The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-05
PROCEEDINGS or CONGRESS.
The West Virginia Bill Coos Ovcr-Tho
House ohrraignGd-Scnuto Matters.

1he west virginia Bill Coos Orcr-Tho
House chrraisned-Sonuto Matters.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 1.-The
speaker laid before the house the sen.
ate Joint resolution authorizing the Sec
retary OF tho treasury to pay to the
State OF West Virginia the sum OF
Sl5l,97S, due her under tho provisions
OF the direct tax law, Notwithstanding
any claim OF the United States against
the State OF Virginia.
Mr.. Wilson, OF West Virginia, asked
for it's immediate consideration, but Mr..
Holman, OF Indiana. objected and the
resolution was referred.
The house OF representatives was call
cd before the bar OF public opinion to.
day to answer the charge of irrevercnce
to the memory OF departed representa-
tives.
Mr.. Stout, of Michigan, was the pub.
lie prosecutor and in the absence OF
counsel for the defence the house plead
cd'guilty to the charge. 1t was in the
historic days OF Adams and Clay and
Webster and Calhoun that the practice
OF setting apart day for the eulogy Of
deceased statesmen was inaugurated.
The pancgyrics OF those men live in the
nations history MS the ideal OF Ameri-
can oratorv and now adorn the pages OF
nearly'evcry school reader OF the land.
The first declaration OF the insinccri-
ty OF such proceedings came from Mr..
Enloe, Of Tennessee, who desired to
amend the rules by providing that culo-
GIGS to deceased members shall be de-
livered on Sundays land Sundays only,
on which day tho ceremonies shall be
opened with prayer by the chaplain.
ia in favor OF this amendment" said
Mr.. Stout, OF Michigan. "l happened
once, Mr.. Speaker, tosbe in st. Louis
when funeral cortegc bearing tho
body Of member OF Congress passed
through the city. The newspapers on
the next morning said that the body
was lett in the depot while the senators
were talking about the presidential
election in the rotundas OF the hotels.
Qaughtcr) and the younger members
were gone to the theatre-I suppose to
assuagc their profound grief. [Grcat
laug!ltcrl. Let us meet on Sunday and
those who are not sincere in their pro.
fcssions OF regret and reverence for the
dead can stay athome." [Applause]. .
Mr.. Ray, OF New York, opposed the
amendment
Nlr. Reed, Of Maine, gave the infor-
nation that the consumption OF time in
the first session OF the last Congress for
memorial services was twenty-four days.
This announcement created great sur
prise but was not disputed.
The amendment was defeated, yeas,
81; nays, l55.
Mr.. Chipman, OF Michigan, offered an
amendment providing for Friday night
sessions for tile consideration of private
pension bills. Agreed to.
In speaking to an informal amend
mcnt }. ID. Taylor, OF Ohio, sent to the
clerks dcsl; and had read the letter
sent by Mcssrs. Wise, OF Virginia; Hen
dcrson, oil North Carolina. and Randall,
OF Pennsylvania, to Speaker Carlisle
asking ior recognition to move sus-
pension OF the rules and the passage OF
ablll for the repeal OF the internal rev.
enuc taxes upon tobacco.
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man had ever retired from the speakers
chair who had the confidence Of the
country (without regard to party in a
greater degree than had the Hon. J. G.
Carlisle. Democratic applause.
Mr.. Taylor said that he meant to
make no attack upon Speaker Carlisle.
| lie pointed to these letters only as IN
illustration OF the great power which
the rules conferred upon the speaker.
The consideration OF tho rules report
ed by the committee, on rules having
been concluded, Mr.. Reed, OF Maine,
on behalf OF the Republicans, offered rs
a substitute therefore the rules OF the
5lst Congress.
Lost without division.
Tho code OF rules was then agreed to.