CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



231 



him n* Uniu-d States Senator for six years 

 from tho 4tli of March, 1865, and thereby the 



: H eollclllded." 



The iiiiu'iidmriit W:H (lion adopted, and the 

 re-i>lutiim as amended was agreed to by the 



following \ 



YEAS Messrs. Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness, 



>\ rll, Fessendcn, Grimes, Howard, Howe, 



KirkwiM.d, Lane of Indiana, Nye, Pomeroy, limn. 



Kiddle, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Wade, 



William. Wilson, and Yatcs 23. 



< Messrs. Anthony, Buckalcw, Cowan, Davis, 

 Doolittlc, Guthrio, Harris, Henderson, Hcndricks, 

 Jolinson, Lane of Kansas, MeUougall, Morgan, Ncs- 

 initii, Morton, Poland, Suulsbury, Trumbull, Van 

 Winkle, and Willey 20. 



ABSENT Messrs. Dixon, Foot, Foster, Merrill, 

 Stewart, Stockton, and Wright 7. 



On March 29th Mr. Sumuer, of Massachu- 

 setts, said : " I move that the Secretary of the 

 Senate be directed to communicate to the Gov- 

 ernor of New Jersey a copy of the resolution 

 in reference to the seat of Mr. Stockton." 



The motion was agreed to. 



In the Senate, on July llth, Mr. Clark, of 

 New Hampshire, moved to consider a bill to 

 regulate the time and manner of holding elec- 

 tions for Senators in Congress. Mr. Clark thus 

 explained the bill : " The object of this bill is 

 to secure uniformity in the manner of electing 

 Senators of the United States, that wo may 

 avoid the questions and differences that have 

 sometimes existed. The bill provides that the 

 Legislature chosen next preceding the expira- 

 tion of a senatorial term, shall, on tho second 

 Tuesday of its session, each House by itself, 

 vote for some person to represent the State in 

 the Senate by viva wee vote, and shall enter 

 upon the records the name of the person who 

 shall have a majority in each House. On the 

 next day of the session the two Houses are to 

 assemble in joint convention, and if it be found 

 that the same person has been chosen by the 

 two Houses he is then the Senator ; but if the 

 two Houses have not selected the same person 

 by the vote of each House, then the two Houses, 

 in joint convention, are to proceed to bullot for 

 a Senator, and to continue so to do until they 

 have chosen. It provides first for an attempt 

 to elect by a concurrent vote of the t\vo 

 Houses ; and if the two Houses fail to do it, 

 then they meet tho next day in joint conv^n- 

 tion, and by joint ballot elect. I think this 

 statement embraces tho provisions of the bill. 

 Its object is to secure uniformity in tho election 

 of Senators in all the States. It has boon re- 

 ported from the Committee on the Judiciary." 



A debate ensued on the necessity of the 

 measure, when, after some verbal amendments 

 it passed tho Senate by the following vote : 



YKAS Messrs. Anthony, Clark, Conness, Cragin, 

 Edmunds, Fessenden, Foster. Grimes, Harris, How- 

 ard, Howe, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, Morgan, Mor- 

 i-ill. Ncsmith, Nvc, Poland, Pomerov. Si'-wart, Sum- 

 ner, Trumbull, Wade, Willey, and Williams 25. 



NATS Messrs. Cowan, Davis, Doolittlc, Guthrie, 



Henderson, Norton, Riddle, Saulabury, Sherman, ' 

 Sprague, and Van Winkle 11. 



ABSENT Messrs. Brown, Buckalew, Chandler. 

 Creswell, Dixon, Hcndricks, Kirkwood, Lane of 

 Kansas, McDougall, Kamsey, Wilson, Wright, and 

 Yates 18. 



It was taken up in tho House on July 24th, 

 and passed without amendment yeas 78, nays 

 not counted. 



In the Senate, on March 12tli, a bill for tho 

 admission of Colorado as ft State in the Union, 

 was considered. A protest was presented 

 against the admission ; and a reply to the pro- 

 test, by the representatives of the State. The 

 following extract from the latter will explain 

 both documents : 



Your memorialists havipg been chosen to repre- 

 sent the people of Colorado in Congress, and having 

 been requested by their State Legislature-elect to 

 present their application for the admission of the 

 State into the Union, respectfully represent : 



That the people of Colorado desire said admission 

 in accordance with the provisions of the enabling 

 act of Congress, approved 1 March 21, 1864, as is pro- 

 vided in Senate bill No. 74, now pending. 



That the protest presented to your honorable bodv 

 against such admission, purporting to be from col- 

 ored citizens of Colorado, is without signatures, tho 

 names being printed thereon. And your memorial- 

 ists have satisfactory assurances that many of said 

 names were thus used without the knowledge or con- 

 sent of the parties, and that they have expressed dis- 

 satisfaction therewith. And further, that the leading 

 man among them regrets his inconsiderate action, 

 and has since expressed in writing a desire for the 

 admission of the State notwithstanding his protest. 



Your memorialists would further call your atten- 

 tion to the fact that this petition makes several mis- 

 representations in its statements. It represents that 

 the framing and adoption of the Constitution were 

 "accomplished by the utmost recklessness and dis- 

 regard of law, ana in many cases by actual fraud." 



The truth is, the convention that framed the con- 

 stitution was composed of a large body of the best 

 men in the Territory. Its deliberations were con- 

 ducted in good order, with care and marked abil- 

 ity. This is shown by its journal of proceedings 

 and the admirable constitution it adopted, which has 

 challenged universal approbation, excepting the 

 franchise clause, on account of its retaining the word 

 "white" in its qualifications. The elections were 

 held and conducted in compliance with the lawn 

 regulating elections in the Territory by an ordinance 

 of the convention. Instead of having been carried 

 by fraud, the vote on the constitution was universally 

 received as a fair verdict, and all parties yielded a 

 ready assent to it. They all acted in good faith in 

 the subsequent proceedings under the constitution. 

 After the vote on its adoption was known, the elec- 

 tions for member of Congress, State officers, and 

 members of the Legislature, were participated in b}' 

 all parties, in all parts of the Territory, in good faith, 

 proving a hearty assent to the adoption of the con- 

 stitution. And the Legislature-elect met to choose 

 United States Senators, as provided for by ordi- 

 nance, every motul; *~ being present and partici- 

 pating in its proceeding^ 



And further, it is not truo, as the language of tho 

 protect implies, that there is any thing in the con- 

 stitution excluding colored children from public 

 schools. Nor is there any thing in its provisions re- 

 stricting the colored man from the full enjoyment of 

 all the immunities, rights, and privileges of white 

 men, excepting the privileges of the elective fran- 

 chise ; and for this, and all of its provisions, tha 

 constitution provides a ready mode of amendment. 



