The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-19
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY LNTBLLIGRNGER
Night Dispatches.
RoMsRESSAaM1a 81
SENATE,

GoNsRESSAAMla So
SENATE.
WAsHINsToS, February Is,
At2A. II. MI. Hagsr yielded the AooF
for a motion 70 'SdjolFp, which was re.
iected-yeas 4, hays 3S. When the mo-
lion 10 adjourn was made, but ono or two
Senators were in their seats, the others
being asleep in cloak rooms and commit
tee rooms, hut were soon called out 70
vote The discussion on the resolution
for tho admission Of PinChback lasted all
night, and ut $50 this morning Mr.. Ed.
munds offered the following amendment
Strike out the .fePlntion for the ad'
mission Of PinChbaSs, and insert the fol-
lowing: "That tho Committee on Privi.
lCges and Elections be and Ia hereby in
stFuctcd to report forthwith bill do.
Claring that no Constitutional Govern
pepI exists, IN louisiana and providing
Tor thOS bledlidh II Governor Lieutenalt
Goyernor, and mSmbers.of thS General
Assembly forI the statg pf Louifanp,
and an Other officers which by the
Constitution Of the State are TO be elected
by n vote OF the people thereof"
Mr.. Ransom then took tho floor and
spoke at length OF his desire to restore
peace und good will between tho North
and South.
Mr.. Ransom spoke till noon, when he
said II was impossible for him to go on
in his present physical condition, and hc
would not ask the Senate to adjourn, but
would ask the privilege Of being heard at
suno future time. -
Mr.. Boutwell, then took the floor,
Mr.. Norwood SPOKE on. tho general
condition Of tho South.B ,At halI1past .
o'clock he yielded 10 Morrill,, Of Maine,
who appealed to his friend Morton to
allow his resolution for the admission OF
PinChback 10 be laid aside, now that the
Indian appropriation bill might be con;
sidercd.
Mr.. Morton was opposed to laying tho
resolution aside, and said the disposal Of
itwasldf more Importance than tho pas
Sage 81 tapptopriatiOn bills, II they
failed, an extra session would have to DO
called, and the responsibility would not
| DC WIN tne 1tepuDIICulh'
The Senate at 4 o'clock, on motion Of
Morrill,, of Maine, by vote Of 81 to %,
laid the resolution for tho admission OF
PinChback on the table,
YEAs-MeSSrs. Allison, Anthony, Bay
ard, Bogy, Conkling, Davis, Dennis,
Eaton, Edmunds, Fenton, Freelinghuy.
sen, Guldthwaitc, Hamilton (Maryland),
Hamilton (Texas), ingalls,, johnson,
lMaine), Morrill, lVcrmontl, Norwood,
Ramsey Rohet Don, Saulshhryi SchprS,
Scott ,'Sbfaent, Stevenson, Houston" Thur.
man, Fiplon Wadleigh Washbnrne,
Winona and Wright-S7.
NAYS AIcssrs. BOrCman, Cameron,
Chandler, Clayton, COnovcr, Crngin, Fer.
ry Of Michigan, Flanagan, ltamlin, liar.
ley, Howe, Jones, Logan, Morton, OglCs.
| BY, Patterson, Pratt, Ramsey Sargent,
Spencer, StewhStand WRt-99. sSsG
| Nj. Ferryjof Conn, Nho would lave
voted In the affirmative, was paired with
Mr.. Boutwell,, who would have voted In
the negative.
Mr.. West moved to adjourn. Rejected.
Yeas 9, nnys b2.
|, Mr., Window moved that the Senate
proceed to the consideration OF the Indian
AnptoprfdtiOn bill. Agreed tD.i 3ll ]
Mr.. Schurz presented resolutions OF
the Missouri Legislature in favor Of cs-
tabliAhihg n'bfahch mint at'St' louis.
Referred. .....
The SeUap tliSt proceeded with the
consideration Of the Indian Appropria.
ton bill.
Mr.. Window who has charge Of the
bill, said that the whole amount apprO.
priatCd for the Indians for the present
fiscal year was $j,O00,000, and that the
amount appropriated by this bill for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1879, rs re-
ported by the committee, was 1922, ,924,
a deCrcaso Of $462,O70 as compared with
the bill for the present fiscal year. The
; Senate Committee on Appropriation had
added to the bill which camo from the
House. S217,3lI IA, The bill was reported
TO- the, Senate Il Nas II ,723,7T less than
tic estimates submitted for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1876. Several unimpOr.
tant amendments reported by tho com.
mittee were agreed to.
Mr., Morrill, called up the resolution
fixing the hour Of meeting Of the Senate
al ii o'clock al H., ahd itiwas amended
80 rs TO provide that Il take effect OH
, Saturday next, and II was then agreed 10.
Pending the consideration Of the
Indian appropriation bill, Mr.. Sargent
moved to adjourn. Agreed 10, and the
senate q after o continuous ha9sion Of ~
hours, adjourned.
HOUSE.
Immediately alter reading The Journal
, the House went into Committee Of the
Whole on the Revenue bill. The first
vote was 20 lMrFSOuthard's; Amendment
asamSnaed by lie a1sna amedtb bt NJ (,
d. 70 strike out TIC first section Of Che BILL,
, which relates 10 the tax on whisky. The
amendment was lost, Oh voting in the nj.
hrmALive and 90 In the negative.
Mr.. Randall then inoVed TO strike out
ono dollar In the first section and insert
,nipeiy, ,oenIa, so, that the tax bn. WljSky
shodid u fliteIy cents The Anipt1dheiit
! was1ost, % Voting III the affirmative md
SO in the negative.
Mr. Banning moved to strike out The
!. prOviso In the first section, taxing stocks
Ion hand. IL C .E-r a -,
, MF. Dawes explained that the effect Il
striking out the pFovisp would be 10 Tax
the stock on hand one dollar. The amend.
ment was rejected.
Mf. kassot offered m amendment on
behalf Of the Committee, providing that
thd taS, on spirits tottracted 10, BE- tleliy.
etdd' bcfdre the tenth day o. Febthafy
shall be paid by the purchaser. Adopted.
Mr.. Archer (Md) moved TO sttike out
the cnacting clause. Lost by % to SO,
Finally The first section was allowed TO
atahd so far laa The taIx on whlSky wa
: concerned, and section second, providing
for at iticfeaSed lax oh tobacco, wis read
aud G6Dstidfed.l II gave fiaeto 4 long
debate. Various amendments, looking
to tho reduction ot duty Wefd offered and
rejected. Tile principal amendments
adopted we're, first, an amendment In re-
gard to contracts, similar In its prOyis.
ions 10 that relative 10 whisky in che FIRST
section, Ahd, Aecond, An amendment III.
ctcasing the tax on cigars which now pay