The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-27
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Georgia Bill Passed-Ineome Tax
Ab0lislsed-ButIe Not an Honesf
Man-Campaign Democratic Conn
mittee.
WEDNESDAY, June "a.
GEORGIA BILL PASSED.

GEORGIA BILL PASSED.
The House to-day, after a spirited
contest over the Georgia bill, which was
pretty much the same in detail as those
that have preceded it on the same sub
ject at various stages of the present ses'
sion, agreed on bill to admit the State
to representation at once in Congress,
to repeal all laws prohibitory of the or
ganization of the militia, and to declare
that the bill shall not be sustained so
as to prevent an election, as provided
by the Constitution Of said State. This
leaves the status Of the present Leglsla-
ture still an open one for itself and the
Courts to decide, and is, in effect, per
petuation OF what is known as the Bul-
lock rule in Georgia An amendment
for a new election this fall was lost by
some forty majority. The bill now goes
back again to the Senate.
INCOME TAX ABOLISHED.
The anticipation that the Senate
would vote to abolish the income tax
was realized to-day by rho adoption Of
an amendment to the bill striking it out
altogether by vote of 81 to %. After
this was done the bill was laid aside
till Monday next Should the House
non-concur in this, and the Senate in
sist, all legislation will fail, and the in
come tax expire 10y limitation with this
year.
"BUTLER NOT An HONEST MAN.
There was considerable amusement
in the House to-day when Mr.. Randall,
of Pennsylvania, arraigned General
Butler for striking out Of the GIoJc re-
port Mr.. Randall's declaration i'll the
House the other day that Butler was
not an honest man. Itseems that But
Ter had possession Of the manuscript TO
revise his own speech, and coming
across Randall's alluhion, mutilated the
report by cutting it ont liberty the
proprietors of the GioJe declare 10 he
without precedent. Buffers conduct
excites Indignation among nearIyaI the
members OF the House.
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
At an adjourned caucus of the Dem
ocratic and Conservative Senators and
Representatives the following Demo
cratic and Conservative Campaign Com
mittee was selected, to consist of two
Senators at large and one representative
for each State represented in the Senate
and House 10y Democratic or COnserva-
tive members. The committee had
power given to appoint a Democratic
and Conservative resident committee to
consist in part of their own members
together with citizens Of the city to the
number that may hereafter be agreed
upon.
The following is the Congressional
Committee: Eugene Casserly, of Cali
iornia; John p. Stockton, of New Jcr-
sev; William H. Barnum, of Connecti-
cut: Henry W. SIocum, of New York;
John T. Bird, of New Jersey; Samuel
J. Randall. OF Pennsylvania; Benjamin
+. Biggs, of Delaware; Fred. Stone, of
MARYLAND; John y. Johnston, Of Nir-
gina: Francis f. Schobcr, of North
Carolina; 2. Van Trump, Of Ohio;
William f. Niblack, OF Indiana; \. q.
Burr, Of Illinois; Boyd Winchester, of
Kentucky: c. \. Thorp OF Tennessee;
ErastuS Wells, Of Missouri; Charles \.
Eldridge, of Wisconsin; E. NJ. Wilson,
of Minnesota; Joseph S Smith, of Or
egon; James A. Johnson, Of California;
Anthony \. G. Rogers, Of Arkansas;
John G. Conner, of Texas; ?. NJ. b.
Young, Of Georgia Alabama, not Sc
lected: Adolle Bailey, Of Louisiana.