The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LNTELLIGENCER
CONGRESS.
HOUSE.
WAsnINaroN, Febrnary N.


actually owned by the Treasury, availa-
BILE for the resumption OF specie payment,
and also whether any bonds or other in.
leresI bearing obligations has been iRSned
during the past or present year in pur-
chase Of any such coin or bullion,
Mr.. KasGon objected.
Consideration was resumed Of the res
Olutions reported by the special commit
lee charged with the investigation Of the |
recent election in Florida, and Mr..
Thompson, chairman Of the committee,
addressed the House. He stated that the
minority had been treated with the great.
est fairness, and any charge TO the con.
trary was utterly untrue.
The majority resolution, declaring the
Tilden electors duly elected was then
adopted-yeas l42, nays 80, party vote
with the exception Of Mr.. Purman, who
voted in the affirmative.
THENAvY nTLL.
The House went into a Committee Of
the Whole, Mr.. Mills, Texas, in the chair,
on the naval appropriation bill. The
bill appropriates $l2, ,4S7,52i.
hls hulh tHG IlIOpGTI
place he intended 10 offer as an amend.
ment the bill reported from the Commit.
tee on Naval Affairs, authorizing the ap.
pOintmenL OF mixed committee 10 de-
eide on future naval policy OF the
United States. He called attention TO
the fact that scince 1861 there had been
expended on the navy over COO millions
Of dollars, and yet it was not as efficient
as in 1861.
Mr.. Hale said that the gentleman from
Tennessee (Whitthorne) had last year
discovered method for improving the
Navy OF the United States which was by
impeachment Of the Secretary OF the
Navy. That attempt had failed and now
he came forward with proposition Tor
commission which was to be panacea
for all the ills which afflicted the Navy
Department. The commission was to be
made up OF 3persons who had passed their
lives in the naval service and G persons
who in all probability would know moth
ing whatever about the subject which they
were to inquire into. He denied that tho
American Navy was in worse condition
than il had ever been before.
The bill was then considered by Sec
tions.
Mr.. Hale moved TO amend by increas-
ing the appropriation for the pay Of oili
GERS and seamen ofthe Navy from 81, $50.
900, as appropriated in the bill to 81 900.
900. Without coming to vote on the
amendment the committee rose.
The conference report on the bill pro.
viding for the deficiency in the appropri-
ations for the support Of the Public
Printing Office was agreed TO.
The House then took recess until 1880
this evening.
The evening session was for the consid-
Grafton Of the Naval Appropriation Bill.
EVENING SESSION.
The House met at 7;3O, and immedi-
ntely went into Committee Of the Whole
mills Of Texas IN the chair on the
Naval Appropriation bill.
The pending question was on the
amendment increasing the appropriation
for the pay of officers and men in the
navy from Sc, 100000 to 100000. AZ
ter long debate the amendment was
rejected.
On motion Of Mr.. SeeIye $1,000 was
appropriated for the publication OF OBJ
servations on the transit Of Venus.
Without finishing the Naval Appro.
priation bill, the committee rose, and the
House took recess until 10 o'clock to-
morrow. ..
SENATE.
The joint resolution Of the Minnesota
Legislature, asking an appropriation for
the Red river, North, was referred.
The bill appropriating $250,00O for a
fire.proof building for the National Ma.
scum was placed on the Calendar.
A petition from the widow OF Rear
Admiral Wilkes, praying that her name
be placed on the pension roll, was re.
ferred.
The bill removing the political disa.
bilities Of Joseph +. Johnston, Of Virgin
ia, passed.
The bill providing for the preparation
and publication OF new edition Of the
Revised Statutes OF the United States
passed.
Mr.. Conkling asked that the bill to
provide for the distribution Of the
awards made under the convention be-
tween the United States and Mexico, be
passed now, but objection was made by
Spencer, who had a telegram from con.
stituent saying there was fraud in the
matter, and he was now on his way to
Washington.
Consideration was resumed on the bill
to amend the Pacific Railroad acts, and
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TIE RAILROAD Hills.
Mr., Dorsey introduced bill, amenda.
tory Of and supplemental to the act Of
March 3, 1872, to incorporate the Texas
& Pacific Railroad, and the acts of. July
%, 1866, granting lands TO aid in the con.
struction OF the railroad and telegraph
line, from the states Of Missouri and Ar.
kansas to the Pacific Ocean. Referred.
The bill is copy Of the so called
Compromise Texas and Pacific Bill, )" re.
Gently reported to the House Of Repre-.
sentatives, by Mr.. Lamar, from the Com.
mittee on Pacific Railroad.
The Senate resumed the consideration
Of the unfinished business, being the bill
to amend the Pacific Railroad acts, so as
to create sinking fund for the liQui-
dation OF the Indebtedness due the Gov
ernment by the Pacific Railroad Conf
pany.
Mr., Boutwell, withdrew the amend.
ment submitted by him several days ago,
10 the bill OF the Railroad Committee,
providing that the payments Of S75O,OO0
per annum to be made by the railroad com.
panics to the credit OF the sinking fund,
shall be in addition to all the payments
or requirements from the companies
under the original acts, instead OF in lien
Of all the paymentsor requirements un.
der those acts.
Mr.. Booth renewed the amendment,
lie also submitted an amendment 10 the
second section OF the bill OF the Railroad
Committee, so as to provide that the
Central and Union Pacific companies
shall each pay into the Treasury Of the
United States S75O,OO0 per annum in
equal semi.annual installments, on the
frat day Of April and October in each
year, commencing on the first day Of 0c.
tober, 1877, In lawful money, until said
sums, with interest thereon as heretofore
provided, shall be sufficient, when added
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