Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-06-17

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After considerable discussion as to the
form in which the question should be put
by the chair the President stated the
question to be "Will the convention
adopt the first article Of amendment as
proposed by the Council of Censors ?"
On this question the yeas and nays were
taken and were as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative
were:
YEAs-Messrs. Aldrich, Atwood, Bates, Benja,
min of West Windsor, Briggs, Brown of Burke,
Brown of Waferville, Baton, cleveland, Conant,
Crane Curtis, Davis of Baltimore, Davis of Shelf
field Edmunds Ellis, Everts Field of Brattle-
boro, Fletcher of Cavendsh, Fletcher Of Holland,
Gage, Gilmore, Gorham, Harmon, Harrington,
Harris of Panton, Hubbard, Holbrook of Leming-
ton, Holbrook of Milton, Horrobu, Howes, Jen-
ney, Judeyiue, Kennedy, Lynde, McGaffey,
Morse, Newell, Owen, Parker Of Pownal, Patter-
son, Pearl, Phelps of Fairhaven, Quinlan, Reed,
Rice, Rising, Sargent of Corinth Sargent of Jay,
Shattuck, Sade, Smith of East Haven, Stevens,
Stoddard of Westminster, Storrs, Swain, Waldo,
Walker of Peacham, Wells, Wild, Williams,
Wood, Young-63.
Those who voted in thenegative were
NAYs-Messrs. Adams, Bailey, Barnes Bar
rett, Bartholomew, Beatte, Benjamin of Berlin,
Bennett, Benton, Bingham of Fletcher Bingham
of Stowe Bittinger, Bottum of Orwell, Bottum of
SALISBURY, Brastow, Brewster Brigham, Brite
Brooks, Brown of Plymouth, Buel, Butler, Camp
of Emore Camp of Newport, Garfield, Carlton,
Carpenter, Chase, Churchill, Clark of Lincoln,
Clark of Peru, Clark of Poulmey, Clark Of Tops
ham, Clement Closson, Cobb, Colburn, COLON,
al
Deavitt, Dillingham;, Drake, Dunton, Dyer Eat,
on, Ewens Farnsworth, FELTON,, Ferris, Field of
Guilford, Field of Jericho Fisher, Foote Francis,
Furman, Gibson, Gddings, Gillette, Green, Grout,
Griswold, Hamilton. Harding, Harris of Wind
ham, Hartshorn of Canaan, Hartshorn of Guild
hall, Hastings, Herrick, Hewitt, lidreth, Hin
man, Hobart, Holeomb, Holmes, Howard of Iras-
burg, Howard of Townshend, Howe, Hubbard
Huntoon, Hyde Of Castleton, Hyde of Chelsea,
Hyde Of Sudbury, Ide, Jones, Joselyn, Kellogg,
Kelton, Kent, Kimball of Glover, Kmbal Of w.
Fairlee Kingsley of Athens, Kingsley of Salem,
Kinney, Langdon, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyford,
McAllister, Mclaughlin, Marsh of Bethel, Marsh
of Woodstock, Mason, Miles, Morton, Munson.
Nelson Nichols of Braintree Nichols OF North,
field, Noble Olmstead, Paine Parker of Wolcott,
Peake, Phelps of Burlington, Pierce, Porter,
Post, Powers, Putnam, Raymond, Ray, Reynolds,
Richardson of Westfeld, Richardson of Vershire,
Richmond, Roberts, Robinson of Barton, Robin
son of Barton, Robinson Of Londonderry Ross,
Russ, st. john Sampson, Sanbcrn, Sawyer, Sey-
mour, Shaw, Sherman Of Dover, Sherman of Lud-
low, Sherwood, Shof, Smith of Tunbridge, Smith
of Williamstown, Spaulding, Stearns, Stoddard
of Newark, Taylor, Tewksbury, Thompson, lis
dale, Upper, Walbridge, Walker of Whiting,
Walton, Warren, Washburn, Way Welch, Whit
ney, Willmarth, Wilson, Wiswell, Woodward,
Wright of Bradford, Wright of Shoreham-l6s.
So the adoption of the first article of
amendment as proposed by the Council
of Censors was refused.
Mr.. Bartholomew of Washington Of
fered the following resolution
ResoSued, That the adoption of the I'd,
Sd, 4th, 9th and 9Th articles of amend
ment as proposed by the Council of Cen
sors is not expedient, and ought to be re-
jected.
Mr.. Cleveland of Brookfeld moved
that the resolution be referred to the
committee of the whole; but before do.
ing so he asked leave to present several
petitions which he had in his keeping
which leave being granted, Mr. Cleve.
land presented the petition of Mrs A
r. Reed and 104 others, ladies of Mont
pelier, and that of Mrs. o. w. Drew
and II others, ladies of Waterbury, anc
of Abby Hutchinson, and q others, la
dies Of Randolph, asking for the adop
ton of the article of amendment extend
ing to women the right of suffrage
which were laid on the table.
Mr. Bartholomew of Washington, BY
unanimous consent withdrew his resolu
tion and moved that the remaining arti
Giles be referred to the committee of thu
whole, which was agreed to, and there
upon the convention resolved itself into
committee of the whole, Hon. II. III
Power of Morristown in the chair.
| Article 2 of the proposed amendments
was then taken up for consideration.
Mr.. Dillingham; of Waterbury, Wal
ton of Montpelier, Olmstead of Dorset
and Buell. of Middletown, opposed, anc
Messrs. Fletcher of Cavendish, Hubbard
of Rochester and Reynolds of Alburgh
favored the amendment, for biennial SEES
sions.
The committee Of the whole asked
leave to sit again, and adjourned.
Friday, June 10, 1870.
Prayer by Rev. w. j. Harris of Mont
pelier.
The Journal of yesterday was read
and approved.
Mr.. Upper of Montgomery presented
the petition of Mrs. Hattie M. Clapp and
81 others, ladies of Montgomery, asking
for the adoption of the amendment pro-
viding for woman suffrage; also Mrs.
Mary Gates and 10 others of the same
town against the adoption of said amend
ment; laid on the table.
Mr.. Gorham of Wilmington, the pro-
test of Mrs. A. w. Goodwin and 95 9th
ers, protesting against the adoption OF
the amendment providing for woman
suffrage; laid on the table.