The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-20
to increase the committee membership
would do great harm TO the effectiveness of

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business had been left Off the committees
with business which they were familiar.
Mr.. Blackburn Ia member Of lie Com.
mittee on Rules} advocated the report ID
an experiment He asserted that not a
member Of the Committee on Rules would
accept an assignment under the operation
OF the report.
ME, paanell opposed The report because
he did not believe 1t would increase tbe
efficiency OF the committees, He added
that no legislature in the world was bur.
dened with such infamous rules as the
House. ~ ''''
Mr.. Calkins Indiana) advocated the re-.
port.
Mr Robson closed the debate. The re.
port was made, he said, not for the purpose
OF c0nciliRtinR any individual; not for the
purpose OF giving any soap 10 any com.
palmer, or spreading any plaster over the
wounds Of any sore head. He ARMED with
his genial friend from Michigan (HorrJ
that no plaster could cure the sore heads,
Flies would still buzz around like tleas
around an old horse in July. Laughter /
The history Of the American Congress
would show that more time had beed lost
by the detection of friends than BY the al.
tack OF enemies, and that u WIS only when
the men had courage and ability to stand
up that they succeeded. The speaker had
been attacked by covert nuendo, il not by
open speech. lie would not mind Il
He needed no defense. 1t was an assault
on courage that had stood firm ION the per.
ilous edge OF battle" As to himself, he
should be discouraged II he did not feel
that he was the subject OF attack from Ger.
tain characters; individuals who felt It their
duty to attack him with their censurc and
decorate him with their charges, II Inns
been hinted on this floor, if not stated, that
tho report was made for the pur-
pose Of giving comfort to some and
consolation to Others. 1t was not so,
1t was for one single purpose only, and that
was to give oil localities and all the varied
interests Of this great country their repre-.
sentation on the committees. II it were
voted down the Committee on Rules would
accept it us the decision Of the House that
the House required no change in the com.
mittees and that all the interests were
properly represented there.
Mr.. Joyce moved to recommit the report
and all pending amendments to the Com.
mittee on Rules.
The House voted by yeas aud nays on
Mr.. Joyccs motion to rccommit the report,
and the motion was agreed to: Yeas, $50:
nays, 90.
A resolution instructing the Committee
on Printing TO consider the propriety Of
copies OF the proceedings in the
Guiteau trial for the use Of the House and
Senate was referred.
Mr.. Wilson presented joint resolutions
Of the West Virginia Legislature in favor Of
protection TO the producers Of leaf tobacco.
WASHINGTON, January l0.-In the SEN
ate to'day Mr.. Davis, OF West Virginia,
presented the resolutions OF the West Vir-
ginia Legislature urging modification of
the internal revenue laws, so that producers
OF leaf tobacco may not be required to take
out license.
Mr.. Davis (Illinois) called up the bill to
permit Associate Justice Ward II mt, OF
the Supreme Court, to retire.
Mr.. Bayard, in discussing the bill, criti-
cised Mr.. Hunt somewhat sharply for com
pelling Congress to retire him. Mr.. Bayard
said it was plain that the infusion OF new
blood was needed on the Supreme bench,
and he would be glad to SEQ it; that The
Court was in arrears in its work, and pub
lie business was suffering, He deeply re-
GREETED that the obstruction in the way of
intusing new life into the Court had to be
removed by'an act Of Congress.
Mr.. Davis, of Illinois, claimed that the
bill was not for Mr.. Hunts benefit but for
public good, and that Mr.. Hunt had u
right to retain the place on the bench il
he chose.
Senator Hear. protested against this con-
struction Of Mr.. Hunts right and endorsed
what Mr.. Bayard had said. When Judge
became incapacitated from performing his
duty, Mr.. Hoar thought, he had no further
right to his position, and he said
that for himself he would saw wood
tho remainder Of his life before he
would permit his father TO remain on the
bench II unable to discharge his duties or
totake advantage of the enforced retire
ment. There has been no criticism in
public heretofore because Judge Hunt did
not resign and it has been said his family
were able to support him, therefore Senator
Hoars remark is supposed to allude 10 the
apparent unwillingness Of the Hunt family
to lake care OF him.
Upon the passage Of the bill, Plumb
called the yeas and nays. The bill was
passed. Yeas II, nays "A.
Mr.. Williams introduced bill appro-
priating S750,0O0 for building ut Louis.
vile, Kentucky, to accommodate the Post
Office, Custom House, Pension Agency,
United States Court and other Government
Offices.
The Sherman funding bill was taken up,
and Mr.. Salisbury favored the bill. Con-
siderable discussion followed.
Pending motion for an executive ses.
sion the bill was laid aside informally.
Mr.. kellogg introduced bill to increase
the compensation Of local appraisers Of
New York to $1,000 per anuum, and the
local appraisers OF Philadelphia, New
Orleans and Cincinnati to 5000 per an-
mum.
After the Executive Session, the Senate,
by vote OF 80 to %, adjourned until Mon