The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-20

going on without the appropriate com.
mittee Of the Senate having given To the
Senate anything which might be termed
q financial scheme. There had been
several bills from the Finance Committee
touching the skirts Of the general ques-
tlon, but as the Senate had been proceed
Ing II had been denying itself any sch sine
well considered by the committee. The
proposition OF the gentleman from Ten.
nessee Just adopted needed no ex.Secre-
tary OF the Treasury and no expert In
finances TO explain It TO the most igno.
rant member in the senate-it meant
both expansion and contraction,
Pending the discussion on the motion
10 reconsider the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. White from the Judiciary Committee
reported bill 10 provide for the election
Of two Representatives at large for Ala
bama, unless the Legislature shall other
wise provide by law by the time fixed for
the election. He stated that the necessity
for the bill arose from the failure Of the
Legislature to redlstrict the State, one
House being Democratic and the other
Republican. The bill was passed.
Mr.. Cessna, from the same committee
reported a bill requiring U. s Marshals
and clerks Of U. 8. Courts, who have reL
ceived fees and emoluments In excess OF
their legal compensation TO deposit the
same with the Treasurer Of the U. 8 4 In
case Of refusal suits are to be brought,
and future cases to be punished as mis-
demeanor. Special agents are TO be ap.
pointed to examine the accounts OF these
officials. who are to be paid out OF the
fees and emoluments recovered, but their
total com pensation not 10 exceed So, 600
IN any one year. After discussion the
bill was passed. z III
The House then took up the bill for the
distribution of public documents printed
BY authority Of Congress and seeds iurn.
ished by the Agricultural Department.
for iree exchange Of newspapers between
publishers, and for the free transmission
OF weekly newspapers within tho county
where published.
Mr.. Kasson gave notice he would offer
q substitute for the bill providing that all
extra numbers Of documents printed by
order Of Congress shall be sold and dis. |
posed Of as follows: Agricultural re-
ports, the abridgement Of the Presidents |
message and accompanying documents ct |
20 cents per volume, and all other docu.
menB at the actual cost Of the paper,
and binding, and that weekly
shall go free In the mails |
within the county where they are pub.
lished, but shall not be delivered by post.
Office carriers unless postage shall have
been paid at the usual rates. ...
Mr.. Monroe gave notice Of an amend |
ment to strike out Of the bill all provisions
looking to the continuance OF the system
Of distributing public documents.
MIR. Kasson proceeded TO address the
House in support ot the substitute Of
which he had given notice.
Dir. Garfield said the time had not yet |
come when Congress could say that 1t had
fairly tried the effect Of the repeal of the
franking privilege, as. It had only gone
into effect on the first Of July last. A
greater abuse than the frank itself was
that Of the extraordinary amount for pub.
lie printing aside from the Congressional
GlObe, which had cost about $3.50, 900 a |
year, and he belived that that was an
abuse which nothing but the repeal OF the
franking privilege would stop. If this
bill passed all that abuse would be re.
stored. He would vote, however, for that
part Of the bill allowing free transporta.
ton to weekly newspapers in counties Of
thier publication.
Mr.. Butler, Of Mass, asked Mr.. Garfield
whether all these county newspapers had
not asked for the abolition OF the frank.
ing privilege.
Mr.. Garfield said he did not know.
Mr. Butler-Well, do, and thought
they would be sick OF 1t before the year
was out. Laughter.
An attempt on the part OF Messrs.
Niblack and Garfield to have some limit
for debate was defeated by objection on
the part Of Mr.. Cobb, OF Kansas.
The House without action on the sub.
iect took recess.
The evening session will be devoted to
the bill revising statutes.