The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-06
CONGRESS. s.
SENATE.

WASd1NdIONJ teUEuaEJ Os
Several petitions were presented, and
resolution passed to hold an evening
session until the Constitutional
Amendment was disposed of.
Mr.. Pomeroy, from the Committee on
| Public Lands reported adversely, the
bill providing for the sales of lands to
aid in the constitution of the West Vir-
Rinia Central railroad.
The bill to give effect to certain treaty
stipulation with foreign countries, was
| passed. 1t authorized the President to
employ a military force when neccessa-
ry to guard alleged criminals delivered
| up by foreign governments under the
| extradition treaties.
| A resolution to authorize the payment
OF Senators from reconstructed States
from the beginning of the enxt session,
was taken up.
Mr.. Morton made brief argument
in favor of the resolution and cited seT-
eral precedents.
Mr.. TrumbulI said he thought this
proposition dead, as the Senate had al
ready distinctly declared that the Sem
ators In question should be paid only
from the time their States were de-
clared entitled to representation in
Congress. While Mr.. Trumbull was
speaking, the morning hour expired,
which brought up the unfinished busl-
ness the Constitutional Amendment.
Inc auueuuuueul OleEcu ye5loLOaS Ny
! Mr.. Williams, was received, and he ad-
dressed the Senate in its advocacy.
| Mr., Sumner next addressed the Sen
ate.
Mr.. Sumner offered a substitute for
the joint resolution providing for an
amendment to the Cons titution. 1t
provides that the right to vote, to be
voted for and hold office shall not be
denied or abridged anywhere In the
| United States, under any pretence OF
race or color, and all provisions in any
State Constitutions, and all laws, State,
territorial or municipal, inconsistent
herewith, are hereby declared null and
void.
iSec0Md-That any person who under
any pretence OF race or color, wilfully
| hinder or attempt to hinder any citizen
of the United States from being regis
tered, or from voting, or from being
voted for, or from holding Office, or who
attempt by menaces to deter any citi-
zen from the exercise or enjoyment OF
the right of citizenship above mem
| toned, shall be punished by fine OF
not less than 800 or more than $4,000,
or by imprisonment in the county Jail
for not less than thirty days nor more
than one year.
INird-That every person legally en-
gagged in preparing register OF voters
or in holding or conducting an election,
who wilfully refuses to register the
name or to preserve and count the re-
turn, or otherwise give the proper
legal effect to the vote of any citizen
under any pretense of race or color,
shall be punished by fiue of not less
than $500 nor more than 81 900, or i'm
prisonment in common Jail not less
than three calendar months nor more
| than two years.
F0urth-That the District Courts OF
| the United States shall have exclusive
| Jurisdiction OF all offences against this
act, and the District Attorneys, Mar
shals, Deputy Marshals and Commits |
sioners appointed by the Circuit and
Territorial Courts of the United States, |
with power of arresting, imprtsOning |
or bailing offenders, and every other
officer especially empowered by the
President of the United States, shall be,
and they are hereby required, at the
expense of the United States, to insti- |
tute proceedings against any person
who violates this act, and cause him to
be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed,
as the case may be, for trial before such
court as by this act has cognizance OF
the offence.
EItth-That every citizen unlawfully
deprived of the right of citizenship se-
cured by this act. under any pretence
of race or color, may maintain'a suit
against any person so deprtving him,
and recover damages in the District
Court of the United States for the dis
trict in which such person may be
found.
Mr.. Vickers spoke against the amend
ment. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Boutwell,, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported u bill for the relief
of Admiral Farragut, and officers and
men of his fleet that passed Forts
Phillips and Jackson, under fire. The
bill provides that they shall be entitled
| to the benefit of the prize law, in the
| same manner as they would have been
ifthe District Court for the eastern Dis
trict of Louisiana had been then open
and the process libelled therein. 1t
gives coguizance of the case TO any
United States Court, having admiralty
and Jurisdiction, and directs the pay
ment of the award out of the Treasury.
Mr.. Butler supported the bill, which
passed without division.
Mr.. Woodbridge, offered a resolution
calling on the Secretary of War for the
memorial addressed to him by Briga-
| ject of drainage Of surplus of waters of
OF the Great Lakes to the Upper Mis-
sissippi, Ohio and Illinois Rivers.
Adopted.
Mr.. Brooks presented AS question
| of privilege, a resolution for the dis
charge OF Florence Searnell, the re-
cnsant witness, brought from New
York, from the custody of Sergeant-at-
Arms, with cost, which after consider
able discussion was laid on the table.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole on the army appropria-
ton bill, and Mr.. Hooper made a
speech on finance.
Adjourned.