The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-14


finished tonight and the corpse buried.
On motion OF Mr.. Cox, the Senate resO.
luton that each calendar day should be
considered as legislative day and that
the Journal Of the day before should be
so dated, was adopted.
The Speaker laid before the House u
message from the President, transmitting
the memorial Of u committee Of citizens,
Of New York, asking for the passage Of
the law authorizing the proper depart.
ment 10 set apart sufficient ground on
either Bedlow or Governors Island, in
the harbOr Of New York, as site for the
statue Of Liberty Enlightening ThcWorld,
which has been donated to the United
States by the French people. Referred.
Recess till 10 o'clock tomorrow.
SENATE.
The credentials Of Senator.elect D. r.
Corbin, signed by Governor Chamberlain,
were read and fled.
Atthe expiration Of the morning hour
the Senate, by u vote OF 3j to IA, laid
aside the unfinished bnsiness-the bill to
amend the Pacific Railroad ac!s.
Resolution was submitted yesterday for
the arrest OF Conrad n. Jourdan, cashier
OF the Third National Bank OF New
York, who failed to appear and testify as
to the accounts in the bank OF Samuel j.
Tllden, William 4. Pelton and A. S.
Hewitt. The Pacific bills were laid aside
with the understanding that motion to
take up again should be made as soon us
the resolution for the arrest of Jourdan
was disposed Of.
The Chair laid before the Senate a
communication from the Attorney Gen.
eral in answer 10 n resolution Of Mr..
Bayard, adopted some weeks ago, calling
for full information in regard to the
number Of Deputy United States Mar.
shals employed on November 7th, the
day OF the Presidential election. Re.
ferred.
Mr.. Logan presented the joint resolu.
tiOns Of the Illinois Legislature in favor
OF an amendment to the patent laws 80
as TO secure to inventors adequate com.
pensation for the Use Of their invention.
Referred.
Mr.. Patterson presented the credentials
OF David 7. Corbin, claiming to have
been elected Senator from South Carolina
for six years, from March 4th, 1877. The
credentials were sighed by d. II. Cham.
berlatn, Governor OF South Carolina, and
after being read were placed on file, no
objection being made thereto.
Mr.. Christiancy presented resolutions
Of the Detroit Board of Trade in favor Of
the repeal OF the bankrupt law. Refer.
red.
Mr.. Hamlin, from the Committee on
Rules, reported back the proposed amend.
ment to the rules recently submitted by
Mr.. Boutwell,, providing that during the
session Of the Electoral Commission each
calendar day, when the legislative bust.
ness shall have been transacted, shall be
treated as such and the journals of the
two houses otCongress shall be 20 kept and
dated. Agreed to.
Mr.. Allison, from the Conference Com.
mittee on the bill to provide for the sale
Of certain lands in Kansas submitted a
report, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Harvey, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported substitute for
Senate bill, to secure the rights Of settlers
upon certain railroad lands, and repeal
the first five sections OF the act OF July
%, 1896, granting the lands to the State
Of Kansas 10 aid in the construction Of
the Kansas 4 Neosho Valley Railroad,
and its extension 10 the Red river.
Passed.
Mr., Merrimon, from the Committee on
Rules, reported the amendment to the
rules so as to provide that the appropri
alton for the Improvement Of rivers and
harbors, and all amendments thereto,
shall be referred by the Committee on
Commerce, to the Secretary OF War,
who shall make inquiry and report upon
the extent and expediency Of and necessi.
ty for the proposed improvement, and
such report shall be made a part Of the
report Of the Committee OF the Senate.
Ordered printed.
Mr.. Hurley, from the Committee on
Rules, reported favorably on the amend
nlent to the rules reported by Mr.. Ingalls,,
so as TO provide that motions to adjourn
to a certain day, or to take recess, shall
be debatable. Calendered.
Mr.. Sargent submitted 4 resolution
calling on the President to transmit 10
the Senate, il not incompatible with the
public interest, report Of the expendi.
lures on account OF foreign intercourse
during the same period. Agreed TO.
Mr.. Window presented a joint resolu-
tion OF the Minnesota Legislature, asking
an appropriation by Congress ior the
survey OF the st. Croix and St. Louis
rivers.
Mr.. Cameron, Of Wisconsin, presented
resolution Of the Wisconsin Legisla.
ture, asking an appropriation TO aid in
the completion OF the Sturgeon Bay and
Lake Michigan Ship Canal and harbor,
and TO extend the time for the compile.
tion Of the same. Referred.
Mr.. Mitchell submitted an amendment
to the deficiency appropriation bill ap.
propriating $4,000 to defray the ex-
penses necessarily incurred by the Com.
miltee on Privileges and Elections in
making Investigations as to the elections
in various Southern States, under the
resolution Of Mr.. Edmunds, adopted the
9th ofDecember. Ordered printed.
Mr., Mitchell referred to the testimony
in the case OF the Oregon electors, and
argued that Sl5,3S0 were placed to the
credit OF the Democratic leaders in Ore
gon to be used in connection with the
controversy going on between Watts, the
Republican elector, and Cronin, the
Democratic elector. The money put
up in Oregon came directly from the
head OF the great Democratic party in
New York. Samuel J. Tilden was one
Of the directors Of the Third National
Bank Of New York, and testimony would
show that this whole conspiracy in regard
to the electoral vote Of Oregon originated
in the very headquarters Of the Democrat.
lc party in New York city.
Mr.. Herman argued that the witness
Jonrdan had been subppnaed at the in.
stance OF an individual member OF the
committee and not by the committee
The gentleman presenting this resolution
to the Senate (Mitchell) had deemed il
proper to 60 into discussion Us to what
the testimony showed before the proof
was all in, and had it not been for that
he (kernan) would not refer to the mat.
ter. Mr.. Herman then quoted from the
testimony and said when il was discovered
that Watts was ineligible it was thought
suits would be instituted 10 compel Gov.