The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-02-21
The Presidents Veto.
The Excitement, in the Senate Cham
her During its ReadInS---The Caller


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Special Dispatch to The Pittsburgh Commercial
So. an WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1866.
The great feature of Congress to-day
was the reception of the Presidents
message in the Senate vetoing the bill
to enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's
Bureau. This morning anF eXtrnordi-
nary cabinet session was convened at 10
o'clock, which remained in session till
nearly, o'clock. At this meeting the
President read his message in full, and
after its adjournment Immediately sent
the important document to the Capitol.
When the Private Secretary of the
President appeared in the Senate and q
message from the Executive was anT
nounced there was aSeneral scene OF e4-
element on the floor and in the gal
leries. notwithstanding the fact that
Senator Yates was addressing the Sem
ate, several Senators glanced at the
message as soon as the seal was broken,
and the news of the veto spread rapidly
all over the Capitol, into the innumera-
BILE offices, the Supreme Court Room,
the House of Representatives, @ and
among the crowds in the halls and corr
rilors. There was general exodus of
members from the House to the Senate
to hear the reading of the message.
Themoment Mr.. Yates finished his
speech, Mr.. Trumbull, the author of the
Freedmen's Bureau bill, Jumped up
and asked that the message he read.
The most profound silence followed
during the reading, but the echo of the
clerks voice had hardly ceased before a
perfect storm of'npplanse burst furious
iy from the crowded. galleries, above
Which could be heard a few Kisses. Both
subsided under the vehemence of the
Presidents gavel,, and an order was
Immediately issned to the Sergeant-at-
Arms to clear the galleries, for this de-
monstratiOn was the second ohense
during the afternoon. iasr4
Senator Sherman, just before the
order was executed, appealed to the
Chair to Overlook theipdiScretion of the
galleries, whereupon Senator prumbull
asked Mr.. Shermaniif he did not know
that the offense had been overlooked
once before to-day. He, earnestly de-
cIared that decorum, should d'belpreserv-
ed iiinithe American Senate. The re-
spect due the Senate, he said, had been
Violated too often, and the public bust
ness conld not be proceeded with If
these demonstrations were todbe per-
mitted to continue! = y iH- P'oH' ''''-'
The Chair said rather sternly that his
order would, be carried ont, unless the
Senate should decide to revoke it, The
galleries We're then cleared of,eyerys
body but the reporters, and their doors
were closed.r yii3 = q itii' -, y ~ ~ - q
THE Senate then proceeded to the i'm
portant business before it, The Presi-
dent pro ten then said that the question
was 4: s;Should the Senate adhere to its
vote passingIthe bill, notwithstanding
the veto. Of the President nIiiplit" /" y,
Mr.. Lane of Kansas, moved To post
pone the further consfd Ion. of the
bill until tom orrow, and supported
this motion by declaring that all differ
ences could ldlbelreconciled.i al majority
of the Senators, he said, belonged to
the party which elected the President,
and it should be their object not to sep
arate from him. He demanded the
yeas and nays, and this motion was
\ lost by a vote of % against, to, II for it.
The vote developed the presence of
forty-six Senators, a only four being
absent, Senators Poland, Norton, John
son and McDougal being the absences.
The vote was looked upon by some as a
test, vote, but two or three Senators who
voted for adjournment are known to be
Fhera was q, great deal of informal
counting on the hoor and in the report
er's gallery, but in no way could the
two-thirds vote necessary to pass the
bill over the veto be obtained. This be-
ing, manifest, Mr.. itLane, off Kansas
asked il the friends OF the bill intended
to press ii to a.vote to might. He hoped
ansopportuhity would be given to Sena-
tors TO read and digest the message.A
He then moved to adjourn, but thatwss
lost. 5syrt,g5. ifl y.sss4Fl ipuS Il
be a might sessiong Senator Lane again
took the floor, and appealed to the Sem
ate not to use too much haste. There
were Senat tpfs absent, he said, who de-
sired. to say something on the message
and he considered it to be his duty
to delay action by every means in his
power consistent with the rules of the
Senate. He then moved that 1t be post
poned again ,Sand called the yeas and
nays. The motion was lost by an in
creased majority. The crowd on the
Senate floor at this time was very
large. a great many members being
Garrett Davis obtained the floor and
was about to speak, when he gave way
to Senator Shermaps who said that al
though he had voted not to adjourn, he
thought it was but fair that Senators
not present should, be heard. He also
believed it utterly impossible to come
to a vote tonight, and he saw no use in
wearing themselves out physically
when no good could be accomplished !
This advice was well received, and the
Senate adjourned with hardly any op-
position.
There is a vast amount OF caucusing
tonight on the probable vote to-mor-
row, but the most bitter enemies OF the
President do, not think that they can
obtainia two-third vote in the Senate.
SoarE ofour conservative conteinpo-
raries abuse the recent orders Of Gem
Terry and Gen. Sickles, setting aside
the tvagrant laws and freedments code
of Virginia and South Carolina, and at
the same time praise the Presi dents
mode oftreaiing the rebel States: tslth-
erthesej Journals are not aware that the
orders OF these officers are in fact the