The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-06

A vote was then taken on the school amend
ment to the bill which was carried by 12S to
48.
the amendment of Mr.. White of Alabama as a
substitute for Mr. Cessnas amendment, which
was practically the Senate bill.
Mr. Whites amendment was rejected, and
ayes and noes called on Mr. Cessnas amend
ment as substitute for the House bill.
Mr.. Cessna's substitute was rejected, 148
to 113,
The noxt vote was on inserting as preamble
to the bill portion of the Democratic platform
of 1872, which had been quoted aby MI. Bur-
rows of Michigan.
Mr. Potter of New York asked leave. to add
as an amendment to the preamble the 4th sec
ton of the same platform, as tollows;
Local self-government with impartial suf-
fraga will guard the rights of all citizens more
securely than any central power"
Objection was made aud the amendment was
not received.
The preamble was then adopted; yeas PIG,
navs 26.
Adams, Arthur, Bright, Bromberg, Brown,
Bell, Berry, Blount, Bowen, Caldwell, Chitsen-
den, CIossland, Davis, Eldredge, Hancock,
Harris of Ga, Hunton, Mclean, Miliken,
| Nesmith, Read, Schell, Stone Williams of
| Mich, Wilson of Ind, and Young of Ky.-26
The bill was then passed; yeas 1872, nays 100.
Messrs. j Amber, Smith, Stanard, Crntch-
| field, Lowndes, Roderick, Butler of Tenn, and
| Sloan (Reps.) voted in the negative. Messrs
| Bromberg and Phelps Lib. Reps) also voted
| against the bill. No demonstration, either on
| the floor or in the galleries followed the an
nouncement OF the vote.
| The following is the bill as passed, without
| the preamble: That all persons within the jul
| rsdiction of the United States shall be entitled
| to full and equal enjoyment of the accommo-
| dations advantages, facilities and privileges of
| inns, pubic conveyances on land and water,
| theatres and other places OF public amusement,
| subject only to the conditions and limitations
| established by law and applicable alike to citi-
| zens of every race and color, regardless OF any
| preyious condition of servitude; that any per-
1 son who shall violate the foregoing section by
| DENYING to any except for reasons by law appli-
cable to citizens of every race and color, and
| REGARDLESS of any previous conditions of servl-
| tude the full enjoyment of any of the accom-
| modations adv antages facilities or privileges
| in said section enumerated, or by aiding or In
| citing sucn denial, shall for every such offence
| forfeit and pay the sum OF 800 to the person
| aagrieved thereby, to be recovered in an action
Of the debt with full costs, and shall for every
| such offence be deemed guilty of misdemean-
| ar, and upan conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or shall
| be imprisoned not less than thirty days and not
| more than one year provided that all persons
may elect to sue for the penalty aforesaid or to
/ proceed under their rights at common law and
by state statutes, and having so elected to pro-
! coed on the made or other their right to pro-
| but this proviso shall not apply to criminal pro-
ceedings either under this act or the criminal
law of any state, and provided further that
| Judgment for penalty in favor of the party
| aggrieved, or a Judgment upon an Indictment
shall be bar to either prosecution respectively.
Section 3-That the District and Circuit
| Courts of the United States shall have exclu-
| siveIy of the courts OF the several states cog
| nzance of all courts and officers against and
| violations of the provisions of this act and ac-
tons for the penalty given by the preceding
| section may be prosecuted in the territorial
| district or circuit courts of the United States
| whenever the defendant may be found without
| regard to the other party, and the District At
| torneys, MarShals and Deputy Marshalls OF the
| United States and the commissioners appoint
| ed by the circuit and territorial courts OF the
/ United States with powers of arresting and
| inlprisoning OF bailing offenders against the
| laws of the United States, are hereby especial
| " authorized and required to insti-
tute proceedings against every
| provisions of this act and cause him to be ar
I rested and imprisoned or bailed, as the case
| may be, for trial before such court as of the
| United States or territorial court as by law has
| cognizance of the offence, except in respect of
| the right of action accruing to the person ag-
| grieved, and such district attorneys shall
| cause such proceedings to be prosecuted
| to their termination as in other cases
| Provided, that nothing contained in this section
| shall be construed to deny or defeat any right
of civil action acf ruling to any person, whether
by reason of this act or otherwise. and any dis
trct attorney who shall wilfully fail to insti-
| tute and prosecute the proceedings herein re-
uured shall, for every such offence, forfeit and
pay the sum of $500 to the aggreved thereby.