Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-02-17
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
rho onst,,utlonal amendment.

AS the vote on the Constitutional
Amendment as passed, and also the
vote on Mr.. Schenck's proposed sub
stitute are matters of interest, We put
them on record:
BASIS OF REPRESENTATION.
Mr.. Stevens.-The Joint Committee on Re-
construction, to which was recommitted Joint
Resolution 81, proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, IN relation
to the basis of representation, together with
all propositions submitted in this House, in
relation to that subject, have directed me to
report the Joint Resolution back, modlhed to
read as follows:
0Resolued, bu the Senate and House of Rep
TesentdtiUes of the United States Of America an
Congress assembled (two-thirds of both
Houses concurring,) That the following arti-
Gle be proposed to the Legislatures ct the
everal States as an amendment to the Con-
titution of the United States, which, when
ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures,
shall be valid as part of said Constitution,
namely:
"'ARTIcLE Representatives shall be APP
portioned among the several States which may
be included within this Union, according to
their respective numbers counting the whole
number of persons in each State excluding
Indians not taxed. Provided, That whenever
the elective franchise shall be denied or
abridged in any State on account of race or
color, all persons therein of such race or color
shall be excluded from the basis of represen-
tation.
MIR scHENCKs SUBSTITUTE.
acknowledgements shall be appor-
toned among the several States which may
be included within this Union according to
the number OF male citizens of the United
States over twenty-one years of age
having the qualifications requisite for the
electors of the most numerous branch of the
State Legislature. The Congress, at
their first session after the ratification
OF this amendment by the required num-
Der of States shall provide by law for
the actual enumeration of such voters; and
such actual enumeration shall be separately
made in a general census OF the population of
| all the States within every subsequent term of
| ten years, in such manner as the Congress
| may by law direct The number of repre-
sentatives shall not exceed one for every one
hundred and twenty-five thousand eff actual
population, but each state shall have at least
one Representative.
| VOTE ON sCHENCK's SUBSTITUTE
! Yeas-Messrs Anderson, Bromweli, Bundy
Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Darling,
/ Davis, Defress Farnsworth, Abner c. Hard
/ ing, Hayes, Hill, Chester ID. Hubbard, James
r. Hubbell, James Humphrey, Ingersoll, Kuy-
| kendall, William Lawrence, Marshall Nc
| Culiouch. Miller, Orth, Pike, Ross Schenck,
Shellabarger, Sloan, Thornton, and Robert
I T. Van Horn-29
| Nays-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, James
| M. Ashley, Baker, Banks, Barker, Baxter,
| Beamer, benjamin, Bergen, Bidwell Bingham,
| Blaine, Blow, Boutwell,, Boyer, Brandegee,
Brooks, Broomall. auckland, Chanler, Cobb,
Conki Cook, Cullom Dawes, Dawson, DelA-
no. Deming, Denison, Dixon, Donnely Eek
| ley, Eggleson, Eldridge, Eliot Farquahar, Fer
nv, FInck, Garfield, Order, Grinnell, Griswold,
Hale, Aaron Harding, Harris. Hart, Hogan,
| Holmes, Hooper, HOtchkiss, Ashael W. Hub
bard, Edwin N. Hubbcll, Hllburd, James M.
Humphrey. Jenckes. Johnson, Julian,
Kasson, Kelley. Kelso, Kerr, Ketcham,
Latin, Latham, George V; Lawrence,
LIE Blond, Longyear, Lynch. Marston,
| Marvin, McClurg, McIndoe, Mckee, Mercer.
Moorhead, Morrill,, Morris. Moulton, Myers,
Niblack, Nicholson, NOEL, O'Neill, Pane, Pat
terson, Perham Phelps, Plants, Pomeroy,
| Price, Samuel ]. Randall, William II Randall,
Rollins, Sawyer, Schofield, Shanklin, smith,
Spaulding, Starr, Stevens, Strouse, Taber,
| Taylor, Thayer, Francis Thomas, John L..
Thomas, Trimble, Epson, Van Aernam, Burt
Van Horn Voorhees,, Ward, Warner, Eihu b.
Washburne, William b. Washburne, Welker,
| Wentworth, Whaley, Williams, James f. Will
son, stephen f. Wilson, Window and Wright
-130
Not voting-Messrs. Ancona, Delos r. Ash
| ley, Baldwin, Culver, briggs, Dumont, Gloss
brenner, Goodyear, Henderson, Highly, Jones,
Loan, McItner, Newell, Radford Raymond,
| Ritter, Rousseau, Sitgreaves, Stillwen, Trow-
bridge, Winfield and Woodbridge -23.
| So the substitute was rejected.
| VOTE on THE AMENDMENT.
| Yeas Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Ander
son, James NJ. Ashley, Baker, Banks, Barker
Baxter, Beaman, Benjamin Bidwell, Bine ham
Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Brandegee, Bromwell
Clarke, Cobb. Conkling. Cook, Gallon, Oar
/ ling, Davis, Dawes Defrees, Delano, Deming
Dixon, Donnelly, Eekley, Eggleston, Farms
worth, Farquhar, Ferry, Garfield, Grinnell,
Hill. Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Ashael W
Hubbard, Chester D. hubbard, Dumas
Hubbard John II. Hubbard, James r.
Hubbell. Hulburd, James Humphrey,
Ingersoll, Julian, KassOn, Kelley, ReIso,
Ketchum, Kuykendall, Latin, George U.
Lawrence, William Lawrence, Longyear,
Lynch Marston, Marvin, McClurg, McIndoe
| Mckee, Mercur, Miller, MoOrhead, Morrill,.
Morris, Monlton, Myers, O'Neil, Orth, Paine,
Patterson, Perham, Pike, Plants, Pomeroy,
| Inns, Sawyer, Schenck, Schofield, shelabar-
| ger, Sloan, Spaulding, Starr, Stevens, Stilwell
| Thayer, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas.
| Epson, Van Aernam. Burt Van Horn, Robe
| 4. Van HON, Ward, Warner, Elihu B. Wash
burne, William b. Washburne, Welker, Went
worth, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen E.
| Wilson, Window and Woodbridge--120.
| Nays-Messrs. Baldwin, Bergen, Bcver,
| Brooks, Chanler Dawson, Deniso6, Eldridse.
| Eliot, Finck, Grinder. Hale, Aaron Harding,
| Harris, Hogan, Edwin N. HubbeIl, James Nj
Humphrey, Jenckes, Johnson. Kerr, Latham
LeBlond, Marshall, MCCULLOUGH, Niblack, Mich
liam ii. Randall, Raymond, Ritter, Rogers,
Ross, Rousseau, Shanklin, Sitgreaves, Smith,
Strouse, Taber, Taylor, Thornton, Trimble,
voorhees,, Whaley and Wright-46.
Not Voting-Messrs. Ancona, Delos r. Ash
ley, Culver, briggs, Dumont, Glossbrenner,
Goodyear, Henderson, Highly, Jones, Loan,
McRuer, Newell, Radford, TrOwbridge and
Winfeld-16
The Speaker-Two-thirds having
voted in the affirmative, I declare the
joint resolution to have been adopted.
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