The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-08
42d CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 2.
HOUSE.

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Ways and Means, reported bill limiting
to one per cent. the expense Of the lssul
and reissue Of the loans Of legal tende
notes and fractional currency. Passed.
Mr. NEGLEY, from the Committee OF
Commerce, reported a bill to extend thI
privilege OF receiving goods in bond iron
the port Of importation to the ports O
Nashville, Tennessee, and San Diego
California. Passed.
Mr.. MCCRARY, from the Committee OF
Elections, made u report In tho Texas
contested election case OF Giddings agains
Clark that the sitting member Is not enti
tied to seat and that Giddings, the con
testant, is.
Mr.. BECK, from the Committee o.
Ways and Means, reported back the Sen
ate bill for tue rebate ot tAx on whisky
destroyed by fire or other causes, while in
bonded warehouses, with amendments
except In cases where the tax has been
actually paid. Passed.
Mr. NEGLEY, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported back the Senate bill
authorizing the erection Of u bridge across
the river At Bonneville, Missouri. Passed
The House resumed the consideration
Of the Senate amendments TO the detiCen.
cy bill.
The amendment in reference to claims
for cotton seized by the government after
the close oi tho war, requiring proof Oi
the loyalty of claimants, came up and
gave rise 10 o long discussion, The Com.
mittee on Appropriations recommended
non. concurrence, and reported substi.
tute for it less eXaCtiug.
Mr.. BINGHAM spoke against the substi.
tute reported from the Committee on Ap.
preparations.
Mr.. PETERS asserted and proved by
record that a similar proposition was re.
ported ut the last Congress from the
Judiciary Committee by Chairman BING.
HAM himself.
Mr.. GARFIELD added that the Commit.
tee on Appropriations had adopted the
very language Of the bill reported by the
Judiciary Committee on the same snb.
ject. The argument against the Senate
amendment was that cotton seized after
the goth Of June, 1866 and to which
alone It applied, was seized in violation
Of the law and in defiance Of the orders
Of the War Department forbidding the
seizure Of cotton after that date. Finally
the substitute reported by the Committee
or Appropriations for the Senate amend.
ment, was adopted by the yeas and
nsys as follows: That the Secretary OF
the Treasury, be and is hereby authoriz-
ed and directed to pay TO lawful owners
or their legal representatives Of all cot.
ton seized after the Both OF June, 1866 by
agents OF the government the net pro-
ceeds without interest, OF all sales of said
cotton actually paid into the Treasury OF
the United States, provided that the re.
ceipt thereof be taken and received in full
satisfaction Of all claims against the Uni
ted States for or account ofseizure Of said
cotton, and sufficient sum for such pay.
ment is hereby appropriated, and the Sec.
retary oi the Treasury is hereby author.
lied TO prescribe rules and regulations for
the ascertainment OF all necessary facts
for the execution thereof. This ended the
amendments Of deficiency.
The House then took up and disposed
Of the Senate amendments to the Indian
appropriation bill.
On motion of MIR. Cox, the President
was called upon to furnish any cores
pondence during the last and present ad.
ministrations on the subject Of an extra
dition treaty with Belgium.
Mr.. HAZLEToN, Of New Jersey, from the
Committee on Elections, made report In
the South Carolina contested election
case that Mr.. WALLACE, the sitting mem,
Der, was entitled to the seat.
The House then went into Committee
Of the Whole (Mr. ScoF1ELD In the chair
on the tariff and tax bill.
Mr. DAWES moved to strike out the
lines taking tea and. coffee.
Mr.. KELLEY, to save time, moved tC
strike out the enacting clause Of the bill
The CHAIRMAN ruled that Mr.. KEEL
LEY's motion took precedence Of the other
and must be voted on without debate
that If the enacting clause were struck
out the committee would thereupon rise
and report that fact to the House.
The question was taken by tellers on
Mr.. KELLEY's motion and it was agreed
to by 95 to 70. The committee thereupon
through the CHAIRMAN, reported its &C
ton in striking out the enactiDg clause
Mr.. KELLEY moved that the House
concur in the action Of the Committee o
the Whole, and that the bill be recon-
mitted to tho Committee of Ways and
Means with instructions to report back
his own as o substitute.
Mr.. DAWES moved as an amendment
that the committee be instructed to re
port back the bill reducing the rates O.
duties TO 90 per cent Of the present rates
MIR. FINKLENBURG moved to amend
Mr.. DAWES amendment by reducing
the rates to 80 per cent Of the present rate
The question was first taken on Mr.
FINKLENGURG's motion. 1t was rejected
yeas 70, noes 1l0.
The vote was then taken on Mr.. DAWES
motion. Itwas agreed to-yeas III, nay
81.
The bill was then recommitted to tht
Committee OF Ways and Means will
instructions 10 report It back forthwith
amended by reducing the duties ninet,
per cent, Of the existing rates. The vot
on recommittal was-yeAs, III; nays, "a
Mr.. KELLEY was proceeding to sa,
that after the vote on the Adams amend
ment that he thought some Of the mem
bers had voted under misapprehensiol
but he was interrupted by calls TO order
and Mr.. GARFIELD called out that ther
was no misapprehension but that the bacl
OF the coalition was broken.
Mr.. DAWES proposition only applies L
articles specified after line %, plge =
and up TO line 272, page. That as
docs not apply to coal, salt, leather o
pig iron, which articles are TO stand a
the rates reported In the bill originally
Mr. DAWES thereupon reported back th
otll as instructed, and 1t was referred t
the Committee Of the Whole, to be take
up tomorrow.
The House then took recess until T:3C
The evening session 10 be for the bushes
. of the Military Committee