, 1869-02-10
Text Of the Articles as Finally
Adopted.
Work on the Internal Revenue
Bill in the House.
Business Before the Commit.
tee on Banking and
Currency.
Statement Regarding the Debt Of
St. Domingo.

special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.
1HK sKkArE STRUGGLE OF TEE ooAsrl-CT1oEAL
AMENDMENT.
The longest and harGeet struggle In Congress
for many years car1e to m end at quarter before
6o&elotk this evening, when the Senate tookl It's
dna1 vpte on the pending constitutional amend
meut. The session Of last night began At
O'Clock, and continued sixteen aud half houre,
when h1lf hours recess Was taken, and than at
noon today another teetton began and continued
Aya and three-qcaztcr houre. Ar. Fowler epoEc
srun 1880 last night TIL little after this morn
4rE, protesting to be an earnest advocate Of
universal suffrage, and yet denouueing
the suffrage amendment In tho strongest
tcrEs. running dehats OF an horr followed,
in which Meeere. Hendricks, Doonttle, Morton,
Thyte and Drake were the chief speakers, when
Davis, who had already Epoken fonI or 1ve hours,
got the door, and talked for another hour. Mr.
Norton, OF MINI, Epokc from $50 I'LL G., and
she1 from to 10. Ks. Wilson's brief Epetch
coon zfter daylight was unusually good. Nj.
Norton. sitter closing, disappeared tor IN houf,
znd hlA map1cr while speaking the second time
seemed to Indicate that he had been over 10
the corner rc4tAufart Tor his breakfast.
The detxtc Of this afternoon waa. in part,
quite Interesting. aud come OF the brief
speeches wcro d1ssrAte. The Chinese question
got into the discussion, and for couple Of hours
there WtA an excited wranglc, IN which the Scna-
tors from tho Pacific flopt sntd many hsyd things
about Mt. Bu1ln2amc's new feIlow-:ttizens. The
callelies were oiled With spectators during tho
early pat Of Last erepinx, nnl about onc hundred
remained TIL IL O'Clock. Al midnight the nun.
bcr had dw1nc1ca down to tt1 women and thitty
Or fotty men. Dy o'clock the
women had all gone home and the oe.
cuphnts Of the mems gallery counted ctgh'
teen. At daylight this morning three whltc
men AID dTc ncgTocs were ei!l1 looking down
upon The assembled Senate. These soon went OF
for breakfast By9 o'clock new audience be.
gan to gsthef, and At II o'c!ork there were hun.
drcd pcrt ons in attendance. THIS afternoon the
mems gallery vas full and tho womsn's gallery
about enc-thtrd fau. The lotR st,ston On tho
whole VEL very orderly. There Was somc joking
amopE members, Tut ihc Jokes were not o! the
broad character common In other days. The
persons who hare sontt racs been c:n.
eurcd for 1ntoxicaticn were nll In thc,,
Placed, sober enough to be members o
M.. Wilson's temperance toclety. Senator.
rlep. on the lounges, In tic chamber and cloal
rooms good deal, aud while Mr.. Norton mad,
his nrsl speech Lot moro than dozen were a
any time awake. The sersean.'s ofnccsA xcr'
alert, and whenever 4 votu Was called thirty O
more members camo nocttne In IRON ID.
anic-.ooms, nus wercd to thr,r u4mcs and thet
disappeared 10 slccp, pcschu1ce 10 dream. Tnrc.
Of the reporters kept in thei. scatB In tic GALLERY
from tho nrst to The last doxinr whcr
Fovle. and Morton we're speaking
and con1ng on: fresh and jaunt,
tonight from the twen,y,lwo houts
l.hor. Only journalists. IN whom day and n,rh
ara Al npe. could .It between ,u,dn.rht md III
ao5oupmeut. Tni. evening the roll vae c.llc,
aad The tutnt ,csoiut,ou wa 90, cut OF the Com
.atttoc of the Whole. At 4:3Y this afternoon th
suffrage propos,tiou T. q. adopted by 81 10 u vote.
was rnsycd hs Mr, W,ltcn. II declares TIA. =
discrimination ehall be made IN the un,,cd State
among the citizens Of the Uu1tt S,..es in th
cxerr,le Of the elective 1.anch,sc, Of in tb
right 10 hold Office in any state, On a.
count Of race, color. Eat,vit7, propert,
education or religious creed. The amen
loent Of Mr. Morton, OF lnd1ara, providing I,
Choosing Presidential Electors by district, whIc
by the var, !, was alleged, has the support
General Grant, vas trsf rejected By ~ to II, II
then adopted BY Fl to 20, aud finally reaf1.mt
oye3 to 90. A good many Rcpu blicane weJ
eirocgiy opposed TO It, ard at one time 1t tArea
ened 10 swamp the suffrage clause. It Was n,
moved til four o'clock thi. afternoon, and ve,
little time eould be given for debatc thereon
Mr. Summers hill rot bu, nine votes viz
Measrr Edwards, Mcdonald, Nye, Ros
Sumner, ThaJer. ~aee, Wilson IL
Yatce, Thilo thirty ave Repu ol1cans a
recorded against It. When the final vote or II
joint resolution was reached, there came
sharp struggle to get separate call on each
the two propOsitlons-Wilson's and Morton g
but Ar. Wade ruled them out OF order. Sever
Senators threatened to vote against tho whc
thing rather than accept Mz. Aorton'e, aod
aone minutes there WIS cnns'dtraS!e private CO
eultaton. Had there been two months moro
session, defeat would have come, but csc.ybo
saw that, at this period Of the wint
1t WIS this or nothing, AID 20 both pr
osfions fLally went through hy 40
49, the Republicans who voted
the negative being Mesf1s. Anthony, Corbc
Edmunde. Grimes and Spr4suc, and those pr
cnt and cot voting, or Tho left only few nj
utes before 50 as to avoid voting. being Mess
Sumner. TEnmbalI, Feeeencec, Howard and F
1tuEh1Jecn.
cHAkcEs OF TIE AMENDMENT IN 7uE uoCsE
There is q good deal of .alK this ere ming
10 what tho House Tt1l do With tho joint reso
Lion. TIC Morton article has not been discuss
al all In that body. and the wilson anendm
contains csauee "hieh was rejected oses 'h
BY very decided nato51y' fhc whoa INST
Will probably nave TO 60 INFO Committee
Conference, and may not be settled for 20
days.
SATCR4L1zATsoS BILL.
The Houee Committee on Revision of the IL
have agreed on bill relative 10 naturai'zat
which they will report as soon as pnsslolc.
provinces tnaI hereafter all tasuf ufsll1atlon enaA
done in United Statet Courts; That keRlatcrl
Bankruptcy msy take evidence hut shall 10. te
rrrtthc.trs. ;hst ali nnn,,can,s far ns.n,s,,z.,
-. iFe ~, - aA . .
m1st Gtsf notaee pe1oREaEo o' 1ncll 'ntnu
that any citizen may appear hetirc Court i
e.... HI. oh,crtions IN rho rs,ny.1tz.tJo, nj