The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-03-27
SENATE...EXTRA SESSION.

Ter tle dulOuEuWcutI u CUuhuIb ~ " ILn
provements to the Senate.
Mr. Carpenter was selected President
pro TEN during the absenceot the Vtc'
President.
The Committee on Privileges, hereto
foro instructed to inquire into the mos
practicable mode ol electing tho Presiden
and Vice President, were given leave tC
hold their sessions In Washington or else
where. .0r
A resolution was adopted calling OF
the Secretary Of tho Interior 10 report tC
the Senate at the next session the reason
why the pneumatic tube to connect the
Capitol with the government printing
office had not been completed, how much
money had been expended on the same,
and all the facts connected Herewith.
A resolution was adopted for com.
mittee to report on the obligations be.
tween the Postal Department and railroad
companies.
Il was voted to adjourn at 4 o'clock,
unless the President had business to COM
municatc.
Mr. Window called up the following
resolution heretofore submitted by him:
Rsso!oed, That the Select Committee on
transportation routes to the seRboard be
directed to inquire and report to the Sen
ate at it's next session, as 10 the nature
and extent OF the obligations subsisting
between the railroad companies and the
postal service Of the country and whether
any and what additional legislation is ne
cessary 10 guard the postal service against
or injury by the hostile
action on the part OF any or alI of, said
railroad companies. u
Mr.. Window merely wished TO say
that although Congress had increased the
compensation of Railroad Companies,
some $60O,000, 1t was now understood
that they refuse to perform part OF tho
services; namely, as 10 postal cars.
Mr.. Morrill,, Of Vermont, said that the
Railroad Companies having entered into
combination, it was necessary to make
inquiries IN order that tho Senate might
take prompt and efficient action when
hey meet. again, The motion was
adopted. S.i.s..5,..
Mr.. Morton referred to the'fact that at
The commencement Of this session, Rev.
Dr., Newman was elected Chaplain, and
that Senator Cameron afterwards, moved
10 reconsider theQote, but promised 10
withdraw his motion. The Senator, not
now being in Washington, he asked the
Senate to dispose Of the question. The
Senate then voted refusing to recon.
Iider the vote.
Mr.. Alcorn called up his resolution au.
horizing the Committee on Levees oil the
river to sit during tho recess
It Washington or elsewhere.
After de6a:e tho Senate passed ther
ution. ..
MIR. Casserly offered the following reso.
ution, which was adopted:
,ReSoIped, That the Secretary OF the
Treasury and Secretary Of the Interior re-
Ipectiveiy be and they are hereby direc-
ed 10 transmit to the Senate any intorma-
ion in their respective departments as to
The amount OF bonds issued by or on the
credit of tho Central Pacific Railroad
Company, forming the first mortgage or
len on the compRny's road and property,
md on what property specifically, and
.lso the amounts Of said bonds issued
rom time TO time and at what dates they
we're issued; and also 10 ascertain and re
,ort under what general designation such
,onds are commonly negotiated or known,
md to transmit all said information,
brought down to the latest dates, to the
senate at the commencement Of the next
ession OF Congress.
Mr.. Morrill,, u Maine, offered an amend.
nent to the pending resolution OF MIR.
anthony, relating to ex-senator Patter-
on, as follows: That the pamphlet en-
tiled Observations Of the Report Of the
Committee Of tho Senate, Respecting the
Credit Mobilicr Company, OF America, by
I, W. Patterson, be received, filed, and
printed, with the report OF said commit
ee the resolution, as thus amended, passed.
MIR. Window called up the following
heretofore offered by him:
ReSo!Ued, That the Select Committee
IN Transportation Routes 10 Sea Board
70 authorized to SIT at such places as they
nay designate, during recess, and TO In
yestigate and report upon the subject OF
transportation between the interior and
he sea board; and that they have power
o employ clerk and stenOgrapher, and
o send for persons and papers, and that
he actual and necessary expenses attend
ng such investigation be paid ont ot the
contingent fund Of the Senate, upon the
vouchers approved by tho Chairman OF
laid committee
Mr. Window rose to explain the OBJ
ects and purposes Of the resolution. 1T
8. he said, an admitted fact that the pres.
ant facilities for the interchange Of pro-
ducts and commodities between the In
.erior and sea board are totally made
luate. Bitter complaints Of eXtortion
md oppression come 70 US from all parts
il the country. The channels OF COM
nerce arc controlled by powerful mono
oOlies, who dictate their own terms to
.he people; the burthen they impose upon
Ihe conSumor and producer are too ogriev.
ons to be long endured. While millions
Of bushels Of corn and wheat are roIung
In the fields Of tho WCst, thousands oil peo.
pie at the east arc suffering for want Of
cheap bread. Tho demand Of the people
Tor redress can neither be evRded or de.
nied. To the great central portions oil
the republic the question has become one
Of vital importance with the farmer, who
sees the product Of his,summera toll con.
Bumed to warm his dwelling in the win
ter because 1t costs more than 1t will
bring to transport 1t to market.
This important question ovcrshadows
all others. Party lines and party plat
forms will sink into insignitlance in the
face Of the questions involving the right
10 live. Congress will be compelled
Al an early day to act on this subject. All
I now ask Of the Senate il that the Com
mittee appointed to consider this subject,
may have the power to inVeshgate y
and ascertain the extent Of
the evil complained Of, and the necessity
Tor the remedy, and II possible to be able
10 recommend some definite action at the