The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-08
CON G R E S S.
HOUSE. ''p ..
WARRINGTON. July7.

Mr.. McDougal, from the Committee o
Military Affairs, reported back Senat
bill establishing the rank Of PaymasIel
General. II provides that therrank {
Paymaster. General shall be that Of Brig
adfei General. Passed. -n' ~ :.
Mr.. Mills, from the Committee on NJ
val Affairs, reported the bill providin
for the repeal Of all laws, authorizing th
appointment Of civil engineers. in th
navy, and providing that all persons no,
holding such Office shall be mustered on
OF service. Passed. -lr -
Mr.. Lawrence called up as the specia
order the bill to require tle. Pacific Rail
road Company 10 create a sinking fund /
reimburse the United States.i a.. =. = d.
Mr.. Bright moved instead 10 90 int,
Committee Of the Whole on the privat,
calendar. u'. I. igiEIa -.
Mr.. Randall called for the yeas AM
nays on Mr.. Lawrence's motion, sayinl
that il was the question as to whether th
House would receive money or pay it out
The vote stood-yeas 90, nays ss..
The House proceeded to consider III,
bill, and was addressed by Mr., Lawrenc,
in explanation and advocacy Of 1t.
Mr.. Hurd spoke in opposition TO th'
bill. 10.
AT the close Of Mr.. Hurds speech
vote was taken on recommitting the bill
10 the Judiciary Committee, and the mo
tion was rejected-3G to Ill.
The demand for the previous ques.
ton being seconded, Mr.. Lawrence wa
entitled to one hour, part Of which hi
yielded 10 Hunton, who gave history o
the transactions Of the government will
the Pacifce Railroad Company. He did
not think the House should hesitate in
passing the bill. ~,
Alr!Holman expressed his unqualified
approval Of the object oil the bill, .'
The bill was then paSsed-yeas 159
nays 0. &.
The Speaker announced as a Commit,
Ice OF Conference ON thepart OF the House
on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
Messrs. Randall, Holman and Hale.
SENATE.
Mr.. Window introduced a bill extend
ing and continuing. for a period Of ten
days, the act recently passed to provide
temporarily Tor the expenses of the Gov.
ernment. Referred 10 the Committee on
Appropriations. r..
Mr.. Hitchcock called up the Senate
bill to provide for the sale Of Fort Kear-
ney and the military reservation in Ne.
braska. Passed. ~. a-. .,,a.
THE SIOUX. . "
On motion Of Mr.. Ingalls, the Senate
to-day adopted a resolution requesting
the President to inform the Senate wheth.
er the Sioux Indians made any hostile
demonstrations prior to the invasion oi
their treaty reservation by gold hunters
whether the present military operations
are conducted for the purpose Of pro-
tecting said Indians in their rights under
the treaty OF 1868 or Of Furnishing them
for resisting the violation Of that treaty,
and whether the recent reports OF an
alleged disaster to our forces under Gen
Custar in that region are true. D. i,G.
During the morning hour the Confer.
ence report on the Legislative, Judicial
and Executive Appropriation Bill was
discussed. AT u o'clock the impeach.
ment trial was resumed, but, on motion Of
Edmunds, il was ordered that further
proceedings in the trial be suspended for
tho present that the Conference report on
the appropriation bill might be consider
ed. ,m
CONPERENCEs.
Senator Morrill, of Maine, said that a
conference had come to mean the will OF
one House Of Congress, and only one, and
on such ground a conference was simply
impracticable. As long as the House in.
sisted only that the Senate must consent
to conferences there could be but one side
10 the question, but when that body, after
conference, getsso far rs TO disregard the
conference and adhere to its action twill
be revolution, absolute revolution, q de-
fiance Of law, and that meant revolution
in this country. ads ,.s ! Wi".1
The Senate conierees had met the
House half way. Ifanything more could
be done consistent with the integrity ot
the Senate, he would be glad II some one
here or elsewhere would proclaim it. The
Senate committee, to meet the House
half !way, had agreed to'.a reduction tc
the extent OF six hundred in the force oi
the civil service, believing that'it was
better that the public service suffer some
what than have an important appropri.
alton bill fail, but this proposition was
absolutely rejected by The House. The
whole amount 10 be saved by reducing
clerks salaries, as proposed BY the
House would not exceed $3.50, 600 or $780,
900: ., u, =.
Mr.. Window, q member Of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, said that aftel
careful calculations II Had been found
that the saving would be but little over
100000. It was not the amount inyoly'
ed so much as Il was the principle Of co.
ercing the Senate to change the lay.
Mr.. Edmunds-That's all they care for
Mr.. Morrill,, resuming, said 1t was moi
on the principle Of Just economy that this
thing was done by the House. 1t could
not Be made apparent here, or anywhere
else, that there was any necessity or pub
lic justice in the attempt to reduce the
clerks in the Departments. II was
too small and Insignificant altogether for
the consideration Of their statesmanship
The principle which laid behind this &c;
ton of the House Of Representatives
covered the whole field and annihilated
The Senate Of the United States. The
Honse and Senate were not dividing up