The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-02
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i los AAE;E " preserved peunon 9
ipar tngoqeand Sal itornians aging for III
passage q me sixteenth amendment civ
q ing s9,ltrage without distinction ot sex, F.,
bHS Were. introduced as follows. q'ng 4
II ny AZ. LOGAN authorizing the con
Estfpetlon pl q bridge across the Mississippi
river DettWeen Harsw, Illinois, and Alex
anarla, 1Il Missouri IS 1ra, .ria iGoL .sIij I
10 byt Allr. HARLAN, RI tor the protection
owners Oh Saw-millS on tho Mississippi
| nEes u YGtifoy ifsis = gg,l tpf, n IN 7
! y, ByJ AT. HOWE, authorizing sales Of tim
per on Goyernmenti lands IN Wisconsin,
III iRy 1llr sCHuRz, lor the erection OF Gov
ernment buildings, at Jefferson, Mo, o,,
MF. HooPRR's supplementary ciYi
Fights bill was again taken up, but actor
on y was prevented py dilatory motions
which consumed the remainder Of tlC
morning hour, r,iurp,o y,re gg-t,,7 .,'. :,
It MI y, srARSwEAT g Il 9I91 moved 70 suspend
Of o railroad depot in Washington Oh
Sixth street, between Pennsylvania ave.
nue. and the canal, for the Baltimore, &
Potomac Railroad Company. q y,.syJ 4
h. After the vote on the motion To adjourn
which Is the only dilatory motion alIoweIl
while motion to suspend the rules L
pending the motion Of Mr., STARKwRATIT'
ER was agreed to. Ayes 115, noes, ,55-
tYo'thirds voting in the affirmative,
i The bill was then passed. So ~ I
MIR. MBRcUR moved to suspend uie
rules and pass the bill repealing oil laws
giving portions Of fines and penalties tO
informers in Internal revenue cases, Il. r.,
Mr.. Cox wished to the have law made ar).
lplicable also TO the custom house, but MI.
MERcuR declined TO have It 90 modified,
y, Mr.. DAVIS argued that 1t should Be re.
ierred to the Committee on Ways and
Means. n u I,5 - ~ ~ I" = ''', I, I,
MIR. MRRcuR's. motion was agreed to
and the bill passed yeas 1875, nays As.
Mr., DuNNELL moved TO suspend the
rules and pass the bill extending the time
for the completion OF the railroad from
Copper Harbor, in Michigan, to Green
Bay, in Michigan. Agreed to without
division, is7F sIgi I..,s.,,g .. ...,',5,
Mr. SHELDON asked to, have an amnes-
tY bill passed for several persons in. Lou
isian1, Several members sent up addi.
tional names TO be inserted. The SPEAK
ER required all the names 10 be read
remarking that in addition to the name
Of Zebulon ., Vance, to which he had
called attention some weeks since as hav.
ing been put into an amnesty bill, he had
subsequently been informed that two
other Objectionable names had been in
serted, those Of o. 2. Nicholson and Isham
G. Harris, of Tennessee. ~, 49,. "a.
Mr., CALDWELL stated that, he sent up
the names Of Nicholson and Harris, but
he had no idea that those gentlemen were
Objectionable to the House. "''.''s . o. d ~ ~.
q The SPEAKER had no doubt that the
the names had been sent up through in
advertence. The case or ex-senator
Nicholson came. within the exceptions
mentioned in the general amnesty bill
passed by the House. .-,--- +.
MIR. Cox inquired whether there was
any way TO STOP, the mockery Of legisla-
ton. H-,o.. ,.,.,r5.y t,..,r.ll.a -
The SPEAKER said that he himselfwould
not use that designation, but he was glad
that. it was used by. the gentleman from
New York. He hoped that all these bills
would be referred to the Judiciary Com.
mittee, which was allowed a special
clerk Tor the purpose of arranging them
and presenting them in due form.
MIR. BUTLER said there were over five
thousand names before the Judiciary
Committee for amnesty, and the com.
mittee would report the bill as soon as 1t
got the list complete. 1,Ni o.. ,..- ...l.2
The SPEAKER intimated that he would
hereafter recognize no member except
one Of the Judiciary Committee would
move to suspend the rules to pass an
amnesty bill. aa illl Z. nriiH.ss t..b5 ,
Subsequently, 1t was discovered that
the name Of Perry Walker, Of Alabama,
once Confederate Secretaryo Of War, was
among the names sent up, and the
Speaker calling attention to 1t, II was