Among these internal improvements the con- | white men, and that we are opposed to the exstruction of the Northern Pacific, Columbia River tension of the elective franchise or citizenship and Puget Sound, and Walla Walla and Colum- to negroes, Indians, or Chinamen. bia River railroads are of great and paramount 3. That the recent attempt on the part of the importance, and their early completion highly Radical party in Congress to disfranchise the necessary for the interests of not only this Terri-people of the Territory indicates a purpose in tory, but also those of the entire country. 6. That the nominee of this convention can, and by the hearty and united efforts of the Union Republican party will, be triumphantly elected, and to that end all personal preferences and prejudices should be waived for the general good, and the present as well as future success of the Republican party and its principles be thereby effectually maintained. Democratic. | that party to destroy the liberties of the people. 6. That we are opposed to the present system of Government taxation, and are in favor of raising the necessary revenue for Government purposes by an ad valorem tax on the entire imports and property of the country. Resolved, That the Democracy of Washington Territory rely upon the justice and patriotism of the American people for the ultimate triumph 7. That we favor the construction of railroads, of democratic principles, which alone can effect the development of the vast resources of our the full and complete restoration of the Ameri-Territory, and believe that Government should can Union, and restore to the people and the States respectively their rights under the constitution. 2. That this Government was founded by aid the construction of the same, and we acknowledge the important services rendered to our Territory in projecting the North Pacific railroad by the late I. I. Stevens. XLVII. VOTES OF STATE LEGISLATURES ON THE PROPOSED XVTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. SENATE, May 7, 1869. Dudley, Erasmus D. Avery, Henry W. Kings- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 15, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. John G. Price, [Speaker,] Isaac Ayres, Samuel Bard, Joseph Brooks, Wm. A. Britton, James A. Butler, Abraham T. Carroll, Jeremiah Clem, Robert S. Curry, Charles C. Farrelly, Edgar D. Fenno, George M. French, John H. Fitzwater, Jerome W. Ferguson, Solomon Exon, John J. Gibbons, James M. Gray, Williamster Holcomb, Lucian W. Sperry, Alfred B. Judd, NAYS-Messrs. George M. Landers, N. WebH. Grey, Arthur Gunther, John W. Harrison, Owen B. King, E. Grove Lawrence-6. Asa Hodges, Jeffrey A. Houghton, Jacob Hufstedler, Daniel Hunt, Daniel R. Lee, James M. Livesay, Z. Henry Manees, Alfred M. Merrick, Solomon Miller, Jesse Millsaps, Saml. F. Mitchell, Wm. T. Morrow, Peter Moseley, Wm. S. Mc- YEAS-Messrs. Henry Woodford, Henry_Sage, Cullough, Nathan M. Newell, David Nicholls, Albert C. Raymond, James F. Comstock, Daniel Marville M. Olive, John F. Owen, Newton L. Phelps, Caleb Leavitt, George S. Miller, Rufus Pears, Nathan N. Rawlings, Moses Reed, Ander-Stratton, Thomas Cowles, Samuel Q. Porter, NOT VOTING-Edward N. Shelton, James S. Taylor-2. