The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-02-01
FoRTIETH CoNGRFss.
SENATE.

Aooo hau ratified that amendment nv q
SSS.I OF 10000, and they had never re-
TSarS' ~ mat assent. These resolutions
we're the voice of partisan maiOritv
u the Legislature representing min
o5 " Oh the people, and who were elect.
"a on issues entirely different. He
" was SATISFIED that the people of Ohio
~ uGay ~ would have voted in favor of
nHS CuusIltutlonal Amendment by lOO.-
wv majority last fall. The naonIa
never dreamed that the LerisISt1ra
YOU'D take such action; that issne
Lney considered settled. When the
legislature of Ohio had snhs
lL i1ted to the people the negro
1urAge amendment they had unVise-
ycoupled with ikR provision disfran.
chising desertersrEShichiti was thon1ht
~ c9ntended by their opponents
1Eld include many patriotic soldiers
1nls cansed the defeat of the PROPOSE
s sou " incorporate universal suffrage
IN the organic law. He believed. al.
thot ne would not say positively,
In favor of the general principles ofthe
reconstruction bill. He was satisfisd
That next fall the people of Ohio yyonld
reverse their. decision, and universal
snnrage would beinsertcd in their Con
stltution. In addition to all this. the
manner OF Opposing these resolutions
was the most extraordinary. Thew mad
debate. 4t"0u1 any
Mr.. Sumner said the action of tho
Legislature was most unprecedented
a state having once given its assent tn
tne amendment Of the Constitution
mad no power to Withdraw it, and the
mere Brutem Fulmen, =
Mr.. Sumner claimed that was M M
enect; that the State could NOT with.
draw approval once given.
side. 'A 'He OPposlte
The matter was then referred to the
judiciary Committee.
me Dill supplementary to the tenure
ol'oIhce Dill was taken up. The oues-
ton WAS on Mr.. Summers amendment
tnat the bill shall not do awav With
ment.
Mr.. Patterson moved as an amend
ment, that such agents shall not exceed
i've in number.
CONFESS and Cameron opposed such re-.
strictions on the part of Congress.
AT the expiration of the morning
hour, the bill was laid aside, and an
sogonrnment until Monday was provi-
Mr.. Johnson gave notice that he
would on Monday press vote on the
The supplementary Reconstruction
phi was taken up. Mr.. Howe spoke in
Its favor.
Mr.. Terry obtained the floor on the
olll, but on motion of Mr.. Harlan
further consideration was POSTPONED
until Monday, and the Senate took uC
a Dill to provide for the formation o.
corporations and regulating the same
In the District of Columbia. Discuss.
Cd by johnson, Harlem, Wiley and
Conkling, the latter .condemning The
granting of unprecedented license
and the bill was amended SO as to re.
quire the principal office of the corpo.
[ations to be kept in the District Of
columbia, and by making the private
property of stockholders. in Certain
cases, liable to the amount of the mar
value of their stock. After further
verbal amendments the bill was passed
to Its third reading, and Mr.. Bucka.
lew called for the yeas and nays. on its
nnal passage. There being not more
than twenty Senators present, the vote
was postponed. 1l
regulate the Sc eEtion of officers, ETC..
in the District of Columbia, but on
motion ofsMr. Hendricks, the Senate
adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr.. Blaine, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury was directed to
Furnish Information as to the amount
OF property sliced for frauds ON the
revenue and the amount realized
therefrom.
Mr.. Eggleston presented a Joint reso.
luton of the Ohio Legislature with
drawing her ratification of the Consti.
tuttonal amendment and requesting
the return TO the Governor of all official
papers on aleln Washington giving the
assent of Ohio to said amendment.
The resolution was printed and re.
ierred to the judiciary COMMITTEES.
He said 1t was doubtful whether the
persons called on for such papers had
the right to return them to the Govern
OF OF ONO. He also desired to say that
the legislature of Ohio, in passing such
Joint resolution had gone against The
wishes of the people of that State, |
Ihat there had been recentlyan election
in one of the Congressional districts. |
where that iniquity had been presented |
before the people, and that the result OF
the election waspartly owing to this ac-
ton of the Legislature.
The resolution was referred to the
Judiciary Committee who were In
structed to report whether State has a |
right to wfthdraw her assent.
On motion of Mr.. Clark, of Kansas.
aninqniry was ordered into the expedi.
ency of placing the children of the vic.
same footing as IL their parents had
been killed in the service of the United
States.
Mr.. Elliot, from the COMMITTEES ON
Freedmen's Affairs, reported a bill to-
the FFeedmen's Bureau,
The first section provides for one year
after July 18th, 1858,
The second section directs the Score.
larry of War to withdraw the bureau
from the States represented in Con-
sress, unless after consultation with
The Commissioner and upou his own
he is satisfied that. Il
should be continued; provided, that
ne educational division shall not be
Injected until suitable provisions are
made within the State for the educa-
Ion of children of freedmen.
The third section permits the com.
to employ the unexpended
balance not required for the due execu-
Ion OF law for educational purposes, to
le subject TO the provisions of the law
applicable thereto.
The fourth section permits officers of
he Veteran Reserve corps or volunteer
'erVtcs on duty under the commission
r. who have been or may be mustered
nut of service, to be retained when re-
lqlred for the proper execution of law,
With the same compensation and au.
hority as is now conferred bylaw on ,
ulcers of the Bureau OF the same !
.rade.
The House proceeded to the consider
ltlon of the Kentucky contested cleo
ion case of Messrs. Brown and Smith.
During the debate Mr.. Allison report.
d, from the conference COMMITTEES on
he cotton tax a bill, and after an ami
mated discussion 1t was agreed to.
without coming toa vote on the Ken
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