The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-10

oyer.
The Senate then went into executive
ression and soon adjourned.
Mr.. Parsons, from the Committee on
Private Land CLAIMS, reported bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to sell by private sale such portions
of the public property at Vircennes, In
diana, as may be required for tracks,
switches and shops and other purposes OF
the Ohio and Mississippi, Evansville and
Charlottesville, and Indianapolis and
Vincennes Railroad Companies, the real
estate having been acquired by the Gov
ernment for debt and being commonly
known as the steam mill tract or the
Hall-Neilson property. vEEsg
Mr. Holman objected to that provision,
and argued that 1t should be opened to
public competition.
Mr.. Parsons replied that Mr.. Holmans
proposition would be unjust to those
railroad companies which were already
using the property.
Mr. Holman insisted that at least that
portion of the property not needed by
the railroad companies should be disposed
of by public competition.
The property consists of about eighty
acres, of which the railroad companies
need about one-third. After considerable
discussion the bill Was rejected. Yeas,
ll2; nays, ll9.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole, Mr.. Haskins in the chair,
on the consular and diplomatic appropri-
alton bill, and was addressed by Mr..
Springer, OF Illinois, in defense Of the
economic features of the bill.
Mr.. Springer said the people, in the
election of 1874, had deliberate purpose
in view. What was it2 They had de-
liberately made up their minds that there
must be retrenchment, economy and re-
form in the government. They had
trusted long to the party in power for it,
and had been disappointed; so they had
gone deliberately to work and sent ma
iority to the House which would respect
and CARY out the wishes Of the people.
In reply to Mr.. Garfelds enco-
mum on the consulate department
last week, he Sprnger under
took to prove that that department
was no exception to the extravaganza
and pccularltics OF the other depart
ments of the Government. In that con-
nection he read items showing that the
amount of contingent expenses charged
by foreign ministers last year, in which
Washburne figures a: Sl3, G50, Gushing Vt
&. 600, and Schenck at SIG, 700, the lat
ter sum including 50, 9,l6l IN gold for
teegramS for one quarter, and S4S1 to
Ad4m Badean, aS bearer Ot dispatches TO
Madrid. He also showed al allowance
of SlO,607 to Mr.. Baker, while minister
to Turkey for presents made to Turkish
officials. 1t used to be thought, he said,
that presents like kisses were reciprocal.
ed; he did not know whether or not
il was so in this instance,
but it seemed that the Turkish officers
had never once said turkey TO Baker.
Laughter Passing on to the criticism
of our State papers, he rldiculed particu-
larly the dispatches of j. Meredith Read,
resident Minister TO Greece. In one OF
which Mr.. Read described in grandilo-
ouent phrases ball gwen at Athens, at
which he had the honor of leading IN u
dance with the Queen, and from which
he returned at clock. singing, as he
rSpringer1 supposed, that song, which
must have been Greek in the ears OF the
AthenianS,
I'VE Won't Go Home TIL Morning.
Till daylight doth sppear.' What, ne
said. must have been the delightful sem
sations in the State Department when this
dispatch was received from Read. Some
officer these should have sent him dis
patch. "On with the dancel Let joy be
unconfnedl No sleep TIL morn, when
youth and pleasure meet, TO chase the
glowing hours with flying feet
Laughter, He then pictured Read,
when hearing Of the abolition OF his office,
and supposed him addressing the Qneen
AS MAID et Athens ere We part give, on,
give me back my heart Laug hter.
And then us j. Meredith was embarked
on some stately ship and saw the
Queen standing on the shore, he
would doubtless 90 on with the
song. maid of Athens, / am gone
think Of me sweet, when alone; though |
fiy to Istsmboul;" meaning, l suppose,
Philsdelphls) ATHENS holds my heart
and soul. Hear me now before | 60,
Zoe nrou sGs aqapo." Loud laughter.
de would like i; Ii one OF the New York
members would pronounce the last line
in Greek style. Laughter.
Mr.. Seelye suggested to Mr.. Springer
the Latin maxim, "Omne ignotnm pro
mGgniico.'
Mr.. Springer-Thsnk you, sir; thank
YOU. Laughter Passing on TO the
question OF the South American and
Hsytian missions, he read An extract
from the Chicago Tribune charging the
Minister to Hsyti with turning his resi-
deuce into an asylum for rebels, and with
issuing for pay naturalization certificates,
and stating that the Minister to Peru
had so little to do that he set up pawn
brokers' shop in Lima, He then criticised
the e1trsvagsnt system of the dispatch
agency in London, and also. read from 8
report Of Mr.. Keim, Travelling Con
sular and Inspector Of Drawing, dis
graceful picture Of the American Consul'
abroad. BE spoke of the large amount
of unofficial fees e1scted By the consuk
and not accounted for to the Govern
ment, specifying particular J the Con