The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-04

il SbuU,UOu o. TINS amount 70 PC uhen lot inc
construction Of movable dana with ad-
Unstable gates at aome point 70 be selected
BY the Secretary Of War. Agreed to-
yeas %, nays 10,
Mr.. Window also moved To increase the
appropriation for the improvement oi the
Great Kanawha river from 100000 to
100000. Agreed to-yeas q, nays 10,
He then moved 10 increase the appro-
priati0n for the improvement Of the Ten
nessee river below Chattanooga from
$4,000 to S560,0OO. Agreed to-yeas
%, nays l6,
MI, West from the Committee on
Transportation, Submitted as an amend-
ment Mr. Eads' bill for the Improvement
Of the southwest pass Of the Mississippi
river" reported by the Committee few
days ago. Agreed 10.
Mr.. Ransom submitted an amendment
increasing the appropriation for Cape
Fear river, n. O., from 100000 10 $780,
900. Agreed to. y
The deficiency appropriation bill was
received from the House, read second
time and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations,
Mr,Conoyer submitted an amendment 10
the river and harbor bill authorizing the
Secretary OF War 70 have alsuryey made
TO ascertain the most eligible line on
which a canal across tho IsthmuS Of
Florida can be constructed, Agreed to,
Mr.. Alcorn submitted an amendment
appropriating $4,000 for repairs Of the
levees Of the MisSiSBippi river in the
States Of Missouri, Arkansas, MiSSiSSlppi
and Louisiana. Agreed to-yeaS q, mays
" HOUSE. .o7Iss,.
Immediately after the meeting Of the
House 1t went into COMMITTEES Of the
Whole (Mr, Hazelton In tho Chair on
the deficiency bill. The frSt item reach.
ed In the billheing certain appropriations
for the District Of Columbia. p
To an argument made against them by
Mr.. Holman In which he reflected on the
motives OF the chairman Of the Commit.
tee on Appropriations, Mr.. Garfield re.
piled In tone and manner oil strong In
dignatiOn, characteriEing such lnsinua-
tiOns as small, miserable and unmanly.
lie hoped that be would never get down
so low as 10 fling vitriol and poison
around him on his fellow members, and
to talk about their motives In the dis
charge Of q public and honorable duty.
The Items reported were on the special
recommendation Of the honorable Com
missionerS Of the District. t.7
The consideration Of the bill WA TEN.
porarily interrupted 10 permit the pre-.
Sentation Of the report Of the Conference
Committee on the poStoffiee appropriation
bill (Mr. Randall In the Chalr.)
Mr.. Tyner made q report, and In reply
to question stated that the action Of
the House In regard 10 the fFanklng priv
ilege was substantially carried out In the
agreement OF the Conference Committee.
Lest the fact that he was on that commit
tee might lead to the SuppoRitioD that he
was In favor Of q partial restoration Of
the franking privilege, he desired 10 say
In justice TO himself that be had been op.
posed to II all the time, but that hs had
not been disposed TO antagonise the OK.
pressed wish OF the House on that sub
ect.
Mr.. speer--YOu ahsd no tears oyer the
result reached. [Laughter.]
Mr.. TJner--I have not said that. In
reply 10 further inquiries as 10 the
proviso inserted by the House excluding
from the freedom Of the mails the
speeches reproduced from and printed
Otherwise than III tho CongreSSlon Record
and speeches made elsewhere than In
Congress. He said that the Conference
Committee had concluded that, by the
language Of the amendment such speeches
we're already excluded and therefore the
provlso had been stricken out as sur.
plnsage. In regard 10 the frRnking Of
garden seeds the word garden had been
struck out so as 10 make 1t general IN its
application to all seeds transmitted by
the department Of agriculture.
Mr.. speer-Are these documents and
seeds permitted to 90 through the mails
UN written frank Of members.
Mr.. Tyner-Undoubtedly, until the
let OF December, 1875, and that applies
to all documents printed or ordered 10 be
printed BY Congress-. ~ Il.
Mr.. Hale lOt Maine)-Does not tfiis
report restore tho ffanking privilege, with
the exception Of the correspondence Of
members.
Mi. Tyner--Not permanently, but until
tile lst Of December next In oil respects,
except IA to the correspondence Of mem.
bers. The provision as to agricultural
reports and seeds Ia permanent.
The report was Concurred 10 without
Tie yeaa and nays, which were demanded
by Garfield and others, but were refused.
.tMr. Townsend, from the conferences
c0lnmittee on tho bill for the incortiora.
ton and regulation Of railroad conpa-
MES In the territories and giving 10 fall.
road companies the right Of way through
the public lands, made q report, the pfin.
cipal point IL which was the striking out
OF the proviso giving states that may
hereafter be organized In such territories
control over the charges for tfanspottA-
tiOn and freight, the same "a II such.fight
Of way had been originally granted BY
them. 40
In tho midst Of great noise aud coniu.
sion, proceeding from a tremendous pres.
sure OF business, Wilson Of Iowa, who
vas opposed 10 the conference report, do.
clared a. q point Of order that the House
did not know what Il was doing, 10 which
assertion the Speaker pro TEN gave his
assent and ruled that the point Was we'll
taken.
Nj. Holman raised his voice above tho
din and was heard 10 oexclaim that a fraud
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