The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-11

mlttee, reported q bill providing that o,
mail matter Of the third class, the nam
and address Of the sender may written
and also the number and kind Of articl
enclosed; and there may also be wrIttel
IN any book or pamphlet sent througl
the mall the form Of presentation withou
extra postage being charged.
On motion Of Mr.. Hoar the bill wa
made TO apply to matter heretofore sent
and then passed.
Mr.. Butler, Of Massachusetts,, rose 10
personal explanation. II had been rep.
resented that the Judiciary COMMITTEES
had taken certain action with certain
improper view. II had also been repre-
sented that the Committee on WAYS and
Means had been approached through hin
9y the Secretary Of the Treasury on ques
tons affecting more or less the proprietie,
otthe administrative action. BE sent tC
the clerks desk and had resd q Washing.
ton dispatch 10 New York paper, on
Saturday last, TO the effect that the Ju-
dietary Committee OF the House had
agreed to report the bill Of Representative
Morey, OF Louisiana, for the appointment
Of Judge Of the U. 8. Court in Louis
lana, In lieu Of Judge Durrell, Of the pres.
enl Court, and that Butler was anxious
to push the, Morey bill through before
any action should be had on Mr..
DurrelIs impeachment articles. Now,
said Mr.. Butler, there Is not in
that paragraph one word oil truth,
Now as TO the Committee on Ways and
Means, / desire 10 have another news
paper paragraph read. (Here the Clerk
read another extract from the New York
Herald, stating that Butler was hard at
work to save his friends In BROOKLYN,
whose heads were In danger in conse.
quence Of Ssnborn's case that he had
been before the Committee on Ways and
Means, and had made an argument In
iaVor OF resembling the resolution calling
on the Secretary Of the Treasury for in.
formation about the iniquitous contract
under which Sanborn had been receiving
90 per cent Of the dues collected, &c'l
MIR. Butler declared this paragraph was
untrue, and continued; l have felt It my
duty, not for myself, because am iron.
clad to these attacks, but 10 the House,
the country and the newspaper press, TO
make this explanation. II newspaper
publishers have any sense OF honor or pro.
prtety, they should know authoritatively
know the lies they pay for-pardon me,
/ will take that bsck-the stories that
they too have put upon the wires every
night, l assure you that they do not, and
therefore they publish them. Now
knowing it, We shall know whether they
desire to disseminate true or false inteIli.
gence about Congress. have no words
OF Characterization for these studied false
reports In the great metropolitan Journals.
| am afraid that If | should designate
them as l think theyought to be designat.
ed, should exceed the bounds OF parlia-
mentary propriety, and then should be
accused of backguardisrn In the House,
l suppose it Is parliamentary for me to
use these words which our instructors Of
thepress have told US in the proper Ian.
guage to characterize the statement which
was used by one whom they attempted to
make President, and whom they cannon.
lied for his good qualities when he replied
to the statement made by Lieutant Gov.
Raymond, in the New York Times, "You
lie, you william, you lie." Laughter
The House then went into Committee
OF the Whole-Mr. Kellogg In the chair
ON the Army Appropriation bill.
Inc fourth section OF the bill requires
all claims for stores or supplies taken or
furnished during the Rebellion Tor the use
OF the army, including all such claims
now pending and under consideration in |
any Department Of the Government, shall |
be presented before the 1st OF November, |
1874, to the Southern Claims CommisI
sioners, who shall have exclusive iuris-
diction to hear and determine them; all
claims not presented before that day to be
barred. The transfer of, claims from the
Quartermaster's Department is to be con. |
sidered as presentation Of claims.
This section gave rise TO q long discus
sion, and many amendments were offered
to 1t. The most important amendments
that were adopted were: One offered BY |
Mr. Young, extending the time from No |
Vember, 1874, to November, 1876, and one |
offered by E. r. Hoar, for the appoint
ment Of two additional Commissioners.
An amendment offered by Mr. Speer
was also adopted after long struggle, so |
transferring to the Commissioners all the |
evidence now on file with the Quartermas.
ter General and Commissary General:
mr. Cobb, Of Kansas, moved an addi-
tional section requiring the Secretary Of
War, when selecting railroads for trans.
portation Of supplies, and when there
are competing lines, to consider the mon.
ey paid TO those Pacific railroads and
their branches, from which the Govern.
ment retains the amount charged for its
business, 30 much money saved TO the
Treasury.
Without disposing OF the amendment
the Committee rose. tifT
MIR. Beck offered the following .esolu.
ton, which was adopted:
WHEREAS, The First National Bank Of |
the city of Washington recently became
InsolVent, and is now in the hands Of the |
receivers in consequence, as is alleged, OF |
lending money TO, or placing IN the con-
trol Of q single firm the whole Of It's capital |
stock as well ss q large part Of the money |
81 ita depositors, which Is In palpable vio-
laton ot the national banking act; and,
whereas, circumstances attending the fall.
lre Of said bank and the character Of the |
arrangements under which so gross VIC. |
lation could Have been avoided, demand |
an investigation to the end that remedies
may be applied to guard against like
trauds in the future. Therefore be It
ReSo!ped, That the Committee on Bank
ng and Currency be instructed to exam.
ne into the condition Of said bank ct the
lime ofits failure, and into its prior trans.
actions and general management, with
power 70 send for persons and papers
The House adjourned.