The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-25
WABHINGTON, Jan. ..

--Ia reE WAsHINeToN, Jan. D. r
In the House of Representatives this
afternoon the time was mostly spent in
hlibustering and in voting upon mo-
tions for delay, the object being to pre-
vent as long as possible the passage of
the bill excluding attorneys who had
engaged in rebellion, &C., from practi-
cling in the United States courts. Mo-
tions to adjourn, to reconsider, TO take
recess, TO adjourn over, to lay on the
table, &C., followed IN as rapid success
sion as the frequent callings of the roll
would admit, The democrats stood
solidly, and seemed determined to
ton by the application of all the par
iamentary tactics in vogue. = s#
About four o'clock the members be-
gan to thin out, but returned again in
couples. The clerk became hoarse call
ing the roll, and in every instance,
after the votes had been recorded, mo-
tions to dispense with the reading of
the roll were objected to. go III
At five o'clock another motion was
made to adjourn. Mr.. Boutwell, asked
Mr.. Finek if he and his friends were
willing to have the vote taken to-mor-
rowf Mr.. F. and others gave very
decided "no;" whereupon Mr.. Bout
well and the friends of the bill, in an
equally decided manner, announced
their intention to remain. .1-.e4
Overcoats and hats, which had been
donned in expectation OF adjournment,
were laid aside or rather returned to
their places in the coat-room, and mem
bers settled down in their seats with
a adetermined intention TO see the end OF
the contest.
A call of the roll demonstrated the
fact that a quorum was wanting, and a
call OF the House was ordered, and 112
responded. A quorum having an
swered, an effort was made to have fur
ther proceedings under the call suS-
pended, but a dilatory motion threw a
wet blanket on that, and the doors were
closed and all sorts of excuses were
offered for absentees.
Pending the issue of the warrant for
the arrest of the absentees, several mo-
tions were made to adjourn and voted
down, and some gentlemen, feeling the
gnawing of hunger, ordered up repasts
from the restaurant and had them
spread upon their desks. 1t was now
o'clock, and Mr.. Radford was about to
suggest compromise but was cut oh
by an objection to members engaging
in debate. Mr.. Rogers moved tQFbuy a
ham sandwich for each one of the mem
bers, which was received with peals OF
laughter. Mr.. Hise, of Kentucky, was
brought in by the sergeant-at-arms and
fined for absence. The session lasted
till past midnight each party standing
out resolutely.
Gen. Grant was on the floor of the
House good while to-day, in consul
tation most of the time with General
Schenck and other members OF the
military committee.
The Postmaster General has sent to
the Senate and House committees on
postofhces and postroads, a commuRi-
cation requesting an investigation into
the charges made by the correspondent
of a Cincinnati paper, who alleges sub
Stautially, tnat the Postmaster General
signed a S1S0,000 contract in the Ohio
mail service, which contract was so cor
rupt that the contract clerks refused TO
sign it, and the postmaster was there
fore compelled to sign the agreement.
Gov. Randall says the contract referred
to was determined by his predecessor,
Gov. Dennison; that there was no cor
ruption in the affair, and that the con-
tract clerks did not refuse to sign it, and
had nothing whatever to do with its ex-
ecution.
There were present at the third Exec
utive state dinner, at the White House
this evening, Chief Justice Chase, JUS
tice Wayne, Justice Nelson, Justice
Clifford and lady, Justice Swayne and
lady, Justice Miller, Justice Davis,
Justice Field and lady, Senators An
thony, Sprague and lady, Buckalew
and LADY, Cattell, COnness, Cowan, Cra-
gin and lady, Dixon and lady, Doo-
little and lady, Edmunds, Frelinghuy-
sen and Nesmith. This dinner was in
tended for the Supreme Judges and a
few Senators whose names were select
ed alphabetically. except Senator
Sprague and lady, who are of Chief
Justice Chase's family. The next state
dinner will be given to the remainder
of the Senators and some of the Repre-
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