The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-03-04
cONcRES ESSIOMAL.
WASHINGTON, March J
SENATE.

SENATE.
The Chaplain in his opening prayer
invoked Providence to rebuke the great
demon of slander now stalking forth
and casting his shadow over all the
earth, and that the hand OF the wlliul
detrsctor, ss it wrote, might be paraIyZ-
ed.
Mr. Fenton presented the petition OF
a large number OF business men OF
New York, asking Congress to put an
imm ediate stop TO any further issue OF
greenbacks bv the Secretary OF the
Treasury, and to cause the retirement
at once ofthe legal tender reserve issue.
R.terred
In presenting the petition, Mr.. Fen
ton SAID the signers repre esemtSh at east
$500 00O00 OF capita
Mr.. Dawes, from til, ''"..'.'ee on
Appropriations, reported me aLnGal for
tifcation appropriation Dill without
amendment Paced on the caIendtr
lie gave notice that be would ca!i II
up for consideration at en- early day.
Mr.. Logan, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported favorably on
the bill authorizing the Secretary OF
War to issue q supply Of arms to Ne
brsska. Placed or the calendar.
Mr.. Cragin, called up the bill antbor"
ling the correction OF errors 10 the
pr ze list.
Pen3ing discussion the morniug
hour expired and the bill went over.
The bIl in reference TO the Centen-
nial Exhibition WAS then taken up, the
pending qupet;uH h'jrc on the amend
ment ofr.-c4 Nv Mr. N"-rtl!. o'Yermont,
making the Exn!L., uu uationsl in lis
character instead of international.
Mr. Sherman moved 20 refer the bill
10 the Committee on Appropriations
without instructions, lie would vote
Tor o large appropriation to aid the
Exbib 0n, either nj tonal or interr q
tlonal, and believed Philadelphia
TO be the best place to hold
it, but he wanted the bill 10 be careful
ly prepared Congress should not pass
the bill! as il was before the Senate and
thus commit itself The bill as it stood
bound Congress hand aud foot. II tie
trustees OF the exhibition should con-
tract debt OF fifty millions Of dollars
the government would have to pay it..
The people OF his State favored the ex-
h,bition, and desired 10 see 1t held in
Philadelphia. They were willing to
contribute to the extent OF their means
to aid it, but, like prudent people, tney
wanted 10 know how much II
would cost He hoped the bill would
be referred.
Mr. Stevenson said there were too
many important questions involved in
this bill TO permit him TO remain silent.
He Was not opposed to proper ceIe-
bration OF the Al o! July OF 1876, but
deuled the power OF Congress TO take
money from the nalional treasury Tor
such an enterprise. lie quoted from
former debates on the subject 10 show
that the exhibition was local aft sir
and Congress was only asked 10 give It
dignity, and should Congress appropri-
ate funda tor it, at least twenty to twenty
Eve millions would be required. He
denied tie right Of Congress 10 appro-
pria,e money ,or stock jobbirg cor
pors,ion, and "a d the occasion would
be 100 sacred to mix up with 1t wares
and merchandise, dollars and cents
1t would not be 10 accordance with our
republican institutions 10 entertain The
crowned heads Of EnroPe in the msn-
uer they are received oy their brother
sove1isns in foreign countries upon the
occasion OF q vislt, and the peoples
money should not be used for
any such purpose lie wanted
the Fourth OF July, 1876, to be
a dav OF thaukag wing. Let the people
hang their gsrlands on the limbs o
our Eonored 'orefatherS, Let there be a
rationale ce ebrator, Ia Congress should
take charge o. it aud the celebration
sbould be in Washington. Philadelphia
and New York. The bill should be
referred and the committee sboud re-
port a plan as we'll as the cost OF the
celebration. then the people Of Peunsyl-
wanna and Philadelphia could unite
with sll others and the day be glori-
ously celebrated, putting our free lOsti-
tu,ions ou an everlasting foundation.
Pending discussion on the mo-
ton 10 refer the bill to the Committee
on Appropriations, the Senate 3D.
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