The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Final Passage OF the District Suffrage
Bill over A. is YetO---PrOceedInss
I'm the Senate on the Admission of Ne
braska--PassaEe of the BIII---AnOth-
er Veto Laid on the shelf

WAsHINGToN, January s, 1867.
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois, demand
ed the regular order OF business, being
the consideration of the joint resolution
offered by Mr.. kasson yesterday, ,decla-
ratory of the meaning of the thirteenth
amendment of the Constitution.
Mr.. Niblack, of Indiana, rose to a
privileged question. This being the
anniversary of the battle of New Or
leans, he moved that the House do now
adjourn.
a Member. That is played out; Jack
son is dead. [Laughter.l
The motion was lost.
Mr.. John L. Thomas, Jr., of Mary
land, offered resolution requesting the
Secretary of War to transmit TO the
House all information in possession OF
the War department as to the cost OF
completing ship channel in the Pa
tapsco river, near the. harbor of Balti-
more city; which was adopted.
| Mr.. Randall, of Kentucky, offered a
resolution directing the Committee on
Indian Affairs TO inquire into the cir
cumstanceS attending the reported
massacre of three officers and ninety
| one enlisted men at Fort Phil Kearney,
on the 2lst of December last; to enquire
also, whether the continued commission
OF outrages by the Indians is in conse-
| quence of mismanagement or improper
conduct by Government officials or citi-
zens, and TO consider the expediency OF
transferring the superintendency OF
Indian affairs to the War Department.
| Agreed TO.
Mr.. Lynch, OF Maine, offered a reso-
| luton instructing the Committee on
Ways and Means to inquire into the
expediency of allowing drawback OF
all duties and taxes upon articles used
| in the construction of steam and sailing
vessels. Adopted.
Mr.. Bidwell, of California, offered a
resolution directing the Committee on
Commerce to inquire into the expedi-
ency OF constructing a breakwater al
| Crescent City, Cal. Adopted.
Mr.. Wentworth, of Illinois, asked
unanimous consent to offer the follow
ing: ,..-
manifested upon the subject of univer,
sal suffrage; and whereas, it has been
legalized only in the District of Colum.
bia and must be tested there, if any.
where; therefore,
RESOLVED, That the Committee for the
| District of Columbia be instructed tc
viding by law for the immediate elec
ton Of all officers in said District.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, OBJ
jected.
On motion of Mr.. Arnell, of Tennes
see, the committee appointed to inves-
| LlHdlt Lue anu ClICu"SLduCGs
of the murder of Union soldiers il
South Carolina was instructed to in
vestigate also into the facts and circum
stances connected with the murder o
Frank Ericsson, soldier, in Tennes
see.
The Speaker laid before the House I
message from the Senate, announcing
the passage over the Presidents veto o
the bill to establish universal suffrage
in the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Ingersoll, of Illinois, called fol
the reading of the veto message, which
was thereupon read by the Clerk.
At the conclusion of the reading,
Mr.. Ingersoll. of Illinois, demanded
the previous question on the reconsid
Grafton of the bill. The demand wa:
seconded, and the bill was then passed
over the veto by the following vote:
TEAS.
Alley, Allison, Ames, Arnell, Ashley
Nevada; Ashley, Ohio; Baker, Baldwin
Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Ben
jamin, Bidwel, Bingham, Blaine, Bout
well. Brandegee, Bromwell, Broomall
| Buckland, Bundy, Clarke, Ohio
| Clarke, Kansas, Cobb, Cook, Collum
Culver, Darling, Dawes, Defrees, De
lano, Deming, Dixon, Dodge, Donnelly
Rriggs, EckIey, ,EggLeston, FaInsworth
Harding, ILL.,; Hart, Hawkins. Hayes
Hooper. Hubbard, Conn.,; Hubbell
Ohio; IngersolI, Jenckes, Julian, Kas
son, Kelley, Kelso, Ketcham, Koontz
Lawrence, Penn; Lawrence, Ohio
Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marston
Marvin, Maynard, McClurg, McRCer
Mercer, Miller, Morrill,, Moulton, Ny
ers, Newell, O'NeilI, Orth, Paine, Pat.
terson, Perham, Pike, Plants, Price
Raymond, Rice, Mass; Rice, Me-; Saw,
yer, Schenck, SchOfeld, Spalding
Starr, Stokes, Thayer, Thomas, F.
Thomas, ]. L., Trowbridge, Upson
VanAernam, Van Horn, N. Y; Ward
n. Y; Warner, Washburne, ILL.,; Wei
ker, Wentworth, Williams, Wilson
Iowa; Wilson, Penn; Window, Colfa1
Ancona, Bergen, Campbell, Chanler
Cooper, Dawson, Eldridge, Finck
Glossbrenner. Harding, KY; Hise, Ho
gan, Hubbard, w. Va; Humphrey
Hunter, Kerr, Kuykendall, Latham
Leftwich, Mccullough, Niblack, Mich
olson, Noell, Phelps, Radford, Randall
Penn; Randall, KY; Ritter, Rogers
Ross, Shanklin, Strouse, Taber, Taylor
Tenn; Taylor, n. Y; Trimble, Ward
KY; Winfield-3S.
When the Speaker announced the