The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-29
HOUSE.

the tax on slaughtered animals.
Mr.. Ward asked leave to introduce a
resolution instructing the Committee
on Ways and Means to enquire into the
eXpediency of admitting barley, used
for mailing, free of duty from Canada
and the British Provinces.
Mr.. Price objected.
The House then proceeded,' as the
regular order of business. to the con-
sideration of the Bankrupt Law, on
question.
Mr.. Jenckes having charge of the
bill, expressed his willingness to have
the vote on the passage of the bill fixed
for a future day in order to accommo-
date members who were absent and
who desired to vote on it.
Mr.. Schenck remarked that the diff
Guilty about that was that several mem
bers were about to leave the city who
were anxious to vote on the bill. He
did not see that there was uchlikeh-
hood of the House being much fuller a
week or two hence than it was now.
Mr.. Ross objected to debate.
Mr.. Jenckes moved toreconsider the
vote by which the main motion was or
dered yesterday.
Mr.. Washburne moved to lay the
motion to reconsider on the table.
Mr.. Jenckes withdrew his motion and
proceeded to make the closing speech
in support of the bill.
The bankrupt bill was decided by a
vote of yeas, SO, nays, q.
Washburne moved to reconsider. the
vote, and also to lay the motion to re-
consider on the table.
The vote on the latter motion was Ia
ken, and resulted in yeas 90, nays Us
so that the motion to reconsider came
before the House.
Mr.. Beaman, of Michigan, moved to
postpone the consideration of the mo-
lion for one week, which was agreed to.
Mr.. Jenckes argued that the bill was
not only for the benefit of the debtor
class, but was supported also by nine
teen-twentieths OF the creditor class oil
the country, us proved by the resolu-
ton in favor of its passage, adopted by
the chambers of commerce of New
York, Boston, Buffalo and other cities.
He held that it was the duty of Con-
gress, under the Constitution, to pass
such a measure, and that its enactment
would be a great and lasting benefit to
the country.
Mr.. Jenckes-I yield the last four
minutes to Mr.. Rogers. :,
Mr., Rogers said that it was well
known that prior to the disorders OF
the last five years, the party which he
represented had persistently opposed
the passage of a bankrupt law. he
himself had been opposed to 1t, but fell
now that a responsibility higher than
party considerations rested upon him,
and that it was for the benefit of the
whole country that there should be
some law adopted which would relieve
men from failure in business owing to
events which they could not control
In New York and other CONNER
cial cities men of the best bust
ness talents had been prevented from
going into business on account OF a
TDs,.N Is, TOW 7 .au
had examined this bill thoroughly, and
was free to say that he believed the
Bankrupt Law never was drawn in u
country more equal or just in its pro,
visions.
1.-THE following is thevote in detail:
YEAs-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ash
ley, of Ohio, Baxter, Darling, DAVIS
Farnsworth, Grinnel, Griswold, Hall
of New York, Hubbard, of Conn.
Howell, Jenckes, Kasson. Kelly, Latin
Longyear, Marvin, McCulloch, McRu'
err, Morehead, Phelps, Plants, Radtord
Raymond, Rice, of Mass, Rice, of Ne.
Rogers, Scotield, Sloan, sPalding, Starr
Thomas, jr., Trowbridge, Van Horn
of N. Y, Wade, Washburne, of Ind.
| Washburne, of Mass, Wentworth
Wiliiams, Window and wright.-59.
NAYs.-Messrs. Ashley, of Neveda,
Baker, Baldwin, Beamnn, benjamin
Bergen, Bidwell, Bingham, Boyer
Bromwell, Buckland, Clarke, of Kan.
Cook, Culiom, Dawson, Eckley, Eggle'
ston, Eldridge, Farquhar, Glossbren-
ner, Order, Harding, of KY, Harding
of III, Hays, Henderson, Hill, Holmes
Hubbard, of w. Va, Hubbell, of MY.
Hubbell, of Ohio, Julian, Kelso, Law
renee, of o., LIE Blond. Loan, Marshall
StaTston, Meclurgi Marshall RaaaI Mc Nee.
lack, O'Neil, Orth, Paine, Price, Ran
dali of Pennsylvania, Randall of Ken
lucky, Ritter, Rollins, Ross, Sawyer
Schenck, Shellabarger, Smith, Stevens
Sallwell, Shouse, Thornton, Trimble
Washburne, Walker, Wilson-73. Sc
the bill was rejected.
Mr.. Beaman changed his vote from
yea to nay in order to move Il consider
Mr.. washburne, of Illinois, moved tC
reconsider the vote by which the bill
was rejected, and to lay the motion tc
reconsider on the table. The yeas and
nays were then taken on the latter mo-
ton and resulted yeas 90, nays 6S.
Among those who had voted against
the bill, the following members voted
against laying the motion to reconsider
on the table Baldwin, Beaman,
Holmes, Kelley, Randall, Marston,
Newall, Noel, and Wilson of Iowa.
Mr.. Hubbard, of Iowa, presented
Joint resolution of this Iowa Legislature
asking a grant of lands to aid the con-
strnction Of the Iowa Central Railroad.
It was referred to the Committee on
Public Lands.
Mr.. Raymond, of New York, present.
ed the petition of Daniel Fitzgerald for
right to renew his patent OF the sala-
mander safe, which was referred to the
Committee on Patents. efl
Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, asked leave
to report from the Judiciary joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States,
in order to have it amended and re-
committed. =.
Mr.. Ancona, ofPennsylvania,d desired
to make it point that the bill should
not be brought back by any one to con-
sideration,
Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, declined to
make that condition.
Mr.. Julian offered a resolution, which
was adopted, instructing the Commit
tee of Public Lands to inquire into the
expediency of reporting bill extend
ing the principles and policies by laws
enforced relating TO the sale OF coal
lands to be the same as on lands OF tAe
United States.
Mr.. Noel, of Missouri, introduced q
resolution, which was adopted Instruct
ing the Committee of War Dents 70 IN
auire into the expediency of amending
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