The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-18
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE..
WAsHrSoros, March l6.

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Mr.. o,Neill offered resolution direct
ing the Attorney General TO inform the
House whether, in his opinion, the an
nual appointment Of ten cadets at large
made by the President respectively to the
Military Academy and the Naval Acad.
emy, have been SO made in pursuance oi
law, or by custom; and, II by custom
how long il has been construed u estab'
fishing such power Of appointment
Adopted.
Mr.. Hanna introduced bill for the es'
tablishment Of mint at Indianapolis
Referred.
On motion Of Mr.. Stephens, certain
testimony taken by the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures, was or
dered printed.
Mr.. Waddell, Chairman OF the Com.
mittee on Postofices and Postroads, re,
ported the bill providing for the classiti-
cation Of mail matter, and rates OF post
age thereon. Printed and committed.
Mr.. Chalmers introduced q bill for the
relief OF the yicksburg and Meridian
Railroad Company. Referred.
The Speaker, in pursuance Of an order
made yesterday, called committees for re.
ports Of 4 private nature.
At the conclusion OF the morning hour,
Mr.. Bright moved the House go into
committee OF the whole on the private
calendar, the bill being one making
available for the payment Of certain ante.
bellum mail contractors the three hundred
and seventy. Eve thousand dollars already
appropriated, and also moved that all
debrte be limited to ten minutes. The
Republicans objected 10 the Limitation Of
time, and the yeas and nays were ordered
on that motion.
The Committee Of the Whole, without
discussion, struck out the enacting clause
Of the bill for the relief Of certain South.
ern mail contractors, and reported Its &C.
tion to the House.
BY vote OF ayes 112 nays 100, the
House determined TO con6ne The general
debate to ten minutes, and then went into
Committee OF the Whole, Mr.. Cox, Of
Kew York, in the chair, upon the bill.
Mr.. Waddell, Chairman of the Post
office Committee, hoped that without
further discussion the bill might be re.
ported to the House and recommitted to
the Postoffice Committee, IN order that II
might be perfected and the objections OBJ.
waited. He complained OF the statement
made the other day by Mr.. Conger, that
the members on the Democratic side must
have been aware OF the existence Of leg.
islation on the part OF the Confederate
Congress for the payment Of mail con-
tractors prior TO the war, and he asked
whether the acts OF Congress during the
war In relation TO mere ministerial mat
ters, 10 the payment OF mail contractors
and poftmasters, were in the recollection
Of members OF the other side. He thought
the intimation was not justified. 10 ret
erence 10 the question as TO whether the
War Department had refused access to the
Confederate records, he sent 10 the
Clerks desk and had read the CORES.
pondence between Secretary Cameron and
Governor Vance.
While the correspondence was being
read Mr.. Conger interrupted the reading
and claimed for the opponents Of the bill
half OF the ten minutes to which general
debate was limited. The claim, however,
was not supported by the Chairman, and
the reading proceeded.
The ten minutes expiring before the
reading had been completed, Mr. Eden
moved to strike out the euacling clause OF
the bill, and the motion was agreed to.
The committee rose and reported action
to the House. The previous question
was seconded and the main question
ordered on concurriDg In the Iecommen.
datIon Of the committee. As this, under
parliamentary ruling, cut of q motion to
reconsider, which Mr. Waddell desired to
make, a motion to reconsider the vote
ordering the main question was made and
deieated-yeas IS, nays lSl.
The report OF the committee was con.
Cured in without division, and 20 the en-.
acting clause Of the bill was struck out.
Mr.. Conger repeated what he had said
before, that he thought it exceedingly
strange that such legislation by the Con-
iederaie Congress, and snch action by the
Confederate Postmaster General, had not
been remembered by any member'on the
other side Of the House, although some
Of them had been members Of that very
Confederate Congress, and that no intima.
ton thereof had been given by any OF
them. He had paper which he would
have printed in the Record, showing that
out OF eighteen claims now on file In the
Auditors Office, fourteen had been paid
BY the Confederate Government. BE did
not blame the claimants, however, for
they had been paid with the condition
that II they ever recovered the money
from the Federal Government they would
pay It back to the Confederate Govern
ment.
Mr.. Townsend, OF New York-That
was high.toned.
Mr.. Naming objected to the insertion In
the Record Of the paper presented BY Mr..
Couger, but under an intimation from the
Speaker that Mr.. Conger had the right to
have 1t printed as part Of hia remarks, be
Withdrew the objection.
The House then again went into Com.
mittee Of the Whole, Mr.. Cox, Of New
York, in the chair, on the private cAlen.
dar, and the latter passed two bills.
Thursday next WA set aside for the
consideration Of the bill reported by Mr.
Robbins, yesterday, for refunding the
National debt.
Adjourned.
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