The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-16
HOUSE,
Hills REFERRED.

Adjourned.
BILLS REFERRED.
The following bills we're Introduce
and referred.
By Mr.. Dunnell: To declare the juris.
diction OF the United States over harbon
and navigable waters Of the United
States.
By MIR. Blair: For the reduction O
postage.
By Mr.. Robbins: A resolution direct
ing the Committee on Rules to inquire
into the expediency Of the rule rquiring
the Record,to print the votes taken BY
yeas and nays under four heads to-wit
yeas, nays, paired and absent impaired,
and also the expediency Of the rule for
bidding pairing.
By Mr.. Davis, Of North Carolina
Asking leave to introduce and have re-
ferred 10 the committee oil the whole q
resolution reciting the unequal taxation
imposed on different States by internal
revenue and directing the Committee on
Ways and Means to inquire into the ex.
pediency Of abolishing said tax.
Mr.. Covert objected.
Mr.. Willis, Of Kentucky, offered 4 res
olution for the appointment Of a select
committee to ascertain whether the
Treasury Department has complied with
the act Of Congress, requiring the ap-
pointments in said Department to be
equally distributed among several States
and Territories. Referred.
Mr.. Franklin asked leave to offer q
resolution declaring it TO be the opinion
Of the House that the United States notes
shall be legal tender in the payment Of
duties on imports.
Mr.. Frye objected.
Mr.. Covert offered n resolution in
structing the Board Of Supervising In
spectors Of Steamboats, to examine into
and report on the merits Of their various
liie-saying apparatus. Referred.
Mr.. Springer asked leave to introduce
and put upon It's passage bill to pre-
vent the further contraction OF the cur
rency. II provides that the value OF the
legal tender notes shall not he contracted
or reduced below the amount OF $3.50, 600.
900, and that any surplus Of such notes
received or redeemed by the Government,
which may be in the Treasury in excess
OF the sums required TO meet the appro-
priations made by Congress, shall be re-
issued by the Secretary Of the Treasury
in the purchase Of coin for the payment
Of coin obligations.
Mr.. Garfield objected TO its present
consideration, and it was referred to the
Banking and Currency Committee.
Mr.. Cox, OF New York, from the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, reported back
the bill suspending for ten years further
operation OF section 1874 Of the. Revised
Statutes, which provides that when a
citizen Of the United States shall discover
guano island, he shall not sell guano
except 10 citizens Of the United States.
The provision has already been suspend
ed for five years. Passed.
Mr.. Jones, Of Ohio, from the Commit.
tee on Public Buildings and Grounds, re-
ported back the resolution directing the
the subcommittee Of said committee to
proceed 10 the cities Of Chicago, Provi.
dence, Pittsburgh, ST. Louis, Louisville,
Detroit and Cleveland, Tor the purpose OF
ascertaining the wants OF the -public
service in regard 10 public buildings in
those cities.
Mr.. Stenger raised the point OF order
that as the resolution involved the expen-
diture Of money il must 60 10 the commit.
Tee Of the whole.
The Speaker sustained the point and
the resolution was referred.
Mr.. Reagan, chairman Of the Commit.
tee on Commerce, reported back the bill
amending certain sections Of the revised
statutes, concerning commerce and the
navigation OF steam vessels. Referred TO
the committee Of the whole and made the
special order Tor Tuesday next.
The House went into committee Of the
whole on the state OF the Union, Mr..
Hooker in the chair, for general debate.
Mr.. Price addressed the committee in
advocacy Of the reconciliation oil the
silver dollar. He claimed that II was q
thing which did not admit ola doubt that
the time when the silver dollar was de-
monetiLed the silver dollar Of 4l2l grains
was more valuable than the gold dollar.
He said that 1t was the interest Of the us.
to make both gold and silver legal ten.
der fer the payment OF all debts, public
and private, particularly now when this
country was such large producer ofsil-
yer, and he attributed the great deprecia.
ton OF real estate in Germany TO the
demonetiEing OF silver by that country.
He contradicLed the theory that the vast
increase In the production oi silver in
this country bad been the cause ot the
fall in the value Of that metal, and
alleged in denial Of It that India, China
and Japan alone took in the course Of
trade Si50000,0O0 Of silver, which was
about S25, 100000 more than the entire
product OF the world. He criticized the SER
mons OF Beecher and rockingham, and
in conclusion said: ave are laboring
10 get back TO the dollar which has been
tried in every condition and under every
variety Of circumstances in this country
and has not been found wanting. We are
directing our footsteps in the way lighted
by the lamp Of experience. We are not
pioneers. We are only seeking for old
paths made luminous by the foot
prints Of the fathers Of the republic,
They beckon US onward. They say to us,
This is the way; walk ye In IT, He who
has been 4 watchlul student Of history
cannot mistake his way, live be atten.
tive listeners we may hear from every
passing breeze that is waited TO US from
the marts Of commerce, from the farm oi
the husbandman, from the hum Of the
loom and from the ring Of the anvil,
words Of encouragement TO pursue stead
lily the silvery pathway that shall conduct
our nation 10 the goal Of financial pros
perity."
adjourned.