The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-06
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HOHRE, IN

- A.. So
ON motion o. MEITERR, the bill 4
erect colossal statue oI Admiral Farrd
gut, was concurred IN: ,..,,-.,...
Vn m9pon q lhr. M!lEncuR from 'th
Iuulcitlry SoMHlnllItee, ,HllIt, PHI was passeI
aalhoriztng the appointment by the |, S
SpptL, 9, deputy clerks on the application
o. CLERK, the compensauonit to be pait
py ,Lhe c!erk. ,Isumtil!l lL "a, 81 ~
Ihe Dill ior inc Appointment OF ship
ping commissioning next came up. During
Ihe Eeaalng ol the hll Mr. MOOD mad
~, y ehort 70 present q demonstrated agains
y from the boards OF Underwriters O
New y ork, but objections were made, al
the bill was under consideration. 1l Tht
previous question was called, and various
amendments were agreed 70. IN i.53
MIR. GARPrELD offered an amendment
requiring oil revenues paid under the act
70 be paid into the Treasury, and thai
disbursements be made only under specific
approprtanons. f'f4nTiITb !
MessrS. CoNaER and Ho1atAat said the
amendment changed the whole character
OF the bill.
UT. uC ARFtELD Withdrawals amend
mont endit was then greed % the pay
mont o. the lees into The TEeaBlity.B
On motion OF MI. DAWES, 7
hS0tped, That memorial services be
held on the evening OF the 10th, in the
House In memory OF Prot. Morse, under
the auspices ol the National Morse Monu-
msnt Association to be participated in,by
t1eIHonsei the HouseJlto assemble y that
evening, and the SPEAKER to preside.
Mr.. sTARKwEATHER, from the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill to
pay % Capt Winslow, officers and crew
OF the hearsarge, at the time OF the de
sInctlon Of the Alabama, $4,000 asthe
estimated value Thereof, IN the same man.
lner as prHe money. MI ssrAIRWEATHERR
explained the bill. cited the precedents fol-
II, ana advocated,l!s passage.
Mr. BUTLER, q Mass, approved OF the
Dill, Dut ne wanted 70 have 1t amended
Dy providing that inc amount shall be
submitted 70 me arbitration at Geneva, as
part OF tle direct damages sustained by
me IUnitedStates under the general term
OF the Alabama Claims.
Mr.. STARKwEATllER was afraid that
amendment would embarrass the bill. He
suggested th% lt shonldl1e offered as m
independent position. 3A1
MI: BuTLER-l desire that the money
shall be paid out OF the money not other
wise appropriated, IN the. English treas
uIy, not In the United States treasury
Mr.. STARKwEATHER favored making
England pay not only the direct, but the
indirect damages, but that matter should
come up by Itself. ;a s.i i-5i
MIR. HALE moved to amend the bill by
striking out the words according to The
law regulating prize cases and inserting
The words aaccording to The pay roll o.
the ship at the time."
Agreed to.
MIR. Cox opposed the bill, arguing thai
prize money was a relic of the past thai
It applied only to properly captured anC
not destroyed, and that there should be
no distinction in that respect between
the army and navy. .s .6
MIR. BANKS coincidcd in the views ex
pressed by Dir. Cox.
The bill was then passed-yeaS, SO
nays, 68.
MIR. CoUaHLAN, from the COMMITTEES OF
Naval Affairs, reported q bill TO pay II
q. Green $4,000 in fulr for tho use b!
Government Of his patent machine TO
bending chain cable links, and connecting
shackles and tackle hooks, which wa
passed. Nsst5. biitt,
MIR. HOLMAN, from the Committee ol
Commerce, reported a bill authorizing thi
construction Of Q railroad bridge acros
the Mississippi river at Fort Madison
Iowa. Passed: :, 's' - ~,
The House then went into Committe,
OF the Whole on the Asbury appropriation
bill: =. 20
MI. WHrTTHoRNE made q speech, &C
cusing tho Administration Of extrava
gance. x
MIR. DIcKEy wanted to know how mucl
Tennesseehad contributed 70 the revenue
OF the government. l'- NJ
Mr.. WMTTnoRNE replied that Tennes
see contributed more than Pennsylvani,
did. Pennsylgania was draining from tht
people, instead OF contributing to th(
revenue.
Mr.. CoBuAN said he would as soon ex
pect an incendiaFy .who. had burned hi
house to lecture him on his expenditure
In rebuilding 1t, as to hear q lecture from
Tennessee on the extraYagance OF the
governments lie inserted that the ex
penses OF the army were not beyond the
range Of reasonable economy.
MI, DAWES replied 70 some structures
madein' o speech Of MrsSIocustSsom
weeks ago, In regard to politics in thu
navy yards and armories. '''s7.
!. MraSLoeuM asserted on his honor tina
he knew OF q case where ip the midst o
the Warfand when the fate fots the >coun
try was at bake, one Of the heat
mechaplssE mech slsS :, N : a. .armoEy and men g