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 13, 1869. Abira Merriam, Byron Goddard, Charles H. | well, Charles J. York, Stephen A. Loper, Martin Calvin Aldrich, Marshall E. Beecher. Austin H. Gillett, Lorenzo H. Hakes, William G. Kinney, John S. Wheeler, William H. Harrison, Mija A. Nickerson, Fred. A. Lucas, Enos B. Pratt, Sidney Peck, Isaac B. Bristol, Albert S. Hill, James A. Root, ott Beardsley, Pliney S. Barton, Eras· tus D. Goodwin, Edgar J. Reed, David L. Smith, John B. Newton, Henry S. Wheaton, Robert Bacon, Edwin Scovill, Hezekiah_Scovil, JAMES C. WALKLEY,* Charles Kirby Huntington Southmayd, Charles E. Brownell, Edwin A. Emmons, Randolph P. Stevens, Charles D. Kelsey, John S. Topliff, Thos. J. White, Samuel A. Collins, Thompson Strickland-105. NOT VOTING-Addison O. Mills, Jeremiah H. Bartholomew, James Baldwin, Fred. A. Mallory, Edwin Roberts, James M. Kibbe-6. NAYS-Messrs. Atkins, Crawford, Ginn, Henderson, Kendrick, Moragne, McCaskill, Weeks—8. HOUSE, June 11, 1869. YEAS-Mr. Speaker, Messrs. Butler,__ Bogue, Black, Cox, Cruce, DeLaney, Erwin, Fortune, Graham, Harman, Harris, Hill, Hodges, Keene, Lee, Mills, Moore of Columbia, Pons, Powell, Robinson, Scott, Simpson, Thompson, Walker, Wells-26. +NAYS-Messrs. Bostick, Bradwell, Cheshire, Forward, McKinnon, Moore of Hillsborough, Oliver, Pittman, Raney, Steward, Stone, Urquhart, Watson-13. Georgia. SENATE, March 18, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. Joseph Adkins, B. F. Bruton, J. J. Collier, William Griffin, McW. Hungerford, W. F. Jordan, W. W. Merrill, B. R. McCutchen, R. T. Nesbit. M. C. Smith, C. J. Wellborn, F. O. Welch, W. T. Winn—13. * Independent Republican. communication to the Speaker: +June 12-Mr. Filer, of Monroe, sent the following NAYS-Messrs. Elisha Johnson, Norman Smith, William J. Gabb, Edward B. Dunbar, George J. Hinman, Henry A. Case, Benjamin Taylor, William M. Bates, Flavel (!. Newton, Joseph Thompson, Roland O. Buell, William C. Case, Horace Belden, Roswell A. Neal, Noah H. Byington, Francis Jones, Samuel W. Goodrich, Alva Fenton, Alexander Clapp, Timothy C. Coogan, Samuel L. Bronson, Michael Williams, Asa C. Woodward, William D. Hendrick Burritt Bradley, Mark Bishop, Gilbert S. Benham, Selah Strong, James Sweet, John A. Peck, Egbert L. Warner, "Having unintentionally been absent from the AsPhilo Holbrook, John C. Wooster, Hezekiah Hall, sembly when the vote was taken yesterday on the John Roach, Amos S. Blake, Isaac Hough, Enoch Constitution of the United States, I respectfully ask that joint resolution ratifying the XVth amendment of the L. Beckwith, Thomas H. C. Kingsbury, Sanford this communication be placed upon the Journal, that Bromley, Robert F. Chapman, Daniel S. Guile, my disapprobation of the measure and desire to vote Prentice Avery, Geo. D. Loveland, Savilion Chapagainst it may be publicly known and placed on reman, David H. Meekes, Edwin Wheeler, Cyrus Sherwood, Bern L. Budd, Jonathan A. Close, Jno. G. Wellstood, Eli D. Beardsley, Hinman Knapp, Philo H. Skidmore, Cyrus F. Fairchild, Asa Smith, Harvey K. Smith, Jarvis H. Wanzer, Sherman French, 2d, Matthew Buckley, James Smibert, Joseph Phillips, William R. James, Henry A. Kimball, Lyman N. Appley, George C. Martin, Josiah G. Beckwith, John B. Hopkins, Arbert E. Merrill, • | This is asked in justice to myself and my constituency." The request was granted. proposed XVth amendment to the Constitution on the NAYS-Messrs. W. J. Anderson, W. F. Bowers, J. T. Burns, M. A. Candler, J. M. Colman, J. C. Fain, J. Griffin, John Harris, B. B. Hinton, R. E. Lester, W. T. McArthur, C. R. Moore, A. D. Nunally, Josiah Sherman, W. C. Smith, T. J. Speer-16. