Litchfield enquirer., 1866-01-25

ed his bill for the. reorganization of the army on d peace basis. There are to be , regiments ofartillery, I2 of cavalry. 55 of infantry. MT. Chandler's resolution for the recall of our Min ister to Great Britain was brought up, and af- ter some debate was laid on the table by 25 to IF The bill for military asylum for totally disablsds officers and men was passed. The resolution recommending the trial of Jeff Davis and Clement Q Clay was ordered to be printed. The remainder of the session was occupied in discussing the bill relative to suffrage in the Districtof Columbia. salss aae- et e
 In the House, Mr. Conkling offered several important resolutions declaring what in his opinion ought to be required in the way of guarantees from the Southern States. The resolutions appear toi have been laid aside with out action. The bill to revive the grade of General was reported back, but recommitted. |. The bill to authorize the Committee of Fifteen to send for persons and papers was adopted by tho extension of suffrage in the District of Co lunbia, speeches were made, after which the House adjourned. s7sassl t+ :ser 47 <
 In the Senate, Wednesday, the credentials of William A Graham, Senator elect frem North Carolina, were presented and ordered to 6e upon the table. A lemonstrance was pre- sented against arming the militia of Alabama. The petition of ,colored citizens of Colorado 7iglinst the admission of that Territory as a s &taisauntil the word white' is stricken from the constitution, was taken from the Commit. tee of the JudiciaIy and referred to that of Territories. A resolution was adopted to print l0Oo0 instead of 100000 copies of the Presi- .dsnts Message and the reports of Gems. Grant and Sherman on the condition of. the southern. States. A bill was introduced, and referred to the Military Committee, ceding to West Vir- ginia certain lands and buildings at Harper's Ferry. A resolution was offered, asking the President for information in regard to affairs on the Mexican border. Mir. Wilson called up the bill to increase and fix the military peace establishment of the United States. The Sen ate then proceeded to consider the resolution lately ordered by Mir. Howe for the establish aient of provincial governments in tue lately rshsllious States. Mir. Doolittle made an elo- quspt and sforcible speech against the proposed measure, The Senate then adjourned,
 Id tho House, Mr. Goodwin, delegate iron, Arizona, was qualified and took his seat. A resolution was agreed to requesting the Secre- property at Point Lookout, Md. The members slset from Colorado was admitted to the privi- lege og the floor. A debate then arose on the biIl to extend suffrage in the District of O,luu,- hia. A resolution was offered calling for in formation ir regard to the advantages offered for navy yardby the Patuxent River, Md The Houss thenadjourned.. ssf7 '' To the Senate, Thursday, it was voted to dis. tribute 300 copies of the Madison papers among various libraries ard departments. A hillwas reported to authorize the construction ofastelegraph to the West Indies. The Terri torat Committee reported bill for the admis- sien of Colorado as . State-ascepting and rat flying the Constitution and State government. The debate on reconstruction was then resum- Sfby Mr.. Nesmith, of Oregon, (Democrat,) Vh0 spoke at length. He was followed by Mr.. Wade of Ohio. The point of MT. Wade's spe6ch was that the Southern States should be kept ont of the Union until they had conferred the right of suffrage upon the freedmen. A resolution was unanimously adopted granting the fianking privilege to Mrs. Lincoln |In ihe House a bill was reported to extend the time for States to accept grants of land for agricultural. colleges, &c. It was laid over for aweek. Some amendments te the Freedmen's Bureau Act were reported. A resolution was referred that all American vessels that have seught protection or immunity by sailing under foreign flag, be treated as foreign built ves- ssls. and never permitted to have an American fsgister The great business of the session Eas the bill to extend. the right of suffrage in tho District of Columbia. It provides that in Sh.iaws regulating the right of voting the word white, shall be stricken out, and that no discrimination. shall hereafter be made on ac- count, of color. MT. Niblack, of Pennsylvania moved tu lay the whole subject on the table lcst 46 to 123, Mr. Darling, of New York, moved to postpone till the first Tuesday in March, other motions were made to recomuit tho bill with instructions, but the House refus. eds yeas B, nays IF; and then the House came to direct vote upon the bill, which was p.ssed; yeas. ll5, all Republicans, nays 54,7 of Na@ 10 are classed as Unionists, but of these tdurare from Missouri, three from Kentucky, aAd two from West Virginia, leaving only six nsSative votes of Union members from 'oriRi, ually free States.s The adoption of the bill was loudly applauded by the vast audience.
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