The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-01-25

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present incumbent. John Sherman's
rectitude and craftsmanship and B. +.
WadSs grit and devotion TO principle
will continue the influence of Ohio in
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Nsgre saRrsss Bill Passed by he House
Fiw 'l1 OF ConGFsss. f.
The House Of Represent tatives, on
Thursday last, passed the bill allow.
ing univerral suffrage 10 the District
of Columbia, by vote of 116 to 81.
The purpose was to restrict the right
to those having an educational and
property qualification, but the maneu.
vering Of tho Democratic members
forced the bill through in its most rad I.
ical shape. The bill passed as origi-
nally introduced: le R'
The following is copy Of the bill
as passed: ~. "A, r, -. b.,l /.
Be it enacted By the S:aate and House
Of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
from all laws, and parts Of laws,
prescribing the qualifications Of cleo.
tors for any Office in the District OF
Columbia, the word "white" bc and
the same is hereby stricken out and
that from and after tho passage Of this
act no person shall be disqualified from
voting at any election held in said
District on account Of color. ii IL,
SECTION Q. And be ii further eadcted,
That oil acts of Congress, and all laws
Of tho State Of Maryland In force in
said District, and all ordinances in
Washington and Georgetown ineon-
sistent with the provisional Of this act
are hereby repealed and annullcd.
The vote upon the final passage o.
tho bill was as follows ae H
YEAs--Messrs, Alley, Ames, Ali
son, Ashley Of Ohio, Baker, Baldwin
Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Bid
we'll, Bingham, Blaine, Blow, Bout,
we'll, Brandagee, Broomall, Broom
well, Buckland, Bundy, Clark Of Ohio
Clark Of Kansas, Cobb, Conklin, Cook
Cullum, Darling, Davis, Defrecs, Del
ano, Deming, Dixon, Donelly, briggs
Eekley, Eggleston. Eliot, Farnsworth
Ferry, Garfield, Grinnoll, Griswold
Hale, Harding, Hart, Hays, Highly
Holmes, Hooper, Hubbard Of Iowa
Hubbard Of Now York, Hubbard o
Conn, Hulburd, James Humphrey
IngersolI, Jenekes, Julian, Kasson
Kelley, Kelso, Ketchum. Latin, Law
renee Of Penn, Lawrence Of Ohio
Loon, Longyear, Lynch, Marston Mar
vin, McClurg, Mercer, Miller, Moor
head, Morrill,, Morris, Moulton, Myers
O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patterson, Per
ham, Pike, Plants, Pomeroy, Price
Raymond, Rice Of Mass, Rice of Me.
Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck. Scofeld
Shollabarger, Sloan, Spalding, Starr
Stevons, Tbayer, Francis Thomas
TrowbridgO, Upson, Van Aernam, Val
Horn, Ward, Warner, Washburne o
ILL.,, Washburne of Mass, Welker
Wentworth, Williams, Wilson of Iowa
Wilson of Ponni, Window, Wood
bridge -1l6.
NAYs-Messrs. Ancona, Anderson
Ashley Of Nevada, Benjamin, Bergen
Boyer, Brooks, Chanlor, Dawson, Den
ison, Eldridge, Farquhar, Finck, Gloss
brenner, Goodyear, Grider, Harding
Of KY, Henderson, Hill, Hogan, Hub
bard Of W. Va, Hubbell of New York
James NJ, Humphrey, johnson, Jones
Kerr, Kuykendall, Latham, Le Blond
Marshall. Mccullough, Mckee, Nib
lack, Nicholson, Noell, Phelps, Rad
ford, Randall OF Pa, Randall of Ky
Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Shanklin, Stl
greavOs, Smith, Stilwell, Strouso, Ia
Dor, Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, Va
Horn oil Mo-, Voorhees,, Windaold-5l