The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
PROCEEDlSGs IN TIE TWO HOUSE,
% XEsTERDAY.
The Electoral COunt. and the Indiau
enthusiastically Bi!l In the Sen.
ate-An Assault on 1IAasaehu.
setts-RIIl for u Govern.
ment telegraph.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, January 26.-Mr, ingalls,
submitted resolution as follows: That
the Senate bs ready to receive the House
Of Representatives in the Senate chamber
on Wednesday, February 9th, at u NJ, for
the purpose Of being present at the open
ing and counting OF the vote for President
and Vice President Of the United State1,
That two persons be appointed tellers on
the part Of the Senate to make q list OF
the vote for President and Vice President
Of the United States az they shall be de-
clared, That the result shall be deliver.
ed TO the President OF the Senate, who
shRll announce to the Senate the vote,
which shall be entered on the Journals,
and II 1t shall appear that the choice has
been made agreeably to the Constitution,
such entry on the journal shall be deem.
ed sufficient declaration therof. f
Mr., Whyte objected to the present con:
sideratlon, and the resolution was laid
over. ..,..' tr ~ ..r
The Finance Committee gave hearing
to the Comptroller Of the Currency in OPP
position to the filth section ol the funding
bill. His Arguments were mainly directed
against the proposed repeal OF section four
ot the act OF June Goth, 1874, and the re.
enactment OF sections 5,19l and 8, ,160, Re-
vised Statutes, concerning the surrender
Of circulating notes and the deposits Of
bonds as security for the circulation
and deposits. His conference with the
committee to-day also included In its
range various questions in regard to the
earnings, profits or circulation and divi-
dends oil National Banks, and their right
to issue and retire circulating notes at
their pleasure. IN.
Mr.. Harris reported d,favorably the bill re.
lating TO the Quartermaster's stores fur
nished the forces OF Gen. Lew Wallace
during the Morgan raid through Indiana
and Ohio.
The Joint Resolution ratifying the get.
Element Of taxes made by the District
Commissioners with the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company was taken up. Mr..
Whyte explained that the District Com.
missioners Of the two Houses had sue.
ceeded in eifeCting an adjustment oil the
dispute, which had lasted IA years, as to
tsxes upon the companys property in the
District. The compromise resulted In q
reduction from 100000 10 $4,000 as the
amount payable. After further debate a
third reading was ordered. Ayes, 9S;
Noes, s. The bill then passed finally.
Mr., Window said he had proposed to
call up the naval appropriation bill to.
day, but would defer 1t until tomorrow II
the Senator from Texas Coke1 believed
tho Indian land .in.seyerRlty bill would be
disposed Of to-day.
Mr.. Coke replied that, In bis opinion,
o fnsl vote could be reached on the latter
to-day.
The postoffice appropriation bill was re.
celved from the House and referred TO the
Committee on Appropriations.
Consideration OF the Indian land.in.
severalty bill was then resumed, the ques.
tion being on Mr.. Morgan's amendment,
adding proviso 10 the amendment OF Mr..
Hoar, comforting citizenship on the In.
dians taking lands In seyerAlty under the
provisions OF the bill.
Mr.. Morgan withdrew his amendment
temporarily.
Mr.. Teller, In opposition to the bill, said
that the ciyilizing Of the Indians by Civ.
ing them lands In severalty, was the pet
theory 81 the Secretary OF the Interior,
and, as a matter Of courae, OF the ap.
pointees under him, because they would
not be under him II they did not advocate
his theory. He denied that It had shown
any such satisfactory result as had been
claimed. Many Of the tribes reported by
agents OF the department TO be making
rapid progress In civilization, would be
shown by the statistics to be actually ret.
rograding. lie objected 10 the bill as be.
ing In reality compulsory upon the In.
dians, and quoted at some length from the
department reports to show that as
to many OF the tribes which had
been represented as anxious To
acquire agricultural lands, the system Of
the bill had failed, and that as to the 9th.
era the allotment 10 them OF their lands
had been made subject 10 their civiliza.
tion, and could not therefore properly be
claimed 10 have been Instrumental in
their civilization.
Mr. Teller quoted also from reports GOV.
ing period Of twenty years that the sew.
crafty system had been abandoned by o
large number Of Indian tribes after trial,
and that they had gone back TO the com.
nunal system.
Mr.. Hosr's amendment was rejected.
Ayes 12; noes 20.
Mi. Plumb moved TO amend the 9Th
section, which provides for the issue Of
patents for land In the name OF the allot.
tees, and that the lands shall be inallenable
and free Of taxation for twenty-five years,
by adding proylso that the lands may
be leased for such term and on such con.
ditions az may be prescribed by the Sec.