The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-09

for. Passed.
BLAND SILVER BILL.
The House then resumed considera.
ton OF the Bland silver bill, whereupon
dilatory motions were set on foot by
MessrS. 0lell and Pierce to consume the
morning hour.
Al the close OF the morning hour Mr..
Bland announced his willingness TO al
low any amendment to be added to the
bill, but his proposition was not acceded
10 by the opponents OF the bill.
Mr.. Hale obtained the floor by parlia-
mentory device, by calling on the motion
to reconsider the vote by which the Pres.
idents message in the sundry civil ap.
preparation bill was referred sometime
ago 10 tho Committee OH Appropriations,
and he made a speech on general poll.
tics, in the course OF which he referred
to the frs: official act Of the House in the
selection by It's speaker OF the committees,
when Of thirty.fon. standing committees
the craftsmanship OF twenty.one wasgiyen
to members for which Lamar claimed
the other day 80 much modesty. He also
commented on the changes made in the
personel OF the officers Of tho House, illus.
trating the question by the House post
office appointments. The postmaster Of
the last House, who had lost his leg in
the Union army, having TO make way for
one who had been captured in the rebel
army, and had served with ]. E. B. Stew
arts raiding cavalry, and subordinates,
most OF them old Union soldiers, having
to make way for others, seven Of whom
had served in the rebel army. He also
noted the retirement OF Journal Clerk
Of tho House, Mr.. Barclay, and his being
replaced by man who Immediately set
to work to make merchandise OF his
office.
Passing on TO the question ofecouomy,
he asserted that there were more COM
mittee clerks In this House than in any
Republican House; that the expenses Of
the numerous committees were enormous;
that instead Of two stenographers to the
committees, as at former sessions, he had
counted seventeen OF them at this session.
He ventured to say that the additional
expenses caused by this House above the
ordinary expenses OF former years would
aggregate in the neighborhood Of anil
lion dollars. He admitted that the re-
ductious in the general appropriation
bills would reach twenty-five millions Of
dollars, but for that the consular and
diplomatic system had been put in peril.
The navy and army had been put on
short commons; Government works bad
been cut of; small salaries had been re-
duced, and In lew days a'thousand help.
le+s men and women would bo turned out
on the streets Of Washington. 1t might
bc said that he had admitted twenty.
FIVE million dollars Of reduction
OF the public burdens. He admitted no
such thing. No man could tell what
credit was 10 be given 10 this House un-
til the closing day Of the session on the
4th OF March, 1877. There had been de.
sirable reductions in which he was glad
to have helped, but when 1t was found
how much Of these S25,000000 was sim.
ply postponement OF the necessary ex.
penditures then some better measure OF
credit could begiven TO this House. He
spoke Of the Southern claims which are
pending, which he asserted would aggre-
gate $l60 900, 900, and would get through
II ever the Democratic party got posses
sion OF all branches oi<the Government.
Mr.. Lawrence asserted that the pend
ing claims were mostly entering wedges,
and that all the Southern claims would
eventually aggregate 500,000.000.
Mr.. Hale, continuing, said that 1t was
intended that the North should pay these
bills, and that he who lived long enough
would see, provided the Democratic
party gained power In all the branches Of
the government, that that was the case,
Mr.. Cox said that the gentleman from
Maine had not referred 10 tho unloading
OF Gen. Grant and his administration,
nor to all the various frauds connected
with the Executive Department. That
was not In Grants line, he had charged
to the House that it had 40 reformed II.
self that one committee had cleaned out
It's clerks, and that tho Committee on
Rules had cleaned out two officials, one
Journal clerk and the other door.
keeper, for certain improprieties, bnt not
for thieving.
Mr.. Cox went on to criticiSe the admin
istration for getting rid Of, or unloading,
as he called Il, Jewell, Postmaster Gener-
al: Bristow, Secretary Of tho Treasury;
Pratt, Commissioner OF Internal Reven-
ue, and other officials; and he asked why
tho Republican party had found It neccs-
sary the other day TO unload its candi-
date for Governor, Wm. otth.
Mr.. Robinson replied that the Republic
can party Of Indiana had followed the
precedent setby the Democratic party In
unloading four Of It's candidates for the
judiciary; that the four had stolen SG7,-
900, and that the Democratic party in
Indiana was 10000 votes ahead.
Mr.. Cox, passing from this point, again
went on 10 ridicule the speech made BY
Hale as not being worth answering, de-
claring that 1t was nothing but little
microscopic fault.fnding with the House
and with the conduct Of the Speaker in
the arrangement Of his committees from
sectional standpoint.
Mr.. Hale-I made no sectional re:
Election on the Speaker. ! only said
that he was impelled by his party.
Mr.. Cox-Now in answer to this re.
markable speech, this House cannot be
reproaehed for anything except the In:
discretion Of some Of its RppoipteOs aud
they were removed. Mr.. Cox accused
the Republican side Of the House with