South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-01-30
CONGRESSIONAL.


OF the Interior TO Furnish the Senate
with certain information in regard To-
lind grants TO railroads, &c. Mr. Coke
spoke against Mr. Bayard's joint reso!u-
ton In re ard TO United states notes.
The Senate ,hen adjourned until Mon
day next
la the house. the previous que st ion on
the bill relating 10 tie reserves of ma
tional banks vas ordered. An hour u as
claimeti for debate. Gille:t and Wea-
yer, 0reepbackers, opposed the bill on
The groun ' that it Was an attack, on The
Cresnback and intended to drive il from
circulsiion. Keller. oil O.. opro Ell it q
csuse 1t looked up City millions Of coin
buckners amendment compelling banks
10 keep their reserves in their vaults was
rejected. 80 to %. The question then
required on the engrossiag and thira
reading Of the hill. On division the
vote stood 33 10 LAO and the yeas and
nays we're ordered. The Iiouse refused
yeas 20, Days 158-to order the en-
! crossing and third reading Of the bill:
which vote. OF course. Killed tho bill.
The House then went into com mittee
on the revision of tic rules.
Messrs. Robeson and Frye spoke in
favor Of the report, and Mr.. Cox, OF
New York. closed the general debate on
! the same side, dnring which he hal n
humorous tilt with Mr.. Frye. Mr.. Frye
! condemned tho action ofthe democrats
and fusionists in Maine. whom he pro
nounced barbariahs. Mr.. Cox retorted
that he would never say that against
MIR Frye's bro; herin-law, (allu.ling to
Ex-Governor Garcelon.) MIR. Frye re-
! piled: Il had supposed that for dem
ocrat like my brother -in-law TO marry n
good. respectable woman for wife
would have led to q change Of heart;
am sorry / have something TO say a.
gainst him myself lie did not expe-
fence change Of heart he is loco
70 CO still" To this Mr. Cox respon cd
that the republican party used TO take
care Of brothers-in-law.
Mr.. Cox, continuing his speech, in
dulged in considerable fun ut the en-
pense of Mr.. Eoor. rotund member
| from Michigan. who made humorous
| speech few days ago against The bill,
during which he ridiculed Mr. Cox's
diminutive proportions Among other
things, Nj. Cox said his constituents
had never thought that b!uhhcr was in
te!lect, hat meat meant manhood, or that
layers of lari over the abdominal mus.
| c!es made Gladstoncs or Disraclis.-
Ii he (Cox) were called upon To write
the genileman's~ epiiaph, he would, bor-
| rowing from the sweet singer OF Michi-
gan, put it in these words:
'fIere lies the body of Cong SIN IN Hoor,
'Tis grease, tG'eece,l bu, living grease no
more"
After some remarks in reply TO Nj.
Kenna. Mr.. Cox closed his speech, md
tie Ho; Sc adjourned.
In the House. on the 23rtl, bill was
passed for tie erection OF public
building in DanvIlle, Va, not To cos
over SG0,Cc0. Mr.. McLane. chairman
of the committee pp Pacific railroads.
introduced . bill Altering and amend
ing the sHkiag fupd act. approved
May I, 1879 sMr.sdorr, Of Michigan.
replied to Mr.. CoX's humorous speecii,
delivered yesterday, and succeeded in
turning the laugh on the member from
New York. la commenting on the size
and beauty of Mr. Cox's form, he said
that he only nceiet one requisite to
make Linn perfect. and that was to par,
his hair in the middle and wear bangs.
lie also aludcdto him as Sweet Little
Buttercup.' Mr.. Hawley made per
sonal explanation, denying that lie had
made any rcfe.e zee to S ma or Log n, f
Illinois, in connection with his vo.e for
the salary grab BILL The House q CT
adjourned until Monday next.
In tie Senate, on the Goth, an All.
verse report was made from the judic-
airy committee on the bill TO provide
all persons sentenced TO imprisonment
in the United States courts shall he
confined in the prison Of the State
wherein they were tried and convicted.
The till to- locate and purchase n new
site for the United States naval o. serva-
tory was passed. A bill TO punish
persons who steal horses, mules and
other property from the Indians led 10
considerable debate, and was finally
recommitted 10 the Judiciary commit
tee. Mr.. Davis. Of this State. presented
petition OF citizens OF West Virginia
for the continuance of tire coinage oil
the silver dollar and the legal tender ca.
pacity OF the greeDbacks.
In the House, Mr.. Phillips, dem.
Represen:ative-elect from the seventh
district OF Missouri. appeared and qual.
fled, Mr.. Urner introduced n bill for
the erection OF nionumen: at Freder-
ick. Md, TO Francis S. Key, author OF
The Star-Spangled Banner" Mr..
Manning introduced bill TO recognize
the Supreme Court, ard increasing the
number Of justicesto twenty-one. Mr..
Warner inlroduced.a bill to relieve the
Supreme Court. 10 establish Superior
Court. and TO abolish the Court of
Claims. by n vote Of l75 TO CO. being
more than n two.thirds vote, the House
| suspended the rules and passed the res.
olution offered last Monday Ivy Mr.. Kel.
ley, of Pennsylvania, declaring that tho
negotiation by the President Of q com.
merciai treaty, fixing rates Of duty, is in
violation Of the constitution.