The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-19
CONGRESS.
SENATE.
MAsHINaroN, January Is.

act and fixing the compensation Of ma.
tional bank examiners was discussed
until the expiration Of the morning hour
aud then laid over,
Mr.. Bogg introduced bill, by request,
to amend the act OF March ID, 1873, au'
thorizing the construction OF bridge
across the Mississippi river at St. Louis
Referred.
The Vice President laid before the Sen
ate the unfinished business, being the
resolution Of Mr.. SchurE inslructing the
judiciary Committee to inquire what
legislation is necessary by Congress to Sc
cure TO the people OF Louisiana the right
Of self.government under the ConstiuI.
ton, upon which the Senator from Ohio
(Mr. Sherman) was entitled to the
floor. ...
Mr.. Sherman said he would not stand
in the way Of the appropriation bills, and
would yield 10 the Senator from Maine
(AIr. MorrilD for u motion to take up
the legislative, judicial and executive ap-
propriation bill, with the understanding
that when the Louisiana discussion be
resumed he (Mr. Shcrman) should be en-
titled to the floor.
Mr.. Morrill, moved to lay aside the
resolution OF Mr., Schurz and proceed
with the legislative appropriation bill
Agreed tO. =,
Mr.. Morrill, stated that the bill, as II
passed the House Of Representatives, ap-
propriated SIS, ,422, ,442. The amendments
recommended by the Senate Committee
made the total amount Sls,79l ,95i, max
ing an increase Of S3G0,5l2 over the
House bill. The increase was attributa-
bic chiefly To want Of service in the assay
offices and in the departments Of govern
mpntin Washington. II was u reduction
Of 81 ,0B6,S00 as compared with the bill Of
last year,
The Committee submitted an amend
ment reducing the compensation Of the
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue from
SG,OOO to 5000 per annum, Rejected.
The Committee proposed an amend.
ment authorizing the organization Of a
Bureau Of Commerce and Statistics, to be
attached to the Treasury Department,
and authorizing the President to appoint,
by and with the advice-aIHl consent Of the
Senate, chief Of said bureau, whose duty
il shall be to COllate and annually re-
port to Congress the statistics and facts
relating to commerce with foreign ma
tions and among the several States, the
railroad systems Of this and other cOun.
tries, the construction and operations Of
Of railroads, the actual cost Of such con.
structiOn aud operations Of railroads, the
actual cost OF Transporting freights and
passengers on railroads, and canals, rlv-
ers and other navigable waters Of the
United States, the charges imposed for
such transportation OF freight and
passengers and tonnage tEansportn-
ton, the salary Of said commission.
er to be $500 per annum. The
amendment further provides that the
present Bureau Of Statistics shall be
transferred to and made u part Of the
bureau Of Commerce and Statistics.
Also, that all the duties now deyOlving
upon the Register Of the Treasury In re.
lation to nttesting marine documents and
issuing the same to collectors and other
officers Of customs, the preparing Of an
nual statements Of tonnage, &c., shall be
transferred to said bureau, and appropri.
priating SGO,4iO for the expenses Of the
bureau.
A sharp discussion ensled, during
which the question Of the expediency
creating new government bureaus was
debated at length.
An amendment proposed by the Com
mlttee increasing the appropriation for
dies, paper and stamps for internal reve-
nue. purposes from slj0,OOO to 100000
was agreed to.
Pending the discussion oh the amend.
nient to organize Bureau nj Commerce,
Mr.. Elmunds moved that the Senate
proceed to the consideration Of executive
business.
Mr.. Logan introduced bill to author
ize the construction Of a bridge across tho
Mississippi river at or near the Grand
Chain. Referred.
Mr.. Edmunds, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported adversely on the
Joint resolutions Of the Legislature Of
Kansas memOriulizing Congress to pass
an act giving to all the United States
Courts Of the districts bordering on the
Indian Territory concurrent jurisdiction
with the Western District OF Arkansas,
and the Committee was discharged from
further consideration Of the subject.
After executive session The Senate adj
journed. .,..
Under the call Of States a large NUM-
Der OF bills we're introduced and referred.
The following are among the most i'm
pOrtant bills:
BY Merriam-TO prevent the isStie Of
United States and National bank notes Of
greater denominations than 800; also
limiting the tax oil bank deposits In re.
gard to the collection Of drafts and checks;
also authorizing the use Of the informa.
tiUn received through the Dead Letter
Office when ltS tiEe willprcyent or punish
crime.
By Storm--A resolution Of the Penn.
sylvania House Of Representatives relat-
Ing to military interference with the or
ganiIation Of the Louisiana Legislature.
BY Berty-To amend the National
Currency nct; also TO establish uniform
system for protecting commercial paper.
Bills were introduced by Banning 10
re.establish branch mint at Cincinnati;
BY Lowe for a special distribution Of
seeds in the districts devastated by grass
hoppers; By Lewis to authorize the con.
struction Of n bridge across the Missis.
sippi riverat Memphis; by Hereford for
the Improvement Of the Zig Sandy, Guy.
andotte and Elk rivers, in West Virginia;
by Garfield in regard to the alleged new
evidence in the Fitz-John Porter case.
The Committee on Expenditures In the
Department Of Justice was discharged
from further consideration OF certain al.
legged corrupt expenditures Of United
States Courts in Nebraska,
The House then proceeded to the con-
sideration Of business In reference to the
District Of Columbia. ...
On motion Of Mr.. Garfield the rules
we're suspended and the bill passed, by n
vote Of l64 to 70, appropriating So 200
10 defray the expenses attending the visit
Of the King Of the Hawaiian Islands to
the United States. 1870
4 long discussion took place on the bill
to relieve from taxation the charitable
Institution endowed by Corcoran, and
known "a the "Louisa Home for Intligent
Old Ladies Of the District Of Columbia
II was finally pastel, anil the House ud-
jonrned.
CndeF Control.