The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-13
FOREIGN NEWS.
FRANCE.

LONDON, February PA Paris cor
respondent says the points Of yesterdays
vote in the Assembly on the amendment
to the Senate bill, providing for tho man,
ner Of elccting Senator's, one that It breaks
up the majority Of last week, and that il
restores to the BOnapartists the ground
they had lost after the vote which makes
the Senate dependent on universal sutf-
RACES. The only modification possible u
The restriction IN the list Of citizens oil
gibIe to Senatorship, this will no obvious
y lead to the election OF ex-impGrial
missionaries that 1t is expected the com.
Mittce Of thirty will Withdraw the bill
this evening, The consequence will prob
ably be the dissolution Of the Assembly.
PARIS, February l2.-In the Assembly
thc consideration OF the Senate bill was
resumed, General DeCissy assembled the
rOstrum and said that President McAIa-
hon had not authorized ministers to In.
leriere with debate On constitutional
vote, but the vote Of yesterday alters the
nature Of the institutions proposed, and
dppriyes constitutional laws Of that char
aCler without which the Conservative in
lercsts will bO endangered, The Govern
mpnt must defend the Conservative inter
csts. It cannot agree 10 yesterdays seso-
luton Of the Assembly, and informs YOU
Of this before the resolution Is made final.
Tho announcement caused q profound
sensatioh and was followed by . stormy
debate.
N, Chaneyneron, Of the Right Center,
denounced tho votes Of yesterday as a
cOmmunistic revenge, and warned the
Deputies that u was leading the country
10 an abyss. lie declared that he and his
friends would oppose third reading OF
Tie bill ~ amended,
An amendment offered by Mr., Bar
dOux, Of the Left, providing that each de-
Ertnlent shall elect three Senators, was
adopted. This was incOrporatedwith The
amendment Of yesterday, which provided
that tho Senators should bc chosen by the
same electors as the Deputies, and the en-
tire amendment was then adopted as q
substitute for the lrsl clause Of the bill
By vote Of $50 to o53. The remainder nf
tic bill, including the amendments IN
IrOduccd by the Left, defining The quail
iualions of persons eligible To the Sena
torShip, was adopted, clause by clause.
a motion was then made To proceed IN
The third reading Of the bill. This was
rejected by q vote Of 3I5 10 3b7, TheSCn-
ale bill Is therefore defeated.
NJ: BriSsOn, Of the extreme Left, de.
Vlared that tho Assembly had proved itself
pOwerlessy aud moved that The elections
lOr new Assembly bc held IN April,
1878. <.
NJ. Waddihgton, Of tho IOlt-CenIrs, ar.
gled that the last vote had only defeated
one Of the many plans for organizing, and
he introduced bill which provides for
The appointment Of Senators by the As
SCmbly Of Councils General, Tue Colonies
and the Institute.
M. Van Train, Conservative 'Republi-
can, submitted q bill propeSing the cleo
ton Of Senators by method similar 10
that employed In the election Of President
In the United States. He was opposed Ia
dissolution Of the Assembly.
The Duke do Cazes declared that Min
isters were responsible for the declaration
which they had been authorized to make
by Marshal Mcmahon through General
DeCissey. lie pointed out the dangers Of
dissolution, AMI reminded the Assembly
Of the pledges II bud given IN regard to
The constitutional laws. ~,
NJ. Gambetta made speech, In the
course Of which he asserted that the Con
situtiOn would have beeti voted II tlie
ministry had int sheltered itself helintI
AIcAIahOn's sword. lie attributed the
failures 70 the priNccly ambition of NJ.
DOChlmbOrl. ...t........ .,
n. LaI'ours, Minister Of the Interior,
opposed the dissolution.
The Assembly adjourned until Monday