Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-31
The Law for The Election of Uni
ted States Senators = How the
Election In to be Conducted.


in the mode of electing United States Sem
ators, and as the laws of that body are with.
in the reach of but few of our readers, we
have copied, and give the law below.
Heretofore, the Legislature of Ohio, at
such time as to the majority seemed right
and proper, passed joint resolution to go
into an election for United States Senator.
met in the Hall of the House of Represent
atives, and there, upon the roll of each
House being called, the members named
the men for whom they cast their votes
The President of the Senate, acting as pre-
siding officer of the two Houses, in joint
convention assembled, then proclaimed the
result, and if any one candidate had a ma
jority of all the votes cast he was declared
duly elected. -
By the law of Congress, each branch of
the Legislature, on the Second Tuesday
after the organization, shall vote by voice
for Senator, and at noon the next
day shall meet in joint convention of the
two houses, and the proceedings of each
branch shall be read. If any one man has
vention, a majority of all the members
elected to both houses being present and
voting, he. shall be declared elected. If
no one has such a majority. then the joint
convention is to proceed to vote until a
Senator is elected-at least one vote each
day being required by the law. The law
of Congress governing this subject is as
| follows:
AN ACT to regulate the Times and Manner of
holding Elections for Senators in Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of Amer
tea in opgress assembled, That the Legisla-
turc of each State which shall be chosen
next preceding the expiration of the time
for which any Senator was elected to rep
resent said State in Congress, shall, on the
second Tuesday after the meeting and or
ator in Congress, in the place of such SEN
ator so going out of office, in the following
manner: Each house shall openly, by a
uiua uoce of each member present, name one
person for Senator in Congress from said
State, and the name of the person so voted
tor, who shall have majority ofthe whole
number of votes cast i'm each house, shall
be entered OH the Journal Of each house
by the Clerk or Secretary thereof; but If
each house shall fail to give such majority to
any person on said day, that fact shall be
entered on the journal. At twelve o'clock,
meridian, of the day following that on
which proceedings are required to take
place as aforesaid, the members of the two
houses shall convene in joint assembly land
the Journal of each house shall then be
read, and if the same person shall have re-
ceivcd majority of all the votes in each
house, such person shall be declared duly
elected Senator, to represent said State i'm
the Congress of the United States; but il
the same person shall not have received
majority of the votes in each house, or il
either house shall have failed to take pro.
ceedings as required by this act, the joint
assembly shall then proceed to choose, by
viud voce vote of each member present, a
person for the purpose aforesaid, and the
person having majority of all the votes
of the said joint assembly, majority OF
all the members elected to both houses be-
ing present and voting, shall be declared
duly elected; and in case no person shall
receive such majority on the first day, the
joint assembly suall meet at twelve O'Clock.
meridian, OF each succeeding day during
the session of the Legislature, and take
at least one vote, until a Senator is elected.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That
whenever, on the meeting of the Legisla-
'ture of any State, a vacancy shall exist in
the representation of such State in the Sem
ate OF the United States, said Legislature
shall proceed, on Lhe second Tuesday after
the commencement and organization of its
session, to elect q person to fill such vacan-
~, in the manner hereinbefore provided
for the election of a Senator for the full
term !; and if a vacancy shall happen dur
ing the session of the Legislature, then on
the second Tuesday after the Legislature
shall have been organized and have notice
of such vacancy.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Governor of the
State from which any Senator shall have
been chosen as aforesaid to certify his cleo
tion, under the seal of the State, to the
President of the Senate of the United
States, which certificate shall be counter
signed by the Secretary of State of the
State.
Approved, July 25, 1866.
As the Ohio Legislature, by the terms of
the Constitution, meets on the first Mon
day in January next, the 9Th day of that
month, it follows that the election for Uni
ted States Senator to succeed BEN. WADE
must occur on Tuesday, the 18th of Janu
ary, 1868. We have no idea that. it will
take more than one day to accomplish the
task that will give Ohio Senator worthy
Of her high rank in the Republic.
Official Vote on Negro Suffrage
Majority Against it Over Fifty
Thousand.
We give elsewhere in tO-day's STATESMAN,