The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-03
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LNTELLIGENCER
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March .

ana lhe resl oil the vote would he enter
ed upon the journal OF the Senate.
Mr.. Morrill,, from The Committee OF
Public Buildings and Grounds, reporte,
adversely on the petition OF the citi1en
OF the District OF Columbia ior the us,
OF the rotunda OF the capitol to hold Al
inaugural ball. The committee was dis
charged from its further consideration.
The sundry civilappropriNtion billwal
referred to tile Committee on Appropria
tiOns.
Mr.. Logan, from the Committee OF
Military Affairs, reported favorably OF
the bill to repeal the statute iorbidding
appointments and promotions on. The
stan corps Of the army. Passed.
The Senate then went into executive
session and soon after adjourned unit
noon to-day.
WAsmNuToN, March ..
After prayer by the Chaplain Mr.
Walling demanded the reading Of the
journal in fnll.
The Speaker stated that the journal
clerk had been taken sick and the Jour
nal had not been completed.
Thereupon Mr.. Wilson moved 10 sris-
pend the rules SO as to dispense with tn,
reading Of the journal.
The Democrats declining to vote left the
House without quorum and the Speak;
er ordered the cali Of the House.
The call Of the roll showed that lGl
members were present, and further pro,
ceedingB under the call were dispensed
with, also tle reading OF the journal.
Thereupon crowd Of members con,
gresated in the area in front Of the
CLERKS desk and shouted Mr. Speaker.
Tbe Speaker waved paper in his hand
on which he desired action by the House
The first two or three that secured such
action proved to be resolutions for the
payment OF some extra pages and employ.
Is OF the House.
They were contested by Mr.. Holman
but received two.thirds majority under
the suspension OF the rules.
Mr.. Waddell moved to suspend the
rnlc5 and adopt u resolution reciiing that
Wells, Anderson, Casanav and Kenner
members OF the Louisiana Returning
Board, who, are in the custody of the
House, arc, in the judgment OF the House
the peers OF u majority Of the Electoral
commission, who have completed
the work OF Wells, Anderson, Cassnnave
and kenner, with greater contempt for
the privileges OF the House for the public
opinion OF the country than had been ex.
hibited by them. That Justice demands
that each OF such Returning Board should
occupy the same position, and that the
house has no power to confne n MAORI.
ty OF the Electoral Commission, and
therefore resolving that Anderson, Ken.
ner, Wells and Cassanave be now set al
liberty in order that they may assist q
majority OF the Electoral Commission in
lnaugurating person whom they Jointly
counted into the office OF Presidcnt OF the
United States over the votes OF large
majority OF the legal voters of the coun.
try.
Mr.. Conger said that ii it was necessa.
ry TO exhibit such a specimen OF spite, he
had no objection to a motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution.
The resolution was defeated, there be.
ing only Is votes in the affirmative.
Mr.. Waldron made conference report
on the Deficiency Bill. He said by the
conference report the bill showed an in.
crease OF 81, $4,000 over amount appro.
priated by the House, including an item
Of $500, 900 for the deficiency in the pay
OF the Navy, and an item OF 100000 for
the deficiency in the Department of Jus.
tice: The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Clymer made conference report
on the Military Academy Bill. Agreed
to.
Mr.. Atkins, from the Committee OH
Appropriations, moved to suspend the
rules and put upon its passage the Army
Appropriation Bill. He stated that the
session was so far advanced that that was
the only practical method OF dealing with
the bill. He explained that there was
three propositions in the bill to which
the attention of the House should
be called, cOndensing the Quarter.
masters Department into one appropria.
tion clause. Another was fixing the basis
at 10000 enlisted men, aud the third was
that no part OF the appropriation should
be used for the purpose OF sustaining any
State government by the army.
The bill was read. 1t provides among
other things for the reduction OF the cav.
airy TO eight, artillery to four, and
the infantry regiments TO sixteen
That the officers OF discontinued regi.
regiments may be assigned to other regi-
ments OF their respective arms, and that
any officer on his own application may
be ordered to he discharged with one
years. pay for every eight years service
from the date Of his commission; also
that there shall be no distinction in the
service on account Of color; also that
there shall he no new enlistments in the
army until the number of enlisted mcr
shall he reduced to 1900; also that nc
part oil the appropriation shall be used in
support Of the claims Of either govern
ment in Louisiana or South Carolina
until such governments shall have beer
duly recognized by Congress.
After brief diScussion, the motion tc
suspend the rules aud pass the bill wa
agreed to without the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Reagan moved TO suspend tn
rules and pass the river and hnrhor ap
priation bill. Itappropria,es 81, ,5l2 300
the following being the largest items
Removing obStructions at the mouth o
the Mississippi river, 100000; harbol
At Galveston, 100000; Mississippi rivcl
between mouths OF tho Illinois and Ohio
rivers, Sl20, 900; improvement OF Missis
Sippis Missouri and Arkansas rivers
SG5,0OO. Arsenal island channel opposit,
ST. Louis. $4,000; Des MoinCs rapids
500, 900; Tennessee river, belew Chattu
nooga, 100000; Ohio river, Sl3O,0O0
Great Kanawha river, 100000; 81. Ma
ry's river, Michigan, 100000. II also
reappropriatea the uncxPcndcd balance
Of last years river and harbOr improve
nent hill.
A motion 10 suspend the rules AM
pass the bill was dcfcated.--Hcas III
nays ll2.
Mr., lIurd offered preamble and rcso
luton, reciting that II has been decided
that thOPresident Of theU United StntCs,ma,
be innugurRted on fraudulent action o
the LoniSiNnh Returning Board, md TIM
the men who have 10 contributed to III,
election 81 tho President Of the Union
Oughtno longer he IN confinement ant
| the directing members OF Tho I,ouisiRn,