The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-25
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SENATE.
WAsHINaroN, April "a.

| Inc Senate prOceeQeQ 10 tno COnblueFA'
ton Of bills on the calendar, and the fol-
lowing was passed: Senate bill amend.
atory of the act to provide internal reve.
nue. to support the government, to pay In
terest of the public debt and for other pur-
poses, approved June 80, 1859. 1t pro-
vides that no legal document or paper re.
quired by law to be stamped which was
made, signed, or issued in the Northern
States prior to the first of y ily, 1885, shall
be deemed or heldsaB invalid or of no ef-
feet by reason Of failure to impose thereon
the required stamp.
The Chair laid before the Senate COM
munication from the Secretary sot War
inclosing draft of the bill in regard to
the Jurisdiction OF courts martial. Re.
ferred. Also q letter from the Treasurer
Of the United States transmitting his ac-
counts with the Post Office Department
Referred. 4. ss
Mr.. Edmunds, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported without amendment the
same bill passed by the Senate at the last
session for creationEof court for the ad-
judication and disposition OF moneys re-
made by the Tribunal OF Arbitration con-
stituted by virtue Of the first article of the
treaty concluded at Washington, May 8,
1871, between the United States OF Ameri.
ca and the Queen OF Great Britain. Placed
on the calendar.
ON motion of Mr.. Sargent, the vote by
which the House bill to amend the 25th
section of the coinage act OF 1878, which
was indefinitely postponed few days
ago, was placed on the calendar. -
& The morning hour having expired the
Senate resumed the consideration Of the
Louisiana bill, and Mr.. Merriman con.
cluded his argument commenced yester-
day.
bill to render available certain balances
OF unexpended appropriations for the pay
m ent Of bounty and prize money to COL
ored soldiers and sailors. Passed.
The Senate went into Executive session
and soon after adjourned until Monday.
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The Speaker laid before the House a
message from the President, transmitting
copies OF all orders and correspondence In
relation to the troubles in Arkansas, in
answer to the resolution Of the House.
Referred. .,s.
Mr.. Swami, from the Committee on Ap.
propriations, reported consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill. Referred.
The bill appropriates $3,347304. in
Guiding $150,000 for a survey OF the
boundary between the United States and
British possessions, from Lake of the
Woods to the summit of the Rocky Noun
tains; also including $1T92o, $40 topay the
claims of British subjects. allowed by the
Joint Committee.
The House then went into Committee
OF the Whole, Woodford In the chair, on
the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill.
a motion by Mr.. O'Brien to strike out
the paragraph for Bureau OF Education
gave rise to long discussion, IN the
course of which MIR. Beck alluded to the
finance bill and its veto, declaring that
the Comptroller of the Currency had mis-
led the President in regard to the four
millions of national currency authorized
but not issued by stating that It was not
taken, and leaving the impression that 1t
was not called for, which was untrue;
and all this in order that the twenty-five
millions, which was to be re-distributed
when the whole amount authorized was
taken up, might not be called for but
might be left with the Eastern banks. BE
(Beck) didn't charge the President with
iaisehood in the matter, but the President
had imposed on the country insdvertent'
ly. He had admitted using language
which led the people to infer that this
lOuE ud0 uOt bGSA SAASA 0P ~
cause it was Eot wanted. That was one
reason why he (Beck) objected to swell
ing up bureaus that could not be relied on
to give correct information.
After further discussion, the motion to
strike out the paragraph for aBureau OF
Education was Withdrawn.
ON GARDEN SEEDS, AND soFoRTH.
The usual annual discussion over an
appropriation for the agricultural depart
ment occupied several hours, and covered
the familiar range of subjects such as
worthlessness or local lnapproprihteness
OF seeds furnished; supplying to the
Northwest such seeds as would grow
only in the. " Valley, of the Lower Missis-
sippi and sending down there Pennsyl'
vania Rye and Berks Oats. In the course
OF discussion which was generally OF an
amusing and discussive character.
IMPROPER USE OF OFFICIAL sTAMPs.
Mr.. Ward asserted that some OF The.
departments were making use OF official
postage stamps to circulate speeches of
members, and on being pressed for speci-
fications, he named the Comptroller OF
Currency as one official who had thus Cir
culated speeches of several members of
the Committee on Banking and Currency.
He denounced il as favoritism, partiality,
wrong, and almost crime.
Mr.. Randall stated that the matter had
been informally called to the attention OF
the Banking Committee. The abuse con-
sisted in the Comptroller of the Currency
sending out the speeches of some of the
members of the Banking Committee to
various banks and persons; but the Comp
troller had stated as q justification that
the postage was no greater with the
speech than it would have been on the
correspondence without it.
A member-The speech must have been
very light. Laughter
Mr.. Ward-The practice would involve
Mr. dall-I believe thatthe speeches
OF most of the members of the Banking
Committee were sent out in. that way.
Mr.. Nerriam-None of mine.
Mr.. Randall-I believe it was the fault
5ofthe Comptroller OF the Currency.
g Mr.. Knox-I think with the gentleman
&om Illinois, (Ward) that the thing is all
esfong, but it is not the first step in that
direction, for enormous quantities otseeds
are sometimes sent out In the same way
through the Agricultural Department.
Mr.. Cobb, oi Kansas, offered an amend
mont flying the postage on agricultural