The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-10
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Mr.. MORTON replied.
Messrs. WILSON and FLANAGAN IN
lowed In favor Of Mr.. SuAdNRR's bill. nm
MIR. 6ToUaHToN against It,
MIR. FERRY, OF Connecticut, oppnse
the bill as unnecessary. He moved /
strike from the bill all relating to school
Lost-2G to25. 'N
MIR. BLAIR offered an amendment prr
Viding that the people In each CITY, cour
~ or State shall decide for themselve
by popular vote the question Of mire
or separate schools.
Mr. ALcoRN said that the Lepislatur,
Of Mississippi, In which the colored peo
pie are dominant, had settled the oues
tlon TO the satisfaction Of all the people q
that State by deciding in favor oil separat,
schools, and he would not vote to reopel
the question In any way.
Mr.. SUMMER said he would let th,
colored man, Fredrick Douglass, stat,
his objections to Mr.. BLA1R's amendment
MIR. ALcoRN said that Senator REyEI,
would refute Mr.. Douglass.
Mr. SUMNER-Very we'll. He never die
It when he was in his seat here.
MIR. LOGAN said that MIR. SUMMERS bill
was at least an untimelY measure, which
1t was necessary for the Republican party
TO pass now In order to counteract thu
Cincinnati movement. It was the amnes
ty and action Of the Senator from Nassa.
chusetts which tended to defeat Il.
MIR. EDMUNDs said that the amnesty
plank Of the Cincinnati platform was
stolen from the President Of the United
States, and he thought that the people
were not likely TO desert their President
because the Cincinnati people had stoler
one OF his recommendations.
Messrs. BAYARD and CAssERLY denied
that Congress had any constitutional riRht
to pass the bill.
Mr. BLAIR's amendment was rejected.
Yeas 23, nays 80.
Mr.. FERRY offered as an additional
sectioni the first House general amnesty
bill. Agreed to; yeas 30, nays ID.
MIR. FENToN, who voted In the mega.
tive, explained that he did so because he
was In favor Of amnesty and feared coupl,
ing 1t with Mr.. SUMNER 8 bill. II would
tend TO deIeat 1t.
Mr. BOHEMIAN offered as an amendment
the second section Of the House amnesty
bill which was agreed to. Yeas 81, nays
Ia.
MIR. CARPENTER moved to strike out ol
the civil rights bill the provision to en-.
force the rights Of colored men to sit as
jurors, the amnesty bill having been by
the preceding votes added TO the civil
rights bill.
Nr. TRUMBuLL moved TO strike out the
civil rights bill. His object being he said
to get direct vote on amnesty.
A vote was taken on the motion Ia
strike out the civil rights bill. Ayes-29,
as follows:
AYEs-Alcorn, Bayard, Boreman, Car.
penter, Casserly, Cooper, Corbett, Cragin,
Davis, Fenton, Ferry, Of Connecticut,
Goldthwaite, Hamilton, OF Indiana, Ham.
ilton, of Texas, Hill, Hitchcock, johnson,
Kelly, Logan, Norwood, Pratt, Sauls.
bury, Scott, Sprague, Stevenson, Stewart,
Upton, Trumbull, Vickers.-29.
NAYs-Ames, Anthony, Buckingham,
Caldwell, Cameron, Chandler, Clayton,
COnkling, Edmunds, Ferry, of Michigan,
Flanagan, Gilbert, Hamlin, Harlan,
Howe, Kellogg, Morrill,, ol Vermont,
Morton, Osborn, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Rice,
Sherman, Spencer, Sumner, West, Viii
son, Window, and the Vice President
voted in the negative, 80 the motion was
rejeCted-30. Applause in the galleries,
which the Vice President promptly re.
pressed.
Mr.. VICKERs moved an amendment
from the operations of the bill
church organizations. cemetery assoCia.
tions and benevolent institutions incorpo.
rated by State authority. There were
yeas 81, nays 81; the VIcR PRESIDENT
voted In the affirmative. So the amend.
ment was agreed to.
Mr.. BoREMAN offered an amendment
providing that the bill shall apply only
to benevolent institutions of public
character, which was agreed to.
The question Twas then taken ION the
adoption Of MIR. SUMMERS civil rights bill
as a substitute for the amnesty
bill, which was lost-ayes 81, nays 2Ss'
This vote brought the House amnesty
bill again before the Senate.
Mr.. SUMNER then moved his civil
rights bill as an amendment merely. The
vote was yeas, 29; nays, %. The Vice
President voting in the affirmative, the
amendment was agreed to. Applause
in the galleries.
Mr.. MORTON then renewed his amend.
ment offered yesterday requiring persona
who seek the benefit OF the amnesty act
to prove that they are not, and have not
been within two years, members Of the
ku-klux or any other such organization
Agreed to-yeas, 80; nays, II.
Mr.. EDMUNDs moved to amend, so as Ia
exclude from amnesty all members of the
Thirty.Slxth Congress who aided the
rebellion, whether by joining 1t, or by
retaining their seats for time. Lost.
Yeas, 28; nays, "a.
Mr.. EDMuNDs moved to amend so as tC
exclude all members Of the Thirty.Sixth
and Thirty.Seventh Congress, who aided
the rebellion. Agreed to. Yeas, 22
nays, 81.
The question was taken, and the bill
rejected by the following vote, two.thirdI
not voting In the affirmative.
YEAS Messrs. Ames, Buckingham
Caldwell, Cragin, Clayton, Conkling, Cor
bett, Edmunds, Fenton. Ferry, Flanni
gan, Gilbert, Harlem, Hitchcock, Howe
Kellogg, Lewis, Morrill,, of Vt, Morton
Osborne, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt, Ramsey
Rice, Spencer, sprague, Stewart, Sumner
NAYs-Alcorn, Bayard, Blair, Bore
man, Casserly, Cooper, Davis, Of Yves
Virginia. Ferry, Of Connecticut, Gold
thwait, Hamilton, Of Maryland, Hamilton
OF Texas, Hill, johnson, Kelley, Logan
Norwood, Salisbury, Stevenson, Upton
Trumbull, Vickers and Wright-2s.
Senate adjourned.