The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-26
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Mr.. Cox asked leave TO offer resolu-
tion to be referred to the Committee on
Rules giving to any committee charged
with investigation into the conduct of
any officer oil the government, leave 10
report at any time.
Mr.. Wilson objected.
The bill reported last Thursday, by
Mr.. Bland from the Committee on Mines
and Mining, to utilize the product Of the
gold and silver mines, came up tor con-
sideration, and the whole morning hour
was consumed in the discussion of the
point raised by Mr.. Kassan, that the bill
must first be considered in Committee
the Whole.
The Speaker overruled the point Of
order and Mr.. Kasson appealed for a
vote by tellers and yeas and nays, the
latter vote showing l5S yeas to "a nays
and sustaining the decision, but the
morning hour having expired, the bill
goes over till the next morning hour.
The bill is the one originally introduced
by Mr.. Banks, allowing the issue of coin
rates to be paid by several mints and
assay offices for the net value of gold and
silver bullion therein deposited, such
notes to be receivable for all dues 10 the
United States and 20 be legal tender for
all debts public and private.
On motion of Mr.. WhiLthorne, the
chairman OF the Committee on Naval
Affairs, it WAS ordered, by unanimous
consent, that the majority and minority
reports OF that committee shall be pre-
septed tomorrow and be ordered printed,
and that Friday next shall be assigned
for their consideration, to the exclusion
of all other business, six hours TO be
given to debate, and to be equally divided.
Mr.. Lawrence offered II resolution in
structing the Committee on Public Lands
to ascertain and report what legislation,
if any, is necessary TO secure to actual
settlers the right to purchase, as under
the preemption laws, at a price of 81 20 an
acre, the lands granted to the Pacific
Railroad Company. Adopted.
The House then took up the Virginia
contested election case. The resolutions
of the committee being that Mr.. Goode,
sitting MEMBERS not entitled to the seat,
and that Mr.. Platt, contestants. The
report OF the minority takes the opposite
view.
Before coming to any action on the
resolution the floor was yielded to Mr..
Lamar, who rose to personal explsna-
tion, and quoted from communication
in the Washington Republican charging
HIM with having made speeches at Aber-
deem and Scooba totally Y at variance with
the speech which he had made at Jack
son. The communication stated that he
had, in those speeches, spoken in a
laudatory manner OF the white line
policy. He appealed to his colleague
| ngleton I, who had heard his speech st
Scuoba, as to what was the tone of it.
Mr.. Singleton bore testimony TO the
fact that the speech made by Mr. Lamar,
at Jackson, was directly against what was
termed as the white line policy, and that
there WAS Lothing IN it which tended TO
i'll feeling between the races.
The article, therefore, did him great in
jGs,iCe.
Mr.. Lamar went on TO say that his
speech at Aberdeen WAS also in favor of
the coordination OF the races and against
the supremacy or subordination of any
one rstp. He fortified his position on
that point by letters and telegrams
from ". W. Troop, and Reuben Davis,
formerly a representative from Missls-
slppi, :. to the allegation that be had,
in speech made by him after his cleo
tion 10 he Senate, spologized for his
culogy On Charles Sumner. He denied
that there was any truthin 1t. Never IN
the li.htest instsnce-not in the least
he sweryed from the
which he had uttered in that
speech. He called upon his Republican
colleague Mr. Wells to speak as 70 the
character of his speeches during the can
yass.
Mr. Wells said that he had heard La
mars speech at Holly Springs, in which
speech ne invoked the people 10 throw
s:iie all prejudices of race and 10 seize
the government, jointly and administer 1t
in tie interest OF the public welfare.
Mr.. Lamar spologized 10 the House
and said he would not have brought the
u.at,er 10 is attention on his own ac-
count and had only done so on account
of Interests that were struck through
him
Mr.Hale intlmsted that be shared some
what in general the suspicion that tie
utterance of such sentiments as Ls-
mar had proclaimed in the House
yss safer here than elsewhere,
snd he called bis attention to the charac-
terization OF his Aberdeen speech, by lis
friend. the editor OF the Nicksburg
Herald, ss an eloquent Democratic
speech, in which he hsd declared IN
manly and ringing tones, that the con-
test involved the supremacy Of the m
conquered and unconquersb!e Saxon race.
Mr.. Lamar explsined the sense aud
connection in which he had ussd that
phrase. and said that the editor oi the
Vicksblrg Herald had entirely m'sun-
derstood h;s meaning. ~ 10 the gen.
tleman'. rHale's1 ciber Suggestions, be
said there was n0thirs in their character
or relations which justified that gentle
mans interpositIon in the matter. Ap-
plsuse on the Democratic sideI
The discussion Of the contested election
case was then resumed, bot not finished.
Mr.. Caulfsld presented resolutions
from the Chicago Board Of Trade, recit-