The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-22
42d CONGRESS.
WAsnlSGToN, February 81.
49,. HOUSE.. .....sI --l

lne civil SERVICE reform Dill reported
yesterday was made the special order for
today four weeks,
The Committee on Ways and Means
was instructed TO inquire INTO the eXpedi.
ency Of allowing free importation Of ma.
chimes for spinning yarn. ~.
On motion Of MIR, SARGENT the Attor.
ncy General was requested TO furnish IN.
formation concerning civil and criminal
cases now pending in the US. Court OF
Utah. and rs 10 the jurors and expenses
| therefor. - q. 81
ItwGs ssrecdt6 observe tomorrow as
d holiday.
MIR, MARSHALL, frOm.the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the military
academy appropriation bill, which was
made the special order for tomorrow.
MIR, BURCHARD, Of Illinois, from the
Committee on Ways and Means, reported
a bill directing tue Commissioner of In.
ternal revenue torernit to certain firms in
Chicago. the tax on spirits IN bonded
warehouses destroyed In the great fire.
After considerable discussion the bill1 11as
amended so as TO make deductions in re-
imbursement OF tax 80 far as covered by
valid insurance, and was passed. ~ '
MIR. HOOPER, from the Committee on
Banking and Currency, reported back the
Senate bill 10 amend the national currency
act by striking out Leavenworth as one Of
the places for redemption OF banking cur.
rencY Passed.
Mr.. HOoPER also reported back ad.
versely the bill increasing the circulating
currency thirty millions. Laid on the
The House voted to observe tomorrow
(22d) as q holiday, and then went back to
Committee Of the Whole on the Consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill.
On motion OF Mr.. BROOKS, OF N. Y,
the five Central American Missions were
reduced to one, with the Minister resident
at Nicaragua be credited also to the other
Central American States. r''''
Mr.. POTTER moved to strike out the
clause for the Mission to Paraguay and
Uruguay. Rejected.
Mr.. Brooks moved to place the Rus.
sian Mission among the first class missions,
the Minister'S salary to be $l7,500. q
Mr.. HOLMAN opposed the motion. he
protested against such a compliment TO
Russia, and said he did not know of one
friendly act Of that power towards the
United States. There could be no such
thing as kindly feeling between the Ameri-
can republic and Russian despotism.
Mr.. BANKS, Chairman OF the Commit.
tee on Foreign Affairs, advocated the
proposition on the ground that as the mis-.
sions to England, France and Germany
were tirst.claSs, it would be slight to
Russia not to put her on the same footing.
Russia was from the very nature Of
things friendI ot the United States, and
had shown her friendship from the time
OF the struggle Of the colonies for indie.
pendence up to the present time.
MIR. Brooks, OF N. Y, sustained the
proposition, and spoke Of the necessity Of
opening telegraph lines between the IA.
citlc States and Russia.
Messrs WoOD, BUTLER, OF Mass, and
MORGAN favored the proposition.
Mr.. PoTTER opposed il.
Mr.. HOLMAN deplored the intimation
that the United States should ever have
an ally in the dcspotic government Of
Russia. He would rather have first.
class mission sent 10 the brave little Re.
public OF Switzerland than to the hoary
dcspotism Of Russia.
After further discussion the proposition
w0s agreed 10.
Various other amendments to the bill
were offered and discussed, after which
the Committee rose and reported the bill
to the House. The vote on the bill and
the various amendments will be taken on
Friday next.
House adjourned.
SENATE. fa. j
On motion Of Mr.. SHERMAN the House
bill to repeal the duty on salt was made
the special order for March 11th.
The bill in regard to the transmission
Of the overland mail during the snow
blockade was taken up.
The bill went over.
Mr.. CoNKL.TNG presented a protest Of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
against the postal telegraph schemes, and
moved it be printed.
The Senate then resumed the consid-
Grafton Of the resolution to investigate the
alleged sale Of arms to French agents
during the Franco-P Prussian war. bI
MIR. MoRToN having the floor continued
his speech commenced yesterday, and
claimed that Mr.. Schurz remained In the
Republican party for the purpose of
defeating it, and that he was in affiliation
with the Missouri Liberals who were
making war on the Republican party
itself. Mr.. MORTON here read resolu.
tion in the Missouri Liberal platform
which he said, If it meant anything,
meant a free trade platform. It also con.
tanned covert reference to Sunday laws in
some States, which was OF course intended
for the Germans. The whole platform
was essentially Democratic document.
He would now ask the Senator from Mis-.
souri, (ScHURz) whether, since the first
Monday in December, 1870, he (SCHURz)
had voted with the Republican party in
the Senate on any question Of political
character? l.lE. E.tef.i iF-its
Mr.. ScHURz-I think amnesty is ques.
tion of political character. The Presi-
dent recommended that an amnesty should
bC given, and | am sure l voted Tor that.
Laughter. ! rs . .sE T. q ilI =
MIR. MoRTON-When did the Senator
vote for I'll II mistake not, when lie
vote was taken on the amnesty bill he
either voted against it or he did not vote
on 1t at all.
Mr.. SCIURz-I voted in favor Of the
amendments that were calculated TO
strengthen the amnesty bill, and when
finally the bill was overburdened so that
it could not pass in that form, did not
vote at all, and Senator MORTON will re-
member that he voted for all of the amend
ments which he was sure would kill the
''IIrS'i Mr.. MORTON @ think the Senator
voted to keep it in such form as that it
would change the naturalization laws"
Mr.. ScHURz-"The Senator will not
dispute that. ! advocated the policy
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