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 5, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. Joseph M. Bailey, L. L. Bond, Alexander W. Bothwell, Thomas H. Burgess, James E. Callaway, Samuel H. Challis, Henry C. Child, Philip Collins, Ansel B. Cook, John Cook, Franklin Corwin, Irus Coy, Peter W. Deitz, James Dinsmoor, Silas H. Elliott, David M. Findley, Calvin H. Frew, W. Selden Gale, George Gaylord, George Gundlach, Philip K. Hanna, Joel W. Hopkins, Humphrey Horrabin, Daniel Kerr, Alonzo Kinyon, J. C. Knickerbocker, Iver Lawson, Charles W. Marsh, John M. McCutcheon, James R. Miller, William B Miller, Francis Munson, Adam Nase, George W. Parker, James M. Perry, William E. Phelps, John Porter, N. N. Ravlin, Chas. G. Reed, J. S. Reynolds, Alexander Ross, John W. Scroggs, Hiram F. Sickles, William M. Smith, Wilson M. Stanley, William Strawn, Ephraim Sumner, Jacob Swigart, H. H. Talbott, E. S. Taylor, Bradford F. Thompson, L. D. Whiting, Samuel Wiley, Jonathan C. Willis, Ogden B. Youngs-55. * HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 16, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. W. D. Anderson, Benjamin Ayr, Edwin Belcher, Marion Bethune, P. H. Brasr, Edwin Belcher, Marion Bethune, P. H. Brassell, T. F. Brewster, G. S. Carpenter, W. C. Carson, P. H. Chambers, W. H. Clarke, Clower, A. E. Cloud, James Cunningham, S. A. Darnell, MadiCloud, James Cunningham, S. A. Darnell, Madison Davis, R. A. Donaldson, J. T. Ellis, W. S. Erwin, J. R. Evans, F. M. Ford, A. M. George, N. N. Gober, W. B. Gray, W. W. Grieger, J. E. Gullatt, R. B. Hall, W. D. Hamilton, J. F. Harden, G. R. Harper, J. N. Harris, Heard, W. F. Holden, G. M. Hooks, Darling Johnson, H. C. Kellogg, C. H. Kytle, W. A. Lane, Aug. H. Lee, John Long, J. J. McArthur, J. A. Madden, J. A. Maxwell, J. C. Nesbit, J. W. O'Neal, C. K. Os good, R. M. Parks, J. B. Parke, Joseph L. Perkins, W. P. Price, M. Rawles, James M. Rouse, Bradshaw, Lewis Brookhart, Beatty F. Burke, NAYS-Messrs. Silas Beason, Andrew J. D. G. W. Rumph, Pierce Sewell, M. Shackelford, J. Charles Burnett, Newton R. Casey, Joseph Cooper, E. Shumate, J. A. Smith, J. R. Smith, Smith, S. Edward L. Denison, James E. Downing, John L. Strickland, E. M. Taliaferro, W. W. Watkins, Ewing, Thomas B. Fuller, E. M. Gilmore, John Hiram Williams, W. S. Zellers, B. H. Zelner-64. Halley, Thomas Jasper, John Landrigan, Edward NAYS Messrs. M. R. Ballanger, Richard Lanning, Thomas E. Merritt, Abraham Mittower, Bradford, W. G. Brown, Wm. M. Butt, J. M. D. H. Morgan, Timothy M. Morse, Smith M. PalBurtz, C. C. Cleghorn, J. A. Cobb, J. M. Craw-mer, C. C. M. V. B. Paine, James G. Phillips, ford, John C. Drake, H. R. Felder, McK. Fin- John W. Ross, Leonard Rush, S. R. Saltonställ, cannon, James Fitzpatrick, R. W. Flournoy, A. Charles Voris, David M. Woodson-28. S. Fowler, David Goff, Thomas W. Grimes, T M. Harkness, James A. Harrison, W. B. Hill, Virgil Hillyer, W. L. Hitchcock, G. M. Hook, Haywood Hughes, C. C. Humber, J. R. Kimbrough, J. J. Kelley, Samuel McComb, W. T. McCullough, Platte Madison, J. W. Matthews, J. W. Meadows, Henry Morgan, Lewis Nash, J. M. Nunn, S. E. Pearson, J. H. Penland, F. L. Pepper, Ñ. J. Perkins, R. W. Phillips, G. S. Rosser, J. R. Saussey, F. M. Scroggins, Dunlap Scott, V. P. Sisson, J. B. Sorrell, W. M. Tumlin, R. A. Turnipseed, L. H. Walthal, L. C. A. Warren, Ware, Frank Wilcher, Wilcox, J. C. Wilson-53. 