The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-09
for the taxation of personal property in
the District of Columbia.
Imnroyemenf 0f The Ohio River

Improvement Of the Ohio River.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Penn.
/ sylvania, instructing their Senators, and
requesting the Representatives to vote
for appropriations for the Improvement
of the Ohio river, were presented by Mr.
Albright.
Various bills in regard to the improve
ments of rivers and harbors, the erection
of lighthouses, &c, principally in the
Southern States, were introduced.
The previous question not being sec
onded Mr.. Morey moved to suspend the
rules 50 as to make in order the river
and harbor appropriation, proposition
for an appropriation for the Mississippi
river and for making surveys for per-
manent plan for the reclamation of the
alluvial basin of the Mississippi river.
Rejected; yeas I'D, nays -; not two
thirds in affirmative.
The Third Term Question.
Mr.. Spcer moved to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution declaring that
in the judgment of the House the cleo
tion of President for third term is
against the traditions of the Republic, is
in violation OF the example of W Washing
ton,-now sacred as law itselt-and
would be hazardous alike for the liber-
ties of the people and the free institu-
tions of the country.
The motion was lost, the previous
question not being seconded, by 81 TO
l02. All who voted for it, with the ex-
ception Of Smith, of North Carolina,
were Democrats, and who voted against
it were Republicans.
Mr.. Dawes moved TO suspend the rules
to make in order TO an appropriation bill,
an amendment for the modification, sus-
| pension or repeal of section 25 of the re-
viscd statutes regulating the time for
. holding election for Representatives in
| Congress. He stated that iR order to
make the time uniform as the law re-
| auired. several State Constitutions would
have to be changed between now and
( 1876. The motion was agreed to, yeas
/ l6l, nays 81.
william y. King Again.
eMr. Dawes offered a resolution reCitlng
that William 5. King, Of Minnesota,
temporarily residing in Washington, had
fed into the Dominion Of Canada in
order TO cvadc the service OF Il summons
I duly issued by the Speaker Of tEe House
commanding him to appear As a witness
before the committee of Ways and
Means in the Pacific Mail investigation
/ that he WAS served with such summon,
on the ID of February, 1875, in Compton
/ Canada, and that he has neglected to ap.
pear before such committee pursuant IL
summons, and directing the Speaker to
/ issue his warrant commanding the
| Sergeant-at-Arms to take King into his
| custody wherever found, and bring him
before the bar of the House, and answer
. for the contempt Of its authority.
Several members called the attention
the Board TO the character of the pro-
posed warrant, and Mr.. Dawes said that
it, of course, only meant to apply to the
United States. He modified the rcsolu-
ton accordingly.
Mr.. Butler asked how man could be
pronounced in contempt Of the House
when not duly and legally summoned,
and he could NOT be so summoned outside
of the jurisdiction of the United States.
Mr.. Randall reminded Mr.. Butler that
during Mr.. Johnson's impeachment case
witnesses had been subpTned in Canada.
Mr.. Butler said that they had not been
subppned, but had been requested to
attend
Mr.. Dawes said that the Committee on
Ways and Means had expressed NO
opinion on the question, but simply
brought the matter to the attention Of
the House.
Mr. Kasson explained that subpoena
had been sent over Il week ago to Malone
New York where King YVES temporarily
residing, but he learning Of the fact had
escaped to Canada. The question there
fore was whether such an attempt, sue
cessfullv made to cvadc the service of the
Speakers summons, was not contempt Of
the House. He said that the proof was
positive that King had run away to
evade the process of the House.
After some further discussion the reso-
luton was withdrawn.
Mr.. Sayior, of Indiana, from the Com
mittee on patents, made an adverse re-
port on the application for the exclusion
Of the Wilson Sewing Machine patents.
The report shows that the patents have
been in existence twenty-one years, that
the combination of sewing machine COM
panics which own the patent, have re-
reived over $2,OO000O from them and
that the public has therefore paid heavily
for the invention. The report was laid
on the table. Adjourned.