The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-22
dickinson in C0HgFeSs-HOW He Voted.
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WASHINGTON, September >
AS Edward T. Dickinson is a can5Ii-
I date for reelection to Congress in the
/ Ninth Ohio District, the voters of said
district may feel an interest i'm Mr..
Z Dickinson's official record during the
FOrty-first Congress. He has made
something OF record, and it is for the
I people Of Ohio and especially for the
voters Of the Ninth District to Judge
the man by that record.
On the lith OF June, 1870, n very
important bili was put upon its pass
age in the House, entitled, IAN act to
amend the laws, and to
punish crimes against the sanle.u A
wholesome law in all its provisions
and passed by vote Of lS2 for, and
IS against It, Dickinson being one of
the tifty-three. a"..
On the sth of May, Mr.. bingham
reported n bin relative to the ratifiea-
ton of Constitutional Amendments,
to the effect that, when a State SHAH
have ratified an amendment and shah
have notified the Secretary Of State
thereof, that such State cannot by s
subsequent vote OF her Legislature, re-
scind or Gnnul such previous ratifca-
ton. The bill was agreed to by vote
Of 80 tO54, Mr.. Dickinson voting nay.
On the final vote on the admission
of Georgia, on the I4th of July last,
blr. Dickinson was one OF the fifty
five who voted in the negative, while
125 voted affirmatively. On the oath
OF January last, Mr.. Dickinson with
fiftY-seven. Others voted against the
admission of Virginia to representa-
ton in Congress; and on the 81 Of
February voted nay on the bill re-
storing Mississippi 70 her common
sisteIhOOd in the Union. March 3Oth
the House TO q final vote on the
admission of TeXas-with Mr.. Dick
inson's vote in the negative.
Is it not strange that Democratic
members of Congress should al vote
against the admission Of those States
lately in rebellion, whil0 the party
which elected them, held that it was
great sin to keep them out of Con-
gress? ? II 4 majority of Congress had
voted with Dickinson, not one of
those States would now be entitled to
representation. In regard to Mr..
DickinsOn's vote on the bill to pun
ish crimes against the naturalization
laws, it is, perhaps, unnecessary for
me to comment upon that subject,
! which may account for his otherwise
inexplicable vote on that really bene-
cial and much needed law.
Mr.. Dickinson has also made q rec
Orl on the financial question of the
day. On the 3lst of January, Mr..
MeNeely submitted the following res
Olution y h.
'ResOlUed, That the national debt
should be paid in strict compliance
with the contract, whether it is made
payable in gold or greenbaeks; that
the five-twenty bonds are payable in
greenbaclIs or their equivalent, aud
we condemn the policy of the admin
istratiOn, which is squandering mill
lions of money by buying such bonds
at high rate of premium, when the
| Government had q clear right to re-
deem them at par" GL
This was, of course, tabled. Mr..
Dickinson, however, voted to sustain
/ the resolution. February 2Sth, Mr..
Sphinx introduced the following reSO-
luton, which passed the House by q
vote of los to AZ:
Resolved, That the interest of the
country require such tariff for reve-
nue. upon foreign imports as will af-
ford incidental protection to do
mestic manufactures, and as will,
without impairing the revenue, i'm
pose the lowest burden upon, and pro-
mote and encourage the great indus
trial interests of the country.
L. F. Dickinson voted nay. Com
ment is unnecessary. H. r. M.