The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-04
42d CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 8.
HOUSE.


Crosse, Wisconsin, port Of delivery,
Passed.
The House then proceeded to the bust.
ness on the SPEAKERS table, and disposed
thereof as follows: Senate bill granting
right Of way 10 the Denver 6 Rio Grande
Railroad, referred to conference com.
mittee. Senate bill TO pay To Eldridge
Gerry, of Colorado, $7,650 for loss ol
stock taken by the Sioux Indians, amend.
cd by increasing the amount to $13,200
and passed. Senate bill to quiet title to
to lands Of settlers on the lands Of West
Wisconsin Railroad Company, left on
the SPEAKERS table. Senate bill to pro-
vide for the claims Of the Pottawattomie
Indians in Michigan and Indiana, referred
to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Sen.
ate bill confirming TO the Mississippi &
Missouri, Rio GFande, Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Railroads, the lands
granted for railroad in Iowa from
Davenport via Iowa City to Council
Bluffs, rejected-yeas, 93; nays, So; less
than two.thirds in majority.
The House then took a recess until 8 p.
NJ, in expectation that the Conference
Committee on the tariff bill would then
be ready ior report.
The House re.assembled at t3P.M.
Mr.. CoBURN from the Military Com.
mittee reported back Senate bill to repeal
so much Of section Q, Of the army appro.
priation bill for 1870, as prohibits promo.
tion in the staff department Of the army,
passed with the amendments.
Mr.. BECK moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill, providing that attorneys
or claim agents before Congress or de.
partments, shall file aff1davits that neither
they nor others have any interest direct
or indirect in the claims, or any agree.
ment for compensation, except such as
they shall specify, and which shall not ex.
eeed ten per cent OF tho amounts In the
claim.
Mr.. PETERS ssid the bill had some very
Objectionable features and ought not pass.
The bill was rejected-Yeas 10, nays 81.
Mr.. ROBERTS, from the Committee on
Ways and Means reported bill to restore
the office OF Director of the Bureau Of
Statistics and to extend his duties. The
bill was rejected-86 to 81.
Mr.. BINGHAM, from the Judiciary Com.
mittee, reported bill amendatory to the
bankrupt act, extending 1t to the insur.
rectionary States from 1871. Passed.
The conference report on the tariff bill
not being ready to be reported, and there
being no pressing business before the
House for action, the House adjourned.
SENATE.
Mr.. NYE called up several bills relating
to the territories, which were passed.
Mr.. SCOTT called up the bill relating to
the Limitation OF steam pressure on tow.
ing and freight boats on the Mississippi
river. Passed.
Mr.. CuANDLER-Ii live, l shall at an
early day attempt to vindicate the memo.
ry Of my personal friend Edwin NJ Stan.
ton, from the foul aspersions cast on it on
this floor. Iknew Edwin NJ. Stanton in
lie, honor his memory, and shall at.
tempt to vindicate it.
At the expiration of the morning hour
the unfinished business, the sundry appro-
priation bill, came up. a
Mr.. PoMERoY moved to postpone it
indefinitely and yielded the floor to Mr..
CARPENTER, who addressed the Senate in
reply to Mr.. SCnURz's criticisms on the
report of the Committee on the Sale OF
Arms to France. He said that the Senate
had been quietly proceeding with the
public business when the preambles and
resolutions were introduced by Mr..
SUMNER in relation to the sales OF arms,
which came on the, Senate like a clap of
thunder from clear sky, and as soon as
that preamble and resolution were read,
every friend Of the administration saw
that full investigation was necessary,
and the resolution could have been passed
in ten minutes, but Mr.. SUMNER, by in
sisting on the preamble offered on the
Senate debate Of two weeks, though at
the end of that debate he became
ashamed of the preamble and
voted to lay it on the table.
Mr.. CARPENTER had extracts from the
Globe read to show that he had declared
himself in favor OF the fullest and most
searching investigation, and that every
Senator subsequently placed on the com.
mittee voted for the investigation. He
argued that from the manner in which
the committee proceeded the investigation
was fair, full and complete. Therefore"
he said, "when the Senator from Massa-
chusetts denounced the report OF the com.
mittee as whitewashing report he viola.
ted all the decencies of parliamentary life
and all the truth that should guide, govern
and control gentlemen. twas apparent
from the first hour and the subsequent
course of the Senator from Massachu.
sets had shown, that his object was
not to have full and fair investiga.
tion Of the arms sale, but to make delib.
Grated and premeditated assault on the
administration without regard to truth
or justice. In reviewing the course Of
the investigation AIr. CARPENTER read
Mr.. SUMMERS statement in his protest
against being called as witness, and said
that under other circumstances he would
willingly submit not only his conduct in
this matter, but the conduct OF his whole
public life to the closest scrutiny, and
congratulated him on his singularly
piteous condition as saying, that since the
lowlY Nazarene walked beneath the palms
OF Palestine, except the Senator from
Massachusetts, who could say that every
act, every letter, every idle word Of my
past lie meets my present appreciation.
At this point an enthusiastic gentleman
in the gallery, applauded loudly, and for.
chilly resisted the attempt OF the door.
keeper to put him out, protesting that 1t
was in violation Of the Constitution. Pass.
ing to ScHURz's speech reviewing the
report Of the AIMS Committee, Mr.. CAR.
PENTER said the Senator from Missouri
(ScnURR) was clearly philosopher, and
came within the Scotchman's definition OF
metaphysical philosopher, one who talks
about what nobody understands, and
what apparently he does not understand
himself. Fortunately the most brilliant
discourse, and most striking rhetoric, II
not founded on fact or reason, could not
make q revolution in this country; and
the Senator from Missouri. ou0ht mt fail