been invited
70 meet the Secretary Of State ut the State
Department,
Mr.. WooD-By Gen. Babcock's invita-.
ton, and at which meeting you met the
President.
Mr.. BANKs-Gen. BabcoCks name was
signed to the invitation. I,4.
Mr.. WooD-And you met the President
at that meeting.
Mr. BANKs-There has been no meet.
ing Of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
except In its own, room.
The SPEAKER repeated his ruling that
there was nothing in the matter which
presented any breach Of the privileges Of
the House.
Mr.. WooD-1 have stated the facts, and
1t is for tho House and country to deter
mine on them.
The SPEAKER-If the President Of the
United States chooses to invite any one to
meet him at any place, ! do not see that
the House has any right to Interfere.
The Senate bill to fund certain liabili.
ties Of the city Of Washington, existing on
the first Of June, 1871, and to limit the
debt and taxation Of the District Of Co.
lumbia, was passed. The House then
proceeded to vote on the Senate amend.
ments to the deficiency bill. .,.-.
SENATE. b.. e
Mr.. SUMNER moved to take up the bill
prohibiting distinctions on account et'rare
or color in the public schools of Washing.
ton and Georgetown. Lost: 1g =
On motion Of Mr.. SAWYER tho bill pro.
viding that the next Federal election in
Louisiana be held on the first Monday In
November, the same, day as the State
election, was taken up. 80! 'Hh'
Mr.. TRUMBULL opposed the bill as set.
ting a bad precedent, which might be
abused for political purposes.
At the expiration Of the morning hour
the post Office appropriation bill came up
as the unfinished business, the pending
question being on the amendment increas.
Ing the subsidy for mail service with
Brazil to $450,O00 and providing for a
semi'monthly service.
An amendment by Mr.. FERRY reducing
the amount to $500 900 was adopted. :
Mr.. WINDOW stated the service could
not be performed for that sum and had
leave to withdraw all tho amendments
offered by the committee, thus leaving the
item as Il came from The House.
The amendment appropriating 1914.
900 for the post office deficiencies was
agreed to.
The amendment abolishlns the frank.
ing privilege after tho first day OF January
" YnAs@sIessrs. s1it Bl3syafd, Blair, Bucking.
ham, Caldwell, Carpenter, Cameron,
Clayton. Cooper, Corbett, Cragin, Davis,
(of ". Va Edmunds, Gilbert, Goldth.
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