The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-17
CONGREssIONAL PROCEEDINGs.
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| duced JOINT RESOLUTION Vi La n "
the reseuers of the soldiers and officers
| from the wreck of the steamship San
Francisco, which was referred TO the
Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr.. Howard presented the petition OF
citizens of Alexandra, Va; asking for
territorial form of governments Tor the
State of Virginia. The petition was re-
ferred to the Committee on Reconstrnc-
ton.
Mr.. Lane, of Maryland, called up the
Senate bill to extend the benefit of the
pension law to artificers of the army.
Passed.
Mr.. Trumbull called up the bill in re-
lation to the Court of Claims, which
was passed. The bill allows an appeal
to the Supreme Court for the Court of
Claims, and provides that the regular
session of the Court of Claims shall
commences on the first Monday in De-
cember.
At one o'clock the constitutional
amendment was called up.
Mr.. Hendricks took the floor against
Mr.. Hendricks, in the course of his
remarks, alluded to the somewhat cele-
brated so-called blood letting letter
written by Mr.. Chandler in 1861. ~
Alter he concluded Mr.. Chandler re-
piled that he stood by the letter now.
1t simply said to the Governor OF M1chi-
gan unless you are prepared to shed
blood for the preservation of this great
government the government Is over
thrown. ~.
Mr.. Chandler now spoke of President
Johnson and cabinet, and others IN Of
flee in Washington AT that time as DEM
ocratic traitors, and concluded: Now
am to be arraigned as to be remem-
bered in history as blood thirsty. lam
proud of the name; may it stand as long
as the government.
Mr.. Yates got the floor.
The Senate then went into executive
session and adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Blaine, of Me-, from the Select
Committee, reported a bill to reimburse
the loyal States for expenses incurred
in supervising the rebellion. 1t was re-
committed. tis
Mr.. Ferry introduced a bill which was
referred to the COMMITTEES on Ways and
Means, to exempt the Gettysburg Ma
tional Monument Association from du-
ty and excise. ~
Mr.. Washbnrne, of Ill, from the
Joint Committee on the memorial SER
vices of the 18th, reported that they had
placed in tine hands of the Hon. George
Bancroft the resolutions of the two
Houses expressing the thanks of Con-
gress for the appropriate address deliv-
cred by him on the life Cand services o
Abraham Lincoln, and requesting a
CODY thereoffor publication. Mr.. Ban
croft, in reply to the committee, SAYS he
valued the action of Congress as very
distinguished honor, and complies with
the request by furnishing copy of his
address. The correspondence was laid
on the table and ordered to be printed,
and Mr.. Washburne offered a resolu-
ton that %, 200 copies of the address be
printed, which was referred to the Conn
mittee on PRINTING! 800
a I1Vro -.
print the bred Scott decision with the
address, SO that both sides might be
Mr.: Washburne said that that case
had been finally decided, and there was
no occasion to bring it into the contro-
versy. lt rti-l '.i'a -
Mr.. Wentworth remarked that the
bred Scott decision had died with its
author.
Mr.. Latin, of n. Y, from the Com
mittee on Printing, made a report on
the resolutions of Mr.. Stevens hereto-
fore referred to- It is accompanied by
resolution that 900 copies of the ma
tional tribute to Abraham LlnSoln, 10
gether with the address of Mr.. Bancroft
be purchased, provided this shall be in
strict conformity with the 9TH section of
the act of August 1856, namely, that If
any work shall hereafter be ordered for
and received by members of Congress
the price shall be deducted from their
| compensation: provided, that this shall
| not extend to works ordered to be prin-
ted by the public printer. he said the
object of the resolution was first to en-
| able the publisher of the book to ascer-
tain how many members of the House
are DESTROYS of obtaining copies ut their
private expense and second, that the
publishers of all books may be thus
publicly Informed that without repeal
| ing the act of Congress passed IN 1886,
| it Is not within the power OF the House
to order books for members OF Congress
except at their own private expense.
Theresolution was disagreed to-.
Mr.. Bromwell offered a resolution,
which was adopted, instructing the
| Committee on Claims to inquire into
the expediency of providing by law for
the ,paymentiof non-commissioned OIL
GERS, musicians and pTiyates who served
in the volunteer cavalry service during
the late war, for horses furnished by
the government but lost without the
fault of the soldier. ~ si!iii2 - y, ~
"a Mr.. Lawrence, OF Ohio, introduced a
bill providing punishmeilts for throw
ing cars from railroad tracks.
The House proceeded to the consider
alton of the contested election case be-
tween Alex. III. Coffrath and VIM. ID.
Koontz. The majority of the Commit
tee on Elections, MesSrs. Epson, Daw-
son, Baxter, Marshall and Radford, in
their report say that neither OF the
claimants has any prima tacia right 10
the seat under the Governors procla-
mation.y Messrs. Shellabarger and
Schofield combat the views advanced
by the majority, and say the certiti-
Gates of election rpurporting to have
been adduced each by a district board
to the claimants, respectively; are prob
ably both regular in form, but neither
can supporta prima, facia claim to the
contested seat for the reasons stated by
them.
Mr.. Epson addressed the House in
support of the aioFity report, an d Mr.
Paine in behalf Of the views of the mi
nority.l The ubiect was postp ned TIL
Monday. tnliiji43llalitl eGDt I
Mr.. Orth, of Indiana, asked leave to
offer a resolution that the COMMITTEES
on Reconstruction report an amend :
ment to the CONSTITUTE on that no person
who held civil or military office under
/ the late so-ealled confederacy shalleyer
| be eligible to- hold an Office of honor or
emolnment under the government OF
the United States, but objection was
made.
| scented a petition numerously signed by
citizens of Pennsylvania, praying that
the specific tax of one dollar on crude
petroleum may be chunged to moder-
ate tax, 10 be noted by per centage on
sales at the wells as being less oppres-
sive and more easily assessed and col
lected-which was referred to the Com
/ mittee on WAYS and Means. - a-fE ~
The House, after some, further pro
ceedings, adjourned.
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