The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-22
42d CONGRESS.
HOUSE,

ment or repayment Of taxes on distilled
, spirits In bond destroyed by casualties
The bill Is altered SO as to apply only L
spirits destroyed by accidental fire o.
other casualties, and without any fraud
collusion or neglect Of the owner, or
!, which the taxes had not been paid at thu
time Ol the destruction, and which spirit
were in the custody OF any officer O
internal revenue in any distillery, ware
house or bonded warehouse. The taxes
are TO be abated and the warehouse bond
cancelled. If the tax has been collected
since the destruction Of the spirits, 1t Is
y to be refunded. ~
After an explanation by Mr.. BECK the
report was agreedto.
The House then took up the Senate
amendments to the Post Office appropria.
ton bill. The first important amendment
reached was that doubling the service and
subsidy for carrying the mails between
San Francisco, Japan, and China, In
which the Committee on Appropriations
recommended concurrence. In the course
Of stormy discussion, in which the
amendment was advocated by Messrs.
GARFGELD and SARGENT, and opposed by
Messrs. HOLMAN, MORGAN, and RAN.
DALI, the latter alluded 10 the influences
at work for this appropriation, which he
characterized as disgraceful to Congress.
Mr.. SARdENT-What efforts and intlu.
ences do you refer to?
Mr.. RANDALI-Eforts by people out!
side this hall and inside Of It.
| Mr.. MORGAN (excitedly There is a
hired lobby to carry It through.
Mr.. RANDALL-1 will stand by what
have said, and If there Is committee oil
investigation raised, / will provo 1t.
Mr.. MoRGAN-Yes, and / am ready to
back it. Laughter, and cries of louder. |
SARGENT to RANDALL-Tell me what
specific thing has been done.
RANDALL-Undue influences, wicked
influences have been at work 10 induce
Congress to increase this appropriation,
unnecessary and unwarrantably, and l
know the language used, and the pur.
port oft.
Mr.. SARGENT-The point ask Is what
specific thing you charge.
RANDALI-I am not going to be cate.
cized.
Mr.. SARGENT-You spoke of members
being influenced. What members?
Mir. RANDAL1--The gentleman cannot
chose me to an NATURALIZATION. II he
feelsagrieyed by anything said, he knows
his remedy.
Mr.. SARaENT-That is all nonsense.
The gentleman speaks Of unworthy means
being used by members, and / ask him
what members.
Nj, RANDALL-I said there were wick.
ed influences at work inside and outside
this hall.
Mr.. SARGENT-That is not specific.
Mr.. BANKs-I object TO interruptions,
and call the gentleman from California
to order.
Mr.. sToRM-That gentleman is entire.
man Is entirely too sensitive about Goat
Island and Pacific Steamship Company.
Mr.. SARGENT-It is not about pig iron.
Mr.. SToRM-Oh. l am not sensitive
about that. Eg
The.debate was further continued by
Messrs BANKS. BROOKS, BINGHAM, Town.
SEND, NYE, KELLEY, FARNswoRTH, MAY.
NARD and PALMER in support Of the
proposition, and by Messrs. WooD, SHEL.
LABARGER, N1BLAc, CoBURN, MARSHALL
and SPEER, of Pennsylvania, in opposition.
The House then proceeded 10 vote on
the proposition.
MIR. HOLMAN moved to amend by re.
ducing the amount Of subsidy to $5OO,00O
year, Negatived-yeas 8S; nays 100.
On motion OF Mr. SPEER, of Pa, the
time for contracting for additional service
was limited TO three moths after the pas.
sage Of the act.
On motion of Mr.. BUTLER, of Mass,
the engines and machinery Of ships, as
well as the ships themselves, were re.
quired to be wholly of American con.
struction.
The Senate proposition, as thus amend.
ed, was then agreed to-yeas 100; nays SO
The next important amendment was
that Of doubling the service and subsidy
of the Brazilian mail steamship line In
in which tho Committee on Appropria.
tion recommended concurrence with
an amendment appropriating 100000
for the year ending June 80, 1878. The
Committees amendment was rejected.
MIR. KILLINGER moved to amend by
requiring the new steamships accepted
for the additional service, 10 be OF iron
and American construction.
MIR. LYNCH was opposed 10 the require.
ment as to iron materials. I.r.yT ..
MIR. KnLNGER's amendment was re.
ected.
The Senate amendment was rejected
yeas Ga; nays liz.
The next vote was on the Senate amend
ment striking out the section which pro.
hibits persons who have held office in any
department from prosecuting claims in
such department within two years of their
leaving the Office. The amendment was
rejected. ~ r
The Senate amendment requiring the
New York and Panama Steamship Line
to be maintained was agreed to.
A Conference Committee was then or
dered on the disagreeing votes Of the two
houses.
The House went into Committee Of the
Whole on the sundry civil service appro-
1priation bill. ~ flrFaE - so
After progressing througha compile Of
the pages Of the bill, much time having
been taken up in discussing the character
Of the supervising architect OF the Treas.
ury, the Committee rose and the House
took recess till 1850 p. NJ, the evening
session to be for the business Of the Com.
mittee on Foreign Affairs. vp.a
EVENING SESSION.
Among the bills passed were those in
cooperating the Loomis Atrial Telegraph
CompanyJand one relative TO the Centen-
nial International Exhibition at Philadel.
phia in 1875.
MIR. BANKS reported back Mr.. BUTLER's
resolution OF yesterday relative to Sir
Stafford Northcote's statement, and Mr..
BUTLER addressed the House and ex.
nressed the oninion that the Presidents