The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-10
CON G R E s S.
WAsurNaroN, Augusta.
HOUSE. (
I'hc NfrnR Ril InNeRtigatIOn.

Tho straw Btu AnVebtlHut1Ous
The majority and minority reports oi
the Postollicc Committee on lnyestiga-
ton into The straw bid, &C., made by
Clarke, OF Missouri, chairman, and Can
non, were ordered printed and laid on the
table.
Mr.. Bagby, from tho Committee on In
valid Pensions, reported bill giving a
pension OF $50 per month 10 the widow
Of Cant. Yates, Of the 9TH cavalry, killed
in the battle Of Little Big Horn. Passed.
Mr.. Lynde, from fhe Judiciary Com
mittee, made 4 reportin the case Of Schu.
maker and King as connected with the
Pacific Mail subsidy, and Lord, oil New
York, made the minority report, They
were ordered printed in the Record with
the intimation. that they would soon be
called up for discussion The majority
report recommends that the House leave
the charges against these members where
they now are in court. The minority re.
port, signed by Lord, Lawrence, Hoar
and Caulfeld, Is that the House has
jurisdiction and that the Committee on
Civil Service Reform should ascertain
and report the facts. w
o Mr.. McCrary signed an additional pa
per expressing the opinion thatthe House
may properly take jurisdiction Of the
charge.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Mr.Springer desired to make a report
Of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in
the matter Of the Venezuelan mixed
commissions but it was excluded under
! lthe rules agreed on the other day be-
cause the 4S hours notice had not been
given to the minority.
Mr.. Vance Of Ohio, Chairman Of the
Committee on Printing, reported back,
with amendments, the Senate concurrent
resolution for printing the report oil the
Mississippi investigation. The Senate
resolution provides Tor 4000copics for its
own use. The amendment provides Tor
tho same number, but distributes them,
1900 10 the Senate and $500 to the
House. After brief discussion the
amendment was agreed 10 by n. party
vote, the Republicans opposingi it; and the
resolution was adopted, ~.
Mr.. Crounse from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands reported back the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for publishing the his
toryof surveys and expenditures by the
United States during thepresent century.
Passed.
SPEECH OF MR.. HoAR.
The House then discussed political
subjects, and was addressed by Mr.. Hoar,
who commented on Mr.. Lamar's speech,
which he said was in full accord with the
uniform tone Of the Democratic press
North and South, and in full accord with
the uniform current Of the speeches that
prevailed among that genlleman's col
leagues when the questions relating TO
the position OF the South had arisen.
That speech was bitter invective against
the government under which the gentle
man lived, and Of whose magnanlmity
the gentleman was conspicuous in.
stance. He trusted that the people OF
the North would read that speech, and
would judge by il Of the expediency oil
committing the government to the DEM
ocratic party. Mr.. lIoar took issue with
Mr.. Lamar's claim that there was a prev
alent corruption or maladministration
in public affairs, and he declared it as
his belief that the period Of sixteen years
during which the Republican party had
held power was freer from corruption
land maladministration than. the period
Of sixteen years which followed the in
auguration of General Washington. In
proof Of. corruption in public affairs
during the administration Of Washington,
Adams and Jefferson, he cited the case
OF distinguished. General of the reyolu-
tionary war, who while Quartermaster
General of tho army was in. partnership
in the firm which had the supply oil the
army stores and was corresponding with
that firm secretly and in cypher.' The
case Of WashingtonS friend, who, while
Secretary OF State, was detected in recelv-
ing money from France as bribe 10
thwart the foreign policy Of administra-
tion Of which he was a member, The
case Of another OF Washington's Cabinet
officers, Hamilton; who being charged
with corrupt relation with a, person
whom he had put in the Treasury De.
partment, defended himself by acknowl'
edging, over his own signature, his prof
ligate relation with the ,wifo Of that per.
son, and the case Of another cabinet OIL
Ger Of Washington who wrote letter
acknowledging an act Of virtual dishonof
uneaualed by that OF General Belknap'
The difference between the two genera
tions in my mind Is the light which the
press OF the present day turned on all
public transactions,
Mr.. Hooker replied to Mr.. Hale and
commented on his allusion TO. the cor.
ruption Of public men in early history Of
the Government, as ghoul like digging
into the grave OF the past and as ftly
coming from q party, which I'M this age
had committed In those excellent qualities
! (which distinguished that party. He
proceeded 10 criticize and discuss the re-
constructive measures, particularly as
bearing on the State Of Mississippi, and
hc asserted that every Northern State
which had manumitted its slaves from
Massachusetts, first State to New jersey,
the last State has enacted more restric-
tive penal laws in regard to the freed
mon than that Statute Of Mississippi
with which Mr.. Hoar had found so much
fault. 'r4 i.I.'
HAMBURG sPEcfAcLEs.
| Mr.. Hooker continued The colored
men were beginning TO find who were
their friends, apd, they had helped 10 roll
up A. Democratic majority Of $4,000 in
Alabama. There was no friend of the
colorcd race truer or more honest than
their old masters.
Mr.. Smalls-That Ia not 10.
Mr.. Hooker-Thatis your opinion.
never expected that any white politician
or any colored politician would acknowl-
edge 1t.
Il Mr.. Smalls-lf you keep the Ku.Klux
: back, not one will vote the Democratic
ticket, 4r......-, ..........
Mr.. .Hooker-They have voted 1t in
my State, and will do il again.
Mr.. Smalls-If you withdraw the Ku'
Klux, they will not, s..rI.. a..
Mr.. Hooker-That ia all'nonsense, and
the country knows tits nonsense. did
. the gentleman on the Republican sid,
think that there was no common feeling
Of humanity in the southH II that were
80, the mere question Of interest woult
forbid Southern men from taking their
shot guns and shooting down colored
men. Itwas slander on both races. L