The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-20

Mr.. " Brien introduced bill to pro-
vide for the coinage OF centen nisl coins
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
The bill provides for silver dollars and
half dollars, one side of the coins to give
the corresponding value in coins of the
other principal commercial nations.
The House then resumed the considera.
tion of the Florida contested election
case.
After several speeches the report was
adopted, yeas 1l3, nays 83.
J. J. Finley was declared entitled to
seat and was sworn in, taking the mod
flied oath.
The house t'len took up the Senate
bill to repeal act making restrictions
in the disposition of the public lands of
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
and Florida, confning them
to the provisions of the homestead law.
There was no action taken on the bill.
The Speaker then laid before the
House various executive documents, in-
cluding an immense mass of paper, done
up in half dozen packages, containing
a response TO the call for information as
to the shareholders in National banks.
The House took recess until the even.
ing session, for general debate on the bill
to transfer the Indian bureau to the War
Department.
Evening Sc sion.
The proceedings of the evening session
were entirely devoid OF public interest,
but very few of tho members being pres
ent, and the speeches not heing confined
exclusively to the question OF the bill be-
fore the House.
National Labor Convention.
PITTSBURGH, April 19.-The National
Labor Convention met IN Schiller Hall
at $40 this morning. The Committee of
the Whole was dissolved by vote and the
regular order of business taken up.
The Committee on resolutions reported
a revised series of resolutions, which were
read and adopted by the Convention.
They urge upon Congress the necessity of
repeating the Burlingame treaty, char
acterizY the effect of said treaty
as little better than the slave trade
and requests Congress to select some
branch OF industry, as miners and IRON
workers, and appropriate LOAF payable
in twenty years at low rate of lest
not exceeding three per cent. They call
for periodical publication of the cost OF
manufacturing all kinds of machinery,
and ask for the incorporation in the patent
laws of Il provision that all manufacturers
OF patented articles shall sell such ar.i-
cles at q certain limited but just
profit over the cost OF manufacture. They
.mand of Congress strong protective
tariff, and ask that the regulation oftaritf
duties be such as to protect home in0us-
try against foreign competition. They
declare IN favor OF the election of the
President OF the United States by popu-
lar vo4 of the people. They demand
Of Congress and the Legislatures strict
emf rcsment of the eight hour law, and
of Congress the enactment OF stringent
usury law. They heartily condemn the
store trder" system, rs practiced by
manufacturers, and also the prison con-
tract system Of labor, and acknowledge a
debt Of gratitude to Governor Tilden, OF
New York, for his veto OF said system.
They ask that Congress shall enact
laws to give money due for labor
precedence over all ether claims, and
that the government both State aud
oational shall pass laws against all DIS
examinations by common carriers, under
penalty of tie forfeiture of their charter.
They recommend liberal system of IN
ternal improvement and urge uT on the dit
fereut States to pass such appropriate laws
AS will insure competent workmen in
every branch of industry.
After considerable discussion the
Convention declared against the Or
ganizatlon of third political
party, but appealed to all worklngmen
to so unite as to attain the advancement
Of the class through the existing political
parties. The power of calling future
conventions was delegated to commit
tee appointed for the purpose, and after
passing q vote of thanks to the officers
the con vention adjourned sine die.