The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-22
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO TIE DAILY LNEELLIeENoEl
GENERAL NEWS.
The Silver Bill Reported to the
Senate.
Another Scion Of British Royalty
Marries.
Senator Henry has a Chance 10
Spread Himself.
The impending Crisis In France.
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.
MAsn1so1oS. Noyember 81.

ot the Whole, Mr.. Wright in the chair, OF
the deficiency appropriation bill.
Mr.. Singleton, member Of the Appro
priation Committee, explained the pro
visions Of the bill.
Mr.. Foster called attention to the fac
that this was the second deficiency BIZ
brought before the House, the former on
appropriating S2, 500, 900, and the presen
one 81 ,250, 600. That was another illus
tration Of the economy Of the Democrat
House Of last year.
Mr.. Beebe ol New York)-Didn'l th
Naval deficiency grow out OF the fact tha
the money appropriated at the last Con
gress had been nlsapplied by the ExeCu
tive officers?
Mr.. Foster-Not at all. There is
great difference Of opinion about that.
Mr.. Singleton called attention to th
fact that OF the 81 100000 appropriatet
by the present bill, $6sO,0Oj was re
appropriation.
Mr.. Foster replied that that was one o
the tactics Of the Democratic party b.
which they hoped TO deceive the country
Last year the Democrats had stated tha
they had saved $50, 100000. Books Wert
make up and showed a saving OF less thar
$l9,0O0,0OO. He thought that an item o
$3.50, 900 should have been inserted fol
the completion Of the new State Depart
ment building.
The bill was then read by clauses iol
amendment. The frat paragraph was iol
the payment Of awards Of the Court o.
Claims 10 the amount Of $694,045. The
paragraph specified individual cases and
amounts.
Mr.. Garfield moved to strike out all o
the paragraph except the total amount
1t would seem, II the cases and amount,
were specified, as II Congress were exer-
cisiug a revisory power over these iudg
ments.
Mr.. Singleton replied that the para
graph followed the book OF estimates
There Wa1 no reason why the cases and
amounts should not be specified, par!ic
ularly as some Of the judgments drew in,
terest, and the interest had TO be comput
ed aud provided for.
Mr.. GariCld-That is a matter for The
Trealury Department.
Mr.. Singleton also gave as a reason
why the gross sum Of money should moi
be appropriated that there was outstand.
ing Judgments in favor Of the Union Pa,
citic Railroad Company which, by agree.
ment, were not 10 be paid until a certain
time, and il q gross aum were appropri-
ated i may happen that the judgments
would be paid.
Mr.. Atkins claimed it to be the right
and duty Of Congress to provide specific
ally for these judgments. II the PROPOSE
tion OF the gentleman from Ohio were
adopted, then the power OF saying 10
whom the money was 10 be paid would
have passed from Congress, and the
Judgments that are being made every day
might be paid in preference to those al.
ready matured.
Finally, the discussion closed and the
amendment was Withdrawn.
Mr.. Yates offered an amendment ar.
propriatiug 1850 for continuing the
work Of propagating and distributing shad
and other food fishes. Agreed to.
The item for postmasters' salaries hay.
ing been reached, Mr.. Waddell gave no
tice that the Postofiice Committee wonld
report a change OF the present law by
which the compensation Of postmasters
Ia governed by the amount Of stamps sold
by them. He offered an amendment ap.
propriating the surplus Of last years
appropriation Tor "star" services (which
means the carrying Of mails by other
means than railroads or steamers) to the
same service for the current year. After
discussion, agreed 10.
Mr.. Cox, Of New York, offered an
amendment making such appropriation
as may be required to pay The wages Of
the laborers, Workmen and mechanics EN-.
ployed by or on behalf OF the govern
ment in excess of the eight hours labor
per day prescribed by law.
Mr.. Singleton opposed the amendment
as being without head or tail and utter
y indefinite. Mr.. BIount appealed 10
his own side Of the House, standing by
the Committee on Appropriations in re-.
sisting this and similar efforts 10 load
down the appropriation bills he re.
minded them that they had gone before
the country claiming that they had ef.
tected a reduction Of $4,000, 900 year,
but IL the Appropriation Committee was
to be overridden from day to day that
good record would be wiped out and ali
steps taken In the way Of retrench.
ment would be retracted.
After further debate the amendment
was rejected, only q members voting for
II.
Mr.. Cox demanded tellers.
The Chairman stated that not enough
members had risen to order telIers.
Mr.. Cox-All right. The galleries
will notice the members. Laughter.
Mr.. Frye, Of Maine, then brought up
the question Of the alleged discharge BY
the Doorkeeper, Of crippled and disabled
Union soldiers, who had been on the
Doorkeepefs roll, and remarked in the
course OF an impassioned speech on that
subject, that when the President Of the
United States saw tit to to appoint those
who had been in the Confederate. service
and who to-day are Democrats, and put
them in positions Oh responsibility and
power, and when the Republican party oI
the country commended the President for
so doing, 1t might possibly be that The
Doorkeeper should, in the interest d
paci6cation, be allowed TO discharge Grip,
pied and disabled Union soldiers and pu,
Confederate soldiers in their places.
Mr. Cabell-"Does the gentleman from
Maine consider that the President has
done wrong in doing what he has done in
forming his Cabinet?"
Mr.. Frye-"I dor
Mr.. Killipgsr, OF Pa.-sAnd 40 do II
Mr.. McMahon replied 10 Mr. FIVE, and
said although there were 5000 disabled
Union soldiers 10 his District, he never
heard Of any Of them getting a place In
any Of the departments Of The govern,
ment. This talk about disabled Union
soldiers on the Doorkeepes's roll amount.
ed only 10 this, that some members had
got some Of their own appointed. Are
there no Union soldiers Ia The country,