When Mr. Robinson, at 4 o'clock and 27 minutes p. m., moved that the House adjourn; which motion was disagreed to. The said further amendment submitted by Mr. Boutwell was then disagreed to. Mr. Bingham submitted an amendment to the first section of the said joint resolution. Pending which, On motion of Mr. Farnsworth, by unanimous consent, the said amendments were ordered to be printed. And then, On motion of Mr. Farnsworth, at 4 o'clock and 35 minutes p. m., the House adjourned. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1869. Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did this day present to the President of the United States bills of the following titles, viz: H. R. 394. An act confirming title to Little Rock island, in the Mississippi river; H. R. 1751. An act in relation to the appointment of midshipmen from the lately reconstructed States; and H. R. 833. An act for the relief of Rufus M. Hollister, of Janesville, Wisconsin. Mr. Schenck, by unanimous consent, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (H. R. 1812) to allow deputy collectors and assistant assessors of internal revenue, acting as collectors or assessors, the pay of collectors and assessors; which was read a first and second time. Pending the question on its engrossment, Mr. Schenck moved the previous question, which was seconded and the main question ordered; and under the operation thereof the said bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time and passed. Mr. Schenck moved that the vote last taken be reconsidered, and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table; which latter motion was agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill. The Speaker having announced as the regular order of business the call of committees for reports of a private nature, On motion of Mr. Boutwell, Ordered, That the consideration of the said business be dispensed with for this day. The House then resumed, as the regular order of business, the consideration of the joint resolution of the House (H. R. 402) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; the pending question, when the House adjourned yesterday, being on the motion of Mr. Burr to lay the said resolution and pending amendments on the table. And the question being put on the said motion, (Yeas.... It was decided in the negative, Nays........................ 131 (Not voting...... .. 50 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Samuel B. Axtell Mr. J. Lawrence Getz J. S. Golladay Mr. Michael C. Kerr J. Proctor Knott Mr. Samuel J. Randall William E. Robinson Those who voted in the negative are Mr. William B. Allison Mr. Grenville M. Dodge Mr. William H. Koontz Mr. Logan H. Roots Philetus Sawyer Robert C. Schenck Glenni W. Scofield Alexander H. Bailey W.P. Edwards John A. Logan John P. C. Shanks Jehu Baker Benjamin Eggleston William Loughridge Samuel Shellabarger John D. Baldwin Thomas D. Eliot John Lynch Worthington C. Smith Nathaniel P. Banks James T. Elliott James M. Marvin Rufus P. Spalding Fernando C. Bearnan Orange Ferriss Horace Maynard H. H. Starkweather John Beatty Thomas W. Ferry Samuel McKee William B. Stokes John H. Stover J. H. Sypher John Taffe Caleb N. Taylor John Trimble Row'd E. Trowbridge Henry P. H. Bromwell John A. Griswold Leonard Myers Ginery Twichell Charles M. Hamilton Carman A. Newcomb Charles Upson Benjamin W. Norris Henry Van Aernam Charles W. Buckley David Heaton David A. Nunn Burt Van Horn Benjamin F. Butler William Higby Charles O'Neill Robert T. Van Horn Henry L. Cake Samuel Hooper Godlove S. Orth Charles H. Van Wyck Hamilton Ward Cadwal'r C. Washburn Henry D. Washbum J. W. Clift Morton C. Hunter Charles W. Pierce William B. Washburn Martin Welker William Williams James F. Wilson Stephen F. Wilson William Windom Fred'k E. Woodbridge Williaın H. Robertson Aaron F. Stevens George W. Anderson Nathan F. Dixon George V. Lawrence Thomas E. Stewart Frederick Stone Francis Thomas Lawrence S. Trimble John F. Benjamin George A. Halsey Hiram McCullough Michael Vidal W.Jasper Blackburn Thomas Haughey John Morrissey Ellihu B. Washburne C.C. Bowen John Hill J.P. Newsham B. F. Whittemore Roderick R. Butler