Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-25
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MORNING SESSION. |.t

Prayer by Prof. Hartshorn, of Mt. Union
| The House concurred in the Senate
amendments to the House bill Tor tn,
election of Clerk of the Supreme Court
making the salary of such Clerk Dependent
on his official fees, by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Bidwell, Bloom
Boehmer, BRAKEMAN, Bradbury, Bratton
Brinkerhoff, Carlin, Clark, Cochran, Daw.
son, Delano, Deford, Dresbach, Dryden
Edwards Estill, Evans of Brown, Everett
Ferrell, Fielding, Free, Gallogly, Glover
Green of Hamilton, Green of Washington
Harrison, Hayden, Hibbs, Hixson, Hoover
johnson of Athens, johnson of Lawrence
Jones, Kellogg, Keyser OF Monroe, Keysel
of Noble, Kibbee, Kirby, Lindsey, Little
Lockwood, Long, Lott, Lyon, McGill, Nc.
Intyre, Miller, Nixon, Odlin, Osborn, Pur.
sell, Randall, Ryder, Robinson, Root, Scott
Sieg, Spahr, Stanton, Thompson, Tiffany
| Titus, Tripp, Uhl, Warner, Waters, Watson
West, White, Wood, Woodbury. and Speaker
IA. tEt
Mr.. Gunsaulus alone voted in the mega
tive. II
The House agreed to the Senate amend
ment to the House bill amending the road
law, so as to exempt members of the Ma
tional Guard from working on the high
ways or paying any Communication therefor,
by the following vote:
= YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Allison, Bidwell,
BRAKEMAN, Bradbury, Brinkerhoff Clark,
Cochran, Dawson, Delano, Dryden, Evans
of Brown, Everett, Ferrell, Fielding, CAL
logly, Glover, Green of hamilton, Green of
Washington, Gunsaulus, Hayden, Hix-
son, Hoover, Huston, johnson of Ath-
ems, Kibbee, Kirby, Lindsey, Little,
Lockwood, Long, Lyon, McGill, Mcintyre,
Miller, Nixon, Odlin, Osborn, Pursell, Ran
dali, Reber, Ryder, Robinson, Scott, Sieg,
Spahr, Stanton, Thompson, Trip, Warner
and Speaker-5l.
NAYs-Messrs. Beer, Boehmer, Dres-
bach, Edwards, Estill, Forbes, Free, Har-
rison, Hibbs, johnson of Lawrence, Jones,
Keyser of Monroe, Lott, Robinson, Root,
Thornhill, Tiffany, Uhl, Watson, West,
Wood and Woodbury-22.
The discussion was resumed on the select
committees substitute for the original Sol
diers' Home bill. Mr.. Keyser of Noble
moved to amend the substitute so as to pro-
vide tor the admission of disabled soldiers
into the Home without distinction of
color" This brought the inevitable Sambo
upon the arena of debate. The discussion,
however, took wide range, involving not
only the merits Of the gentlemen from
Africa" but the propriety of purchasing
the White Sulphur Springs property for the
establishment of a Soldiers Home. Shortly
before one o'clock, the House took recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The discussion on the Soldiers Home
bill and the amendment of MIR. Keyser of
Noble, was resumed and continued till af-
ter five o'clock, when the House took re-
cess till llhalf-past seven o'clock this even
ing.
EVENING SESSION, .f--
The question being on the amendment Of
Mr.. Keyser of Noble, to the substitute for
the bill for the establishment of Soldiers
Home, by admitting into the Home disa-
bled soldiers "without distinction to color"
the yeas and nays were demanded, and re-
suited as follows: 49,.
YEAs-Messrs.A Adams, ,Ayres, Brinkerhoff,
Carey, ,Carlin, Clark. Deford, Evans of Brown,
Everett, Gallogly, Glover, Hayden, Hoover,
johnson of Lawrence, Kellogg, Kibbee,
Kneeland, Lindsey, Little, Lockwood, Ly-
on, Miller, Osborn, Pursell, Randall, Reber,
Root, Thompson, Tiffany, Trip, Warner,
Watson, West, Woodbury., and Speaker
"a.
NAYs-Messrs. Allison, Beer, .Bidwell,
Bloom, Boehmer, BRAKEMAN, Cochran, Da-
venport, Delano, Dryden, Estill, Ferrell,
Fielding, Free, Green of Washington, Gun
saulus, Harrison, Hixson, Huston, johnson
of Athens, Jones, Keyser of Monroe, Keyser
of Noble, Kirby, Long, Lott, Lyon, McGill,
Nixon, Robinson, Scott, Th0rnhill, Uhl,
Waters and White-35.
So the amendment was disagreed to by a
majority of one against it.
The discussion on the general subject of
the Soldiers Home was resumed, and at the
time our reporter left, late in the evening,
it was still progressing, . AT