The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-21
42d CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 20.
HOUSE.

| N-S s@'t uAN toA bAAli "hSu buC llOuS
next goes into committee on that sub
jCct
Mr. GARFIELD expressed q preFerenc
for the motion 10 suspend the rules ant
pass the bill rs the most practical mode o
having legislation on the subject.
MIR. DAWES motion was agreed to.
The House refused to go into Commit
tee of the Whole on the tariff and IN,
bill by q vote oil Is to 1856.
Mr.. KNAPP moved to suspend the rule.
md pass resolution instructing tht
Committee on Ways and Means 10 report
forthwith the Senate concurrent rcsolu
tion for adjournment on the Goth Of May
Rejected-Ieas 1870, and nays 81.
Mr.. DAWES moved that the rules be
suspended and the Committee of TIT
Whole be discharged from further
consideration OF the tariff and tax bill
and that thatbill, as amended BY the
committee, do pass. This includes the
internal revenue sections and ALL
The following is the estimated rCduc.
tion on duties which the tariff bill US far
as acted on by the House Committee oI
the Whole effects: coal, $215, ,244 90,
salt, $0l5522 90; leather, 5s7, 400 90,
chicOry, $02, $50 II; cotton manufacturer
of $l,077,3S3 %; wool and manulac
lures OF, $3,3j9,274 o.; Iron and manu-
lacturcs Of, $1,376Gl2 10; metals anG
manufactures Of N. o. s. $2S4, ,066 II
Indian rubber and manufactures of $53,
2O7 u; Gutta pcrChG and manufactures
OF $500 00% straw and manufactures o.
$O5,347 IS; oil cloths and manufactures
of $2,7SG Gl; steel and manufactures o.
SiSO,95G 2G burlaps and flax dressed
no estimate can be made; lumber and
manufactures Of $lSj,0S0 81. All Other
articles including chemicals, $594, ,044 G9
books printed, &c,, 10 estimate
can be made. Newspaper, period,
Gals, &c.. do, vcrmulh do, mustard
ground $l04,S22 1896; currants, figs and
raisins, 81 ,0365l7 so; copper and manu-
IactnEcs; Of, $31,7G3 %; plate glass, in.
cluding silvcred, $9i, ,29l OG; tin in sheets
or plates, $940,O77 50; screws, embraced
in the iron reduction; moosic iron, no esti.
mate can 10 made; paper and manulaC.
lures of, not included, $G,l0l 10. Total
reduction Of dutiable, $l1, ,040,G20 SO; free
list, $lS,50G, l4S 50-tOtal reduction $20,.
G45,77S 0G.
Mr. DAWES motion was agreed to, yeas
l47, nays G2.
Mr.. DAWES then moved to suspend the
rules and concur in the Senate resolution
for o final adjournment on the Goth OF
May. Agreed to, yeas 1G2, noes 81.
The announcement Of this resolution
was received with clapping OF hands and
general jubilation among the members.
The negative votes were given by
Messrs, AveTill, Barber, Barry, Beatty,
Bigby, Bingham, Buckley, Butler, Of
Mass, Butler, Of Tenn, Cobb, Coburn,
Congcr, Cotton, DurneIl, Elliott, Frye,
Hays, Of Ala, IazeIton, Of Wis, Hazel.
ton, of N. j., noar, Hooper, Kelly, Ken.
dali, Lowe, Lynch, Maynard, Mckee,
Merriam, Orr, PaChards, Of Ind, Peck,
Pendlcton, Peirce, Perry, Poland, RAincy,
E. II. Roberts, Rusk, Sargent, Sawyer,
Sessions, Smith, OF N. Y, Smith, OF Ohio,
Spraguc, Stevenson, Turner, Timer, Wal.
lace, Walls, and Wilson OF Ind.
MIR. GETZ, from the Committee on Puh
lie Bubble Buildings and Grounds, report.
cdH bill0ppropriating 81 100000 ior the
purchase 0i lot and section OF build
ings in Philadelphia for post office and
|. 5. Court purposes. Passed under q
suspension Of the rules.
Mr.. CoBCRN from the Committee on
Military Affairs reported bill rcciting
the disappearance from the lilies OF the
War Department Of the records of the
Court Of Inquiry in the case OF General
Buell., and directing the Secretary of
War 10 employ Bcnn l'itmar phono.
graphic reporter for the court, who has
retained his notes thereof, 10 furnish two
translatious, one for the War Dcpar,mcn,
and one for Congress.
Mr.. CoHUuN briefly rcCOunlcd the cir.
CumstanCCs and denied that there was any
desire on the part Of the Military
Committee to cvadc a full investigation Of
the case, and asserted that the Com.
mittcc had exhibited an Carnestness and
desire To ascertain the whole truth and
nothing but the trnth. Bill passed.
Senate bill to allow the Potomac t.
Piedmont r. r Co. to operate its line
within the District Columbia passed.
Dir. BUTLER, Of Massachusetts, moved
to suspend the rules and pass the !ol.Uw.
Ing resolution:
WHEREAS, this House is informed by
telegraph that at meeting OF the Exeter
Chamber OF Commerce Sir Stafford
NorthCOtC, who presided, in u speech
stated that tho understanding OF the
British Commissioners was that promise
had been given that the claims for IT..
direct damages should not he presented
but it was necessary that the American
Senate should not be placed in n position
requiring confession that wrong had
been done, which statement by the lead.
ing member Of the Joint High COmmis
sion on the part OF Great Britain deeply
concerns the good faith and integrity 0i
the American Commissioners and Ol The
government, as well as the honor Of The
nation. 4
Therefore lr il rcso'6F, That tho prcsi.
dent oil the United States is hereby re-.
qucstCd, if not detrimental to the publ,
interests, 10 inform the House whether
the Executive hAs any knowledge 0i any
promise being made by any official per
son, that the claims for indirect damages
shall not be presented TO tue tribunal o
arbitration, and II so, by whom sucI
promise was made or understanding
given, and Itany, md what arrangement
was made with the British Commissioners
or British government, by which thC
American Senate should not hG placed il
II position requiring the confession ui thai
wrong which Ind been done, or whether
my arrangement Whatever has been madr
with the government Of Great Britain, ~
with my official thereof, 10y which ihr
action 0r the American Senate wns 10 h,
controlled 0r influenced in tins behalf, AN,
II s", hy whom mud when, Nnd hy wha
authority such arrangement was madc.
While the llOusG was dividing, Mr.. Co,
sald that the honor Of our country il in
yovrl in the resolution. II there hp
been Il dl-hpuurhblr humiliation L., II
know tho worst, nnd who II rCspm5Ihl,
The motion I" euapcnd the rulrtnn
adopt the resolution, wus rejected, yea,