2. NOT VOTING-Henry Dresser, Henry Green Indiana YEAS-Messrs Alanson Andrews, F. G. Armstrong, J. Rufus Beardsley, Fabius Josephus Bellamy, A. S. Case, John Carew, Firmin Church, John R. Cravens, James Elliott, Sternes Fisher, E. W. Fosdick, Isaac P. Gray, John Green, John V. Hadley, Thomas M. Hamilton, L. W. Hess, A Y. Hooper, David F. Johnson, Isaac Kinley, Thomas N. Rice, John Reynolds, Milton S. Robinson, William J. Robinson. Harvey D. Scott, John A. Stein, Anson Wojcott, Samuel F. Wood27. PRESENT BUT NOT VOTING-James Bradley, William W. Carson, George W. Denbo, Thomas Gifford, E. C. Henderson, Archibald Johnston, Charles B. Laselle, Thomas G. Lee, David Morgan, William F. Sherrod, Wilson Smith-11. ABSENT-Messrs. Oehmig Bird, Sims A. Calley, James M. Hanna, George V. Howk, Robert Huey, Elijah Huffman, James Hughes, J. M. Humphreys, William H Montgomery, William Taggart, William S. Turner—11. *HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 14, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. George A. Buskirk, (Speaker,) *On this day a message from the governor announced the resignations of the following members of the House: James F. Mock, C. R. Cory, W. D. Hutchings, J. R. Bobo, D. Montgomery, S. A. Shoaff, B. S. Fuller, J. G. Johnson, Isaac Odell, T. H. Palmer, J. C. McGregor, C. R. McBride, L. Carr, S. Wile, J. D. Williams. W. E. Dittemore, D. W. Cunningham, R. Logan, J. Addison, L. Calvert, D. H. Long, W. K. Admire, J. C. Lawler, W. Tebbs, J. D. Cox, J. Hyatt, S. J. Barritt, J. L. Bates, D. McDonald, A. Zollars, Ñ. D. NAYS-Messrs. Thomas Feeny, R. V. Flora N. Humber, R. E. Palmer, P. H Tiernan, Geo W. Thompson, John F. Wright-7. Reuben Baker, John P. Barnett, Samuel Beatty, | erts, A. G. Seaman, E. Secrest, William Simpson, Fielding Beeler, Wm. C. Bowen, Robert Breck W. H. Smith, J. D. Snoddy, R. E. Stevenson, enridge, George W. Chapman, George F. Chit- Jacob Stotler, J. S. Taylor, Perry Tice, W. F. tenden, Stephen Davidson, Henry G Davis, Travis, Wm. J. Uhler, James Walmsley, Amos Moses F. Dunn, Reuben W. Fairchild, Timothy Walton, Saml. R. Weed, R. P. West, David Whit Field, E. C. Field, Allen Furnas, Oliver P. Gil- aker, J. L. Williams, T. R. Wilson, George W ham, A. E. Gordon, Samuel Greene, Colbarth Wood, M. S. Adams, (Speaker)—73. Hall, E. W. Hamilton, E. S. Higbee, John Higgins, Austin Hutson, Amasa Johnson, James T. Johnson, Samuel V. Jump, Robert T. Kercheval, Jonathan Lamborn, Thomas Mason, John Millekan, Robert Miller, William Y. Monroe, Milton A. Osborn, John Overmyer, Gilbert A. Pierce, Isaac N. Pierce, John Ratcliff, James Ruddell, Stephen Sabin, William Skidmore, Allen W. Smith, A. P. Stanton, Richard Stephenson, Stephen H. Stewart, David M. Stewart, Freeman Tabor, John J. Underwood, J. T. Vardeman, T. J. Vater, J. A. Wildman, Isaac Williams, Benjamin F. Williams, William Wilson-54. PRESENT BUT NOT VOTING-Messrs. John R. Coffroth, J. S. Davis, and James V. Mitchell-3. SENATE, February 27, 1869. NAYS-0. ABSENT AND NOT VOTING-0. