The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-06-20

The result was greeted with applause on
the Republican side.
The Speaker appointed the following
committee to attend the funeral of the
late Representative Q1inn, At Albany:
Messrs. Msvhsm, Blount, Caldwell,
Jones, of n. H., Townsend, Errett and
Jones, Of Ohio.
A resolution was adopted to pay the
widow OF Mr.. Quinn his arrears of pay,
and the pay be would have received for
the remainder of the term.
Mr.. Southland moved to suspend the
rules and pass the following bill: THAT
on and after the first of 1878, legal ten
der notes of the United States shall be
received at par in payment Of customs
duties" Agreed to and the bill passed
yeas l53, nays SO.
Mr. HaskIll moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill providing that all pen
sions Oh account of death wounds re-
ceived or disease contracted in the SER
vice OF the United States during the late
war shall commence from the date Of
death or discharge, and for the pay ment
of arrears OF pensions on that principle,
and also providing that no claim agent
shall be entitled to any compensation for
making application tor arrears Of PEN
siOns. Agreed tO-yeas l6l, nays 62.
Mr. kenna made the conference report
on the bill for the election of Represen-
tatlves in West Virginia to the Forty
Fourth Congress. He said the Senate
Amendments are retained except that 10
regard to to the election of United States
Senator by the present Legislature IN
| New Hampshire, which is struck out.
| Hhe report was agreed to.
Mr. Clark, OF Missouri, moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass Senate bill TO
create An auditor OF railroad accounts.
Agreed to-yess l57; nays 1872.
The Senate resolution extending the
| time for final adjournment until 10 2. NJ,
was conCurred in.
MIR. Athens, from the conference com
mittee on the sundry civil appropriation
bill, reported that the committee had
! been unable 10 sgree. He stated that the
| committee of conference had differed
very widely on great many points.
| Whether they could on turthe: confer
ence come TO an agreement remained TO
be seen. AS yet there was very little
| probability Of an agreement.
Mr.. Hale, one of the con ferees said
that though the first conference commit
tee had failed, he hoped and expected
that another committee could come to
some agreement by o'clock tonight.
The report was then agreed TO and
Messrs Atkins, Hewitt, OF New York
and Hale were appointed a conference
committee on the part Of the House.
Mr.. Cr.t.enden moved TO suspend the
rules and pass the bill known rs the pro
rate bill, TO establish q board Of Pacific
! Railroad Commissioners. Rejected
Yeas, l05; nays l03, not the requisite
wo.thirds in the affirmative.
The House then took recess.
EVENING SESSION.
The attendance of members was rather
slim many having already let the city.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, moved to sus-
pend TIE rules and pass the bill TO tx
the pay OF letter carriers. Agreed toi
yeas l49; nays 54.
The result was hailed with applause
The bill provides that in all cities con-
tanning population Of 10000 or over
! there shall be two classes OF letter carriers
| the first class to have salary OF $1,000
and the second class salary of $500
that in cities of less than $4,000 there
shall be but one class of letter carriers
whose salary shall be $3.50; that third
class may be established on duplication
| Of the postmaster to be called auxiliary
letter carriers to receive $400, and that
the letter carrier system may be estab'
ished in cities of $4,000 inhabitants.
Mr.. Conger moved to suspend the
rules and pass the joint resolution pro-
posing Constitutional amendment,
| forever prohibiting the payment OF any
claim for property taken, used, injured or
destroyed by regular troops during the
war OF rebellion, unless the owner was
! lcval to the Government, and gave
neither aid nor encouragement TO the en-
emy. Agreed to-yeas l44, nays 81.
A message was received from the Sen
| ate that that body had adopted resolu-
| ton for further extension OF the session to
one o'clock Thursday morning, and II
was con"urred in.
Mr.. Cannon moved TO suspend the
! rules and pass the post route bill, which
ne stated contained all the routes In the
original House bill. All the routes put
on bv the Senate and some four hundred
additional post routes, and none Of the
Objectionable amendments that hsd been
added by the Senate.
| Messrs Ward ard Freeman demanded
n reading of the bill in tull, intending IN
that way TO prevent It's passage.
Mr.. Cannon desired 70 make state
ment, but Mr.. Waddle objected decided
| Iy to mis- dong SO, and he Joined Messrs
! Ward and Freeman demanding the read
ing of the bill. This took place amid the
/ uprOad.
The Speaker ruling that the motion tc
suspend the rules did not deprive mem
Der of the right to call for the reading o.
n bill.
Mr.. Cannon offered to withdraw the
bill but was overruled in that, and The
| clerk commenced to read the bill, Be
fore he had been reading five minute:
his voice failed, and member OF the
! House, Mr.. Keifer, stepped 10 the cess
ana relieved the clerk. He was greeted
with shouts of laughter and csIls oi
"Louder, louder"
After a while MIR. Freeman, who hsd
previously announced that he could moi
be bull dozed, relented and withdrew hi:
demand for the reading of the bill, but
his colleague, MIR. Wood, persisted that
the bill should be read.
The tumult increased to such
an extent that the Speaker
called on the Sergeant-at-Arms tt
restore order and that functlonary
shouldering his heavy mace topped with
a large silver eagle, marched up and
down the side sisles, amid shouts ot
laughter, cheers and ciapping OF hands
When this little episode was over Mr.
Kelfer resumed the reading of the bill
After some time Mr.. Keiter WAS re-
ieved by Humphreys, Humphreys by
Cummings, Cummings by Hsrdenberg,
and Hardenberg by Stone. The read
inc was finished at half past 10 by liber'