The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-15
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
70 THE DAILY lNTELLIGEN0EH
CONGRESS.
The Discussions in the Senate
and House.
The Presidents Answer to the
Petersburg Inquiry.
Hampton has an Inauguration.
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The Election Committees at Work
xL1v CON G RE SIS.
SECOND SESSION.
The Presidents Answer to the
Petersburg Inquiry.
Hampton has an Inauguration.
The Election Committees at Work
HOIISE
HOUSE.
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provides for committee OF seven To nc
In conjunction with any similar commit
tee that may be appointed by the senat
and TO report without delay measur
best calculated to accomplish the desire
end, and also another committee OF seveI
TO report as 10 what are the privileges
powers and duties Of the House D.
counting the electoral votes. The reso
luton was adopted under operation o
the previous question without debate o
division. 5.I..
The Senate amendments TO the post
roads bill Of last session, for the estab
lishment Of the fast mail service aud o
the franking privilege, were rejected OF
the ground that they should not hayl
been eugrafted IN such 4 bill. Soon Of
terwards the House went into Commit
OF the Whole on the postofEce appropria
lion bill. d.
Mr.. Throckmorton offered resolu
tion calling on the Secretary Of War ioI
information as 10 the number OF troop
now stationed at Fl. Sill, Indian Terri
tory, and at Fl. Richardson, Indian Ter
ritory, and Griffin, Texas. Adopted.
The Chair called the attention Of The
House to d ruling be now proposed L
make, on a new question which presented
itself. II was in reference TO two resolu
tions offered on the sth inst, and which
then went over under a rule, because
some member rose 10 debate them. There
was no time in which such resolutions
could ever again come before the House
unless they weretaken up In the morning
hour, and after the busines then pending
In the morning hour was disposed OF. He
had no recollection Of such I. case in his
experience In the House, but he thought
that was the natural common sense rul.
ing, and he therefore decided that that
was now the first business In order.
A discussion ensued, the members on
both sides OF the House coinciding,
generally, with the view of the Speaker,
and the first resolution taken up was the
one offered by Mr.. lie Moyne for the ap.
pointment OF a joint committee TO pre-
sent to the Supreme Court the important
questions on the subject Of counting the
electoral votes.
Mr., Wood raised the queation OF con-
sideration and II was decided no-77 TO
81, so the House refused to consider 1t
now.
The second resolution was The one
offered by Mr.. Wilson, Of Iowa, instruct
ing the Committee on Printing to report
a,joint resolution for the printing Of the
agricultural report OF 1876, and II was
adopted.
The discussion as 10 the cost Of Rail-
road mail transportation was carried on
principally between Holman who had
charge OF the bill, and Mr.. Regan. In
course OF II Mr.. Holman said, that under
the reduced compensation established
last session, the cost had been reduced
from S9,54$,00 to IS $50, ,23S. The Com.
mittee estimated that the cost for the
next fiscal year would be about $S,S00,-
900, but it reccpmmended an appropria.
ton Of So, 900, 900. He thought that the
rates paid to the Railroad Companies
were much too high, and that the amount
might fairly be reduced by $4,000, 900.
lie hoped that such q reduction would
be effected next Congress. The amount
appropriated for the Postofiiee is So, 200, :
900, and the Postmaster.Gen. Is directed
TO cause an official inquiry 10 be made
into the present rates OF compensation
with view to a more equitable adjust:
ment and reduction thereof. The item
for letter carriers is $l,750,OO0, aud the
Postmaster.G General Is directed to in
quire into the matter Of letter carriers,
and 10 reduce their number and the num-
Der Of mail deliveries to tho reasonable
requirements Of the public service. FOL,
Mr.. schleicher, Of Texas, offered an
amendment increasing the appropriation
for mail transportation on the Star
rontes, and on the steamboats, from
S6,00O,00O to SO, ,237, ,993, and with some
discussion, the amendment was agreed
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WiIhou. disposing OF the bill, the com.
mittee arose.,
The Speaker laid before the House a
message from the President relative TO
the removal Of the Sioux Indians to In
dian territory. Referred. 4-l-
'hdj~nrned. ...E.a.
SENATE. t-.g
In the morning hour, the resolution 10
print print extra copies Of the Presidents
message and the accompanying docu.
ments In regard TO the late election in
Louisiana, was taken up. is-s'a d. =
Mr.. Thurman moved 10 amend so as 10
have presented with the message aud
documents the memorial, OF Senators
Bogy, Stevenson and Mcdonald, embrac.
Ing the report OF the Democratic Commit.
tee which witnessed the count In New
Orleans. Along discussion followed.
Mr.. Sherman said he could not allow
the statement OF the gentleman who rep.
resented the Democratic party in Lou.
isiana to be printed with 4 public docu.
ment without making brief reply. BE
was Sorry that the signers Of the papers
presented by the Senator from Missouri
(Bogy), known as the report Of the Dem.
ocratic committee, did not consider the
question Of intimidation. They eyaded
that question entirely. Their whole
paper consisted In an array Of technical.
tiles 10 defeat the law Of Louisiana. The
Democratic committee 10 their paper al.
legged that under the Law Of Louisiana
there was no provision made for the
election oi Presidential electors. II that
was SO, no one In that State had ever
found il out, Mr.. Sherman then read
from the law Of Louisiana and said IL
was maniteat that the Democratic com.
mittee had taken very narrow view
OF the law. II their construction Of
the law was true, there was
no proyision Of the law in Louisiana for
the election Of any officer in that State.
he denied that the law Of 1872 repealed
the election Law Of 1870, as claimed BY
the Democrats, and argued that the law
Of 1879 merely changed the mode Of con.
tlueting elections. Upon this point the
Democratic committee had wasted about
q column of their report. The next OBJ.
lection raised by the COMMITTEES was that
the vacancy In the Board was not filled
BY the appointment OF Democrat, he