Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-21
EVENING STAR.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion Yesterday Proceedings.

CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion Yesterdays Proceedings.
THE AMNESTY BILL AND THE LABOR BILL.
SENATE--After our report closed-House
general ANNE sty bill being under consideration
Mr.. Morton moved an amendment that this
bill shat not be construed to validate the cleo
ton OF any person "a a member of either House
of Congress. or to any office, civil or military,
under til I lifted States or any state, who at the
time OF his i, ctiOn was ineligible.
Mr.. SIMMER sa'd this amendment was proper.
IL rtftTr'd t. the case OF person elected as
senator tIum North Carolina, (Mr. Vance) If
the bill was passed without this amendment, it
would iTciuCe the party referred To, who did not
leave h:s at in Congress to 90 into the rebel
lion, but remained here until the fourth of
March. when his term expired. There was an
old saying, ''be just before you are generous"
and in that spirit he offered as amendment
20 this bin rs supplementary civil rights bill,
and he bosoueht the Senate to acceptit.
An extynfied cOlOGuy occurred between Mr..
Sumner and MIR. Hill TO the propriety of
securing Nv law equality TO the csIorcd people
in all p cOnveyances, hotels, places OF
Mr.. Morton modified his amendment so as to
exclude from T. operation those who may have
been electtd 10 state Offices.
After az extended debate, ii was agreed that
debate cease at o'clock Thursday, and the
Senate The % proceed To vote on such amendments
may T. offered until final vote is reached.
The Senate after short executive session
adjourned.
HOUSE-After our report closed, the House
proceedSd TO vote on the bill for labor COM mis-
sion.
MIR. BurcHard's amendment to the amendment
OF Mr.. CamI bell to recOmmit the bill, with in
stTuctiOI.~ report a bill assigning the duty of
adopted
The am, 1ment as amended was then re-
jected-yt a, 80, nays 100.
The am ndment proposed by Mr.. Killinger.
pa thai al least OF the commission shall be
identified With the labOripg interest, was adop-
ted
NJ E,rJ,r,.r,s a-oapJr,o,+ H,,;,i,x .bo I'm,
of the commission 10 one year was also adopted.
The am, Hdment offered by Mr.. Perez, Miss,
from the mmittee, that the appointment shall
he made from civil life, solely upon the quail
tcation Tor the position, was next adopted.
The amt ndment proposed by MIR. Cox, (N.Y.)
that the appointment should be made irrespec-
tive of political or partisan consideration, was
also adopted.
The bill was then passed-yeas 12i, NAYS So.
Mr.. Eidridge (wis.) introduced q resolution
instructins the Committee on Rules to inquire
and report whether any amendment to the rules
is necessary to prevent the name of an absent
member being responded TO when the roll Is
called. and further to inquire whether any such
response has been made, and IL SO, whether by
any member OF the House, or by whom. Adop-
ted Adjourned.
The Poisoning Of General Ketehum.
MRS. wHAETON's ATTEMPT TO MAKE 1T AP-
PEAR CASE OF SUICIDE.
After our Geographic report of the Wharton
trial closed yesterday the examination OF DIR. L.
C. Williams Mas continued.
July he had a conversation with Mrs. Wharton
in reference to poison having been found in
General Ketchums stomach, and stated to her
that MIR. Van Ness had taken the same poison,
or il had been found in the punch; he then told
Mrs. W. that he deemed il his duty TO commune
cate this fact IL her at the earliest possible mo-
ment, in order that she and her daughter might
protect themselves against a similar accident;
for, to be frank, he suspected one of her ser
wants as having administered the poison; Mrs
W. then said that witness must be mistaken as
to the fact of having discovered poison-fOr it
was impossible that he General X. } could have
died nom poison; that was the idea conveyed By
what she said; witness replied that there could
be no doubt Of the fact, because witness had the
contents OF the stomach and the punch analyzed
and in both the same poison was found; he
leated there can be no doubt as to the fact OF
the poisoning, and said that the only question
involved IN doubt was who was the ind yiduaI
who had administered the poison; that, he said.
will be the subject OF future investigation
but in the meantime he desired both her
and her daughter TO be on their guard
Mrs. W replied that she was satisfied that her
servant had had nothing to do with il; she said
the servant had lived with her i've or SIX years
and she had the most implicit confidence in her,
and knew that she could not have done it; wit
ness then replied that he would be exceedingly
glad ii she could show not only that Susan had
not done it, but that nobody else in the house
had done -, for IL was perfectly clear that some
body in her house had administered the poison;
after some further conversation of no Importance
Mrs. W. and DIR. MeSherry rose to leave the
house; witness passed around his library table
to open the door, and then Mrs. W. remarked
that she had only one thing to say in reference
to this subject, and that was that il anything
was found in the stcmaJ b of Gen. n. il was the
result OF his own hand; that remark was re-
Ieated three times in very close succession; and
then, after thanking witness for his great kind
ness TO her, and his very assiduous attentions to
Gen. n, she left the house; witness did not pre-
scribe brown stout or order Mrs. Wharton to
give il to Gen. Ketchum. Upon his cross-exam-
inatiOn, witness testified that the body of G n.
ketehum was in a remarkable state of preserva-
ton when il was exhumed last SUNDAY.
Prof. m. +. TOnry testified that he was an
analytical chemist. had been employed in the
laboratory at the Surgeon Generals office in
this city. Received the liver and kidney OF
Gen ketchum from Drs. Williams and Cohen
on last Sunday evening. and began to analyze
them last Monday. Witness explained at some
length the manner in which he proceeded, but
before statIag the result of his analyZation, the
court adjourned until this morning.
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