The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-24
BY TELEGRAPH.
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June %.
SENATE.

A large numbers of petitions werI
offered that soldiers of 1872 be included
in the pension rolls.
Mr.. Sumner, from the Committee or
Foreign affairs reported with amend
ments the bill for the protection of the
rights of American citizens abroad.
The amendment reported by Mr.
Sumner strikes out that portion of the
third section which provided for retail
atory measures in cases of illegal i'm
prisonment OF American citizens, and
inserts a new provision to make the
section read, "And be il further enacted
that whenever it shall be duly made
known to the President that any citt-
zen has been arrested aud Is detained
by any foreign government, in contra
vention OF the intent and purposes oi
this article, or If any citizen shall have
been arrested and detained whose re-
lease upon demand shall have been un-
reasonably delayed or refused, it shall
be the duty of the President forthwith
to report to Congress all circumstances
of any such arrest or detention, and
any proceedings for the release of citi-
zens SO arrested, that CongIe esS may
take prompt action to secure to every
citizen of the United States his just
rights"
Mr.. Edmunds called up the bill to
amend the act to provide for the elec'
ton of Senators OF the United States,
providing that in case of death or re-
fusal to serve of Senator elect, the
Legislature shall meet on the second
Tuesday thereafter and proceed TO an
election. Some discussion followed,
but no action was taken.
Mr.. Thayer sent to the Chair the
credentials of Alex. Mcdonald and
BENZ. T. Rice, Senators elect from Ar
kansas, which were read. Mr.. Thayer
moved that they be sworn in.
Mr.. Davis said that he held in his
hands the credentials of two other
gentlemen that he asked to have read.
CLaughter.) The papers we're read, be-
ing the credentials ofJohn p. Jones and
James H. Garland, as Senators elect
from Arkansas, dated the 24th OF No
vember, 1866.
Mr.. Howard moved TO lay it on.the
table. Agreed TO.
Mr.. Davis moved that the documents
of both persons be referred to the Judi
ciary Committee with instructions to
inquire which were constitutlonally
elected.
! After long discussion the mc ction
was rejected.
The Senators elect from Arkansas
were sworn in at a quarter past two
o'clock.
Mr.. Conness withdrew his resolution
offered yesterday, to discharge the
Committee on Foreign Affairs from the
further consideration of House bill for
the protection of American citizens
abroad. on the ground that the commit
tee had made a report.
The legislative appropriation bill was
again taken up.
The question was on Mr.. Summers
motion, to strike from the amendment
of the committee the clause repeating
the act creating the offices of second as
sistAnt Secretary of State and Examin-
er OF Claims in the State department.
Mr.. Sumner made some additional
remarks on the subject.
After debate the amendment was
adopted % against ID.
The next amendment OF the Commit
tee was agreed to, increasing in the
Treasury Department, the force OF
clerks in class 8, from II to 12; in class
2, from to II; in class l, from 6 to To-
and increasing the amount of appro.
priation accordingly.
The amendment, adding clerks oil
class for first comptroller, was
adopted.
amendment appropriating $4,000 for
temporary clerks for the first comp.
troller, was amended by increasing
1t to $4,000.
AuUlneE dlltuuDlelll W dh huOplGu AA
creasing the number OF clerks for the
second Comptroller, from to IL in
class and II, to 20 in class 81 10 to 26
in class 2; 6 to 81 in class i, and adding
IL copyists.
Another amendment by Mr.. Sherman
adds clerks for the Commissioners OF
Customs.
The Committee added for the same
2 clerks to class 4, to class and 2 to
class 2,
Further amendments of the Com
mittee were adopted striking out the
provision to continue in force SO much
of the act of March 14th, 1854, as au-
thorizes upwards of 200 clerks of three
classes in the Office of the Second Audi
tor until June Soth, 1859, and no longeri
adding for the Fifth Auditor nine
clerks, one copyist and two laborers, as
temporary force; increasing the ap
preparation for detecting and bringing
to punishment violations OF the Inter
nal Revenue laws, from one to two
hundred thousand dollars; increasing
the number of clerks OF class one In
the land office from 20 to 40.
AT half past four, two thirds OF the
bill yet remaining to be considered, on
motion of Mr.. Trumbull. the Senate
went into executive session, and after
some time adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Paine, as question of privilege,
offered a resolution that the oath ol
office be now administered to Logan II.
Roots, James Kinds and Thos. Bollesi
members elect from the State OF Ar
kansas.
Mr.. Maynard suggested whether IL
would not be better to take the same
course as had been taken in the case OF
the Tennessee delegation,-refer the
credentials formally TO the Committee
on Elections, and the resolution was SO
modified and agreed to.
Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, offered
the usual resolutions directing the
Clerk to present to the Secretary OF
State the Arkansas bill passed over the
Presidents veto. Adopted.
Mr.. O'Nelll introduced a bill to pro-
vide for the granting of pensions to
those ex-otficers of the army according
to their rank at the date of final muster
out, who were wounded while serving
as enlisted men, and are not now draw
ing pensions as officers. Referred 70
the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
The House went into Committee oi
the Whole, Mr.. Blaine in the chair, on
the tax bill, the question being on Mr..
Van Wyck's amendment to the first
section, to reduce the tax on whisky
from 60 to so cents.
A long discussion followed, during
which Mr.. Schenck corrected the state