The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-17
HOUSE.

Under the call OF states DIS were
introduced and referred, repeating
a portion of the act fixing the mum
Der of Judges of the Supreme
Court, which provides that NO
vacancies shall be filled until the mum
Der of Associate Justices is reduced to
six; providing for saving expenses IL
the Legislative Department; refunding
the amount paid by private subsorip'
ton towards the improvement of the
harGor at Michigan city, and establish.
ing District Court at Petersburg
authorizing the holding of District
Courts at Evansville and New Albany;
authorizing the erection of Marine
Hospital at Cairo.
Bills were introduced providing that
officers of the army, including those of
the veteran reserve corps, be entitled
10 be retired under the same conditions
as officers wounded in the regular army;
to promote American commerce by en-
acting that tonnage duty be collected
on vessels from foreign ports; allowing
a drawback on ship builders materials,
and repeating the first section of the
act of July 14th, 1862, for the collec-
llOl VI hOAbh
eastern and northwestern frontiers.
Mr.. Garfield pr, sented petition OF
hundred and nine German citizens OF
Cleveland asking that the Constitution
be so amended as to abolish the office Oi
President of the United States. Refer
rcd to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Ross offered Il preamble and six
teen resolutions rcCiting that the For
tieth Congress he charged with dislOy-
atty to the government and with pur-
pose to snbvert and destroy the essen
tial principles and just balasces on
which it rests and declaring the COnsti,
tuition is the supreme paramount
law of the land; that Congress
will faithfully abide by and strenu-
ously maintain the essential and
fundamental principles of free govern
mcn:; that Congress will oppose all ef.
forts to render military Independent
and superior TO civil powers; that it will
oppose all effort. To deprive the people
of the right of habCas corpus and triaI
by Jury: that it will oppose the en-
crOachmcnt Of one department Of the
Government on another; that free
speech, free press and free ballot arc es-
sential to liberty and cannot be sur
rendered; that Congress is opposed
to large standingarmy; that Specula-
ton and frauds on the the Treasury
should be stopped; that each State shall
regulate suffrage within its own limits;
that no Government bonds shall be
issued not subject to the same rate OF
taxation as other property; that Ma
tional Bank notes shall be withdrawn
and legal tender notes substituted.
The House refused to second the
previous question, which was moved by
Mr.. Ross, who moved to lay the resOlu-
tion on the table, and called for the
yeas and nays, remarking that he did
so in order that the members might put
themselves on record.
The House refused to table the reso-
lutienS, and on motion of Mr.. Ashley,
of Ohio, they were referred to the Ju-
dietary committee.
Mr.. Ingersoll offered q resolution pro-
viding that for the purpose of relieving
the business of the country from the
depressed condition to which it has been
brought by retiring legal tender notes
from the volume on currency by the
Secretary of the Treasury, an amount of
legal tender notes equal to the amount
retired shall DO issued and restored
to currency, and that the amount of
legal tender notes so restored shall be
used only in purchasing for cancella-
ton any of the gold interest bearing
bonds. He moved that the previous
question be refused and the resolution
referred to the committee on Ways and
Means.
Mr.. Ingerso!l hoped the previous ques.
tiOn would be seconded and the House
vote yes or no on the question. The
previous question was net seconded.
Then on motion of Mr.. Blair, the res
olution wasreferred to committee on
Ways and Means.
The morning hour expired.
Mr. Butler moved to suspend the rules.
so as TO enable him to submit motion:
that during the impeachment trial of
the President, and till its conclusion it
shall be in order OH any day to move a
suspension of the rules on motions con-
nected with or growing out of the Ques-
ton of impeachment. Agreed TO.
The rules having been suspended, Mr.
Butler offered the following resolution
"That, except during the morning hour
of Monday, the rules may be suspended
pending the impeachment of the Pres.
ident, to proceed 30 the consideration OF
any matter which may be reported by
the Managers on the part of the House
of Representatives"
Mr.. Wood made poiRt of order that
it was not the resolution for which the
House suspended the rules in order to
have offered. The first motion had
been restricted 10 matters connected
with impeachment, but the resolution
contained no such restrictions.
The Sseaker sustained the point Of
order.
Mr.. Butler then offered the second
resolution as an amendment to the first
Mr.. Ross moved to lay the amendment
on the table. Negatived.
The amendment was then agreed to,
and the resolu ton as amended, was
adopted.
Adjourned.