The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, February ..
SENATE.

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petitions from leading citizens OF Hart
ford, New Haven, Warwick and New
Britain, Ct., for reform in the appoint
ments to and removals from office; also
in the salaries OF officials, seizures, &c
Messrs. Edmunds and Sawyer pre-
sented similar petitions.
The Vice President laid before the
Senate a letter from District Attorney
Fisher Of the District Of Columbia, stat
ing that the indictments found by the
Grand Jury against Ramsdeli ana
White, Tribune correspondents, who
refused to tell how they obtained a
COPY ofthe Treaty OF Washington, which
was prematurely published, had been
quashed by the Judge Of the Criminal
Court of the District of Columbia, from
want of Jurisdiction, and that II the
Senate wished the prosecution to pro-
ceed in the Police Court, it would oe
necessary for two persons cognizant oil
the ofiense to appear and make oath 10
the same. Referred to the committee
on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Wilson, from the committee on
Military Affairs, presented a bill 10
reimburse certain soldiers for clothing
lost by the Chicago fire.
Mr.. Cole, from the committee on Ap'
propriations, reported the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, with amendments, and gave notice
that he would call it up on Tuesday next
and insist on its consideration until dis
posed OF. -,
On motion OF Mr. Eimunds, the
resolution asking the President TO com
municate any information in his pos,
session in reference to the alleged
intention OF Great Britain TO repudlate
the Treaty of Washington was taken up
Mr.. Edmunds said he thought the
information received since the resolution
was offered was sufficient to justify the
clause which had been struck out at the
suggestion Of Mr.. Trumbull, who put,
as his objection, that 1t was merely to get
information from the President. lie
would let the resolution stand AS 1t was
and ask its passage.
Mr.. Edmunds called up the resolution
asking the President for information
respecting the the alleged intention OF
England to revoke the treaty OF Wash
ington.
Mr.. Patterson assumed that our
Government knew what claims had
a right to be presented, and thought
that the language Of Mr.. Gladstone
was insulting to the United States.
Mr.. Sherman thought that the
resolution had better be referred to the
committee on Foreign Relations. When
ever any such information as that
called for should reach the President,
it would be promply sent to the Senate,
and in the meantime thought it was
best to maintain a dignifed attitude.
Mr.. Hamlin took the same ground,
and moved to lay the same on the table.
Mr. Edmunds demanded the yeas
and navs, which were ordered, when
MIR. Robertson called up the Amnesty
Bill, and the resolution went over.
The Amnesty bill being proceeded
with. the question was on the amend
ment of Mr. Cole to exclude the Chinese
from becoming American citizens,
which, after some discussion, was re-
iec:ed; yeas ID, nays 81. Messrs.
Boreman, Caldwell, Cole, Corbett,
Cragin, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Gil
bert, Nye, Scott, Sherman, Spencer,
West and Wilson voted in the atiirma,
tive.
Mr.. Upton made lengthy speech in
opposition to Mr.. Sumner : amendment.
He said the people would one day, at
the point Of the bayonet, if necessary,
reverse all the unconstitutional legisla-
ton of the past five years.
Mr.. Stephenson commented on the
course of Mr.. Sherman in voting to
deprive intelligent Cinnamon OF an
equal protection OF the laws, and pro-
hibiting them from becoming American
citizens, and at the same time voting to
put in the jury box the ignorant negroes
of the South. Finally the vote was
taken on Summers civil rights amend
ment, resulting as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Anthony, Brownlow,
Cameron, Chandler, Clayton, Conkling,
Cragin, Fenton, Ferry Of Michigan,
FreIinghuvsen, Gilbert, Hamlin, Han
lon, Morrill, OF Vermont, Morton, Os-
born, Patterson, Pomeroy, Ramsey,
Rice. Sherman, Spencer, Sumner,
West, Wilson, Window and Wright-2S
NAYs-Messrs. Blair, Boreman, Car
penter Cole, Corbett, Davis OF West
Virginia, Ferry Of Connecticut, Goldth-
waite, Hamilton of Texas, Hill, Hitch
cox, Johnston, Kelley, Logan, Morrill,,
Norwood, Poole, Robertson, SALISBURY,
SAWYER, Schurz, Scott, Stevenson, Stock
ton, Thurman, Upton, Trumbull, and
Vickers-2S.
Mr.. Kellogg, of Louisiana, refused to
vote. There being tie vote, the Vice
President had the casting vote. He
said that while not approving ofall the
features of the amendment, yet, "a
whole, it met his acqulescence, and he
would vote in the affirmative. This
was received with loud applause in the
galleries, which the Vice President
promptly suppressed. So the Sumner
amendment was adopted.
An exciting discussion then sprang
up between Messrs. Edmunds, Scott
and Sumner on the one side, and
Messrs. Blair, Norwood and Sawyer on
the other, in which the Ku.Kluk out
RACES and the peculations Of the carpet
bag governments were alternately
alluded to.
Mr.. Edmunds said that be had re-
liable informal on that Wade Hamp-
ton, General Renshaw aud General
Butler were members of the South
Carolina Ku-klux.
Mr. Blair said that he did not believe
that any man of culture or influence in