The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-01-28
YYrH AMENnMFET.

fact we hardly think II necessary, as
the speeches We're very similar 10 those
brought forth in the Senate a synop-
sis of which we gave last week aud no
new ideas We're brought forth. We
take from the Gazette the report of
the final passage Of the bill
COLUMBUS, January ~.
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Another field day IN the House up
on the 18th Amendment.
Immediately upon the House re-
/ solving itself into Committee Of the
Whole, Lewellen (not r. P. L. Ba-
| Der took the floor, and resumed the
interminable speech which he COM
menced last night In justice 70 Ba-
I Der feel compelled TO say that, a. a
purely legal matter, he made a better
/ speech on the Democratic side than al
most any other Of his brethren. But
when he came TO the sentimental por-
ton of his speech, and depicted with
assumed tragic horror the villainy on
the part OF the Republican party III
( striving to establish in this country q
/ centralized moneyed despOtism tol
/ which nefariOus scheme the ratifica-
ton of the amendment would be the
crowning act he became both tedious
and ridiculous.
Mr.. Mower, of Clarke, made a fine
point in reply to this idea Of Baber.--
| The 18th Amendment extends SOW
ereignty and power among all classe-
of the people; and to assert that such q
measure is in the interests of central
iZatiOn and despOtism is contradic-
ton in terms, and an Insult to reason
and common sense.
The debate continued, Mr. Sterling
of Union, speaking for the measure.
In the afternoon, the discussion was
opened by Mr.. DOdds, Of Hamilton,
who labOred very hard to convince
/ his brethren from the same county
that they ought, on account Of vote
given two years ago upon a wholly
different proposition, TO oppose the
! 18th Amendment Mr.. Bates, and
other gentlemen, visibly smiled, but
1 failed to '1See it, in the same light as
/ Mr. Dodds.
The truth is, the Democrats are very
self-contradictOry in reference TO the
Hamilton county Republicans When
il suits their purpose to do so, they de
clare that the issue in Hamilton coun-
ty, at the last election, was one Of
| simple county reform, with which
politics had nothing in the world TO
do. But wherever a political question
comes up, they declare the Hamilton
county Republicans were elected by
the Democrats, and ought to vote with
them on all questions involving poll
/ tics
After Mr.. EmOchs finished, several
gentlemen on the Democratic side
rose one after the other, and said the
solemn hour-3J p. Mat which the
vote was to be taken, approached, and
protested against it in most lugubri-
Gus tones. As the great audience pres
ent Hobbies, galleries and floor being
densely crowded. had heard the same
protests, in the same tones, against
every measure for national unity and
human rights proposed for nine years
past, they We're received with amuse-
ment rather than sOlemnity, and the
| spectators were more frequently
moved to laughter than tears.
| While this ludicrOus exhibition was
going on, the time previously agreed
upon for closing the debate arrived,
and passed. Mr.. Acker, of Hooking,
was on the floor. Mr.. Hitchcock, of
Geauga, moved that as the hour for
closing the debate had arrived, the
committee should rise. The Chair de-
cided that as the time had passed, and
no one had made the motion for the
committee to rise at the exact mo-
ment, il could not now be moved, so
! AOlyo Of
and that the latter could go on.
As soon as Acker finished, Ball, of
Muskingum, took the floor, and
squarely announced the Democratic
determination not to allow vote
taken upon the amendment until the
right of Mr.. Blakeslee, of Williams,
and Mr.. Glover, of SciotO, to seats on
the floor, were definitely decided. AT
this announcement the Democratic
disorganizers on the floor and in the
lObbies loudly clapped their hands.
At this point the audience began TO
manifest the intensest interest. Loud
expressions of Indignation were heard
from Republicans, who believed that
the Democrats, acting as they dd,
were.showing bad faith, and violating
the understanding in reference to the
time of taking the vote. The Demo-
Gratis had occupied more than their
share of time during the debate, and
had been listened to with the utmost
patience and attention; and now to
declare they would not allow vote
taken at all, until wholly different
matters had been acted upon, seemed
like tFifling with their duties and with
the House.
Mr.. Ball, i'm making this announce
ment, was very imprudent. The
question as to the right of Messrs.
Blakeslee and Glover to seats had been
referred to the Committee on Privil-
eyes and Elections. Until that COM
mitIee should report, and the House
take action thereon, the two gentle
men above named were as much men,
bers of the House as any person on the
floor, and their right to vote Just as
unquestioned. To make a vote upon
the 18th Amendment dependent up
on the final decision the House might
come to in reference to Blakeslee and
Glover was, therefore, simply an out
rage, and caused every Republican to
resolve that he would not leave his
seat until the great amendment was
ratified.
The object of the Democrats now
appeared to be to prevent the COM
mittee rising, hoping in this way to
interminably prOlOng the debate until
the Republicans should be worried in
to agreeing to the pOstpOnement of
the 18th Amendment until the Will
Jams and SciotO cases were finally de-
cided. Inadvertently, however, one
of the Democrats moved the COM
mittee rise and report progress, and
ask leave to sit again. The Republic
cans voted to agree to this, and yield
ing the floor to allow the motion to be
put, it was carried; but when the COM
mittee asked leave to sit again, the
House refused, and this brought the
Senate resolution for ratifying the
amendment directly before the House.
Ball, and other Democrats, arose and
stOrmed and declared that they had
been imposed upon by a dishonest
trick. What the trick was, however,
they failed to show The filibuster-
ing, with comparatively little chance
of success, commenced. DOdds, Cal
len, Hughes and Stillweu assume,
with Ball, the leadership of the DEM
OCIdCN. OOAllS OllClEAl Ills s1ilANlth-
ment to submit the question to the
people, and tried to get the floor for a
speech. He was not quick enough,
however, and Mr.. Dickson, of LOTain,
was recognized by the Chair, and at
P. NJ. moved the previous question:
Hughes now tried to raise question
of privilege on Blakeslee's right to
vote, but was ruled out of order. The
House then took the vote, and the
amendment was ratified-57 and 53.
At the announcement of this aus
picious result the great audience pres
ent burst into tumultuous applause,
and few COpperheads, true to their
nature, uttered feeble hiss. MeSsrs.
Bates, Cunningham, Hill and Klein
schmidt voted in the affirmative. Mr..
Hambleton has the unenviable honor
of being the only member elected as a
Republican who voted no. Mr. DOdds
was, at his own request, excused from
voting, but afterward obtained leave
to record his name in the affirmative.
Callen and some other Democrats
clustered a little about the terrible
protest they were going to make, but
nobody seemed to be at all scared
The House Immediately adjourned,
and members and spectators dispersed