The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-31

WASHINGTON, Jan. SIN the House TO-
day, on motion Of Mr.. Hatch, Of Missouri,
the Senate bill was passed authorizing the
construction Of bridge across the Mis-
souri, river below ST. Charles, Mo.
Under the call OF States, the following
bills and resolutions were introduced and
referred:
By Mr.. Oates, OF Alabama, to prevent
aliens from pre.empting or entering home.
steads, and to provide for leasing grazing
lands for periods not exceeding ten years.
Mr.. Townsend. Of Illinois, to place salt
on the free list.
Mr.. Baker, Of Illinois, directing the
Committee on Postofices and Postrosds
to inquire into the expediency OF reducing
the postage on seeds, bulbs, etc, and OF
reducing to three cents the fee for money
orders for Eve dollars or less.
Mr.. Lawler, Of Illinois, introduced bill
abolishinG the tax on oleomargarine and
endeayored to havo II retsrted to the Com
mittee on Ways and Meann, but the mo.
ton was resisted and defeated by vote oi
yeas B2, nays 100. The bill was referred
10 the Committee on Agriculture.
The Speaker pro tenn. laid before the
House o letter from the Public Printer
in response to resolution calling on him
for information az to the discharges made
BY him. The Public Printer made state.
ment in regard to these discharges, juBti'
flying and explaining them; defends the
administration Of his Office and emphati-
cally denies the charge that the Congress.
ional work OF the Office is largely In ar
resrs. He calls attention to the fact that
during the forty.hve days Of the Fiftieth
Congress, the printing ordered by Con.
Vress had increased 46 per cent over that
ordered during similar period Of the
Forty.ninth Congress, but states that the
work has been promptly handled with q
working force Of 800 lees employees than
were on the rolls Of the otfiCs at the be.
ginning Of the Forty.ninth Congress.
Mr.. Richardson, Of Tennessee, regarded
the letter as 0 conclusive and satisfactory
reply to every criticism made against the
printing cttce. He praised the Teiorms
which, he said, Mr.. Benedict had inau-
gufated, and as an instance oil those re-
forms stated that that gentleman bought
printers ink at "a cents pound, whereas
his predecessors had paid 80 cents q pound.
Mr., Cannon, OF Illinois, Rs friend OF
the last public printer, inquired whether
the inks were Of the BAme quality.
Mr.. Richardson replied by quoting from
report OF the present public printer
stating that the ink purchased by him did
better work than that used by his prede'
ceesor.
Mr.. Cannon protested sgaiust an assault
being made upon dead man by an Off
cial who was asaiduously blowing his OWE
horn.
Mr.. Cutchsop, OF Mich, said that he wsl
the author Of the resolution to which the
letter read was an answer. He had beer
limpelled to draw mp the resolution by the
story oi o soldier who had been discharged
with sixty other employees from the print
ling ofIice in the middle Of winter withou
cause, at q time, too, when the printing
ordered by Congress was greatly in ar
reaEs.
Several Democrats inquired the naml
Of the soldier to whom Mr.. Cutchson re
terrsd, bat the gentleman declined to re-
veal 1t pt present.
Mr.. outCheon said that the Publi
PhnteTs letters gave information abou
everything except what Congress wanted
information upon. He (Cutcheon) die
not care how much more paper he haC
used or anything about the price Of ink
} but lust now he would like to know VIII,
. the Public Printer selected the middle o
: January to turn these WotklnVmen AM
women into the street In order that b