The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-20

Ia Hh' otNHnAM-A VuJcCt 10 lnc report
being printed.
The SPEAKER further quoted the fol.
lowing language from the report, .and we
will show % oil men not blinded by pre.
judlce or passion that the Ku.KlGx bill
and proceedings Hereunder Is the grossest
outrage and the foulest calumny." He
said that that was allowing a minority 10
say that the act Of majority Of the
House was the ioulest calumny. The
Char would have had no hesitation In
calling the gentleman from Kentucky, in
his individual capacity, to order, II lie had
used such language on the floor.
Mcssrs, BECK and, Cox defended the re.
port Of the minority or excused il, claim.
ing that II was intended only to refer to
matters outside Of the execution of the
House, and that, necessarily, a minority
report must critcise that Of q majority.
A confused discussion ensucd which
was only brought to On end by Mr.. BING.
HAM insisting on his objection to the re.
ception of tic minority report.
Messrs, POLAND and STEVENSON ap.
pealed to Mr.. BINGHAM, but without Of.
feet, TO withdraw his objection.
Mr. Cox moved TO suspend tho rules to
have the report read. ! Ifse;-,Tf7
Mr. BANKS suggested that It should be
on condition of having all matter cxclud.
ed that was in violation Of parliamentary
rules. .. gU-.--.- d
The SPEAKER declined to have the task
imposed on him Of examining the report
with that object.
Mr.. Cox did not accept MIR. BANKS
suggestion, but insisted on his motion to
suspend the rules. .......a.
The rules were not suspended, not two.
thirds voting In the affirmative.
MIR. BANKS then moved that the rules
be suspended, and the report Of the minor.
ity received and printed with the majority
report, provided that the language IS not
in violation of the rules oil the House.
Agreed to without division.
MIR. DUNNELL introduced q bill extend.
ing the time for settlers on public lands
in Minnesota, to pay for their lands.
Passed. tt..s-.sr
Mr.. GARFIELD, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported a deficiency
bill, and stated that It contained clause
repealing the law which requires the
United States laws to be published in
newspapers.
Mr.. BUTLER, of Mass, made point OF
order that that was general legislation,
and therefore out Of order.
MIR. GARFIELD moved to suspend the
rules so as to make It in order.l So 3 Z
Pending that motion, the House I'D.
journed.
SENATE.
Mr.. MORRILL,, of Vermont, IRON the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, reported without amendment
House bill providing ior the construction
Of public buildings at Albany, N. Y;
Hartford, Ct, and indianapolis, Ind, and
for the purchase ota site for public build
ings at Cincinnati.
MIR. SCoTT, from the Joint Select Com
mittec on alleged outrages in the South.
ern States, reported bill continuing in
force the provisions of the fourth section
of tho enforcement act oil April 90, 1871,
until the end Of the next regular session OF
Congress. rts.
Mr.. HARLAN, from the Committee on
Indian Affairs, reported with'amendments
Mr.. PoMERoY's bill for the relief Of SET
tiers on the Usage Indian lands, in Kan
sas.
Mr.. PoMERoY, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported with amendments
the bill relating TO a section Of lands
granted to Minnesota by the act Of 1868,
to aid in the improvement OF the Missis-
sippi river.
Bills were introduced as follows: By
Mr.. CARPENTER, authorizing the West
Wisconsin Railroad Company to con-
struct bridge across Lake st. CroiX, at
Hudson; by Mr.. PRATT, authorizing the
construction oil q railroad bridge across
the Ohio at Mt. Vernon, Indiana; by MIR.
WRIGlIr, to provide for public buildings
at Keokuk, Iowa.
Mr.. BLAIR presented the minority re-
port. Both reports were ordered printed.
The Senate then resumed the consider
alton Of the resolutions to inquire into the
alleged sales Of arms to agents OF France
during the Franco Prussian war.
Mr.. CoNKLING said that five months oil
this Congress had already passed, and the
business Of this country waited while the
debate for political effect went on; appro.
priations bills were made to wait; the
revision Of the tariff, which would strike
forty millions from the shoulders of in.
dustry and reduce the Internal Revenue
Department to o skeleton, was made 10
wait; while the Senate was forced to waste
its time in political debate. But it could
I'm oyOida1 Tho r,,te. ,rop tl,ot n GnooNo,
could not be questioned elsewhere for
words uttered in the Senate, and so a Sen
ator might by preamble and speech
SANDER his government and his country
and place them in false position before
the nations Of the earth, and he might do
it either In plain words or by insinuations,
the latter always the most deadly Ian.
guagC in the slanderer's virulent vocabu.
larry. The Senator from Massachusetts
(Mr. SUMNER) was responsible for this
waste of time He would not have in
vestigation, he would have debate. lie
had himself asked when he introduced
this resolution that it should lie over, but
this fact had not prevented the Senate
from SANDER. .r t =
NL!' SoNhhlNu seut up anu Iinu IctIl W
the desk q statement in the New York
Tribune, that the partisans of the Presi-
dent in the Senate had tried TO delay the
pending resolution, which, he said, showed
violence done TO the truth in base and
ruthless crusade for political effect. The
Senator (SuMNER) had stated that his
resolution and speech on this subject were
not intended for political effect. What
then was their o6iect2 Wasit to PREJUDICE
the case or to assist Frances and the French
claimagents in prosecuting claims against
American merchants or TO engender sus.
picion and arouse resentment against the
executive officers OF our government?
Or was it TO convince the Germans Of
America that high Republican officials