Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-05
CSneluslOm of Legislative Pro.
ceedings ON Wednesday Even

CSnclnsiOn Of LegislativeI Pre-.
ceedings ON Wednesday Even.
e ing. ~ ea7h 10 .
For some cause or other, the reporter OF
the House proceedings did not furnish ps
1.-The following proceedings for publication.
The next time such thing shall occur, we
may bestow upon him complimentary no.
w. ga EVENING SESSION.
sls,et -sei5eF ssf7a7 ~ 715 O'Clock P. M.
Mr.. BEER offered for adoption the fol-
lowing resolution 3 1tfs.t9 lBa Js6
RESOLVED by the General Assembly of the
.StateQf Ohio, That the Governor lis hereby
i requested to cause to- be fireds at seven
is' O'Clock tO-mOrrow morning, two hundred
guns In honor of the great victory
l,a achieved at the ballot box on Monday last
In the State of Connecticut, by the friends
of constitutional liberty over the tools of d
military despotism.
sssd Mr.. N0RTHWAY gave notice of fnten-
ton to discuss the resolution
Mr.. TH0RNHfLL moved that the rule
be suspended, that the resolution may be
discussed now. Disagreed to.
- Mr.. BRUFF moved to take from the ia
2 hle H. r elatiVe 10 Introducing bills. =
The resolution was then adopted.
The SPEAKER laid, before the House a
communication from the Governor, trans
hitting a Joint resolution of the General
Assembly of the State of Arkansas.
Messages from the Senate were taken up
and read.
Senate joint resolution No. so, Confirming
the transfer of the Ohio Soldiers Home to
trustees of. the National Asylum for dis.
,abled soldiers, was agreed to--yeas 63, nays
none eGs fFt5aa ''i' a-'.'' ~
"a Several Senate amendments to House
=, bills we're agreed to-. ssod3 = sssaaz.d
Senate substitute for 81. B. No. 449, To
no authorize the common ci uncfl of the vii
iage of Ada, Hardin, county, to levy Q tax
for sewerage purposes was agreed to-yeas
Senate amendment to III. B. No. 494, To
eauthofize the establishment of houses of
correction and the confinement of convict
ed persons therein, was agreed to-yeas 56,
nays 7.7Eas-4 srss. u 10 st7aa,ss i,ss.si75s'sJ
Several bills received from the Senate
were read 9 second time, under suspep-
sion of the rules, and appropriately re-
ferred. .. t.,T,I ,is5f s5sss- an
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT! 81
Mr.. GLOVER madefhe efollowiugreport:
= The select committee of one to whom
Twas referred the amendment to SD. II. No.
q, has had the same Under consideration,
= and recommends that the same be amended
= 80 as to read asifOllows . Except such per-
- sons as have borne arms in support of any
insurrectiOn or rebellion against the Gov
. ernment OF the United States or have fled
from their place of residence to avoid being
= drafted into the military service thereof,
:, or have deserted the military or naval ser
vice of said Government in time of war,
and have not subsequ quentiys been honorably
discharged from the same, ii ID .s.zs
Mr.. PARROTT, being unwell, asked that
the House proceed to vote upon the Fesoln-
tion at as early an hour as possible, and
:. moved that the vote be taken at nine O'Clock
" this evening. Agreed TO. - r..,..,.i
e,1 The amendment to the resolution report
led by Mr.. Glover was agreed to.
Mr.. r.PENN1STEN offered the following
substitutes: - 1lstf
Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No.
- 8 Relative to an amendment of the Con-
stitutiOn providing for the extension of
the elective franchise. ETcFT.Ez
Resolued, By the General Assembly of the
State Of Ohio, -fifths of the members
elected to each House agreeing thereto,
that it be and hereby is proposed to the
= electors of this State to vote at the next
annual October election, upon the approval
= or rejection OF the following amendment
as a substitute for the first section of the
fifth article of the Constitution of this
State, to wit: Every white male citizen of
the United States of the age of twenty-one
years, and being entirely free from any Uistble
ddmi1tare of african blood, who shall have
been a resident of the State one year next
preceding the election. and of the county,
time as may be provided by law, shall have
& the qualifications of an eleetor and be en-
ostitled to vote at all elections. 4t
2 The substitute was rejected yeas %,
mays 63-a strict party vote. = 'ts'''s
ia Speeches in favor of the resolution were
d made by Messrs. Coan, Alexander, Fitz-
gerald and Gardner. and against it by
Messrs. Fitch and Hill. ra-
On motion of Mr.NIXON, call of the
House was ordered, when 90 members
answered to their names. E.,ar-5gzz
The following members were absent
. without leave eMessrs. Davenport, Estill
.(sick), Henricks, Hibbs, Montgomery,
Putnam. Sorber and Swain.
=. On motion of Mr.. ALEXANDER, pro-
ceedings under the call were dispensed
with. y
- The resolution, Senate Joint resolution
No. 3, as amended by the House, was then
put upon It's liassage, and it was adopted
yeas 63 nays %, as follows:
YEAs-rMessrs. alexander. Banning. Bar
rett, Bronson, Bruf. Bunce, Burbage, Chase
sCist, Clark of Guernsey, Clark of Harrison
COan, Cochran, Coulter, Curtis, Dangler, Da.
.vey, Deford, Encel, Fitzgerald, Fox, Furnas
Gallup, Gardner, Glover, Green, Hanson
Hare, Hitchcock, Hoover. Houston. How
ard, johnson, Kerr, Kessler. Kibbee
Kraner' lawrence, & hocS~99d, cEv s.l Ly6rook
=Northway, Oren, Patton, Phillips, Rhodes
Sawyer, Schneider. Shipley. Stanton, Sted-
vman, Psfel, Pripp, Welsh, Wiles. Williams
Wood, Young and Speaker-63.
NKYs-Messrs. Ault, Beer, Bloom
Branch, Cusac, Denman. Dresbach, Frs
kline Fitch, Follett, CASTOR. Gordon, Head
ley, Heller, Hill, Jones, Kagy, Larwill
Marshall, McMarrell, Parks, Perrill, Pen,
nisten, Read. Rosencrans. Rutter, Thorn
hill and Worth-29. ..s.s.y ,.,a .s....
p Mr.: STANTON moved to proceed to the
consideration OF the special order. [Th
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Mr.. FOX moved that the House adjourn
Agreed to-yeas A, nays 40.
The Louisville Convention. =
The Democratic National Executiv'
Committee, so-called, have decided not Il
hold Democratic Convention this year
and the Indiana State Executive Commit
tee, following in the wake, have decided
not to send delegates to the Louisville Con
-Kention. but this will not deter the Democ
racY of the great West and South from
sending delegates to the Convention to b.
holden at Louisville. The Democrat
masses will not submit tG be controlled il
this matter by a committee who seemingly
seek to put the party in their pockets an
manipulate nominating Conventions, afte
the fashion of the AbOlitionisJs, for thei
own individual interests, regardless, a
was the case in the Chicago Convention, o
seither the interests or principles of Tn
ogreat Democratic party.
taa No matter what action the so-called EX
vecutive Committee may take, there will b
a Convention of the Democracy at Louis
vile, and the only question with us is, d
to whether it shall be holden in May O
July. We prefer to have the CoAventio
held on the Ash of July, believing that
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