The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-09-25

Nv 'he same tlHle lhal n9 was Wlilihg 10
give the soldiers any pay, but coald not
see where tie money was coming from. "
Upon call of the yeas and nays upon
the amendment Of Mr.. s., it was defeat,
ed by vote of 3. yeas to 66 nays. Mr..
Stevens, with all the committee of ways
and means who were present and the
other friends of the reduction. voting yea,
Mr.. v, Henry May, johnson. Ancona
and others opposed to both sections. Gas
they came from the Senate, to defeat the
amendment Of Mr. S.
Upon the amendment of Mr.. S. being
defeated, Mr.. V. made his motion to strike
out the 2d section legallzing the orders
and acts of the President after the 4th Of
March. This motion of Mr.. V. was de
feated on call OF the yeas and nays, 10
only voting in favor of it with Mr.. V. and
"a against it.--Con. Globe, p. p. 448
and 4l9.
Among those who voted with Mr.. ".
were May, the rebel sympathizer of Bal
tmore. Pendleton, Noble, Ancona and
Johnson, Of Penn, the two last named
with the rebels Burnett, of KY. and
Reid, Of Mo-, and the rebel sympathizers
Norton and Ben. Wood, were among the
seven members who voted for Mr.. V. fuI
the speakership on the lst day of the ses.
sion. The names Of those two rebels and
Of Norton and Wood, do not appear upon
the Journal Of the House, except as alb
sentees, after Saturday, the Sd day Of
August. Those two rebels, with Norton
and Wood, had not failed to vote with
lr. ". (~hen presnt and voting.) on
any Bill or any amendment to Bill re-
Iating to the war. during the session. Had
.hey been present during the discussion
# This Bill, Mr.. Y. beyond questi' IL,
would have had the willing and valuabI.
aid of all of them, in all the votes taken
upon it. But call Of the House, taken
early in the day shows t. at they were
hen absent, and soon after Mr.. Burne t
reported himself to the Rebel Senate at
Richmond, of which he became mem.
Der, and Mr.. Reid to the Rebel Amy
Journal of Special Session, p. 24i.
Before the Bill left the House, third
section was added to it, on motion of Mr..
Stevens, fixing the time when the pay o,
the volunteers from certain States should
commence. This last amendment made
it necessary hat the Bill should go agaiu
to the Senate for concurrence in tn
amendment. Upon reaching he Sent
again, the same day. { august 5th,) the
amendment of the House WIS at frs
concurred in, and the Bill passed but We
ry soon afterwards, on the same after
noon, the vote by which it was passed,
was reconsidered, and the Bill laid upon
the table, and in that way Senate Bill,
No. 80 was defeated, aud never became
law. Immediately. upon the defeat OF
that Bill, Mr.. Wilson intlo luced another
into the Senate, substantially like it, with
the exception that it made the pay of pri'
vate soldiers only $500 per month.
This second Bill was designated as Sen
ate Bill No. 72, and passed the Senate the
same day it was introduced, without dis
cussion, and without call of the yeas
nays. The next day, being the lest Gay
of the session, it went to the House, and
was sent TO the Speakers table, Upon Il
motion being made by Mr.. Stevens to t ke
the Bill from the table, objection was
made to its consideration, by Mr.. Crls-
field, of Maryland, but wLo soon alter,
upon the personal appeal of Mr.. s.. with
drew it, But the same objection to the
consideration of the Bill, was immediate
ly afterwards, renewed by Mr.. johnson,
Of Penn, who before had acted and voted
with Mr.. V. on all questions that had
arisen upon the first Bill. A motion was
at once made by M. S. to suspend the
rules of the House, which was carried by
a two-lhirds vote, and the House in that
manner cot possession Of the Bilfin spite
OF the opposition Of Mr.. V. and his CON
federates. and it Immediately passed the
Heuse without further discussion, or any
call Tor tie by yeas and nays Same
vol. Con. Globe, p. p. 456 and 457.
1t will readily be seen from the forage