The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-02-22
CONGRESS.
HOUSE.

lSso.J Company 10 construct q bridgI
uAiiiO iS ,be SIIssIssippi river at St Louis
III. Farwell introduced a ..,,-. Dlll ~ su y
tborize the Secretary OF the treasury =
SiSnose Of the old post office properly IL
Chicago. Passed. .,,o, >, ,o,o,,
III. Hswley, Of Ct, presented o repoTl
=, M ~ The Centennial Exhibition, which
was ordered printed. ,,..,,.,, -,
A bIll was passed donating six 6ronzt
cannon for statue TO Gen. Philip Kear
IN motion OF Mr.. Burnell substitute
for The Senate bill was passed for the re
leI of certain Indians In the central su
perintendency. ,,r
On motion OF Mr.. Davis the Senate bill
fora government building at ParkersDurg
". Va, was passed.
On motion OF Mr.. Finkelburg the Sen
ate amendments to the bill providing fol
holding Circuit Courts in Western Nils
souri, was concurred in.
On motion Of Mr.. Packard, the Senate
amendment to the House bin to enforce
the slipulations Of the convention will
Venezuela was concnrredin in.
Mr., Dunnell moved 10 suspend the rules
and pass the bill granting the right Of way
10 The AtchesoD, Topeka d Santa Fe Rail
road Company. He modified the bill so
AS 10 reduce the grant for depot purposes
from twenty TO ten acres. BOG,
Mr. Holman, Of Indiana, said that the
objection would be Withdrawn II thep pow
er 10 mortgage was struck out.
Mr.. Twitchell remarked that 1t would
make the bill useless.
Mr.. Holman asked that the rule be read
which prohibits members from voting on
matters in which they have an interest.
The Speaker asked Mr.. Holman to in
Jicatc the members to whom he referred,
Mr.. Holman said he understood hr.
Twitchell was President Of the Company.
Mr.. Twitchell denied tho statement
and said that the bill proposed a distinct
proposition in which there was nobody
yet interested.
The Speaker intimated that the time
for making the point Of order was alter
the member had voted. b.
Mr. Randall-IL he should not vote he
should not lobby either.
Alter some iurther coloquy in which
Mr.. Twitchell took part, Mr.. Cox said
that he had never witnessed anything
more shameful in the House than the fact
Of the President of q railroad company,
ior whose benefit the bill was under con-
sIderation, standing up and arguing In
bis own interest. They might talk about
being interested in Bessemer steel and
Credit Mobilier and National Banks, but
he had never seen worse exhibition
since he had been o member Of the
House. BE hoped the gentleman would
see that for the public credit OF the body
be should neither vote or talk for the
measure. l.
Mr.. TWitchell-Does the gentleman
zee any Credit Mobilier In this!
Mr.. Cox made no reply, and then, alter
a short exchange Of views between tht
speaker and MIR. Randall over the poin
oi procedure, the House proceeded TO votl
on the motion TO suspend the rules anC
pass the bill. The motion was rejected :
yeas 99i nays n, not two.thirds in the
affirmative. sa
Mr. Price, from the Committee or
Printing, reported a resolution TO print
955 900 copies Of the agricultural report
Of 1879. Laid over.
The House at ! o'clock went into Com
mlttee Of the Whole, Mr.. Tyner in the
chair, on the sundry civil appropriation
bill.
Mr., Hale moved an amendment Gppro'
priating of $50O0O0 for the purchase Of ar
addition to the site of the Boston Post
Office, provided that the city ofof Boston
shall widen Congress street along the
proposed new front OF said building
10 at least 80 feet, and widen Milk and
Water streets where the buildings have
been destroyed by fire at least 90 leet.
Mr.. Farnsworlh opposed and MIR. But
Ter advocated the amendment.
A vote was taken on Mr.. Hale's amend.
ment, which came from the Committee on
Appropriations, and 1t was adopted-7O
1858.
On an amendment offered by Mr.
Fsrnsworth requiring all government
buildings to be erected by contract to the
lowest bidder, after public advertisement
n discussion sprung up in which MIR
FarnsWorth denounced the manner In
which the granite for the treasury build
lngs In New York and Boston and posi-
ctlces and other government buildings
has been supplied. He connected the
contractors for supplying the Dix Island
granite and Cape Ann Company with
rings extending into tho House and Sen
ate The Credit MobliGr ring was moth
ing 10 these granite rings that were plum
dGriBg tho treasury. The government
hsd plenty Of money and It was being
shoveled out to these rings by millions
hr. Dawes said the contractors whom
The gentlemen had alluded 10 belonged L
no ring, and were not represented In an!
ring in the House or Senate, or in th'
country. The gentleman should disCrimi
nate In his charges, and not charge homes
sud honorable men with being cheats. l
The gentleman had one particle OF testi-
mOny that these contractors had.wrODgeI
the government to the extent Of one dol
Iat, he should produce 1t, or else turn his
attention 10 those, itthere were any such
who did belong TO rings.
Alter further discussion the amendmen
was rejected. Subsequently, however
The amendmentw was adopted in amodifeC
form.
The usual annual discussion took place
over the items for the District oi C0lum
oiA. None Of them were struck out
Nr. G arfeld moved to amend th
Item Appropriating $4,000 for re
pairs on the Naval Station at New Lon
don, Connecticut, making it read, ic
work on the Naval Station At New Lon
don, 100000. Mr.. Garfield said the Of
ptopriation for New London was askc
for with the expectation that when IL
work was sufficiently advanced, II
Brooklyn Navy Yard would be remove
there.
Mr., GArleld's amendment was adople,
Nj. Farnsworth, In the absence Of Gc
Banks, offered an amendment prohibitlE
alter the lst Of July next, the printing
any BY the Government TOR graluiiol
distribution, but with the right to Il
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