The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-01-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, January Is.
SENATE.

committee on Military Affairs, without
amendment. the act declaring no officer
cashiered or dismissed from the army,
by sentence of cOurt-martlal, shall DE
restored to military service without the
confirmation of the Senate.
Mr.. Howard introduced bill reguIa- |
ting the service of the final process In
suits at law sand of orders and DEGREES
in .auity of the courts of the United
States ont of their Judicial limits. lie
ferred to the Judiciary committee.
At the expiration of the morning |
honr. the President announced as the
special order, a bill to prevent the fur
Their contraction of the currency.
Mr.. Howard moved an Executive ses-
sion, which prevailed, after opposition
by Messrs. Sherman and Morton.
HOUSE.
The following bills and joint resolu-
tions were introduced and referred:
BY Mr.. Blane-In reference TO the tax
ing of the sharef of National Banks.
By Mr.. Miller-Requiring the concur
renee of two-thirds of the Judges OF
the Supreme Court of the United States
TO declare a law of Congress unconsti-
tutional. Referred to Judiciary; also,
for the passage of tariff law atfording
adequate protection to the industrial
interests of the country. Referred TO
Ways aud Means.
By Mr.. Hunter-For funding the ma |
tion.l debt and for other purposes
Referred to the Ways and Means CON-
mittee.
By Mr.. Boutwell-To promote agri-
cultural industry in the States recently
in rebellion aud to secure homesteads
for the freedmen. Referred to the CON-
mittee on FreedmeH's Affairs.
By Mr.. Cullom-For til" payment of
bouuties to soldiers in the late war who
Werr discharged from service on &C
CONT Of disability before they had
served two years.
By Mr. Bnrr-PledgiDg protection to
all citizens, native born or naturallzed,
in the enjoyment of all the rights OF
citizenship under the constitution and
laws of the United States. X ferred to
the committee on Foreign Affairs.
By Mr. Bingham-Declaring the
amendment TO the constitution of the
United States, known is the l4tb artl-
Gle, duly ratified. Referred to the Ju-
dietary committee.
Mr.. Paine, on behalf of the Chairman
of select committee of last session Oh
the treatment of prisoners of war and
Union men, offered a resolution that
the committee be continued, with tnll
powers. under resolution OF July 10th,
and July 18Th.
Mr.. Washburne, Of illinois, desired to |
offer IN amendment, providing that the
committee shall incur no further eX- !
Oh -
House seconded the previous question, |
cutting off all amendments, when the
resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Bingham offered n resolution that
the rules be suspended and the commit
tee on Il construction be authorized TO
report Immediately, and also that the
House will tomorrow proceed TO the
consideration of the report, and at the
close of the debate on Wednesday pro-
coed To vote on some question suspend
ing the rules.
4 vote WAS taken which resulted yeas
ll6, nays IS, and the resolution was
agreed 70.
Mr.. Bingham thereupon reported a
bill as additional aud supplementary to
the act to provide for a more efficient
government of the rebel States, passed
March ID, lS67, and an act supplement |
tary thereto, which Was read twice and
recOmmittcd.
Mr.. Bingham ut the same time inform |
ed the House that he would not insist
on the last clause of the resolution, but
would let a debate continue on Wcdncs-
day and next day if the House desired;
he merely wished to have it made a
special order from day TO day until dis
posed of.
The Speaker notified the House that
by the terms of the resolutions as adopt
ed under suspension of the rules no
dilatory motion could be received after
debate shOuld close and the House
should order the main question.
Mr. Eidridge suggested therefore that
the effect of the resolution was not only
TO enslave the Executive aud Supreme
Court, hut Congress also.
Mr.. Bingham n reply 10 question
by Mr.. Brooks, declared it WAS his in
ton to allow reasonable time for de-
bate.
Mr.. Loan submitted an amendment,
which was ordered 10 be printed. The
bill rs reported, differs in the first sec
ton from bill rs printed in the news
papers. Ii reads: BE il enacted, 1 c.,
That in Virginia. North Carolina, Dis
trict of Columbia, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida,
and Arkansas there are no civil govern
ments republican in form, and that the
so-called civil governments in said
States respectively, shall not be reOr
ganized as valid nor loyal State govern
ments, either by the Executive or Ju-
dietary power, or authority of the Uni
ted States"
Mr.. Wilson. of Iowa, asked leave 20
report back from the Judiciary com
mittee, with an amendments by way of
an additional section, the Senate bill
declaring what shall constitute quo
rum; the Supreme Court bill declares |
that any number of Justices of the Su- !
preme COurt, not less than five being q
majority thereof, shall constitute q |
quorum.
The amendment declares that no case |
pending before the Supreme COurt in
volying the action or the affect of any
law of the United States shall be decid- |
ed adversely TO the validity of such
law without the concurrence of two |
thirds of all the members of the Court. |
Mr.. Williams declined TO accept any |
amendment and intimated that the bill |
was imperfect aud should not be acted |
on hastily and should be recOmmitted |
to the Judiciary.
The bill was debated by Messrs. Viii
Hams, Pruyn, Marshall, Bingham,
Spaulding. Woodward aud Wilson, af.
ter which Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, moved !
for the previous question, staring that
he would Not so except the order of the |
l.
morrow of the bill reported from the
Reconstruction COMMITTEES.
The previous question was seconded
and the main question ordered, when
Wilson's amendment was adopted aud