The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-08
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, July Z.
SENATE.


tending and continuing for period oil
ten days the act recently passed TO
provide temporarily tor the expenses of
the government. Referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. Hitchcock called up the Senate
bill tO provide for the sale of Fort
kearney military reservation in Ne,
braska. Passed.
On motion of Mr.. ingalls, the Senate
to-day adopted q resolution requesting the
President to inform the Senate whether
the Sioux Indians made any hostile
demonstrations prior TO the invasion of
their treaty reservation by the gold
hunters; whether the present mil.-ary
operations are conducted fo- the purpose
OF protecting said Indians in their rights,
under the treaty of ,,S6S, or OF punishing
them for resisting the violation of that
treaty, and whether the recent reports OF
an alleged disaster to our forces under
Gen. Custer, in that region are true.
During the morning hour the Confer
ence report on the Legislative, judicial md
executive appropriation b'i Mas dis
cussed
At ~ o'clock the impeachment. trial
WAS resumed, but on motion Of Mr.. Ed
munds, it WAS ordered that tho further
proceeding of the trial be suspended for
the present. that the conference report
on the appropriation bills might be con.
sidered
Mr., Morrill,, of Maine, said confer
ence committee had come 10 mean the
will of one House oi Congress and onl,
one. On .uch n ground the conference
WAS imprrcticsble, because there could
be but one ,Ide to the question. As long ~
those on the part OF the House insisted
not only must the Senate consent 10 Lhe
conference but when the House got 50
| far rs TO adhere il would be revolution
absolute revolvtion--a defiance of law,
and that meant revolution IN this coun-
! try. The Senate conference committee
had met the House bali way.
Ii any more could be done con-
consistent with the integrity of the
: nate he would be glad if some one here
or elsewhere would proclaim it 10 the
Senate The committee Of the Senate 10
meet the House half way agreed 10 re-
! ductlon of 600 in the civil service force,
believing that it was better that the public
! service should suffer somewhat than have
an important Appropriation bill tail, but
this proposition WAS absolutely rejected
by the House. The whole amount to be
saved by reducing the clerks salaries rs
proposed by the House would not exceed
! Sy5l) GOO or $500 600.
Mr.. Window, n member OF the Com.
mittee on Aspirations, said after care.
ful calculation it had been found that the
saving would be- but little over 100000.
| IL was not the amount involved SO much
as it was the principle of coercing the
Senate ~ change the law.
Mr.. Edmunds-T all they care for
Mr.. Morrill,, resumlng, said it
was not on the principle OF
| Just economy that this thing was
done by the House. 1t could not be
made apparent here or anywhere
else that there was any necessity or pub
H. Justice in the attempt 70 reduce the
clerks in the departments. 1t was too
insignificant altogether for the considera-
ton of craftsmanship. The principle
which laid behind this action
of the House of Representatives covered
the whold field Of the annIhilated
Senate of the United States. The
House and Senate were not dividing
upon the question Of clerks solarles, but
upon the general power undertaken
by the House 10 be- exercised over the
senate. 1t had been claimed that the
House had reduced the appropriations
~ compared with last year 10 the extsnt
of $4,000 900, but there was de-
fclcncy bill Of 10000 which
! bai been counted In the
! 3g,OOOOOO, and had no business there
The Senate on appropriations had re.
! duced the appropriations M compared
with the bills OF last year, to the extent Of
S22, 100000, and in the last three years
the Senate bad reduced these bulls
10 the extent of S33,OOOOOO.
Mr.. Morrill, then argued that the
House had appropriated unexpende'
balances without mentioning tb" amount,
and he bniycd those balances amounted
IN about $4,000. Add 10 this dedc.
icncy bill OF si,0O0Os0 and il would
| be- seen the House had reduced the ap-
propriations 10 the extent VI $30,OOO,OOO
| only and A. the Senate Committee on Ap-
| priAtion had reduced them 10 the extent
| of So. .OOO.O 900. the differences between
the two Houses was only SsOOO,O0o.
Senator Norton addressed the Senate.
claiming that the attitude oi
the House WAS revolutionary and
nullilving. lie said that If either
| House said TO the other: repeal
this obnoxious statute or we will stop the
working Of the Cover nmnt such =
proposition was revolutionary and was
| lust analogous 10 the attitude Of south
! Carolina IN nulii6catIOn times. he APP
pealed 10 the Senators to stand firm for
the Independence Of absir House,
for if they yielded in would
be the end Of government by
two houses. lie held that II either house
inserted new Legislation in nm sppropris-
ton which WAS objectvd 70 by the other,
it was the duty Of the house proposing
the change 10 reoeds; otherwise, one
house cnn nulIify lsw.
Mr.. Thurman replied WIN greAt
warmth. He clismed that there vs.
neither nullifca:Ion nor dictation IN the
action Of the House. He could con
ceiye acts where the House would have 4
perfect right u say 70 Che Senate 70 take
one-hslf of the appropriation asked
for the army or navy OF
IL, the appropriation fail altogethsf.
Qualification wAs IKE good many other
termE now faunted in the iace OF the peo.
pie, full Of sound and fury and meant
nothing. What was the Gss talking - ll
we stvod on . volcano. No one hsdt
right 10 suppose that enc house Of Con'
gre-s was less patriotic than the other
He then referred 70 tho remarks Of Mr.
Morrill,. and said be masi ssy
there Wa something f vehemene'
and passion 10 bis manner this morning.
which didn't Iook like spesee conference
and when il wv followed up BY tAlk
about naliEcation. lie didn't understand
the scene enacted here - day.
Mr.. Bogy defended ibe sctson of tn
Hctse Of Representatives IN reducing