Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-05
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT.

Adoption by the House Of the Recon-
struetion COmmitteeaB Constitu-
tiOnal Amendment-6cenes on Its
Passsge-The Vote.
The New York Times Washington cor
respondent thus describes the scene in the
House on the passage of the Constitu-
tional Amendment changing the basis of
apportionment:
The Joint COMMITTEES on Reeonstruc-
ton fulfilled my prophecy of last night in
regard to their probable action on the re-
committal of the Constitutional Amend
ment, with more promptness than was
generally expected. Before the morning
hour expired Mr. Stevens reported the
amendment again, modified by striking
out the words " direct taxes" thus conin-
ing the operation of the amendment to
representation alone. Mr.. Stevens at
once demanded the previous question, but
yielded a moment to allow Mr.. Schenck
10 otter his substitute, which makes suf-
frage the basis of representation. Mr..
Stevens then renewed his demand for the
previous question, and the excitement in
the House began to rise. The galleries
caught the meaning of the scene, and i'm
mediately began to fill up, and an intense
interest was manifested everywhere. Mr..
Wright of New Jersey, appealed to Mr..
Stevens to have the amendment Temporal
rily laid on the table and printed; but
Mr.. Stevens said no it had been debated
more than a week, and must now come to
u unea H. Rhnwof4.. rraa-al hfa1opao-I.
for the previous question, which was sec
onded, yeas 70; nays 49. MIR. Stevens
then had an hour, as chairman of the
committee, in which to close the debate,
and he parcelled out his time to his own
taste. He gave Mr. chsnck five minutes
in with to urge the House, o come to a
square vote on his substitute. Another
i've minutes to Mr.. Benjamin, of Missouri,
who explained that as Missouri had dis
franchised rebels, a suffrage basis of rep
resentation would cut her down from nine
members to five.
The scene now became invested with
much dramatic interest. Knots Of mem
bers in earnest conversation we're scatter
ed over the hall; the galleries bent for
ward to catch every word the matter
was coming to a point blank issue, and
members were preparing to meet it.
When Mr.. Beniamin's five minutes had
expired, Mr.. Stephens rose to make the
final speech in favor Of the amendment.
No one knows better the use of wrathful
explosives, and Mr.. Stevens used them.
He denounced assinfamOus blasphemy the
sentiments uttered by Mr.. Raymond,
where the latter speaks of the courage and
devotion shown on both sides during the
war as noRthe common glory and aimi-
ration Of the country, and for this utter
nee he invoked the ghostly spirits of the
fallen to rise from their graves and haunt
the gentleman until they scared his eye
balls.
FER VOTE ON TIE AMENDMENT.
The House, under the operation Of the
previous question, then voted on and re-
jeeted the amendment Of Mr.. Schenck, by
vote Of 80 yeas against 100 nays, az fol-
YIAs-Messrs. Anderson, Bromwell, Bundy,
Defress, Far lsworth, Harding of ILL.,, Hayes, Hill,
Hubbard IF W. Va, Hubbell, James Humphrey,
Ingersoll, Kuykendall, Lawrence Of Ohio, Marsh
all, MCCULLOUGH. Miller, orth. Pike, Ross, schenck,
oAcAAdDdA keIf CAOhus 1uoInbOuI van oEH VI AZ
EArs-MeSSrs. Allison, Alley, Ames, Ashley Of
Ohio, Baker, Banks. Barker, Baxter, Beaman,
Benjamin, Brandagee, Brooks, Broomall, auckland,
OhAnler, Cobb, Conklin, Cook, Collgm, Dawes,
Dawson, Delano, Deming, Denison, Dixon, Dom
nelly, Eckley, Eggleston, Eldridge, Elliot, Farqu-
har, Ferry, FThek, Garfield, Order, Grinneli, Girls
void, Hall, Harding Of KY, Harris, Hart, Hogan,
Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Hubbard Of Iowa,
Hubbard Of n. Y, Hubbard Of Conn, Hubbell,
Hulburd, James Ii. Humphrey, Jenckes, Johnson,
Julian, Kasson, Kelly, Keiso, Kerr, Ketchum,
Latin, Latham, Lawrence of Pa, LsBlond, Long
year. Lynch, Mzrston, Marvin, Mcolurg, McIndos,
Mckee, Mercer, MOorehead, Morrill,, Morris, Moul-
ton, Myers, Niblaek, Nicholson, NOEL, o'Neill,
Paine, Patterson, Perham, Phelps. Plants, POM
sroy, Rice, Randall of Pa, Randall of KY, Rice
Of Mass, Rice Of Me-, Rogers, Rollins, Sawyer,
Shsnklin, Smith, Spalding, Starr Stevens,
Tsber, Epson, Van Aernam, Van Horn of
n. T., Voorhees,, Ward, Warner, WAshburns of
H., Washburn OF Mass, Welker, Wentworth.
vii Jams, Wilson of Pa, Window and
The House then passed the joint resolu-
lao, nays 4e, as follows