The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-18
FoRTY-sIXTH CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, March II.
SENATE.


field, and to provide for the completio
and preservation Of the data showing tn
various positions and movements OF til
troops at that battle, illustrated by dis
grams. Placed on the Calendar.
Pending the debate on private bills, tn
morning hour expired, and the Senate re
sumed the consideration Of the Star rout
deficiency bill, the pending question be
ing on the committee amendment, pro
hibiting an increase Of trips on the Sta
routes during the remainder Of the fisca
year.
Messrs. Blaine. Plumb and Gall opposed
the amendment, and Messrs. Davis, o
West Va, Beck and Salisbury advocated
1t. The amendment was rejected, yeas 2S
nays 80.
The amendment prohibiting the ex
pedition service to rate OF pay exceed
ing 80 per cent OF the original contrac
was agreed to.
Mr.. Davis, OF West Virginia, submitted
from the Committee on Appropriations ar
$50, 900 for public printing, including the
printing OF the Congressional Record, II
being part Of the deficiency for the cur.
rent fiscal year. Mr.. Davis stated that a
bill was pending in the House appropria-
ting $780, 900 to cover the whole printing
deficiency, but might not get through as
soon as this bill, and an Immediate appro-
priation should be made for necessary
printing.
The amendment was agreed TO.
The question recurred on the following
proposed by the committee
to supercede the preamble: Nothing in
this act contained shall be deemed or con-
strued as a ratification Of any unlawful act,
or omission Of any officers OF the United
States, or affect any proceeding thereon"
Mr.. ingalls, asked at whom this pream-
BILE or amendment was aimed2
Mr.. Beck said that he himself thought
the Postmaster General should be con-
demned, but in fact 1t was legal reserva-
ton Of opinion.
Mr. Kirkwood moved TO amend the
by inserting after the word
ratification" the words ''or condemna-
tion," and striking out the word "unlaw-
ful.n
Mr.. Davis said he would accept the
Mr.. Conkling moved to amend the COM
mittee's amendment so as to read, nothing
in this act contained shall be deemed or
construed to affect the validity or legality
Of the act, or the omission Of any officer OF
the United States, or TO affect any pro-
ceeding therefor. He said 1t was better in
a legal sense than that OF the committee,
and 1t made no offensive imputations.
Mr.. Conkling's amendment was agreed
10, and the committees amendent, as thus
was agreed to.
Mr.. Davis, OF West Virginia, for the COM
mittee, asked leave to withdraw the pre-
amble, which was granted. The bill was
then read the third time and passed with
out division.
Mr.. Garland moved that the Senate
take up the House bill for the establish.
ment OF titles in Hot Springs, and for other
purposes. Agreed to.
Mr.. Thurman said II the debate on the
Hot Springs bill threatened to take up
much time he would insist on his previous
notice and call up the Geneva award bill.
After an executive esession the Senate ad-
journed.
house.
Mr.. Taylor offered a resolution for the
appointment Of a special committee to in
vestigate the present method OF settling
claims against the United States. Re-
ferred.
The morning hour having been dis
pensed with, the House went into Com
mittee OF the Whole, Mr.. Carlisle in the
chair, on the deficiency appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Garfield criticized severely the pur-
pose OF the Democratic party in refusing
to appropriate money for the special dep
uty marshals, but appealed, in conclusion,
to the Democrats to prevent the disasters
which their party leaders were bringing
upon the country, and expressed his be-
lief that such avote would be had on this
bill as would set at rest the poor dregs oi
the extra session.
The discussion was continued by Mr..
Burrows, who declared his conviction
that the purpose OF the Democratic party
was 10 steal the next Presidency, towhich
Mr.. Springer retorted by charging the Re.
publican party with stealing two or three
States in the last Presidential election.
Mr.. McMahon replied to Messrs. Gar
field and Burrows, and then Mr.: Warner
took the floor. At the conclusion Of
his speech the general debate closed, and
the bill was.read by sections.
Mr.. Mcmahon moved to reduce the ap'
preparation for public printing TO $500, ,oO0'
Alter debate the amendment was re-
iected without division.
Mr.. Singleton, Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Printing, offered an amendment
changing the method OF electing Con-
pressional printer and regulating the man
sgement OF the printing office.
mn. McMahon, under direction Of the
Appropriations Committee, raised a point
OF order against the amendment.
The Chair stated that there were two
questions presented by the point or order;
First, whether the amendment was ger
name TO the subject matter OF the bill
and, second, whether 1t was not substan'
tally the same as another bill pending In
the House. He would decide the point
Of order on rule applicable to oil bills
alike, soIthat questions as to whether
or not the amendment reduced the
expenditures were immaterial. In the
absence OF any special rule 1t would
not be good objection to an amendmen!
that was not germane; but q rule had
been adopted in 1859 which changed the
common parliamentary law in that respect
could be added to a bill after it had onct
been reported to the House. The bill un
der consideration was q deficiency bill
one Of the deficiencies which was pro
yided for existed in the Government
Printing Office, but the bill CAREFUL!
enumerated the items for which the ap
propriations were made, and the salary o
the Public Printer was not among them
The amendment OF the gentleman iron
Mississippi related alone to the salary Q
the Public Printer, and the nature OF th
duties to be performed by him: The bl
did not touch any OF those subjects, !
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