Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-20
Goes Oyer One Week.

Mr.. Turner, of Georgia, who hal given
notice that he would call up the Wallace,
Mckinley election case to-day, said that
owing to the nOn-diStribution of the reports
i'm the case from some unknown cause, and
the fact that this is suspension day, he
would not call up the case until tomorrow.
Mr.. Mckinley SAID: Having some import
ant business he had asked Mr.. Turner to go
over one week and he had declined to do So
Under these circumstances he had been to
great Inconvenience to be here to-day
travelling two DAYS and Two nights He de
sired the case brought mp to-day or be al
lowed to 60 over for one week. 1t was so
ordered
1t Will he Considered Early.
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency to-day agreed to ask for a suspen-
sion of the rules, in order to fix date for
the consideration Of tho DiagIey and Nc
Pherson National Bank Circulation bills.
The Call of states.
The call of States for bills in the House
resulted in the following being introduced
and referred: Mr.. Weller, authorizing
the Secretary of the treasury to the use as
soon as NAV be possible all surplus money
in the treasury for the redemption of bonds
outstanding at price not above par.
A Protest.
Mr. Harris presented petition from the
Merchants Exchange of Nashville protest
ing against the consolidation of the customs
OF the port of Nashville with that Of Mem
phiS and praying that an appraiser be ap
pointed for Nashville.
Senate Business.
Mr. Sherman of the joint Committee on
Library presented a resolution 10 the SEN
ate which was agreed TO, thanking Seuor
Sibriati of Mexico, for the present of a
mosaic portrait of the late President CIR
field, and directing that it be placed in the
library of Congress Mr.. Logan reported
favorabiy, with amendments from the Com
miltee on Judiciary the bill TO limit the
time within which prosecutions may be in
stituted against persons charged with viola
tionS Of the internal revenue laws. Mr.
Morgans resolution directing the Committee
on Finance to investigate the causes Of re
cent bank failures in New York came uTS
Mr.. Morrill, moved to refer the resolution to
the Finance Committee. Mr.. Morgan
pressed the urgent necessity for such an in
vestigation by Senate committee.
Land Forfeiture Bill.
The bill relating to the forfeiture Of the
Northern Pacific land, introduced to-day by
Mr. E"lph, provides for the immediate res
toration to the public domain and to the
operation "f the public land laws of that por-
ton Of be granr l,ing co-r"rminous with
its main line hv;werm WalIuIa Junction and
Portland 1t also provides for forfeiture at
the end ol five Years from thepassage Of the
the bill of all lands adjacrn' to that portion
Of the Cascade grant which shall then he
rebuilt. The bill propu>cS To authorize any
person in possession OF any Of these lands
to purchase 320 acres il 50 much has been
in proved 10y them.
\ New judicial District.
\ bill to establish another judicial cir
cpit was reported favorably to the Sena te by
the Judiciary Committee 1t provides for
dividing the Eighth circuit, which now en-
braces the districts of Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas and
Colorado.
The consular and diplomatic bill passed
the House.
The agricultural hill will be called up
to-day.
In the Senate Senator Sherman made
strong speech against sending an investiga-
ting committee to New York He said il
was absurd 1t was dignifying scare into
a ranic. The resolution was referred