The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-21
CLOSING: SCENES ON THE GEOR.
GIA BILL.
Dcltnt Of the BuIIoek Lobby.

WASHINGTON, April 10.
Al Tie evening session Of tho Senate an
immense tllrong crowded the galleries TO
witness the closing scenes attending the
prOtractcd debate OH Georgia. Nearly
every Senator now in the city was punctu-
ally in his seat, and feeling Of excite
mcnt and interest aS 10 the result Of the
IOng-lelayCd struggle, now 80 clttSe ut
hand, was apparent thr0ug hOnt the whole
Chamber.
Mr., Schurz concluded his argument, be.
gun lust before time taking the recess No
one who had spoken during the whole
progress of the debate was listened 10 with
more attention, and the calm anil dtspns-
siOnatc course Of reasoning by which he
exposed the utter unsOundnCSs Of the ar.
guInents Of his colleague, Mr.. Drake, and
The disastrous result that would flow from
the adoption Of Mr.. brakes views, was
sufficient to convince 0ny but those who
had been blinded by passion anil prGJn-
dice.
Mr.. Schurz spoke Us q Republican
anxious for the welfare Of Ills party and
his county, and the sincerity Of his speech
and manner undoubtedly produced u great
impression; and when he concluded II
would probably have been better had the
Senate ut once commenced to vote.
hCiluty Of closing the debate, however,
had been assigned TO Mr.. Trlmbnll, who
made lengthy constitutional argument
in favor OF the Bingham amendment. he
also commented, in severe terms, upon n
speech made by Senator Thaycr, to q
public gathering in this city, In which Mr..
I'hayer stated that he had rcConnoitcretl
the Senate, and that the Bingham amcnd-
ncnt was sure 10 be defeated. Mr.. Trum.
bull, however, aB was suggested by Ali-
Sherman, weakened his argument by ill.,
dulciug in personalities. lu conclusion,
he advocated universal amnesty, which
sentiment was received with applause.
The voting was then commenced At
half rast II o'clock, u large number OF
members Of tic House having como In.
After considerable display Of guerrilla
tactics, OIL the pArt Of various Senators,
who wanted to hayo the first vote taken
on their amendments, the proposition OF
Mr.. POmCrOy, TO continue the State llnucF
Il provisional government and have al
election for members Of the Legislature
in the fall Of 1870, was adopted, by n vote
Of SS to 2i, all Democrats voting for II,
This result was rather unexpected TO
those who had been calculating on defeat
ing the object of the Bingham nmcnd-
menL A motion was Immediately made
10 Indefinitely postpone the bill, which
was voted down, and Mr.. Sumner then
wanted 10 adjourn, hut this was declared
contrary to the agreement
Mr., Nyc twiuGd the Democrats with
voting TO place State under military rule,
provoking great laughter by his ratllcry;;
FactitiOus motions were then inlerlNseu
by some Senators in the minority.
Mr., Drake made several truttless efforts
10 tnCk on the bill in some form his pro-
position relative tosending the militaryt0
hlsurrcctiOnary districts, calling the ayes
and NOES upon all Of them, wasting nearly
two hours in this manner, and the Senate
continued the discussion till 2 o'clock a.
NJ. Finally, In modified form, the
amendment heretofore offered hy Mr..
Sherman, on this subject, was adopted,
but u motion Of Mr.. Elmunds that the
President shall not have the power to sus'
pend the writ Of hIIItdS corpus in inSllrrcc-
tionAry districts was rCICctcd-Aycs 90,
nays 80.
On the passage Of the hill rs amended,
the vote was 81 ayes, % nays, the OppO-
nCMts Of the Bingham amendment pretty
generally voting against II. Mr.. Trum.
bull also voted against Il. The Demo
crats dOtlgcd.