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that I voted wrongly, and I now mean to vote 

 for each measure separately, and to keep the 

 one distinct from the other on every occasion 

 when they are presented here for our action. 

 I shall say nothing of the motives of Senators 

 who offer the amendments. The effect is vi- 

 cious in connecting them in any way at all ; and 

 from this time on I propose to vote to keep 

 each of these measures distinct by itself, and 

 to vote upon each by itself." 



Mr. Sherman : " I rose at the same moment 

 with the Senator from Maine to appeal to the 

 Senator from Massachusetts to withdraw this 

 amendment. I feel precisely like the Senator 

 from Maine so far as the adding of this propo- 

 sition to whatever bill is proposed in the Sen- 

 ate is concerned. The bill now pending is a 

 bill that relates to elections, to guard the pu- 

 rity of elections. It is a bill that seems to me 

 in the interest of that great object, with very 

 little, perhaps no political significance in it, 

 none that I can see. The bill that is now pro- 

 posed as an amendment is entirely different, 

 upon a different subject-matter." 



Mr. Sumner: "I know the sincerity with 

 which the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman) 

 has supported the civil rights bill, and how 

 effectively he has done it; I also know his 

 familiarity with the rules of both Houses, and 

 I cannot listen to his appeal without feeling its 

 force. I see that by attaching the civil rights 

 bill to the pending measure it does not obtain 

 the advantage in the House of Representatives 

 which it would have had if attached to the 

 other measure which was under consideration 

 two or three days ago. Therefore, yielding to 

 his appeal, and also to the suggestions of other 

 friends in the Chamber, I now withdraw the 

 amendment." 



Mr. Morton : " I desire to amend the first 

 section of the bill by adding after the amend- 

 ment originally proposed by the Senator from 

 Texas (Mr. Hamilton) so that the proviso will 

 read : " 



Provided, That no compensation shall be allowed 



to the supervisors herein authorized to be appointed, 



except those authorized to be appointed by the act to 



. which this is an amendment, in cities having twenty 



thousand inhabitants or more. 



" I will merely explain how this amendment 

 becomes necessary. When the Senator from 

 Texas offered his amendment, which was ac- 

 cepted, it was understood that it did not affect 

 the compensation authorized by the original 

 bill to those supervisors appointed in cities 

 having twenty thousand inhabitants or more, 

 but on examination of the amendment it was 

 found that in effect it repealed the second sec- 

 tion of the original bill, so that all supervisors, 

 even those in the cities, will be appointed un- 

 der the provision of this bill this bill taking 

 the place of the other. Therefore, to save the 

 compensation of those supervisors to be ap- 

 pointed in cities, it is necessary to adopt this 

 amendment. It is simply to carry out the will 

 of the Senate as before expressed by a vote," 



The Presiding Officer : " The question is on 

 the amendment of the Senator from Indiana." 



The result was announced yeas 37, nays 18. 



So the amendment was agreed to. 



Mr. Casserly: "I move another amendment, 

 to insert the following additional section : " 



SEC. . That no person shall be appointed under 

 this act as supervisor of election who is not at the 

 time of his appointment a qualified voter of the elec- 

 tion district or voting precinct for which he is ap- 

 pointed. No person shall be appointed deputy-mar- 

 shal under this .act or the acts to which this is amen- 

 datory who is not a qualified voter at the time of his 

 appointment in the precinct where he resides. 



The amendment was agreed to. 



Mr. Spencer, of Alabama, said : "I move to 

 amend by inserting the word ' county ' before 

 the word ' election,' so as to require him to be 

 a resident of ' the county, election district, or 

 precinct.' " 



Mr. Kellogg, of Louisiana, said : " I move to 

 insert ' parish ' as well as county." 



Mr. Spencer : " I accept that amendment." 



The Presiding Officer : " The question is on 

 the amendment of the Senator from Alabama, 

 as modified." 



The amendment was agreed to. 



The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a 

 third reading, and was read the third time. 



The Presiding Officer : " The question is on 

 the passage of the bill." 



The question being taken by yeas and nays, 

 resulted as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Ames, Anthony, Boreman, Cald- 

 well, Carpenter, Clayton, Cole, Corbett, Cragin, Ed- 

 munds, Ferry of Michigan, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, 

 Hamlin, Howe, Kellogg, Logan, Morrill of Maine, 

 Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Pomeroy, 

 Pool, Pratt, Kamsey, Kice, Sawyer, Scott, Sherman, 

 Spencer, Stewart, West,Wilson,Windom, and Wright 

 36. 



NAYS Messrs. Alcorn, Blair, Casserly, Cooper, 

 Davis of West Virginia, Goldthwaite, Hamilton of 

 Maryland, Hamilton of Texas, Johnston, Kelly, 

 Norwood, Eansom, Sprague, Stephenson, Stockton, 

 Thurman, and Trumbull 17. 



ABSENT Messrs. Bayard, Brownlow, Buckingham, 

 Cameron, Chandler, Conklin, Davis of Kentucky, 

 Fenton, Ferry of Connecticut, Gilbert, Harlan, Hill, 

 Hitchcock, Lewis, Patterson, Eobertson, Saulsbury, 

 Schurz, Sumner, Tipton, and Vickers 21. 



So the bill was passed. 



Mr. Kellogg : " I move to amend the title 

 by inserting at the end of the title the words 

 ' approved the 28th of February, 1871.' " 



The amendment to the title was agreed to, 

 so as to make it read: "A bill to amend an 

 act entitled * An act to amend an act approved 

 May 31, 1870, entitled "An act to enforce the 

 rights of citizens of the United States to vote 

 in the several States of the Union, and for 

 other purposes," ' approved February 28, 

 1871." 



In the House, on May 30th, the bill above 

 was taken up. 



The question was put upon suspending the 

 rules and passing the bill, and resulted as 

 follows ; 



