The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-17

satiOn. lie referred 10 the appointment
Of one Klein TO visit foreign C0nsuls an,
report upon their condition, at II salary o
$1,000 year and expenses paid. lie la,
Travelled over iiity.iour thousand miles
and Drought back nothing that the Stat,
Department thought worth submitting Il
the public. Klein might now be cOnsid
cred the great American traveller. Mr.
DAWES COntcnded that the cure was il
the character OF appointments, and sait
that il Il rule was adopted by the ESecl
five not 10 give IN appointment To any
man recommended by Congressman, i
would do more To reform the civil service
than any elaborate system COntrivcd b,
any Commission. That's true" IRON
several members
Mr.. BANKS said Klein had lust time
enough nj Tcin rscin TO recommend III,
passage Of II bill. Laughter
Messrs. BUTLER and MYERS spokC
tayorably Of Klein.
MIR. Cox asked il Klein wasn't the ma
who wrote n slashing book about st
Domingo and wns then compensated by
being sent around the world.
Mr.. BUTLER could mot say but that hC
was opposed 10 the sclCabdicali0n OF Con
grcss lie didn't understand why beng
elected to Congress caused u man to admit
he was incompetent To say which 0l his
constituents was good man and would
make faithful servant Of the government
He believed he knew rs much about the
subject rs any broken down school master
in the land, Ho WAS entirely opposed Ia
the idea of Congressman being incompc.
tent to say who was fit TO be u $l200 clcrl;
to copy the laws. lfany member thought
different the easy remedy was to cease
recommending persons TO office.
The discussion created general interest
and here closed.
A bill was passed apprOpriating $50, 600
for marking the boundary between the
United S,NtoG and tho Possessions OF Great
Britain from the Lake Of the Woods To
the Summit OF the Rocky Mountains.
Adjourned.
SENATE.
Petitions presented: To repeal the salt
duty; for II national prohibit0ry law;
against the government manufacture OF
envelopes for national schools; against en-.
pIoylng government officers who drink
Intoxicating liquors.
MIR. TRUMErLL presented petition
from ChcagOians, asking that building
material imported from that city, hr en-
cmptcd from duty
MIR. SHERMAN reported from the Fl.
nance Committee II bill repeating the
duties on salt and iron. Moved Ia recon-.
mitmcnt, which was opposed by TRlM.
BULL, but it was rcc0mmittcd by 80
against Is.
The following is the nay vote: Blair,
Cole, Cooper, Davis, of Ky, Ferry, Of
Ct, Flanagan, G0ldthwailc, Johnston,
Kelly, Lewis, Logan, salisbury, Sawyer,
ScIlrz, Spencer, Spraguc, Stevenson, Tip.
ton, Trumbull-l9.
Mr. CALDWELL. introduced II bill direct
ing that terms Of the United States Courts
he held nj I.cavonwOrth. Referred.
MIR, CAMERON, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, reported y resolution
asking the President tO give the Senate
any information in his possession
in relation 10 the seizure by the rcv0lu
ti0nary Government Of Venezuela of a
steamer belonging 10 the NrncHucn rrans.
portalinn Company, an American cOrpo,
ration, and the virtual Imprisonment OF
certain American citizens. Adopted.
Mr., SALISBURY offered resolution re-
quvslng the President 10 inform the Sen.
ate when Ucn. MCC0ok was appointed
Governor Of Colorado Territory, an,l
whether he has been absent in Europe ,
and II So, whether his salary has been
paid during such absence.
Mr., PoMERoY objected, anil it went
over.
Mr. l.oGAN called up the bill to provide
for the relief Of the Chicago sufferers.
The hill, he said, provided :0l two things:
II remission Of or rounding Ui all import
duties on building material used or to be
used on the ground burned over, for one
year from the 9th OI October, 1871; sec.
ond, suspension or remission Of internal
revenue taxes on the sufferers by the
fire until the close Of the next
regular session Of Congress. In
advocating the bill. He spoke of the
wonderful growth Of Chicago and Of its
great importance rs Il commercial center,
and urged the necessity Of such action by
Congrcssas would hell give confidence
in the future nl the city. lie compared
the Chicago fire with the great fires Of
hislory-th0Sc Of Rome, Moscow and
London, and said that in the area burned
over M immense amount Of valuable
property was destroyed. In conclusion
hcgavc II vivid description OF the conila,
grafton rs he had seen it. No action was
taken ON the bill.
Mr.. ScoTr called up the bill amcnda.
tory of the act 10 reduce the internal
taxes, and FOR other purposes, passed
July, 1870. The bill, rs amended hy the
Committee on Finance, provides that all
taxes ON dividends, interests and undivided
profits heretofore assessed or collected
from certain corporations shall he remit.
ted or refunded upon claim being made
therefor, except such taxes as were levied
for the first seven months Of 1870 at the
rate Ol five per cent.
MIR. Scorr explained and advocated the
bill.
Mr. EnMUNDs was opposed to the pas.
sage Of this hill, and therefore he called
up the regular order, the amnesty hill,
which sent SCOTS bill over for day.
MIR. SUMNER WAS not ready To proceed
with his remarks on the amnesty bill, sn
the Senate went into extra session soOn
after.
Adjourned.