The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-13
FoRTY-sIxTH CONGRESS
~ WASHINGTON, March 19.
SENATE. VI

oil the WlnneDago INDIANS, VIE, lal
aside on an obligation by Thurman.
The bill for the erection OF a publ
building in Denver, was under discussio
when the morning hour expired -
Mr. Garfield, ,withd Rlhis objectionst
The adjournment from to-day till Monday
and gave notice that he would ask leave I
call up the Hot Springs bill as soon as tn
appropriation bills were disposed Of. /
was then agreed to adjourn from to.ds!
till Monday.
Mr.. Blaine asked Mr.. Thurman wher
he would call up the Geneva award bill
Mr.. Thurman replied that he hoped i
could be taken after the disposal of thI
appropriation bills. II any Senator
thought the bill could not pass as reported
he hoped an amendment would be offered
defeating the main purpose Of the bill, ant
the sense OF the Senate 10 be shown or
such amendment; II II prevailed, he
would give up the charge OF the bill.
Mr.. Blaine said the courtesy Of the Sen
ate required the bill To be LETT in charge oil
the Senator from Ohio. ~.
Mr.. Allison demanded the regular order
House bill making appropriations fol
fortitications and other works OF defense
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1881.
The Senate committee report amend.
ments increasing the House appropria-
ton for the repair OF works Of defense
from $l00,0 to $l55, 900, and for the arm.
ament Of sea.coast fortification, including
the conversion OF smooth-bore cannon
into rifed, from S225, 900 to S4O0, The
appropriation Of $50 900 for torpedoes and
torpedo experiments Is left unchanged.
Mr.. Allison explained the bill first and
the amendment was agreed to. Consider
able discussion took place on the other
amendment, which was finally agreed
to, yeas, Al; nays, l2. The bill then
passed.
Mr.. Kellogg sent TO the clerks desk and
had read an extract from the Charleston
NeWs alleging that Jessie Raymond was
brought to Washington by Kellogg for the
purpose OF influencing action on his con-
tested election case. Mr.. Kellogg said the
article was false in every particular and
denounced It's authors as towards and Of
fered a resolution for the appointment OF
a COMMITTEE to investigate the charges.
Mr.. Thurman asked II the Senate had
come to such degradation as TO notice
newspaper article scandalizing Sena-
tor. When the resolution came up he
should move to table 1t and let 1t sleep
forever.
On motion OF Mr.. Wallace the "star
route" deficiency bill was taken up.
Adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE. !5e.lE
A bill authorizing the Secretary Of the
Interior to deposit certain Indian Trust
funds in the US. Treasury, in lieu oi in
vestment; was passed. efttifi4s
The morning hour was dispensed with,
and Mr.. McMahon reported back the De.
ticiency Appropriation bill from the Ap.
preparation Committee. sa
The Committee recommend an amend
ment appropriating six hundred thousand
dollars for the payment OF fees and ex-
penses Of U. Marshals and their general
deputies for the present fiscal year, thus
making the total amount appropriated by
the bill 81, ,265 $50.
Mr.. Mcbiahon inquired whether four
hours debate would be sufficient.
Mr.. Conger replied II no political riders
were placed upon the bill the time would
be sufficient. aa
Mr.. McMahon said he knew OF no rider,
but he understood. the Printing Committee
proposed to offer an amendment relative
to the election OF the Government Printer.
The bill was referred to the committee
OF the whole, and without coming to an
understanding relative to the length OF de-
bate, Mr.. McMahon moved to 60 into such
committee.
Pending the motion the Speaker laid
before the House a message from the
President transmitting dispatches recently
received from the Consul General at
Shanghai, on the subject OF slavery in
China. Referred. s-a w
Mr.. McMahon's motion was then agreed
to and the House went into committee Of
the whole, with Carlysle in the chair. :.
Mr.. McMahon called the attention OF
the House to the fact that nowhere in the
bill was there any appropriation for spe.
cial deputy marshals, and he doubted
whether the Democratic party would ever
appropriate any money forspecial deputy
marshals SO long as the law stood in the
present shape. Last session Congress
adjourned without making an appropria-
ton for special marshals, and 1t was i'm.
proper for any officer to appoint special
deputy marshals when no appropriation
had been made. -.
Mr., McMshon passed on to consider
the appropriation made for public print
Ing Office. He quoted from the Public
Printers reports for the last five years to
show that the expenses Of the Office for
the present year were far in excess for
those OF any year since 1870. What was
the cause OF the increase?
Mr.. Conger-The extra session.
Mr.. McMahon contended that the extra
session was not responsible Tor tho enorm-
Gus increase. 1t had been brought about
in part by the extravagant purchase OF
material, and in part by the fact that there
was no limit 10 the number OF persons
who might be employed in the printing
Office.
Mr.. Hiscock said the gentleman from
Ohio (McMahon) attempted to charge, by
an insinuation, that the management Of
the printing office had been s9uandering
the public funds. II there shad been
stealing in that printing Office 1t had been
In the purchase OF material and in moth
ing else, and those purchases had been
made under the supervision Of the joint
committee on printing. He believed the
office OF printing affairs had been
managed economically and honestly. He
did not believe there was q single person
employed in the office needlessly and he
challenged the gentleman from Ohio to
name any such person.
Passing on to the appropriations for
marshals he expressed his surprise that
his friend from Ohio (McMahon) had an
nounced on this floor that the Democratic
party did notpropose 70 make any appro,.
priation for Special Deputy Marshals and
did not propose to obey the decision Of
the Supreme Court, he had spoken for the