Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, January 2s

The ePRESlDENT presented the creCen-
tialso Senator SCOTT of Pennsylvania
The special order, the Constitutional
amendment, came up. The amendment as
originally introduced by Mr.. Henderson,
!, is in these words; p 49, ofsri., 7ai & 81 frb
i ARTICLE Is. Sec. /. No State shall deny
or abridge the right of its citizens to vot.
or hold office on account of race, color or
Z previous condition Ia gls14 : 81
SECTION 2. Congress shall have power
to enforce the provisions of this act.dt sl
p The Judiciary committee reported as O
substitute for the first section the follow.
ing: -, - nv n at ta-ij. -
so The right of citizens of the United States
to vote and hold Office shall not be denied
or abridged by. the United States or any
State on account of race, color or previous
condition of servitude.
Mr.. STEWART offered an amendment to
the second section, which was adopted,
confining 1t to the language in the 18th
article, that Congress shall have power to
enforce this article by appropriate legisla-
ton.
in advocacy of the proposed amendments,
as reported from the committee.
+ The substitute for the first section, by
the committee, was then adopted.
-si Mr.. BUCKALEW moved to add the fol-
lowing as an additional section. nea
The second clause of the first section OF
article 20, of the Constitution of the United
States, shall be amended so as to read as
follows:
Each State shall appoint, by a vote of the
people thereof. qualified tosvote for Repre-
sentatives in Congress, number of elec-
tors equal to the whole number of Sena.
tors and Representatives to which the
State may be entitled in. the Congress
but no Senator or Representative, or per-
son holding an office of trust or profit un-
der the United States shall be appointed
an elector, and the Congress shall have
power to prescribe the manner inwhict
such electors shall be chosen by the people
:, He said that the amendment proposed to
make two changes-frst, to require the
electors to be chosen by the people instead
of leaving it to, the Legislatures of States
to direct how they shall be chosen; anG
second, to authorize Congress to prescribe
the mode of their selection by the. people
After considerable discussion, during
which the amendInen6 was generally con
Cured in. though the opinion was ex
pressed that it should be treated separately
Mr.. BUCKALEW Withdrew his amend
ment, and afterward introduced it as 9
joint resolution, which was referred.
. Mr.. HENDERSON reported from the
committee on Indian Affairs, the Hous
bill to restore the Indian Bureau to the
the nature of substitute creating De-
partment of Iudian Affairs. ~
Mr.. DIXON rose to continue the discus
sion on the Constitutional Amendment
but gave way to Executive session.
The Senate, some time afterwards, ad-
journed. - 5-9ezh - iiaeH = p.5Is7a
5ykI' - il.4s 5iS
HOUSE.
Mr.. BLAINE from the committee on
Appropriations, reported the Army appro-
priation bin, which was referred to the
committee of the Whole and made the spe-
cial order for Monday next. 1t appropri-
ates S43, 199 600.
Mr.. DAWES, chairman of the Election
committee. called up at o'clock the report
of the committee in the contested election
case of Christy and Wimpy, from the 9Th
Congressional district Of Georgia. The re-
port ends with resolution that J. H.
Christy, having voluntarily given aid ana
countenance, counsel and encouragement
to persons engaged in armed hostility to
the United States, is not entitled to hold a
seat as Representative, and that John A.
Wimpy, not having received a majority OF
the votes cast, is not entitled to the seat.
: Mr.. DAWES suggested that after the
vote to-day referring to the Reconstruction
committee, the question whether Georgia
should be represented in the House be
considered. He did not know but that
this subject should be also referred to that
committee. g o. .,5rt
Considerable discussion took place on
that subject. ,s-re 'Eisis r.. ~
MIR. PAINE moved the postponement of
the resolution till the third Tuesday in
February. hel 7al h-t Ea.gr
The House then took up the bill relating
to pensions that was before the House yes
Mr.. NIBLACK moved to recommit the
bill with Instructions to report it back
with the second section stricken out, and
also with that portion of the first section
stricken out as To the widow being a nom
resident of the United States.
Mr.. PERHAM spoke in advocacy of
the bill, which, at the expiration of the
morning hour, went over till Tuesday
next. Xt.--,- 49,, -
the Whole, and proceeded to the conside- 4
ration of the Indian appropriation bill
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, In the chair The
total sum appropriated by. the bill is S2,-
1872, $780, being S1,6l24,S22 less than the
amount appropriated last year.
After considerable discussion about the
general Indian system the committed rose
without disposing of the bill.
Mr.. BOUTWELL, stated that he propos-
ed tomorrow to move the previous ques-
tion on the Constitutional amendment,
Mr.. SHANKS offered an amendment to
the proposed Constitutional amendment,
which was ordered printed. Is5 4, y. 81,
Mr.. LAWRENCE, of Ohio, from the Sc
lect COMMITTEES on New York election
frauds, reported resolution directing the
arrest of Henry johnson, who refused to-
appear before the committee when sum-
moned.
Mr.. BROOKS suggested that the com
mittee should also investigate the frauds
in the late. election Of. Senator in r New
York. f.1'sa
There being no quorum present vote
was not taken on tine resolution. and the
House, at 4:45, took a recees until z 80, the
evening session to be for general debate.