The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-29

thxS be was paired with Mr. Morton
who would have voted for the bill, and
announced that he would not vote but
would pair himself with Mr.. Schurz
who was sbsent and who was opposed
to the bill. sGI Elva 1aEt.ii.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen moved to take up
the civil rights bill.
On motion OF Mr.. Boreman the
Senate went Executive session and soon
after ssi9srled, 5asl. o.
So C5 HOUSE. &i'"
Mr.. Garfield from the COMMITTEES on
Appropriations reported Q bill. appro-
priating $4,000 for the purchase of
rations to be used in the relief OF per-
sons suffering from the inuudation OF
the, lower, Mississippi Passed. !
Mr., Negley asked ylssve to offer a'
resolution instructing the Committee On
Military Affairs to prepare and report
bill to amend the act Of the 9th oi
June, 1872, relative to soldiers and
Sailors homesteads, so as to allow the
honorably discharged soldiers and sail
ors, their widows and orphan children,
to acquire homesteads on public lands
lWithout being required to commence
settlement and Improvement. 4 1
d III Dannal objected. ~ J.
Mr.. Coburn, chairman of the COM
mittee remarked that the question was
cow before that committss and would
certainly beteported upon. =
! n On motion Of Mr.. Wilson, OF EIndi.
ana, the Judiciary Committee was in-
structed to inquire whether Judge Wn-
liam Story, U. S. District Judge ofthe
Western District OF Arksnsas, should be
inppeached for high crimes and mis-
demeanors. !
The House then took up the legisla-
the appropriation bill, and Mr., Gar
Had, President Of the Committee, ad-
drsssed the House, giving resume OF
the provisions OF the bill, and charges
made in it by the Committee OF the
Whole.
The question OF printing bank notes
and bonds was debsted at a consider
able length by Messrs. Garfield, Dawes,
Hale, OF Maine, Potter, Randall, May
nard,, and others, on the amendment
having been voted by the Committee Of
the Whole, increasing the appropria-
ton iosIthat purpose from 10000 to
$l25,0O0. The objection to that
amendment by Messrs. Dawes, Hale
and Potter, was that its object was to
break up the present system of printing
bank notes and bonds which worked
well, and was properly guarded with all
necessary checks, and to place the mat
ter in the hands OF a printing division
Of the ITressuryH or virtually in the
hands 81 one man, and it was charged
in the Course Of fhe discussion that one
ofthe objects was to give the work to
the Colun1bls Bank Note Engraving
Company In Washington. o
Mr.. Raudsl advocated the amend
ment in the interest Of economy and
safety. He contended that the objec-
ton to the m endmen nt was in, the in
terest OF the three hank note engraving
comp panies in New York. ."a
At last the discussion closed and the
II ouse proce eded to vote on the various
smendments. The amendment ipcress-
| ing the salaries Of some OF the officers
| of the House WAS agreed to without the
ayes and nays. The amendment sp-
propriatipg S., 900 for the purchase OF
official stamps for the Treasury, De-
partment, instead Of 100000, the object
being to break up the system OF requir-
ing each department to pay it's own
postage, was agreed to; yeas l3O, nays
100.
The House refused to agree TO the
amendment making the maximum pay
Of susgers seven dollars per day instead
of five dollars. D.
The House also refused TO agree to
the amendment striking out the appro-
priation for the assay Office at Char
lotte, North Carolina, by vote of 136
to II. ,...
The House also refused to agree to
the amendment striking out the items
for horses and carriages for the De-
partment Of Justice; yeas 100, nays
l03.
The amendment offered by Mr..
Speer, of Pennsylvania, requiring the
Attorne ey General to report ln detail the
expenditures oil the contingent fund was
agreed to also the amendment requir-
ing the clerks and marshslls of the
District Courts to be residents OF the
districts. .tf r..s..- AZ.
The amendment in reference TO the
engraving and printing Of notes and
bonds by TIE Treasury Department, and
| increasing the amount from $500 600 to
81, ,l25,OOO, was agreed to; yeas l53,
nays So. ..'
The paragraph sppropriating $685.
600 for the printing OF notes, bonds,
ETC., was stricken out without division.
The provision ON that subject now
stands as follows: For labor by dsy
or piece or contract, including labor OF
workmen skilled in engraving, trans
ferring, plate printing and other special
ties necessary for carrying on the work
of engraving and printing notes, bonds
and other securities OF the United
Statea, The pay for such labor to be
fixed by the Secretary OF the Treasury
at rates not exceeding the rates usually
paid for such work, and for other eI-
penses of engraving and printing notee
bonds and other securities oil the Unit, d
States, 81, lbs, ,000." o.
Tbegamendmeut striking out the
paragraph requiring department Clerks
to work seven hours q day instead OF
six hours wss stricken out without the
yeas and nays.
The amendment exempting sppro-
priations Tor river aud harbor i'm prove