The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
conger Corners the Ex- Rebel Post
master General.
Discussion of the Diplomatic Bill.
An lntsrIooula,y Discussion thai
Shows the Discordant Ele-
ments Of the House.
SENATE.
WAsu1naroN. March IS.

| 6ENA1E.
WAsHrsoros, March IS.
4 Mr.. Merriman introduced bill to pro
vide for and regulate the counting OF thu
votes for President and Vice President
and the decision Of questions arising
thereon. Referred 70 special committee
Mr.. MerrimAn expressed the hope tha
the committee would soon be made, u
four months OF the session had passed
and action should be had upon the mattel
at this session Of Congress.
Mr.. Kellogg introduced & bill 70 aic
the New Orleans & Pacific Railroad Com
pany. Referred. Also To, establish Min
1t New Orleans, authorizing the coinagt
Of gold and silver therest, and making
an appropriation therefor. Referred.
Mr. Gordon introduced bill TO pro
mote deposits Of savings and for TIT
refunding OF the national debt. Referred
Mr.. Morgan, from the Committee OF
Claims, reported bill for the relief o.
the book agents OF the N. E. Church
South. Placed on the calendar. Il ap
propriates Sl50, 900 to compensate parties
ior damase done to their property al
Nashville during the late war. Mr.: Tel
Ter, = member Of the committee, submit
ted minority report, signed by himself
Mcmillan and Cameron (Wis.), against
the bill.
Mr.. Window, from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported, without
amendment, the House bill making sp
preparations for Notifications and other
works OF defence and armaments thereof
during the fiscal year ending June 80
| 1879. Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Mathews called up the motion sub
mitted by him yesterday, to refer the
Communication Of the Secretary OF the
Interior, in relation to the timber dep
relation, to the Committee on Public
Lands, and have Il printed In the record
Mr.. Mathews said that he asked to hsye
the document printed in the record as .
matter OF justice, as the Department from
which Il emanated had been attacked
yesterday in the Senate.
Mr.. Blaine said he thought fair that The
Secretary OF the Interior should be heard
but at the same time the Senator from
Ohio must be aware Of the fact that be
was asking an extraordinary privilege tc
have this documented SO printed. He
reserved to himself the right TO reply to
l il because the document was in reply TO
what he had said in the Senate on recent
occasion.
Mr.. Sargent opposed the printing Of
the document in the record as setting u
bad precedent, and not because the con.
tents Of it were so very creditable to its au
thor that be feared them. He argued that
1.-THE document was made up from the
statements Of spies who followed the men
into their places Of business and report
ed their conversation. He referred TO the
action Of Congress In abolishing spies in
the customs service, and said that Con
sress put the stamp Of condemnation
upon using Touches method OF spies.
After some further debate Mr.. Mathews
read thereby Of thesecretary Of the In
terror a. parts of'his remarks.
Mr.. Blaine spoke at length OF the ac
ton OF the Secretary Of the Interior. He
said the Secretary didn't happen to be .
native Of this country, but be couldn'i
help that, and he (Blaine) didn't mention
It as reproach to him. he wa. born IL
the kingdom Of Prussia, which was
Il5O00 square miles less In extent than
Montana, and the Secretary perhaps, with
the instinct OF his boyhood, applied The
land laws OF Prussia TO Montana. and
not the land laws Of the United States
Mr.. Blaine argued that the Secretary oi
the Interior forgot the magnitude OF our
country, although he was charged With
the administration OF that department
which be should study carefully, and that
the one dollar per acre stampage exacted
by him from the people Of Montana was
excessive. The woodland within sight o.
the spire Of Trinity Church, New York
city, would not bring the stampage which
the Secretary Of the Interior demanded
OF the people Of Montana. TWAS thing
conceded By the government that the
hardy pioneer who went forward to set
tie the country should have the water, ali
and wood free. Referring to the aboli
ton OF the informers system by the Gus
toms service, abolished few years ago
be spoke Of the courae Of the Secretary
Of the Interior, then a member OF The
Senate, and said he waxed wroth because
rich importer was interiered with b.
detectives. Bot now the lonely settler il
Montana could be Waited by spies and
pimps.
Pending the discussion, the subject was
laid aside aud the West Point appropria
tion bill was taken up.
The various amendments reported b.
al. Han.u.tkNaa ~ nura0rt aff0Ua WRFf
then agreed to, Is follows: Appropriatini
s. 600 for the longevity pay Of professors
Increasing the appropriation for the pa!
OF cadets from $3.50, 900 to Sl56. .6lb, ap
propriatipg S2l ,ss6 for hospital build
Ing; increasing the appropriation for tht
completion Of sewerage from 5000 q
/ $4,000, and appropriating S3e, $50 to
procuring an adequate water supply
purchase Of the lake, ETC..
The Committee reported In favor oi
, striking out the third section OF tht
House bill, which provides that only sucl
number Of graduates Of the Academy Ii
any one year shall be entitled to appoint
: ment as Second. Lieutenants As are requir
: ed to fll vacancies In that grade existing
on the first Of July in each year, thos,
entitled to appointment to said yacancie
! to be determined by the Academic Boar
! on the basis Of their standing In the grad
/. uatinR class, and hereafter no supernu
merary officers will be attached to an.
company or corps Of the army, and al
graduates Of the Academy who are no
. appointed to the army under the provi
siGns OF this act shall be discharged upol
the graduation Of their class.
Mr.. Sargent submitted the following
substitute 10 that section: The Cadets n
large at the Military Academy shall no
Q hereafter exceed ten in all, and no nev
. appointments at large shall be made until
8 the number OF such cadets heretofore up
4 pointed falls below ten.
!. Mr.. Sargent said that by the habit o
. appointment ten cadets At large had bee
: made every year instead Of every fou
3 years, and therefore there were tort.
; cadets at lGrge-ten In each class.
. EsMr. Blaine submitted the following 9
]. an amendment to that Of Mr.. Sargent
That the ten cadets appointed at larg
shall ia all cases be taken from anon
: the descendants Of those who have serve
] | in the army or navy Of the United State
Mr.. Sargent said he did not think
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