The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-21
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO TIE DAILY INTELLIGEHcER
GENERAL NEWS.
Senate Finance Committee Still
Hammerinu the Silver Bill.
How PhiIsdsIphians Propose to Fund
Legal Tender Notes.
The Paris Exposition Bill as ItPass.
ed the House.
How MoDaniels Gets a Law Suit
Postponed.
Great Gold Discoveries in Central
America.
President Hayes on Drunken Army
Officers
President Hayes on Drunken Army
Officers.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

SENATE.
During the morning hour several bill
were introduced and referred, when tht
bill to enable Indians 10 become citizen
was considered and discussed by Measrs
Thurman, Ingalls, and Whyte.
The Discussion lasted until 2 o'clock
when further confederation Of the bill
was postponed until the 10Th OF Deem
ber next.
The Senate then went into executive
session.
When the doors were re.opened Mr
Thurman submitted n resolution that thC
Committee on Privileges and Elections
be discharged from further consideration
Of the credentials Of VIC. Butler Is Sen,
ator from South Carolina.
Mr.. Conkling suggested to his friend
from Ohio (Thurman) that the resolution
be withheld till tomorrow morning I'm
less something was TO be gained by TAX,
ing 1t up this afternoon. The motion Ia
discharge the committee was unexpected
and several Senators who would like 10
be heard in regard to this matter were
not here to-day.
Mr.. Thurman said he merely desired
to have the resolution taken up now SO
that it would come up as unfinished bus.
iness tomorrow. Ifthere should be 9th.
er business then Of more importance q
majority Of the Senate could lay this res.
olution aside. BE said that he offered
this resolution with reluctance, because
be knew that the members Of the com.
mittee would be apt to regard 1t as q re.
Election on them; but the State OF South
Carolina has had but one Senator on this
floor since the 4th OF March last; fiye
weeks OF the present session had elapsed
and no report has been made on the Gre
ientials OF Mr.. Butler. He did not pro.
pose TO go into the merits OF the case now,
but, as far as he had been informed, there
was no controversy between the contest.
ants from South Carolina, Messrs. Butler
and Corbitt, about the facts, so there was
no necessity of going outside of the re.
cord to learn the facts. He had also been
informed that 1t was not the desire Of
either contestant to go outside OF the re.
cord or take testimony aliunde. This
delay in the South Carolina case was a
reproaCh to the American Senate.
Mr.. Wadleigh, chairman OF the Com-
mittee on Privileges and elections, argued
thatit was not question OF privileges to
move to discharge the committee from
further consideration Of the credentials
Of one claiming 10 have been elected
Senator. No member Of the committee
who knew what work had been done
would stand up and say that the commit.
tee had been guilty Of tardiness. The
case OF Kellogg and Spofford was frat
taken up by the committee because they
thought it right to do so, and they did
not think it proper to lay aside that case
and take up another. In his opinion this
desire 10 take this case from the commit.
tee was caused by the fact that the work
OF the committee in the Spofford- kellogg
case was nearly closed. In one or two
days the committee would be prepared to
decide that case. Upon the Republican
side OF the Chamber the Senators sup.
posed the Butler matter would be exam
ined into and reported upon BY the COM
mittee, and not Senator had prepared
himself to discuss 1t in the Senate, having
relied upon the committee TO present the
whole case; hence, the motion Of the Sen.
ator from Ohio was unjust to the Repub.
lican Senator'S. The Committee on Priv.
ileges and Elections had shown no desire
to delay, aud he hoped they would be
allowed to report on this scase or, at least,
time be given for the Senators on his side
of the Chamber to prepare themselves for
discussion. He felt that it would be his
duty to object to the consideration of the
resolution to-day.
Mr.. Thurman said the Chairman of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
had stated that the committee felt 1t to
be its duty to consider Kelloggs case
first. Why the committee considered
that case in preference to Eustis' case he
was at loss TO know.
Mr.. Mitchell said that when the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections first
met q motion was pending in the Senate
to discharge the committee from further
confederation Of Eustis' ease, and there
fore 1t was thought beat to take up the
Kellogg-Spoford case and not consider
the Eustis case while the motion to dis.
charge the committee was pending.
Mr.. Thurman said 1t was he who made
the motion 10 discharge the committee
from further consideration Of the Eus;is
case, and after discussion Withdrew the
motion himself. II was all done at one
session Of the Senate, and therefore could
not have been pending when the commit.
the took up the Kellogg case.
Mr.. Salisbury said that the motion OF
the Senator from Ohio in the Eustis case
was made on the 18th OF October and the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
did not meet till the 18th, 90 that all the
cases were before the committee when II
met. In reply to the Chairman Of the
committee, he said that members OF the
committee had called the attention oil the
members TO the fact that motion would
be made 10 discharge the committee from
further consideration Of the Butler case,
and therefore the Senators on the other
eide Of the Chamber knew 1t and had time
to prepare themselves. The Chairman
said the committe had been diligent, but he
(Saulsbury) must say that the COMMITTEES
had ample time to dispose Of the Eustis
Gaze, the Butler case, and still could make
the same progress 1t had in the Kellogg.
Spoford case on Monday last in Commit.
Tee. He made a motion to take up the
case Of Eustis, but It was lost.
Mr.. Wadleigh renewed his objection,
and on further consideration the resolu,
ton went over till tomorrow,
The Vice President appointed Messrs
Davis, Beck, Allison, ingalls, and Cam.
eron, ot IA, as special committee "a
examine the books and accounts Of The
Treasury Departmental regard TO the nj.
legged discrepancies, &C., authorized by
the resolutioa Of Mr.. Davis, agreed Il
yesterday. :
4 Bills introduced and referred;
! Mr, Whyts from the oommittso on