Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Stevenson Archer Samuel B. Axtell John W. Chanler J. Lawrence Getz Mr. J. S. Golladay Asa P. Grover Mr. Thomas L. Jones J. Proctor Knott Those who voted in the negative are r. William B. Allison Oakes Ames Delos R. Ashley James M. Ashley John D. Baldwin George S. Boutwell Grenville M. Dodge Mr. Ignatins Donnelly John F. Driggs So the House refused to adjourn. Mr. John H. Ketcham Mr. William S. Lincoln Mr. John A. Nicholson Samuel J. Randall William E. Robinson Lewis W. Ross Frederick Stone Philadelph Van Trump George W. Woodward. Mr. Logan H. Roots John P. C. Shanks H. H. Starkweather Row'd E. Trowbridge Robert T. Van Horn Cadwal'r C. Washburn B. F. Whittemore Mr. Charles Sitgreaves Thomas E. Stewart The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Boutwell to suspend The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. William B. Allison Oakes Ames John D. Baldwin Mr. Nathaniel P. Banks John A. Bingham Mr. James G. Blaine Austin Blair Henry P. H. Bromwell Mr. Ralph P. Buckland Charles W. Buckley The amendment submittted by Mr. Logan was read as follows, viz: Strike out the words " and hold office.” And the question being put, Will the House agree thereto? The amendment submitted by Mr. Bingham having been read as follows, viz: Strike out in line three the words "by the United States or," and to insert in line four the words "nativity, property, creed," so that it will read as follows: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged by any State on account of race, color, nativity, property, creed, or previous condition of servitude;" The question was put, Will the House agree thereto ? And it was decided in the affirmative, Nays... 92 71 59 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are So the said amendment was agreed to. Mr. William B. Washburn Mr. John V. L. Pruyn William H. Robertson Samuel Shellabarger Row'd E. Trowbridge Mr. Thomas E. Stewart Lawrence S. Trimble Mr. Stephen F. Wilson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined and found truly enrolled a bill of the following title, viz: H. R. 1345. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico;" When The Speaker signed the same. The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House executive communications as follows, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from General Roberts, United States army, relative to waste lands on the Mississippi river; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. II. A letter from the same, transmitting report on the publication of documents relative to the rebellion; which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in regard to printing extra copies of the report of the special commissioner for the collection of mining statistics; which was referred to the Committee on Printing. IV. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the petition of T. B. Manlove for removal of political disabilities; which was referred to the Committee on Reconstruction. V. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an appropriation of $10,000 to collect statistics on the mineral resources of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. The question then recurring on the amendment of Mr. Shellabarger to the joint resolution of the Senate (S. R. 8) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Mr. Shellabarger withdrew the same. Ordered, That the joint resolution be read a third time. It was accordingly read the third time. The question was then put, Shall the joint resolution pass? And decided in the affirmative, Yeas. 140 37 46 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Oliver H. Dockery Thomas D. Eliot Thomas W. Ferry Mr. William H. Kelsey John H. Ketcham C. H. Prince Green B. Raum Mr. Robert C. Schenck Glenni W. Scofield John P. C. Shanks Row'd E. Trowbridge Robert T. Van Horn Cadwal'r C. Washburn B. F. Whittemore Mr. John V. L. Pruyn Frederick Stone Mr. William H. Robertson |