The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-04-25
TIE SOCIAL EQUALITY ABOsI.
NATION



We want to see the yeas and nays, Il,o.th
Houses, on this bill. Let the holl on lll la,
my be published, and sVillain" be Dranoeo
on the brow OF every white man VINO
proved false TO the mother who bore hlu w
Torfng for IL We hope THE CLARION Will
give us the vote.-Canton Citizen.
THE FIRST BILL.
The first of these bills, intended to
force social equality, passed both Houses
of the Legislature, but was lost before II
could be sent to the Governor for his APP
proval. 1t came up in its regular order
on its third reading, in the House, Mareh
18th. Spelman, of Madison, moved the
previous question, and under the opera
ton thereof the bill passed. Yeas A,
all Republicans nay S3, all Conserva-
tiyes and Democrats except five, whose
names we italicise:
Yeas-(whites) Mcssrs. Barrett, Corcoran'
Chandler. Fisher. Feemster, Gill, Huggllnlss
Holland, Haste. Lindsey, sullivan anu WI vi
ling: (colored) Bell, Bush, Brooks, lessor
Cooke Carter, Dixon, Foley, Griggs, Gayles'
min. Handy of Ccpiah, Handy OF Madisoh'
Uolmes. Houston, johnson of Kinds, John-
son of DeSoto, Jacobs, kendrick, MeSaw'
lev. Mallory. Morgan, Piles, Reese, Shauu'
Stewart of Holmes, stewart OF ,, NqAuoS'i
SpelmAn. Smothers, Webster, White anu
fTavs-Messrs. Allen, Arery, Baker Bal
bridge, Benson, Bolton, Calhoun, Currle'
Curlee. Evans. Ford, Grace, Gaddis, Galnes'
Goar. HndnaM liver, Leavell, Loper, Lowry
McKie. NcInnis. Nets, MArtiniere, Nisbett
Reed. Robbins. Roane, Ross, Street. Streeter
SAWYER and Wharton.
In the Senate during the whole session
of Friday, March 22d, Morgan (white)
and Gray [coloredJ used'every effort to
get up the House bill entitled Fan act
"to amend Sections 273l and 1892 Of the
Revised Code, 1871" This was the
social equality bill of denominations, IT
finally came up in its proper order under
the rules. Gray moved the previous
question and under the operation there
of the bill passed. Yeas 10, all Repub-
licans nays IL, all Conservatives and
Democrats, except one, whose name is in
italics.
Yeas-(whitcs) -Messrs. Campbell, Gibbs,
Little, Morgan. Mygatt, Packer and War
ner (Colored) BARROW, Bowles Caldwell,
Gleed, Gray and Williams.
Nays--Messrs. Allen, Alexander, Cassidy
Castle, Duncan, Holloway, Lyles, MHisdps,
Seal Stone and Watts,
NEW BILL.
The above referred to bill having been
''lost, mislayed, or stolen" attempts
were made TO vitalize it by having new
enrolled copies made, &c. Failing in
this the Republicans, on March 3Oth,
connived at the instroduction of another
bill under the false title of an "act to
incorporate the Vicksburg and Green
"ville Railroad" BY suspension Of the
rules it was rushed through upon the
same day to its third reading. The
Conservatives and Democrats having
by this time learned the perport Of the
bill, refused to vote and destroyed the
quorum. On Monday, April 1st, the
bill passed on the fourth roll call, just a
quorum (fifty-eighD voting. Upon this
day, as upon the day the bill VIA intro
duced, the Conservatives and Democrats
refused to vote and Messrs. Hudnall,
Armstead and Streeter acted with them.
The vote stood yeas "a nays had
the Republicans who voted against the
bill refused to vote, there would not
have been the requisite number voting
Yeas whitcs) Messrs. Avery, Barrett.
Bremen, Corcoran. Everett, Fisher French.
Gill. lluggins, Holland, Haste, Howe, Lind
sey, Sullivan and Willing. (COlOred-Bell,
Bush, Brooks Cesser, Cooke, Carter, Davis
of Noxubee, Dixon, Foley, Griggs, Gayles.
Hill, Handy Of COpiah, Handy Of Madison.
Howard, Holmes. Houston, johnson of
Kinds, Johnson ofDeSotO. Jacobs, Kendrick.
Landers, Mccain, McCawley. Mallory
Morgan, Nettles, Piles, Reese. Shadd, Smith
of Tunica, Stewart of Noxubee. Spelman,
Smothers, Truehart, Webster, White, Wade,
and Speaker Lynch.
Nays-Messrs. Feemster, Smith Of Desc
TO Stone, and West.
The title of the bill was then changed
by arbitrary decision of the Speaker-no
quorum voting.
Many attempts ,were made by Gray
and others to get this bill before the
Senate by motions to take up House mes
sages, in which he finally succeeded, and
we believe the bill was lost by failing to
pass its third reading. But we cannot
find record of the vote in the pub
lished proceedings.