The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-11

Mr.. GARFIELD then presented the cor
ference report 10 the House. The amend
ment was modified by providing that h
any county or parish, In any Congres
sional district, II ten citizens request n
Judge Of the U. 8, Circuit Court to havl
Q registration or election ordered an
scrutinized, the Judge shall appoint tw,
citizens Of the election district or Votinl
precinct, Of different political parhe
as supervisors Of the elections, they not /,
be paid, and not empowered TO make ar
rests or perform any duties except to b,
In the immediate presence ol the offlcer
holding the election, and 10 witness all th,
proceedings, including Ithe counting O
votes, and making OF the returns thereon
Alter some further discussion on the
Ohio river bridge bill, Mr.. THURMAr
moved to lay 1t on the table for the pur
pose Of acceeding to the new conferences
on the sundry appropriation bill, which
was agreed 10.
Mr.. TRUMBULL moved that the Senate
recede from the enforcement act amend
ment and insist on all Its other amend
ments to the appropriation bill, but thu
motion was not In order.
The motion for a new Committee O
Conference was agreed to, and the CHAIT
appointed the same committee, Messrs
Cole, EDMUNDs and STEVENSON.
MIR. BoRRAfAN's amendment TO thu
bridge bill was then agreed TO.
MIR. SHERMAN offered an amendment au
thorizing the construction OF a bridge
across the Ohio river at Wheeling, SIC
feet span. Agreed TO.
The bill was then passed, and at 4:30 p
NJ. the Senate went into executive session
on motion Of Mr.. HARLAN, and at l
o'clock the open session was resumed.
The bill to remove the disabilities o.
Ex.Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, and
George s. Houston, of Alabama, was
passed. Yeas, 10; nays, 8.
The. House resolution extending the
session until 0 P. NJ, was concurred In.
MIR. MORRILL,, Of Me-, in the absence Of
Mr.. WRIGHT, chairman OF the special
committee to investigate the charges
against Senator CLAYTON, Of Arkansas
submitted report covering the investiga
tlon so far as 1t has gone.
Mr.. NORWOOD, as the minority OF thG
committee, submitted his views.
The Senate took recess till 8 p. N
The Senate before the recess concurred
in the conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill.
EVENING SESSION.
On motion Of Mr.. SCOTT a conference
committee was ordered on the bill in re
.ation to the construction OF bridges across
the Ohio.
Several private bills were passed.
House bill abolishing the franking priv.
llege was received.
Mr.. TRUSIBULL moved that 1t be put on
its passage at once, and said 1t was q
measure that the people demanded.
Objection was made, and at 8:45 the
Senate went into Executive session, which
lasted few minutes.
The open session was then resumed
and was continued with much confusion
until 0 o'clock, when the presiding officer
Mr.. ANTHONY, pronounced the Senate
adjourned without day.
SENATE.
Mr.. BAYARD presented minorityre
port on the New York custom house
frauds. Ordered printed.
On motion OF Mr.. PoAiERoY the bill t
encourage the growth Of timber or
western prairies was amended so as tc
require ten years cultivation Of the tim
Der instead Of five, in order to require 9
title. Passed.
Mr.. SHERMAN called up the bill as tc
obtaining site for government buildings
at Cincinnati.
Messrs. CAssERLY, BOYD aud STOCKTON
opposed the bill.
Mr.. BUCKINGHAM thought the provid.
ing for building for the collection oI
customs in New York oi greater i'm
portance than the Cincinnati bill.
MIR. CoNKLNa complained that the at.
tempt to secure q consideration for the
bill providing for government buildings
in New York had been defeated by the
unreasonable objection to the Cincinnati
bill. Tabled.
Mr.. SHERMAN moved to take up the
resolution offered in the executive session
Saturday, TO extend the session until
p. NJ, to-day. -
Mr.. HOWE introduced q motion to re.
consider the vote by which the views oil
the minority of the Committee Of Investi.
CATION and Retrenchment in relation to
the Custom House were ordered TO be
printed this morning. he claimed that
document did injustice to the majority ol
the committee by stating that the minority
had been greatly surprised to find that
without notice to them or consultation
with them, the majority had prepared q
report on the New York Custom House
Investigation.
Messrs. BAYARD and CAssERLY reas.
serted they had never received any init.
nation that the report was to be made al
this session until Saturday, before 1t was
made.
Mr.. THURMAN then moved to proceed
to the consideration Of the resolution to
extend the session until 0 o'clock this
evening.
Mr.. CHANDLER said he hoped the reso
luton would not be adopted, and thai
Congress would continue in session until
It should have completed all necessary
legislation. The time Of the Senate had
been wasted throughout the session in
pursuance Of an agreement made early IN
November last, at a hotel in New York
between prominent Senator, formerly q
Republican, and prominent Democratic
Senator, and Samuel j. Tilden, of New
York, and other Democrats whom be
could name, to the effect that q new party
should be organized, TO be called the re-
form party; that during this session the
Democrats should keep quiet, and let dis
contented Republicans do the talking; ant
that certain Republican Senator should
be the nominee Of the new party for tht
Presidency
Mr.. FENToN-Will the Senator iron
Michigan name the Senator TO whom he
refers
Mr.. CHANDLER-No, sir. I will not.
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