The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-05
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO TIE DAILY LNTElLIGENoER
CONGRESSIONAL.
Butler Hankers After Fractional
Shln-Plasters.
lncompstency Of the Democracy
as Pictured by Hale.
Doorksspsr Polk Poked Out Of
His Place,
Bv a Vote of 1879 10 80.
BY a Vote of: lss to 80.
SLNATE.

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viding for select committee Of seventy
to consider the propriety Of taking the
tenth census. He said the arrangement
had to be made during the present Con.
gress, and as the session was short one
preliminary steps should now be taken.
The amendment was agreed TO.
At the expiration Of the morning hour
the confederation was resumed Of ,un-
finished business-the Pacific Railroad
funding bill, and Mr.. Matthews replied to
the argument against the bill.
The debate was participated In BY
Messrs. Thurman, Whyte, Blair and Hill,
after which the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Butler introduced bill 10 supply
convenient currency, with which the
minor business transactions OF the peo-
pie may be done. Referred. Il pro-
yides Tor the Issuing OF 25 and 90 cents
In fractional currency, and that any per-
son paying into the Treasury legal tender
notes or coin should receive such amount
OF fractional currency as he may desire
and direct the Secretary Of the Treasury 10
pay out one-sixth OF all payments made
from the Treasury on the redemption oi
National Bank notes in United States le-
gal tender notes OF the denominations Of
81, 50, s., 81 and S..
Consideration was then resumed OF
Door-keeper Polks case, and Mr.. Cook
spoke in favor OF retaining him.
Mr.. Baker spoke In favor OF the ma.
jority resolution.
Mr.. Hale said the case OF the Door.
keeper sank into insigniiicance com.
pared with the radical incompetency Of
The Democratic party 10 administer any
branch OF the Government. Falstatfas a
soldier, Bolton as lover, Dundreary as
philosopher, Mulberry Sellers as cap.
italist, cut no such figure as the Demo
cratic party cut. Masquerading before
the country as civil service reformers
and yet ssbeing incapable Of administering
any branch Of the Government, no matter
how small.
Mr.. Baker (N.Y.) said he would like
to offer an amendment directing the Door
keeper, 10 bis future appointments, to dis
regard the solicitation OF the Democratic
members.
A resolution, offered by Mr. Ellen as
substitute for the report OF the COM
mittee, was rejected; yeas 95, nsys155.
The question REQUIRED on the resolu-
ton reported by the committee, which
was as follows:
Resolved, Tha. the position Of door
keeper Of the House OF Representatives
be and hereby is declared vacant and
further
RaoEped, That until the appointment Of
new .doorkeeper, the duties of the office
be and hereby are deyolved on the Ser.
geant.at-Arms.
Mr.. Conger demanded division Of the
question.
The vote, therefore, was taken on the
frat resolution and 1t was adopted; yeas
1S9, nays so.
The following Is the vote in the mega.
tive: Aiken, Banning, Blackburn, Bliss,
Boone, Bright, Cabell. Caldwell, of KY,
Carlisle, Chalmers, Clark, OF Missouri,
Cook, Cravens, Chittenden, Culbertson,
Davidson, Davis, Of North Carolina, Dib
rell, Dickey, Durham, Eden, Elsln, Ellis,
Ewing, Forney, Franklin, Garth, Gance,
Gibson, Giddings, Goode, Gunter, Has>
ris, Of Virginia, Harrison, Of Georgia,
Hartridge, Hatcher, Henry, Hewitt, Of
Alabama, Herbert, Hoaker, House, Hun.
ton, Jones, Of Alabama, Jorgensen, Ken
ns, Kuunell, Knapp, Logan, Luttrell,
Manning. Martin, Money, Muldoon,
Quinn, Reagan, Riddle, Robbins, sayler,
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