The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May Z

WAaHIHoToH, May z.
Mr.. Dorsey, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the Post
office Appropriation bill, with sundry
amendments. Placed on the calendar.
He also reported from the same Com.
mittee the amendment submitted on
Thursday last by Mr.. Macy, from the
Committee on Postofiees and. POST
roads, granting subsidy for the Brazil
mail steamer service, without recon-.
mendation, and said he reported II back
that tho Committee on Postofiiees and
Postroads may submit Il with the Postof.
fee Appropriation bill, when the Senate
should take up that bill. The Committee
on Appropriations had not formally eI-
pressed any opinion as 10 II; certainly
not adverse TO It.
Mr.. Edmunds reserved all the points
Of order as to amendments.
OUR WEST VA. SENATORS VOTE FOR
cocKRELLs NOTION.
Mr.. Cockrell moved to take up the
House bill to forbid the further retire
ment OF United States notes which was
read the first time yesterday, and said be
moved to take 1t up now that II might be
read q second time. The motion was
agreed to-yeas So, nays 25, as follows:
YEAs-Bailey, Beck, Booth, Butler,
cockreIl, Coke, Davis (Ills.), Davis Nv.
Va.), Dorsey, Eustis, Garland, Gordon,
Harris, Hereford, Hill, Ingalls,, johnson,
Jones (Fla), Lamar, McCreery, Nc.
Donald, Maxey, Merrimon, Morgan,
Oslesby, Plumb, Ransom, Samuels, spen.
Ger, Thurman, Voorhees,, Wallace and
Withers-33.
NAYs-Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Cam.
eron Of Wisconsin, Conkling, Dawes, Ea-
ton, Edmunds, Ferry, Hoar, Howe, Ker-
nan, Kirkwood, Mcmillan, Mathews,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Paddock, Randolph,
Rollins, Sargent, Salisbury, Wadleigh,
White and Windom-25.
The bill having been read asecond time
Mr.. Morrill, moved that It be referred TO
the Committee on Finances.
Pending the discussion the morning
hour expired, when Mr.. Sargent called
for the regular order Of business, and the
consideration Of the Pension Appropria.
ton bill was resumed.
Mr.. Sargent, in charge Of the Pension
bill, said be was in error yesterday In sta
ting that %, ,225 names had been added 10
the pension roll this year. That was the
number estimated to be added during the
whole year. Only l0,4sl had been added
up to this time.
The pending question was on the inser.
ton as substitute for the second section
Of the bill an amendment adopted yester.
day, providing that on the 1st day Of
January, 1879, the term OF Office Of all
pension agents shall expire, and thereaf-
Ter honorably discharged wounded or dis.
abled soldiers or the widows or daughters
Of such soldiers shall be appointed 10 said
offices.
Mr.. Edmunds spoke in opposition to
tbs amendment.
After further discussion by Mr.. Voor.
hees and others, q vote on Mr.. Edmunds
motion to strike out the second section
was taken, and Il was rejected. Yeas 2e,
nays 80.
Mr. Maxey moved TO amend the House
bill go as to provide for the removal Of
the Nez Perces Indians OF Joseph's band,
now held "a prisoners Of war at Fort
Leavenworth, Ks, to Idaho Territory 10.
stead Of Indian Territory as the House
proposed. :,
Messrs. Maxey, Ingalls,, Dorsey and
others opposed the removal Of these In
dians to the Indian Territory upon the
ground that the wild and uncivilized In.
dians should not be placed therein where
peacable tribes now live.
Mr.. Ingalls, argued that the govern.
ernment had no territory in the Indian
country which II could use as reservas
tion for these Indians. 1t had no right to
send them there without the consent Of
the other Indians in the territory.
A lengthy discussion ensued as TO
whether the Indians preferred to 20 to
the Indian Territory or back to Idaho,
what the Interior Departments desired in
regard to them, etc.
Pending the discussion the Senate went
In executive session, and when the doors
were re>opeued adjourned.
HOUSE.
Immediately alter the reading oil the
Journal the House resumed consideration
OF the District OF Columbia Government
Bill, Simpson in the Chair.
Mr.. Reagan moved to amend 30 as to
make the government liable for but 25
per cent ot the expenditures Of the Dis
trict. Rejected.
Mr.. Eden moved to amend so a. to
make the United States government liable
for 40 per cent Of the expenditures Of the
District instead Of so per cent as provided
by the bill. Rejected.
The committee recommended an amend.
ment to the sth section Of the bill so as to
make II read as follows:
Section 8. That until otherwise pro.
vided by Law the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury shall pay the interest accruing on the
S.65 bonds of the District Of Columbia as
the same natures, and the amount so paid
shall be credited as part Of the appropria.
tion for the year by the United States
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