The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-26
BY TELEGRAPH.
CONGRESS.
wAsH1SoToN. June e5.

The Senate met at two O'Clock.


| legislative appropriation bill lwas taken
up. The question was on the amend
| ment offered by Mr.. Sherman, from the
| Committee on Finances, appropriatlng
Sl50, 900 for temporary clerks for the
| Treasury Department, and providing
that the Secretary OF the treasury may
classify the same.
| Further debate on the point ensued,
during which the Presidents veto was
received from the House, and the om-
nibus bill passed over It by vote of 35
to 8, Mr.. Davis having first delivered
an eulogium on the President, ranking
him as one of the noblest characters of
The consideration OF the appropria-
tion bill was resumed and the amend
ment adopted.
Mr.. Sherman offered an amendment
from the Committee on Finance pro-
vidiug for the discontinuance of the
Globe contract for publishing the de-
bates in Congress on the 4th of March
next, and for inquiry by the Commit
tee on Printing into the cost, &C., of
other methods of doing the same,
which, after discussion, was adopted.
Amendments regulating the publlcA-
tion of official advertisements In the
District OF Columbia, intended to put a
stop TO certain recent abuses OF the
law, were reported by Mr.. Sherman,
slightly amended by Mr.. Edmunds, and
agreed to.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
a large number OF Senate bills were
referred, and numerous petitions for
protective duties presented.
A resolution was adopted calling on
the President for Information relative
to the imprisonment of naturalized
Americans in England.
Mr.. Schenck made an appeal 20 the
members, especially the Republican
members, to be in regular attendance
during the consideration of the tax bill.
The House then went into Commit
tee on the Tax Bill.
Mr.. Boutwell, moved as substitute
for the fifth section, allowing a draw.
back of 60 cents gallon on imported
alcohol and rum.
Mr.. Moorhead moved to reduce the
drawback from 60 to 30 cents. Agreed
to.
Mr.. Boutwell's substitute was then
agreed to. aa
On motion of Mr.. Scheuck, sections
81 and So were stricken out. No amend
meut was made to section 54, which
simply provides for the withdrawal of
spirits from warehouses. Sections So,
90, 81, SIS, SO, 60 and 81 were stricken out;
provides that all distilled spirits in
any bonded warehouse shall, within
100 days after the passage of the act, be
withdrawn from such warehouses and
taxes paid on the same, Mr.. Schenck
stated that he would at proper time
move an amendment, requiring whisky
in bond to pay special tax of 81 per
barrel.
Mr.. o,Nelll moved to strike out ssc-
The committee rose at 2:SO O'Clock and
the Speaker presented the following
to the House of Representatives, in
which it originated, a bill entitled an
act to admit the States of North Carol-
ma, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana.
and Florida to representation In Con-
gress.
state at length the reasons which con-
strain me to withhold my approval. /
will not, therefore, undertake at this
time to reopen the discussion upon the
ed in the act of March I'd, 1867, and the
acts supplementary thereto, in pursu
ance of which, it is claimed in the pre-
amble of this bill that these States have
framed and adopted constitutions of
State government, nor will repeat the
objections contained in my message of
the Goth inst, returning without my
signature, the bill to admit to repre-
sentation the State of Arkansas. and
which are equally applicable to the
pending measure. Like the bill recently
passed In reference to oArkansas, this bill
supersedes the plain and simple mode
present. bed by the Constitution for the
admission to Il seat in the respective
houses of Senators and Representatives
from the several States. 1t assumes
I.authority over six States of the Union,
which has never been delegated TO
Congress, or Is even warranted by pre-
vious unconstitutional legislation upon
.N,Tr - k1 q I'm "a
conditions which are in derogation of
the equal rights of the States, and is
founded upon a theory which Is sub
| versive OF the fundamental principles
of the government. In the case of Ala
bama It violates the plighted faith of
Congress by forcing upon that State a
Constitution which was rejected by the
people, according to the express terms
ofan act OF Congress requiring that a
majority of the registered electors
should vote upon the question OF It's
ratification for these objections and
many others that might be presented. /
cannot approve this bill and therefore
return it for the action of Congress re-
quired In such cases by the Federal
Constitution.
(Signed1 ANDREW JOHNSON.
Wdshington, d. O., June 25th.
The message having been read, the
Speaker stated the question to be: will
the House on feCOnAIQerhtIOn aRTe9 10
the passage of this bill.
AR. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, moved
the previous question.
Mr.. Robinson inquired whether 1t
was in ;order to move that the message
be printed and laid over for further
consideration. The Speaker replied
that 1t would be II the previous ques-
ton were not seconded. The vote was
taken and resulted-yeas, 1906 nays, 80.
a strict party vote.
The Speaker stated that two-thlrds
having voted in the affirmative, the
bill was again passed and would .be
| transmitted with the objections of the
President, to the Senate for similar re-
consideration.
The House in Committee of the
| Whole resumed the consideration of
| the tax bill, the question being on Mr..
O'Neill's motion to strike out the 62d
section.
| moved the following substitute for the
section: uAll distilled spirits in any
bonded warehouse shall, on and after
the passage of this act, pay, in addition
to the taxes unpaid on the same, one
per cent. a month on the amount OF
| said tax while remaining in any bonded
warehouse as aforesaid.n
After q long discussion, Mr.. Kelley
moved to amend the section by extend
| ing to six months the time for paying
tax on whisky in bonded warehouses.
This was agreed to.
Mr.. OiNeiIl's substitute was then re-
jected.
Mr.. Stewart moved TO add to the sec
ton provision that spirits forfeited
ahalI be sold or disposed of for the