The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-27
FoRTY-sIXTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, January 20.
SENATE.


The Vice President laid before the Sen.
ate Committee a communication from the
Secretary Of War, recommending the up.
preparation OF 100000 for the erection ol
a headquarters building for the depart.
ment Of Dakota. on Fort Smelling mill.
tary reservation. Referred.
Mr.. Cameron presented petition
against the construction OF bridge over
the Detroitriver..
Mr.. Davis(W. Val presented petition
OF citizens OF West Virginia for the con.
tinuance Of the coinage OF silver and the
legal tender capacity Il greenbacks.
Mr.. Wallace presented resolution from
the Chamber OF Commerce, OF Pittsburgh,
in fayorof the improvement OF the Ale.
gheny river. Also resolutions from the
same body asking for the passage Of the
Reagan interstate commerce bill.
Mr.. Garland, from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported adversely on the Senate
bill 10 provide that all persons sentenced
to imprisonment by the United States
Courts shall be confined in'the prison oi
the State wherein thew were tried and
convicted. Placed onthe calendar.
X Mr.. Edmunds, from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported adversely ON the
memorial OF tBe Legislature OF Missouri,
asking Congress to repeal the existing
laws for the removal OF causes from the
State 10 the Federal Courts so as to confine
the jurisdiction OF the latter to cases aris.
ing under tho Constitution and laws Of the
United Sta,es, and the committee was dis.
charged tromits further consideration. AZ,
ter short Executive session the Senate
II - - HOUSE. KS
Mr.. Clark presented the credentials o.
j. F. Phillips, Representative elect from
the Seventh Congressional District o.
Missouri, and Mr.. Phillips took the iron,
clad oath.
Mr.. Garfield called attention 10 the fact
that the certificate Of election was signed
| by the Secretary Of State and not by the
Governor OF Missouri.
The following bills were then introduced
and referred: BY Mr.. Ross, appointing
General George 8. Mcclellan manager o.
the National Soldiers Home for Disabled
Volunteers.
By Mr.. Sparks: For tho appointment oi
General Palmer as manager OF the Ma
tioEal Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol,
diers.
BY Mr.. Bragg: For the appointment o.
Mai. D. W. Fulton as manager OF the Ma
tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol
diers.
BY Mr.. Garfield: To reorganize the In
spector Generals department.
By Mr.. Page: A resolution reciting the
letter sent to the President by E. T. Ger
ry, President OF the New York Society fol
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Children
setting forth the atrocities perpetrated and
threatened upon the children Of Yakoot
Bey, the rebel chief, by the Chinese gov
ernment and requesting the President to
Inform the House whether he has inter.
posed his good offices in bahalf OF those
children, and to furnish any official infOr,
nation he may possess on the subject.
BY Mr.. Mason. by request: To incorpo.
rate the Cosmo-American Colonization ant
General Improvement Bureau in the
United States. The bill incorporate.
Thurlow Weed, Cardinal McClosky aud
Itwenty-elght others as such bureau; the
capital stock, which Is to be not less than
ST 100000, and may be increased, and the
object OF which Is TO be the encouraging
promoting and conducting Of emigration
from oyer.crowded cities and districts the
United States aud from Great Britain and
other parts OF Europe TO the several State
and territories Of the United States, tend
ing emigrants and for other humane ant
commercial purposes.
The morning hour having expired, thl
question REQUIRED on the suspending o
the rules aud adopting the resolution
I offered last Monday by Mr.. Kelly, 0
Pa, roll call, on which had been interrup.
ed by district business, declaring that tn
negotiation by the President OF the com
mercial treaty, fixing the rates Of duty wa
In violation Of the constitution. The vot
| resulted, yeas 175, nays 90. So the rule
. were suspended and the resolution
. adopted.
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