The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-25

MIR. Kerr proposed instead vi hSePiu,s
it in the morning hour and thus block
ing up the business of all other com
mittees, that it should be made a
special order for a certain day, and from
day TO day until disposed OF.
Mr.. Pierce declined to concur IN the
arrangement. -,
Mr.. Mcintyre, member from the
committee on Education and LABOR,
opposed the bill arguing the question OF
labor, and that it should be lett 70 the
States separately.
Mr.. Storm, another member OF tne
same committee, also opposed the OIL
as irreconcilable with the principles Of
the Constitution. No shadow OF
authority for 1t could be found In the
Constitution. He had hoped that the
Ku.Klux bill Of last Congress had gone
to the extreme limit to which Congress
would venture on entrenching IN the
Constitution, but he was mistaken, Tor
this was the most questionable point OF
legislation that the House had ever
deliberated on. 1t had always been sup,
posed to be the peculiar prIvat!ons OF
States to legislate on the subject OF
education. No one was asking ior
such legislation, and there was no
necessity for it.
Mr.. Parker, Of New York, another
member Of the committee, opposed the
bill on the same general grounds. The
bill, he said, was avowedly in the inter-
ests of the Southern States, and yet they
would get comparatively small pro,
portion OF the fund, the larger part
going to New England, the Middle and
Western States, which did not want IT,
Mr.. Perry remarked that he would
cheerfully yield to an amendment ap-
propriating all the proceeds to the
South States.
Mr.. Parker said he would much
more cheerfulIy vote for that PROPOSE
ton; he believed that the real motive
Of the bill was to gain the recognition
of the principle that Congress has the
right to control the domestic affairs OF
States-the educational affairs. $500
Mr.. Perry proposed to have the bill
made special order, but objection was
made and the bill went over until to-
morrow.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, having
obtained permission to present a -petl-
ton in open House instead OF under
the rules, said that he had the honor OF
presenting a petition for a decIaratory
| law TO assure the right Of suffrage to
women citizens Of the United States.
They believed that it was their constr
tutional right to vote, but they only
desired to call the attention of Congress
to the necessity Of passing a decIaratory
law to that effect. They claimed 1t IN
two views; first, as one Of the rights
secured and as one OF expedlency to
the nation. This was no time for him
to trespass on the business and lndul'
gence of the House by arguing the
question, but the fact that thlrty.iive
| thousand women of America, from
almost every State in the Union, oI
every class and condition, the highest
and most refircd the humblest and
lowest were represented in the petition
asking their claims to what they con-
ceived 10 be the greatest right, and which
men claimed to be their exclusive rights,
shall be granted. The rate at which
signatures to the petition were coming IN
were some five hundred a day and ten
thousand were now on the way from
California; he spoke TO the representa-,
tives OF the people in tones that could
not be misunderstood; that here was a
great and necessary reform, calling for
the fullest and promptest action OF
Congress, they were not TO be told; that
this was an innovation on the division
of property between husband and wife,
nor was there a greater innovation in
the feudal law than this would be; the
fact that in England a woman was at
the head of public affairs seemed to
point out that woman might safely be
intrusted with the right to vote; the
anti-slavery reform had begun by little
and had been urged on by petitions not
so numerous as those which supported
this reform, and although ii the anti.
slavery movement took years against a
great money power TO bring that free
dom which the petitions asked, he
assured the House that, in his judg-
ment, as surely as the sun rolled on his
course the right asked for in this petit
ton would be accorded to the women
citizens of the United States. He asked
that the petition, which he partly un,
rolled, to the great amusement Of the
members, might be referred to the Judi
ciary committee, which was done after
the petition being read.
The Legislative and Executive ap-
preparation bill was then taken up.
Mr.. Monroe made a motion to raise
the salary Of the Chief Clerk OF the
State Department from S22O0 to 300
Rejected.
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, offered an
amendment repeating all laws providing
for the publication OF the laws in news
papers which was ruled out on point Of
order raised by Mr.. Maynard, of Ten
nessee, that it was new legislation and
not pertinent to an appropriation bill.
Mr.. Palmer, OF Iowa, submitted an
amendment appropriating sj0,0O0 for
the publication of general laws only
to be selected by the Secretary OF State
and published without delay. Reject
ed.
Mr.. Maynards motion to publish
them in pamphlet form, was rejected.
The paragraph was finally left una,
mendei.
On motion OF Mr.. Garfield, 1000
was appropriated for additional clerks
in the Treasury Department.
The paragraph making an appropri-
alton for a watchman at the branch
mint at Carson City was struck ont and,
on motion of Mr.. Dawes, S95, 900 was