The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-03-30
be agreed to By the. House That tho.

he agreed to By the. House, That.HtheD
lspsea{denf of TIE Senate and the Speak
or of the House adjourn their respec;
five Houses at noon TOMORROW, until
the first Wednesday in July, WHEN, I'M
less n t,norrim ST eacn House shall be
present, they shall further adjourn
Them without u day. G'uj~' .-''-
Several propositions to amend this
were made and rejected.
In the course OF some remarks, Mr..
Wilson said he wished to remain
here to settle the question of suffrage
all through the country. -. -
Mr.. Dixon asked if Messrs,. Sumner
and Wilson meant to pass a law to en-
force negro suffrage.
Mr.. Sumner said certainly he did.
Mr.. Wilson had no doubt that under
the recently adopted constitutional
amendment they had right to pass 4
universal suffrage bill. n 81 @'''''''
MIR. Edmonds' proposition was adopt
ed.
The Seuate went into Executive ses-
sion and subsequently adjourned.
t' oa. HOUSE.
The Speaker stated that. owing to the
illness of his step-father Mr.. Mathews,
he would not be able to occupy the
chair to-day, and would designate the
gentleman from Massachusetts,, Mr..
Boutwell, as Speaker pro TEN. He
would, however, come to the Hall dur
ing the day and sign bills and joint res
Olutions. WI .is>- ..ye
The Senate bill TO reimburse the
States of Indiana and Ohio for monies
expended for the United States in EN-
rolling. eQuipping and provisioning the
militia to aid in the suppression OF the
rebellion, was passed.
The Senate joint resolution In refer
ence to the collection and payment OF
monies due colorcd soldiers or their
heirs. directing that checks and drafts
for such purposes be made payable in
the Southern States to the Commission
cr of the Freedmen's Bureau, who is to
paw the claim agent his legal fee and the
balance to the claimant, was passed.
The Senate Bill to grant 10 the Amer
lean and Atlantic Cable Telegraph
Company. at New York, the right, pow
or and privilege to lay land and oper-
ate the submarine telegraph cables on
the Atlantic coast of the United States,
except on the coast OF Florida, and es-
tablish telegraph communication be-
tween the United States and Europe By
way of the Bermuda and Azores Islands.
Passed.
Mr.. Clarke, Of Kansas, offered a res
olution relative to adjournment,
for which, after considerable debate,
Mr.. Bromfield offered substitute
which was adopted. 1t provides for an
adjournment from tomorrow at 3 o'clock
till the first Wednesday in July, when
if there be no quorum in both houses
they shall adjourn from day to day for
five DAYS, and in the continued absence
of quorum till December.
Mr.. Stevens, from committee of Con-
ference, made n report on the bill TO
supply deficiencies in the contingent
fund of thu Senate. The report was
agreed TO.
Mr.. Clark, of Kansas, offered reso-
luton TO request the Judiciary commit
tee to report on the impeachment ques-
ton on the first day OF the adjourned
session. Adopted.
The Senate amendment to the adj
journment resolution concurred in, pro-
vides for adjournment tomorrow at II
o'clock until the LIST Wednesday in July,
when, unless there be q quo: um of each
House, the present session adjourn till
December.
Mr.. Terri presented a resolution from
the Michigan Legislature for a grant of
land for railroad from the mining re-
gion Of the Upper Peninsula to point
on Mackinaw Ray.
The Senate joint resolution authoriz.
ing the transfer of certain funds, and
providing for the purchase Of seeds and
their distribution in the South, was
passed.
On motion of Mr.. Boutwell,, leave was
given la the Judiciary committee to re-
port testimony at the session in July i'll
print.
Adjourned.