The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-25

introduce the same policy as last year IN
keeping down appropriations and that all
the appropriations had now passed the
House exsept the suudry civil seryiee
bill and the deficiency bill, and that the
legislative bill was now in conference,
He thought the reductions an all appFo-
priatiOn bills would be little more than
seven million dollars when the section
making an appropriation OF three mill
lion dollars to defray the expenses Of the
United States Courts was reached, 2
A sharp debate arose and several
attacks were made by the Democratic
side oi the elhouse upon Attorney General
Williams and the department Of iustice, ;
Mr., Sener said that frauds In the
western district had been brought to light
BY q deteotiye sent there by the Attorney
General.
Mr., Butler suggested to the Democrata
that II they believed tho Attorney Gen.
eral to be so bad they ought to impeach
him. He would not attack q man who
could not defend himself T.
The discussion dFiited, through diverse
ways, Into the question Of tho political
troubles In Alabama and oil the use there
Of what 70 known as "OvertioW bacon" for
influencing votes.
On this point noisy alteration took
place between Mr.. Luitrell, "a member Of
the Alabama Committee, and Mr.. Pei
ham, the former asserting and the latter
denying the use Of suck bacon to induce
the cOlOred voters to vote the Republican
ticket.
Mr., Sheets asserted that there never
had beena pound Of that bacon used %
influence votes, and denounced as u li6
tho charge that the Republicans had ID.
timidaIed Democratic voters IN Alabama
either by bacon or any other unfair
means. Laughter.l
A scene Of great confusion and uproar
took place, in which the principal actor
was Luttrcll, who called for the reading
Of the affidavit, and then when 1t was
partly read, sought to stop the reading Of
It IN order that he might occupy the re-
maindor Of his Ave minutes by a speech,
Several Republicans insisted that the
paper should be read and Mr.. Luttrell as.
serted that the other side was trying to
StiAe free speech.
At length g. +. HoAr interiered on be.
half Of Mr., Luttrell, claiming that he had
right TO suspend tho reading OF the pa
per and 10 proceed with his remarks.
Under tho ruling Of the Chair TO that
effect the disorder gradually lessened and
the Committee drifted away from the
Alabama episode and proceeded with the
consideration Of the BILL.
The Committee after disposing Of nino
out Of slxty.eight pages Of the bill rose.
Mr.. sypher rising TO personal expla-
nation took exception to Mr., Eldridge
having had printed in the record pei.
sonal fling at him lSypher) In this remark,
III do not want 10 hear from the gentleman
from Louisiana, That tho people has suf-
ferGd enough from his sort: This re.
mark was not IN the regular report Of the
proceedings but had been added by
Mr., Eldrldge. Now, said Mr. Syph.
or, II there Is any meaner sort
than he and his sort they must
be mighty low, (shouts Of "order,
ORDER" "take It downs &c.) II II Is un.
parliamentary | Withdraw II. do not
wish to transcend the rules OF the House.
Mr.. Eldridgo-I said that mean II.
Mr., Syphsr-The act OF attacking a
member under the guiSo Of making per.
sonal explanation (alluding to Eldridgo's
correction Of the rCcOrd) can only be
characterized aS cowardly and contempti-
BILE. ' ftl'
Mr.. Eldridgc-I made no personal ex.
PLANTATION, although II was so headed In
the record, l did not consider II per.
sonal explanation. There had been q
mistake In tho report Of my speech and
| reproduced tho speech Ms nearly as poss.
ible and asked leave to publish II. !
have nothing to take back I.IPgy
The House took q recess till 1880 r. NJ,
the evening session to be for The sundry
civil appropriation bill.