The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-06
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VI quo Late Congress Tint Has Not Had
General Circulation.
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Inc debate In tho hodso, as roportod
IN tho Record, on tho proposition to buy
what Is called tho Mahono lot for a pub.
!ic printing Office Is decidedly intorcnt.
Ing. It appeared that nobody was pro.
pared to defend tho selection OF thu.
particular alto. Abou. all tho speakers
admitted that aomo other alto was pro.
iorable, but somo insisted II was that or
nothing: that tho present ollco Is I'M.
salc, and that |. Is important that n
mango 10 made rs speedily as possible.
Inc reason givon why Il was impoa.
aiplo TO aoloct any other alto was that
tho senate would not permit any bill to
become q law nnloss 1t provided for this
specific site. The, matter hns boon oc.
eup,ying attention for iivo or six years,
aud tho senate committee, though not
iaVoring tho site themselves, told tho
nouae committee that this was tho only
site TO which tho senators would as.
aont Tho senators very grayely argued
that 1t was tho duty OF the house to
yield, lest the prosont dangerous build.
ing fall down aud kill n number OF tho
employees.
Tho Malone lots contains ol3,00o
square loot, Ia a milo from tho %capjioj,
or two miles by tho Travelled route, and
IL largely composed oil made earth, hay.
ing long been a rcsor. Of dumping
ground. Tho pricc, S25O,oO0, amounts
to silly per square foot. Another sito
much nearer tho capitol was offered Mt
eights cents a square foot. Tho death
ratio around this lot ia about ak times
rs great as that around ono OF tho othor
lots mentioned.
Tho interesting feature OF tho debate
was tho reasons assigned why ouly tho
Malone lot could DO purchased. Mr.,
Millikcn said that there had boon about
the capitol n moro persistent, q moro
urgent, a moro earnest, though no
would not say q moro corrupt lobby
than ever before came thore to produce
any result. He had met Congressman
after congressman who had said in sub.
stance: ~ do not believe in the
Mahono lot. but l havo promised a cor.
tain gentleman that I will vote for it.
He is a good fellow and, l will vote for
It" Ho went on to say that tho object
OF insisting on tho Malone lot was to
pay somebody's old debts, aud farther
On said that the senators were seeking
to pay personal debts by taking tho
money out Of tho treasury. Various
rather vague limitations Of the Same
kind were made by other speakers until
finally. when Mr.. Abbott, OF Texas, held
the floor in. opposition 10 the bill, Mr..
English. OF New Jersey, having obtained
permission to ask n question, said:
There have been some ugly rumora
going around. and l ask the gentleman
for some information. which, perhaps,
he can afford me. | want to ask him il
ne thinks this house were to appropriate
10000 to $4,000 to deiray certain notes
made by William Malone to certain
senators whether the aenate would look
with q loss favorable eyeon the purchase
OF the Malone site?"
Mr.. Abbott would not undertake to
auswe the question, saying he did not
desire to cast any reflections on the gen.
tlemen at the other end Of the capitol.
He went on to show, however, that
there was a deed OF trust on the lot for
$4,000 due to a Washington bank.
The charge alluded TO by Mr.. English
explicitly, and limited at by other nom.
beers OF the house Is \ very serious one.
Unfortunately, tho attitude OF tho sen.
ate in many other matters lends a high
degree Of probability to it. not to men.
ton the stand it has taken in this par
%ticular matter. That the senators
should BIO willing ito expose the lives OF
5000 employees OF tho government in
order to force through m appropriation
for the payment OF their own notes is
q rather startling proposition, but that
seemed to DO the general impression in
the house, and when it was mentioned
nobody arose to contradict or question
:ts accuracy.