The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-16
HOUSE.

The Speaker presented addresses OF
the Swiss Committee of Geneva, to the
Congress of the United States in regard
to the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln. 1t
was referred to the Committee on For
eign Atfairs.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, obtained an or
der for the printing of an amendment
which he proposed to offer, as substi-
tute for one of the bills reported by the
Committee on Reconstruction. The
amendment is as follows: Strike out all
after the enacting clause in the first
section of House bill SAB, and insert the
following: That whenever the above
recftel amendment shall have become
part of the constitution of the United
States, and and any State lately in re-
bellion shall have ratified the same,
and shall have modified the conSntu-
ton and laws in conformity Herewith,
the Senators and Representatives from
qualified, may after having taken the
required oath of office, be admitted in
Congress as such.
Provide, That if any State after rati-
fying the said amendment and con-
firmfng its constitution and laws shall
establish on an equal and just system
OF suffrage for male citizens within its
jurisdiction who are not less than 81
years of age, the Senators and Repre-
sentatives from such State shall be adj
mitted as aforesaid without being re-
ouired to await the action of other
States on tile said amendment. And
provide further, That nothing In this
section contained shall be SO construed
as TO require the disfranchisement of
any loyal person who is now entitled to
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, asked
leave to offer resolution directing the
Secretary of the Interior to commune
cate to the House whether any applica-
ton has been made for the reissue of
the Dundas patent for cultivator, and
If SO by whom, at what time and on
what grounds; also what effect the re-
issue ofsuch patent would have on the
agricultural interests of the country.
Mr., Jencks, of Rhode Island, objected
to the resolution being received.
Mr.. Washburne represented that the
resolution only asked for information,
and it could be referred to the gentle
mems (Mr. Jencks) own committee,
the Committee on Agriculture. The
objection was persisted in.
The bill to amend the organic acts of
the territories of Nebraska, Colorado,
Dakotah, Montana, Washington, Idaho,
Arizonia, Utah and New Mexico, came
up for consideration.
Mr.. LIE Blond moved to amend by
striking out the 9th section, and adj
dressed the House in support of his
amendment. he did not believe that
Congress had the power TO control citi-
zens in the territories in regard to the
right of suffrage. He called for the
yeas and nays on his amendment. The
vote was taken, and the amendment
rejected by yeas 36; nays 70. The bill
was then passed by a vote of 20 to 4S.
The House went into Committee of
the Whole on the state of the Union,
Mr.. Davis in the chair, and resumed
the consideration of the tax bill, COM
mencing on page %, amending the 2SLh
section of the present Internal Reve-
nue. bill. A number Of verbal and I'M
important measures were made. The
exemption from distraint for taxes were
made on school books aud wearing ap-
parel necessary for family; arms for
private use; COW, 2 hogs; 50Sheep, and
the wool thereon, provided the aggre-
gate market value of the sheep shall
not exceed $50; fuel to an amount not ex-
household furniture not exceeding
$500, and books, tools or implements of
500 sRS 'f11s u ptVts7StOA AO' W
Mr.. Nihlack suggested the adding of
proviso that there shall be no dtstinc-
ton made on the sheep on account OF
race or color. But the proyiso was not
inserted.
The clause amending the 30th section
of the present law was amended by re-
ducing the rate of interest in cases
where the property is sold for taxes,
from 20 to 10 per cent.
On motion of Mr.. Garfield, new
clause was inserted amending section
a of the present law by adding
to It proviso that when second as
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