The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-29
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CON r ES 8.
WASHINGTON. January %.


tiais of Senator Scott, OF Pennsylvania:
In the special order the constitutional
amendment came up. The amendment
as originally introduced by Mr.. Hen
derson is in these words:
ARTICLE 10. No State shall deny or
abridS Se the right of its citizens to vote
and hold Office on account of race, COL
or or previous condition.
SEC. 9. Congress shall have power to
enforce the provisions of this act.
The Judiciary Committee reported as
a substitute for the first section the tol'
lowing: -,
States to vote and hold Office shau not
be denied or abridged by the United
States or any State on account of race,
color or previous condition OF serVl-
tude."
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment
| to the second section, which was adopt
ed, conforming it to the language in the
| 18th article, that Congrass shall have
power to enfore this article by apprc-
| pirate legislation.
Mr.. Stewart then made brief speech
| in advocacy ofthe proposed amendment
Us reported from the committee.
The substitute for the first section by
| the Committee was then adopted.
Mr., Buckalew moved to call the fol-
| lowing as an additional section: The
| second clause of the first section OF ar
tic!e 10th of the Constitution shall be
be amended so as to read as follows
Each State shall appoint, by vote OF
the people thereof qualified TO vote lor
| Representatives in Congress, a umDef
| of electors equal to the whole number
| of Senators and Representatives to
which the State may be entitled IN the
Congress, but no Senator, or Represen-
tative, or any person holding an office
of trust or profit under the Onlleu
States, shall be appointed an elector,
| and Congress shall have power TO
present the manner in which such
electors shall be chosen by the
people. He said that the
amendment proposed to make two
changes: First, 10 require the electors
to be chosen by the people. instead OF
leaving the Legislatures of the States
direct how they shall be chosen; and
Second, TO authorize Congress 70 pre-
scribe the mode of their election by the
people. - ,-.
which the amendment was generally
commended. though the opinion was
expressed that 1t should be treated sep
arately, Mr.. Buckalew withdrew his
amendment, and afterwards introduced
it as joint resolution, which was re-
ferred.
Mr., Henderson reported from the
Committee on Indian Affairs, the
House bill to restore the Indian Bureau
to the War Department, with an
amendment, in the nature of substi-
tute, creating a Department OF Indlan
Affairs.
cussion on the Constitutional Amend
ment, but gave way for an executive
session. The Senate sometime after
wards adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Blaine from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the army
appropriation bill which was referred
TO the Committee of the Who!e, ana
made the special order for Monday
next after the morning hour. 1t ap-
propriates S13, 10000.
Mir. Dawes Of the Election Committee
called up Mt one o'clock four reports OF
the committee in the contested election
case OF Christy and Wimpy, OF the sixth
Congressional District or Georgia. The
report ends with the reason that j. ID.
| Christy having voluntarily given aid
and countenanCe, counsel and encour-
agemen to persons engaged IN armed
hostility to the United States Is not en-
titled 10 hold the seat as representa-
| tive, and that John A. WiEhPy not hav-
| ing received majority of the votes
! cast is not entitled TO the seat.
| Mr.. Dawes suggested that after the
vote day, referring to the Recon-
struction Committee the question
whether Georgia should be represented
| in the House, he did not know but
what This subject should be also referred
! to that Committee.
Considera ble discussion took place on
that point.
Mr.. Paine moved to postpone the
resolution till the third Tuesday in
| February.
The House then took up the bill re-
Iating to PENSIONS, that was before the
| House Yesterday.
Mr.. Niblack moved to recommit the
bill, with instructions to report 1t back
| with the second section stricken out,
and also with that portion of the first
section stricken out, as to the widow
being a resident of the United States.
Mr.. Perham spoke in advocacy OF
the bill, which, at the expiration OF the
morning hour, went over till tuesday
next.
The House then went into a Commit
tee of the Whole, and proceeded to the
consideration of the Indian Appropria-
ton bill, Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, in the
chair. The total sum appropriated by
the bill is 81, 1872, ,26O, being 81, ,62 ,S22 less
than the amount appropriated last year.
After considerable discussion about the
general Indian system, the committee
rose without dispOsing of the bill.
Mr.. Boutwell, stated that he proposed
tomorrow to move the previous ques-
ton, on Sthe constitutional amendment.
MIR. Shanks offered an amendmentto to
the proposed constitutional amend
ment, which was ordered printed.
Mr.. Lawrence of Ohio, from the Sc
lect Committee on the New York Elec-
ton Fraud, reported resolution dl-
recting the arrest OF Henry johnson
who refused to appear before the COM
mittee when summoned.
Mr.. Brooks suggested that the oom-
mittee should also investigate the
frauds in the late election OF Senator in
New York; there being no quorum
present the vote was not taken on the
resolution, and the house at is minutes
to five took a recess until 1880. The
evening session was a ageneral debate.