The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-17
CONGRESSIONAL. {
WAsHiSGroS, MAY l6.
sen ATE
SENATE.

MI Sasseriy asked ior DIVISION OF
the motion.
The question was taken on passing
over the pending order, tic appropria
ton, yeas "a, nays %
The franking bill was also laid aside
yeas 32, nays %. Cs..,.a
The bill enforcing the Fifteenth
Amendment then come before the Sen,
ate in regular order Its provisions
were published April 26. ...a
Mr.. Stewart submitted an amendment
providing that when any person ineligi,
ble under the third article of the Four,
teenth Amendment shall hold office, ex-
cept as member of Congress or State
Legislature, the United States District
Attorney for the District in which said
person holds office shall proceed against
such person by quo warranto, and such
writs of quo warranto shall take prece-
dence over all others on the dockets OF
the United States Courts to which they
are made returnable.
Mr.. Stewart also moved several adj
ditional sections imposing fine and I'M
prisoment for holding office in viola
ton of the Fourteenth Amendment, and
forever disqualitying the offender from
holding office under the United States :;
giving TO all persons within the iuris'lic-
ton of the United States-Iudians not
taxed excepted-the same rights in ev-
cry State or Territory to make and en-
force contracts, to sue, give evidence and
to the full and equal benefit OF all laws
and proceedings for the security Of per-
son and property as enjoyed by white
citizens; also to be subject to like pains
and penalties, taxes, licences and ex-
actions Of every kind, and none other
no tax or charge to he imposed by any
State upon any person emigratlng
thereto.
Mr. Vickers argued against the con
stitutional power of Congress to pass the
bill, claiming that the control of suffrage
belonged to the States alone
Mr.. Thurman said State after State
had permitted the cooIe,l race to vote;
that no black man had been intcr:crcd
with, and it would now be a most evil
example to pass bill briStling with fines
and Imprisonment upon officers Of clec-
ton and rewards to be given tointormers
when no necessity for it existed His
own opinion was that the bill had been
pugposely made so obnoxious As TO de
feat itself
Mr Thurman reviewed the ohicc-
tionablc feature Of the bill in detail
chara cteFizing it asa bill to create a
race Of common iniormcrs and pay
them in hard cash for their perjury. Re
icrring to the calling ont of the land and
naval forces hy order OF the President, he
said in England it was punishable of
fence to have troops of the realm within
one mile of the realm, but under this
law we were to have United States
troops surrounding every polling booth
to see that judges of elections discharged
their duty. This was subordinating
civil to military authority If the Sen
ate could pass such bill and the peo-
pie should sustain it, all he had TO say
was that the countrv was lost to .aiI
.nnse of freedom az liberty and of love
Of Tho CONSTITUTION
The debate was continued 10y Mcssrs.
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nen:;cms 70 invalid sold;ers widow and
Minor children
By NIr Benrett-To change more
ORIGINALLY the collection ofintcrnal rev
enne TAXATION ON distilled spirits and to
nroviIe for the exportation of spirits
from the United states.
Rv Mr. Conner-To repeal the proyi-
sions Of the act of April II, 1866.
which authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to fund the public debt. Also,
for the appointment of the select com
mittee to take action concerning the
Indian outraces on the Western and
Southwestern frontiers in violation of
the Kansas treaty of 1867.
Mr.. Cox offered resolution instruct
inc the Reconstruction committee to re-
port forthwith a bill for a general am
nesty, and moved the previous ques-
.;on. Refused Second previous cies-