The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-01

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g"sons anu cnatgeS. ,Auop'eu.
Mr. oahaefs, o. INDIANA, introaueea
PtoPoseu anienunfent ny 70 tne oohsutu.iol
ior !ne leVyins u ulrect taxes accSruinl
70 Tue Wea'1h Oh Inc respective states
heIeTTeG; :,
IN; basiey, o. Nsw 1ofk, onefeG !
resolution ultectlng tne Sommit1ee on III
Drafy 10 take lhto cohsideTauoh the pro
posltion 10 purchase colleGtlon OF plas
TIC c9t Duss OF Adams, JEFFERSON, Madi
son, Monroe, Lafayette anu other publl'
men. Adopted.
Mr.. Hewitt offered resolution calling
on the Secretary OF the Treasury ior a de
tailed statement showing the amount Q
actual cash on hand IN the Treasury ant
several deposltorles oil the government u
the close OF business on the 10Th OF Jan
uary,, 1875, specifying how much IN irac
tional currency, legal tenders, Nationa
bank notes, gold, silver, gold notes, &c
Adopted.
Mr.. Luttrell offered resolution recl'
ting that the Central Pacific, Kansas "a
citic, Union Pacific, Central Branch OF th'
Union Pacillc, Western Paclhc, Southern
Pacific, Sioux City q Pacific, Northern
Pacific, Texas Pacific, and all Paclhc rail
roads and branches to which bonds and
subsidies were granted by the govern,
ment, have received from the United
States money subsidies amounting TO over
S64 100000, land subsidies amounting tc
over 22O,O0O,OOO acres, public DOMAIN
lands subsidies amounting to blank
and interest amounting to plank; that
it is but Just and proper that the govern
mcm and people should understand the
status OF such roads and disposition BY
the companies oi subsidies granted by thu
government, and therefore lnstructing the
Judiciary Committee TO inquire and re-
port. lst. Whether such companies have
fully complied with the requirements ol
law. I'd. Whether such companies have
formed within themselves construction
companies Tor the purpose OF sublettlng
contracts and buildings and equipping
their roads, and il so whether money land
and bond subsidies have been properly
applied. Sd. Whether rsuch companies OF
any OF them have forfeited their land sub.
sides by failure to construct or equip
their roads as required by law, and that
the Commissioners shall report to the
House such measures as shall secure to
the government the full indemnity for all
the losses occasioned by fraudulent
transactions or neglect on the part Of
the companies and ior non payment OF in
tercst lawfully due the government and
for any other claims that the United States
may have against such companies.
Adopted.
Mr.. laleman offered n resolution in
structing the Committee on Banking and
Currency to inquire whether the CONNER
cial and industrial interests OF the coun.
try do not require that the cancellation OF
legal tender notes shall cease, or whether
common and equal justice TO the whole
people do not require that Q. S. notes
shall be substituted for National Bank
paper instead Of National Bauk paper be-
Ing substituted for us. notes. Adopted.
Mr.. Page offered long preamble and
resolution denunciatory OF Mormons and
their vile and degrading dogma of poly
gamy, charging them with unprovoked,
cold.blOolel and brutal murders OF men,
women -and children, the subornation
OF witnesses, and terrorism over courts to
shield and protect the most neiarious and
infamous criminals, declaring that imme-
diate steps should be taken to compel the
Mormons to obey the Constitution and
laws OF the United States, and directing
the Judiciary Committee to report bill
for that purpose so as 10 remove this foul
blot from the civilization Of the nineteenth
century. The House refused to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution.
Mr.. Atkins ofiereda resolution in.
structing the Judiciary Committee to in
quire whether or not the Union Pacific
Railroad Company has forfeited its char
ter. Adopted.
Mr.. Wallace (of Pennsylvania) offered
resolution reciting the great depression
under which the industrial interests are
laboring, endorsing the protection policy
declaring that the question oil finance Is
but a question oil labor, and that the
question oil labor is but n question oi
protection, aud lnstructing the Commit
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