The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-05-26
The Organic Act Amended--Univers
Suffrage Declared.


A year ago, we charged the Republican
party with the design of introducing negro
suffrage into the Territories. They indig
nantly repu dated any such purpose. The.
made fight for the Legislature with th'
view of forcing the measure through tina
body but failing in that, attempted again t
convince the people of this Territory tha
they were opposed to negro suffrage. O
course no one believed these assertions, be
cause those who made them belonged to
political organizations whose leaders dared
to speak their true sentiments, though the
followers here had not sufficient courage to
meet the issue, The Democracy know the
Radical element which makes up the Repub-
licar party in Idaho, perhaps even better
than some Of the Repu blfeans knew thenl-
selves. They tailed to carry their point in
the Territorial elections, but it seems, only
transferred the contest to another field, The
following telegraphc dispatch shows how
successfully
'sThe House passed the bill to amend the or
ganic acts of the Territories of Montana, Wash
lngtOn, Idaho, Arizona. Utah and New Mexico
The bill prohibits the Legislative Assemblies from
passing special acts comforting corporate powers,
but authorizes them to pass general laws for other
purposes. 1t declares null and void all special
charters heretofore granted by the Legislatures.
The sixth section provides that no person ap-
pointed by the President to Office in the Territo>
rles shall receive any compression unless he shall
have entered upon the discharge of his official du>
ties within the Territory, and no officer shall be
paid for the time he may be absent from the Ter
ritOry without authority from the President It
prohibits the Legislative Assembly troMl granting
divorces, but leaves that authority with the courts
OF the United States in the Territories, The ninth
section provides that within the Territories afore
said there shall be no denial of the elective fran
chise TO citizens of the United States because of
race or color, and all persons shall be eJual be-
fore the law. The tenth section gives the Terri
torlal Secretary the pay of Governor while per-
forming the duties of Governor.
The House refused to strike out the 9th section
yeas SO, nays 76-and passed the bill as above
80 yeas, AZ nays.h
If this bill passes the Senate and the pos
sible veto of the President it revoluti0nizes
the Territories. 1t in effect applies the prin-
ciples of the Civil Rights bill to the Terrific
ries, placing them on the same footing as
rebel States. Asto the provision MULTIPLYING
all special charters heretofore granted it is
manifestly unconstitutional as interfering
with the validity of contracts power which
even this Omnipotent Rump Congress cannot
exercise. ProspectiveIy its effect will be dis
astrous to the future developments and i'm
proyement of communication between the
different sections of the Territory.
The ninth section caps the climax Of Re-
publicanism. "There shall be no denial of
the elective franchise to citizens of the Uni
ted States, because of race or color, and all
persons shall be equal before the law" This
brings the negro up to- the ballot box, and
into the jury box, and on the witness stand.
The younger generation ofChinamen, born
IN America rise to the same privileges. Mr.
Trumbull's Civil Rights bill CONTAINS saw
ing clause, that the provisions of that bill
shall not be deemed to interfere with suffrage
in the States: butthere is no evasion about
this bill. This boldly declares what the 9th.
err seeks evasiyely to effect. @All persons
shall be equal RefoEe the law" There is.
scarcely a statute Of general interest with
which this provision does not conflict
Thus we finally reach the point to which we
have been tending for six years-unlimitsd
suffrage. Thus much for the Republican
politicians who have so ofte1 and loudly de-
pied their purpose. 1.-THE Senate passes the
bill, as they will probably do, there will be
negro Vete to count at the August election.