William S. Holman 8. Newton Pettis Thomas Williams Reader W. Clarke Asahel W. Hubbard Luke P. Poland Fernando Wood Burton C. Cook Richard D. Hubbard Theodore M. Pomeroy George W. Woodward. Simeon Corley Ebon C. Ingersoll So the House refused to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. Bingham and Mr. Shellabarger, having, respectively, by unanimous consent, modified, the former his amendment, and the latter his amendment to the said amendment, The Speaker stated the question to be on the demand for the previous question, which was seconded, and the main question ordered to be put. The amendment of Mr. Shellabarger to the amendment of Mr. Bing. ham having been read as follows, viz: Strike out the words proposed to be inserted by the said amendment and insert: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall deny or abridge to any male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years or over, and who is of sound mind, an equal vote at all elections in the State in which he shall have such actual residence as shall be prescribed by law, except to such as have engaged or may hereafter engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, and to such as shall be duly convicted of treason, felony, or other infamous crime, The question was put, Will the House agree thereto? .. (Yeas.................... And it was decided in the negative, Nays...... / Not voting... The yays and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Delos R. Ashley John D. Baldwin Mr. Ephraim R. Eckley Benjamin Eggleston Mr. Benjamin F. Loan John A. Logan Mr. Glenni W. Scofield John P. C. Stanks Those who voted in the negative are- John H. Ketcham J. Proctor Knott Charles A. Eldridge William H. Koontz Addison H. Laflin Israel G. Lash William S. Lincoln William Loughridge Samuel S. Marshall James M. Marvin James R. McCormick Hiram McCullough Samuel McKee Ulysses Mercur George F. Miller William Moore Daniel J. Morrell William Mungen Leonard Myers Carman A, Newcomb William E. Niblack John A. Nicholson Benjamin F. Hopkins David A. Nunn Sidney Perham John A. Peters James M. Humphrey Charles E. Phelps Charles W. Pierce Thomas A. Jenckes Frederick A. Pike William A. Pile Alexander H. Jones Luke P. Poland John V. L. Pruyn Mr. Samuel J. Randall Green B. Raum Those not voting are- Aaron F. Stevens George W. Anderson John F. Farnsworth John Lynch Lawrence S. Trimble Demas Barnes Adam J. Glossbrenner Rufus Mallory Michael Vidal W Jasper Blackburn John Hill Dennis McCarthy Ellihu B. Washburne Charles W. Buckley William S. Holman James K. Moorhead William Williams Roderick R. Butler Asahel W. Hubbard John Morrissey James F. Wilson Reader W. Clarke Richard D. Hubbard S. Newton Pettis Fernando Wood. Thomas Cornell Ebon C. Ingersoll Theodore M. Pomeroy So the said amendment to the amendment was disagreed to. 38 Bingham, which was read and is as follows, viz: Strike out the first section of the said joint resolution, and insert in lieu thereof: " No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge or deny to any male citizen of the United States of sound mind and twenty-one years of age or upward the exercise of the elective franchise at all elections in the State wherein he shall have actually resided for a period of one year next preceding such election, (subject to such registration laws and laws prescribing local residence as the State may enact,) except such of said citizens as. shall engage in rebellion or insurrection, or who may have been, or shall be, duly convicted of treason or other infamous crimes," And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? (Yeas..... 24 It was decided in the negative, Nays....... ...... ....... 