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

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Geo. s. Hawkins, (of Florida) was taken
up and passed. The Speaker ther
called the Committees for their reports.
Mr.. Pierce, from the Committee or
Commerce, reported bill granting
American register to the Hawaiian bark
Artic. The bill passed.
Mr.. GOodin, from the Committee or
Public Lands, reported bill providing
for the sale OF the Kansas Indian lands,
The morning hour having expired, the
bill went over to the next morning hour
aud the House took up q special orde,
which proposed an amendment to the
Constitution, reported from the Judiciary
Committee, which is that no person who
has held or may hereafter hold the Office
Of President shall ever again be eligible to
said office.
To this proposition Mr.. Frye "a mem
ber OF the Judiciary Committee) offered
the following as substitute: "From
and after tho 4th day OF March OF the
year 1885, the term of the Office Of Presi'
dent OF the United States shall be six
years, and any person having been elect.
ed to it, and held the Office Of President
who has for two years held such Office,
shall be ineligible to reelection"
The bill was discussed by Messrs.
Knott, New, Frye, McCrary, Garfield
Lawrence and Harrison.
Mr.. Knott gave notice that he would
call the previous question on Wednesday
at the expiration of the morning hour.
The House then adjourned, when Dem
ocratic caucus was announced for this
morning,
SENATE.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on
Finance, reported adversely on the bill
introduced by Mr.. Bogy authorizing the
payment OF duties on imports in legal
tender md national bank notes. Placed
on the calendar with the adverse report,
at the request Of Mr.. Bogy.
Mr.. Hamilton, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported adversely on va
rious petitions and the joint resolution Of
the Michigan Legislature asking the
passage OF law to give the soldiers in
the late war $500 in money in lieu Of
bounties, and the committee was dis
charged from their further consideration.
Mr.. Hamilton suggested that the Com
mittee on Finance was the proper COM
mittec to consider the subject, and, on
motion Of Mr.. Christiancy, the papers
were referred to that committee.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on
Finance, reported back the currency reso-
luton proposing common unit OF the
money and accounts between the United
States Of America and Great Britain and
Ireland with reasons why it should be
passed, and asked that the whole matter
be printed and recommitted to the Com
mittee OIL Finance. So ordered.
He also reported from the same COM
mittce iayorably on the House bill to ex-
tend the time for stamping unstamped in
struments. Passed.
Mr.. Maxey, from the Committee on
PostofIices and Post Roads, reported ia
yorably on the Senate bill to establish
certain post routes in Texas. Passed.
Mr.. Oglesby, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported fayorably on the
Senate bill to establish land office in the
southern part Of Utah Territory TO be
known rs Beaver district. Passed.
The Chair laid before the Senate re-
quest from the Treasurer OF the United
States asking permission to have access
to certain quarterly accounts Of the Treas.
ury on file in the Senate for the purpose
OF correcting an error therein. The re-
quest was granted.
Mr.. Ingalls, said on Thursday last after
u debate Of three days the Senate passed
bill in relation to the rights OF preemp.
ton and homestead settlers on railroad
grants. Last evening member OF the
House OF Representatives called on him
and inquired why the bill had not been
forwarded to the House for action by that
body. Upon inquiry at the Clerks desk
he Qngalls) was informed that Senator
had entered a private request that the
bill be retained in the Senate in order that
he might enter motion to reconsider the
vote BY which the bill was passed. He
(Ingalls) raised point OF order as to the
right OF the Senator to make such re-
quest.
The Chair Ferry replied that the usage
OF the Senate had been toretain the bill
not longer than two days TO allow mo-
ton for reconsideration II any Senator de-
sired to do so. The rule OF the Senate al
lowed retention OF the bill, for such pur-
pose, he directed,th Secretary to read the
twentieth rule, which provides that mo.
tion to reconsider shall not be in order
unless made within two days after the
passage Of the bill, and that such mo-
ton cannot be made after the bill has
leftth Senate.
Mr.. Sargent (of California; submitted
resolution instructing the Committee
on Rules to consider and report as to the
expediency Of so amending the rules as
to require the Secretary Of the Senate, at
the request of one or more Senators who
voted in The affirmative on any bill or
Joint resolution, not to transmit it to the
House OF Representatives until the time
for reconsideration has passed. Agreed to.
Mr.. 0glesby presented a petition Of
certain citizens OF Illinois asking the re-
peal Of the specie resumption act, the
substitution Of legal tenders for the ma
tional tank circulation, &c. Referred.
Mr.. Morrill, (of Mainc) from the Com
mittee on Appropriations, reported with
amendments the House bill making an
appropriation for the payment Of invalid
and other pensions. Placed on the cal
endar.
Tho Senate after the expiration OF the
morning hour resumed the consideration
Of the bill to pay interest on the 3:65 Dis
trict OF Columbia bonds, the pending
question being on the amendment Of Mr..
Sargent providing that the certificates
heretofore issued by the Board OF Audit,
including those converted into 3.65 bonds
and those which have not been so con-
yerted, and the certificates hereafter to
be Issued by the Board OF Audit or their
successors in Office, shall not exceed in
the aggregate the sum Of Sl5,000,000.
Mr.. Bayard said that all the expendi-
lures here had been for the benefit OF mere
wayiarers, and that therefore to suppose
that the city should bear the whole ot the
expense OF these improvement was un.
reasonable. The people Of the country
would bear and ought to bear the chief
part OF tho expense Of maintaining the
town in an appropriate and proper condi-
ton. The District would have been ab-
soluteIy bankrupt II such debt as shep.
herd and his confederates piled up had
been allowed to rest upon the people
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