The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-27
HOUSE.

| After some discussion Mr.. WashDurne,
of Illinois, said he wished to submit a
proposition which was this, and should
be considered the test vote, and those
who vote for reference should be con-
sidered as in favor of the Pacific
Railroad Company maintaining their
exhorbitant charges. The latter part OF
the sentence being almost inaudible on
account of calls to order.
Mr.. Prices motion to refer to the COM
mittee on the Pacific Railroad, was
agreed to.
Before taking vote the rule forbid
ding members to vote on matters IN
which they have personal interest
was read, at the request OF Mr.. lehman
The Speaker presented various ex-
ecutive communications, including the
protest of the Kentucky Legislature.
Mr.. Farnsworth, from Reconstruction
committee, reported back the bill to
admit Alabama to representation In
Congress, with the following additional
section:
SEC. 3. That the said State Of Ala
bama shall be admitted to representation
! in Congress and shall be recognized as
State only on the following funda-
mental conditions. That the Constitu-
tuition of Alabama shall never be so
amended as to deprive any citizens or
any class of citizens of the United
States of the right to vote by the Com
stitution herein recognized nor shall it
be so changed as to allow any person to
vote who is excluded fram office
by the fourteenth article of the amend
ment of the Constitution of the
United States until the disabilities
imposed by the section shall have been
removed in the manner therein pro-
vided, and Congress shall have power
to annul any amendment to the Consti-
tuition of Alabama or any act OF the
Legislature Of said State contrary to
the provisions of this section.
Mr.. Spalding offered as substitute
the bill introduced in the Senate by
Mr.. Stewart.
Mr.. Poland withdrew the substitute
he gave notice of last week.
Mr.. Bingham moved to amend the
bill by striking out the third section.
Mr.. FarnswOrth addressed the House
in support of the bill officially returned.
1t showed that 7O00 white men had vo-
ted for the adoption of the Constltu-
ton in Alabama. Over 10000 white
mon in Alabama were members OF the
Union League.
Mr.. Williams, of Pennsylvania, asked
how the fact of 1000 white men having
voted for the Constitution has been as
certained.
| Mr.. Farnsworth replied that at many
polls the officers of election marked the
votes of colored men and those of white
men.
Mr.. Beck, a member of the Recon-
structiOu committee, asked whether
the committee had received informa-
ton that 1000 white men had voted for
il, and if so, when.
Mr.. Farnsworth replied that he him
himself had received that information.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, offered
an amendment, providing that the
rights of suffrage shall not he denied in
any State except for treason, felony
or other crime infamous at common law,
but suffrage shall be forever universal
and impartial, and that Congress shall
have power to annul any act of Alabama
in violation or derogation of acts with
! regard to suffrage, and that in the case
of the Legislature reducing suffrage
below the universal right all legisla-
ton admitting it into the Union, shall
| be null and void.
Mr.. Farnsworth gave notice he would
move the previous question at half past
three tomorrow and ask vote at half
past four o'clock.
Adjourned.