The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-22

paragraph specified individual cases and
amounts
Mr.. Garfield moved to strike out sll Of
the paragraph except the totsl amount.
|: would seem as If the cases and amounts
were specific SIS if Congress were exercl.
sing reyIssry power over these iu1g-
ments
Mr.. Singleton replied that there wss
no resS0n why the csses snd amounts
should not be specified, particularly ss
some o: the judgments drew interest, and
the interest had 10 be computed and pro
vIded tor.
Mr. Garfield said thst wss y matter for
the Treasury Department.
tinsIiy the discussion closed, and the
amendment was withdrawn.
Mr.. Yates offered ~ amendment ap
propristIng SlI5OO Tor continuing the
work OF pgopaSatlng and distributing
shsd and other food fishes. Agreed 10.
The item for the pys.masters salaries
having been reached, Mr. Waddeil gsve
notice tbs; the PJstotHce Committee
would. report change of the present
isw by which the compensation OF post
masters governed by the amount Of
stamps sold by them. de offered an
amenimru. spprcprlatlnS the surplus OF
lsst years appropriation to the star
service which means the carrying OF
mails by other than railroads or steam
erS). TO the same service for the current
year
Mr.. BIount, member Of the Appro-
prlaton Committee, opposed the amend
ment Ms IN sttenpt TO Inappropriate
$3.50 600
After = long discussion OF Mr.. Wsd-
dells amendment, i, was sgreed 10.
Mr.. Cox, OF New York, offered ST
amendment making such appropriate
ss may be required TO pay the wages OF
l=borers. workmen aLu mechanics en-
ployed by or on behalf OF the govern.
ment in excess Of eight hours labor per
day prescribed by law.
Mr.. Singleton opposed the amendment
As being without head or tail and utterly
indefinite
Mr.. Blount appealed to his own side o.
the House to stand by the Committee or
Appropriations II RESTING this and SINH
lar efforts to load down appropriation
bills he reminded them that they had
gone before the country claiming 10 hav,
effected reduction o. thirty millions n
year, but i, the Appropriation Committc,
WAS 10 be overrIJden from day TO day that
good record would b. wiped out and a.,
the steps taken in Tho wsy OF retreuch.
meut would be retrscted. After further
debate the amendment Was rejected, only
u members votIag Tor IT.
MIR. Cox don andri tcI,uIs.
The Chair stated that rot enough
member, hal risen % order todor-.
Nj. C5x-All rishl mo galIor!cs viii
notice he mamber-. Llug ghter.l
Mr. Frye tot Manc) then brought up
the question OF the alleged discharge by
the doorkecper o. Crippled and dissblei
Union soldiers who I'D baon on the
loorkccpc,s rall aud remarked, IA tn,
course OF an ImpassiJned speech on ths.
-abjaci that when the President OF Lhy
United States saw lit 10 sppuiul those
who had been IN the Confederate service,
and who to-day sFe Democrats, ard pu,
Them IN positions o. rcspOus blIty Aud
power, and when the Repubiicun party
of the country commended the PresI.
don't for so doing, It might possibly b"
that the doorkeep,r shuIld, ~ the in
.eresL o. pacidcaLIon, be allowed to di'.
charge the crippled gud disabled Union
oldlers and put Confederate soldiers 10
their places
Mr.. CabeIi-Doos the gentleman iror
Maine consider that the President hs
tone wrong il doing what ho hss done
IN forming his Cabinet.
Mr.. Frye I do.
Mr. Kclliuger Col Pennsylvania So
10 |.
SIR. sparks denied that the Door
keeper hnd turned out crippled Union
soldiers and put in thelf places men who
were not Union soldirr- lie had turned
ou. few Republican Unio1 soldiers and
I'D filed their places with cripple
DamocratIc Union soldiers, JUS! y, the
people Of the Fifth ohio dIs.rig: had 80
lected oue-leggod Goncrai - represent
gnem Reel, and Gs the gallant De-
mocrsCy of New jersey hal elected D.
their Governor tnaL gallant Union Dem
0cratiC general, Mcclellan. Applause
The discussion WAS carried on Tor sOH.
time amid great uprDsr and confusion.
Finally proposition, offered by Mr.. Fo
ter directing the retention of these d,s
abled soldiers, Wa ruled 90 be out Of or
der, and the ruling was, on appeal, su--
tanned.
The committee soon after reported the
bill and amendments
The vote on the ameadmer. Sppropri.
ating 100000 for the star service
contracts was ordered to be taken by
yeas and nays. and resulted, yeas l08;
nays l29, 50 the amendment wa rejected
There was su eIor. IN the y mncrs.ic
side Of lh" House ,o have 'to t.lI hraly
disposed OF tins evening apparently .r
order % get j. en-! oi The way be sr'i-
resumption bill, b.: there va. uo 4 po-
stion on the Republican -iGa &. 800 the
Democrats m dong ~, and several mo
tOns to adjourn we've mzIe ard voted
on by yeAs nLd Hsys
The North LaroIrs and TcKV Nom
bers, who de-ired sr'col.iiersil9n oi th'
vote on the -isrs.rv,c, au er tmrnt, we're
the most sctlve in 'he effort % delsy
tho husl action on thr deficiency bill.
Eventually toe Cyumitte. on ApprO-
prlatlons had 70 yi,ll tie pom. and Jet
The bill 20 over without fnai action.
Adjourned.