160 ( Not voting.................... The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are- Frederick Stone Nelson Tift William E. Robinson John T. Wilson George W. Woodward Oliver H. Dockery Alexander H. Jones Rufus P. Spalding P. M. B. Young. Green B, Raum Benjamin Eggleston George V. Lawrence William H. Robertson James M. Ashley Jacob H. Ela William Lawrence Logan H. Roots Alexander H. Bailey Thomas D. Eliot William S. Lincoln Philetus Sawyer Nathaniel P. Banks James T. Elliott Benjamin F. Loan Robert C. Schenck Fernando C. Beaman Orange Ferriss John A. Logan Glenni W. Scofield William Lougbridge Lewis Selye John P.C. Shanks Samuel Shellabarger Charles Sitgreaves Worthington C. Smith James R. McCormick H. H. Starkweather William B. Stokes John H. Stover J. H. Sypher Stephen Taber John Taffe Daniel J. Morrell Caleb N. Taylor Francis Thomas Row'd E. Trowbridge Charles W. Buckley Isaac R. Hawkins Leonard Myers Ginery Twichell Carman A. Newcomb Charles Upson Henry Van Aernam Daniel M. Van Auken Burt Van Horn Benjamin W. Norris Robert T. Van Horn Philadelph Van Trump Charles H. Van Wyck Hamilton Ward Cadwal'r C. Washburn Henry D. Washburn William B. Washburn Martin Welker B. F. Whittemore Thomas Williams William Williams Stephen F. Wilson William Windom Fred'k E. Woodbridge. Those not voting are- Richard D. Hubbard Ebon C. Ingersoll Grenville M. Dodge Bethuel M. Kitchen J. Proctor Knott Rufus Mallory Adam J. Glossbrenner Dennis McCarthy John Morrissey S. Newton Pettis William S. Holman Mr. William A. Pile Theodore M. Pomeroy So the said amendment was disagreed to. The question was then put, Shall the joint resolution be engrossed and read a third time? (Yeas............... And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays...... Not voting....... .... 33 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative areMr. William B. Allison Mr. Grenville M. Dodge Mr. Addison H. Laflin Mr. William H. Robertson Samuel M. Arnell John F. Driggs Israel G. Lash Logan H. Roots Delos R. Ashley Ephraim R. Eckley George V. Lawrence Philetus Sawyer James M. Ashley W.P. Edwards William Lawrence Glenni W. Scofield Alexander H. Bailey Benjamin Eggleston William S. Lincoln Lewis Selve John P. C. Shanks Samuel Shellabarger Fernando C. Beaman James T. Elliott William Loughridge Worthington C. Smith John Beatty John F. Farnsworth John Lynch H. H. Stark weather John F. Benjamin Orange Ferris James M. Marvin Thomas E. Stewart Jacob Benton Thomas W. Ferry Horace Maynard William B. Stokes John H. Stover J. H. Sypher John Taffe William Moore Caleb N. Taylor Francis Thomas John Trimble Henry P. H. Bromwell John A. Griswold James Mullins Row'd E. Trowbridge John M. Broomall Charles M. Hamilton Leonard Myers Ginery Twichell Ralph P. Buckland Abner C. Harding Carman A. Newcomb Charles Upson Charles W. Buckley David Heaton J. P. Newsham Henry Van Aernam Benjamin F. Butler William Higby Benjamin W. Norris Burt Van Horn Robert T. Van Horn Charles H. Van Wyek Hamilton Ward Cadwal'r C. Washburn Henry D. Washbur Amasa Cobb Thomas A. Jenckes John A. Peters William B. Washburn Martin Welker B. F. Whittemore Thomas Williams Shelby M. Cullom William D. Kelley Tobias A. Plants William Williams Henry L. Dawes Francis W. Kellogg Luke P. Poland James F. Wilson Columbus Delano William H. Kelsey Hiram Price Stephen F. Wilson John T. Deweese John H. Ketcham C. H. Prince William Windom Oliver H. Dockery William H. Koontz Green B. Raum Fred'k E. Woodbridge. Mr. J. Proctor Knott Mr. Lewis W. Ross Samuel S. Marshall Charles Sitgreaves James R. McCormick Rufus P. Spalding William H. Barnum Asa P. Grover William Mungen Frederick Stone Stephen Taber Nelson Tift Charles E. Phelps Daniel M. Van Auken James Brooks James M, Humphrey Daniel Polsley Philadelph Van Trump John T. Wilson George W. Woodward William E. Robinson P. M. B. Young, Charles A. Eldridge Those not voting areMr. George M. Adams Mr. Oliver J. Dickey Mr. Asahel W. Hubbard Mr. S. Newton Pettis Oakes Ames Nathan F. Dixon Richard D. Hubbard Theodore M. Pomeroy George W. Anderson Ignatius Donnelly Ebon C, Ingersoll Robert C. Schenck Demas Barnes Adam J. Glossbrenner Bethuel M. Kitchen Aaron F. Stevens W.Jasper Blackburn George A. Halsey Rufus Mallory Lawrence S. Trimble Michael Vidal Ellihu B. Washburne Fernando Wood. Thomas Cornell JORD So the joint resolution was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. Being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third time. Pending the question on its passage, Mr. Boutwell moved the previous question, which was seconded and the main question ordered and put, viz: Shall the joint resolution pass! |