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 27, 1869. Miles, T. W. Lemman, W. G. Neff, J. C. Shoemaker, M. NOT VOTING-Messrs. T. H. Butler, E. E. Coffin, Oliver Davis, S. K. Hungerford, G. B. Inge, J. S. Martin, A. J. Mowry, McGrath, McIntosh, R. Smith-10. Kentucky.* SENATE, March 12, 1869. YEAS-R. T. Baker, Robert Boyd, John B. Bruner, O. P. Johnson, Henry C. Lilly, W. J. Worthington-6. NAYS-Mr. Speaker, (Wm. Johnson,) Joseph M. Alexander, F. M. Allison, A. K. Bradley, Jno. G. Carlisle, Jos. H. Chandler, Jno. B. Clarke, Lyttleton Cooke, A. D. Crosby, Wm. A. Dudley, A. H. Field, Joseph Gardner, Evan M. Garriott, P. H. Leslie, W. Lindsay, Isaac T. Martin, W. H. Payne, I. A. Spalding, E. D. Standeford, Philip Swigert, Harrison Thompson, Oscar Turner, A. C. Vallandigham, W. L. Vories, Benj. J. Webb, I. C. Winfrey, C. T. Worthington—27. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 11, 1869. YEAS-Robert Bird, Alexander Bruce, Dempsey King, Zachariah Morgan, Hiram S. Powell— 5. NAYS-Mr. Speaker, (John T. Bunch,) Peter Bright, Richard J. Browne, William W. Bush, * The vete actually taken was on a joint resolution to reject the amendment; but I have made the record to correspond in form with the other States, in which the question was on ratifying. † Conservative. White, James A. Wilson, Samuel M. Wrather, J. | John W. Barker, E. K. Bennett, W. H. BigeHall Yowell-80. Louisiana. SENATE, February 27, 1869. YEAS--Messrs. C. C. Antoine, H. J. Campbell, F. V. Coupland, L. B. Jenks, G. Y. Kelso, J. F. V. Coupland, L. B. Jenks, G. Y. Kelso, J. Lynch, J. J. Monette, C. C. Packard, P. B. S. Pinchback, R. Poindexter, C. Pollard, J. Randall, J. Ray, M. F. Smith, S. M. Todd, C. Wilcox, J. R. Williams, J. Wittgenstein-18. NAYS-Messrs. G. H. Braughn, J. C. Egan, W. L. Thompson-3. low, Francis Blackman, Granville Blake, E. P. Blaisdell, Hiram Bliss, jr., Uranus O. Brackett, Alden Bradford, Edmund Bragdon, jr., Henry Brawn, George E. Brickett, John R. Bridges, John A. Briggs, Jethro Brown, James M. BuzCarleton, Hanson T. Carver, John S. Case, J. H. zell, G. W. Caldwell, E. A. Calderwood, '. J. Chamberlain, Andrew C. Chandler, D. W. Chapman, F. A. Chase, George A. Clark, James M. Coffin, Cyrus Cole, Marshall Cram, Joseph Crandon, jr., G. F. Danforth, William Dickey, Abner J. H. Drummond, (Speaker,) Edwin A. Duncan, Dinsmore, William S. Dodge, William Dolbier, Cyrus Dunn, James Dunning, Parker G. Eaton, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 1, 1869. Robert Edes, E. C Farrington, J. A. Farrington, YEAS-Messrs. Charles W. Lowell, (Speaker,) Francis H. Foss, Isaac Foster, Jacob F. FredeA. B. Farwell, W. B. Ferguson, Levi H. Folsom, Isaac A. Abbott, Frank Alexander, F. C. Antoine, C. J. Adolphe, Octave Belot, O. H. Brew- ric, Washington Gilbert, D. T. Giveen, Isaac B. toine, C. J. Adolphe, Octave Belot, O. H. Brewster, Dennis Burrell, B. Collins, W. S. Calhoun, Goodwin, G. C. Goss, A. Greely, Seward B. GunM. Carr, Sam E. Cuny, P. G. Deslonde, E. W. nison, James R. Haley, John S. P. Ham, G. A. Dewees, P. L Dufresne, A. J. Demarest, NJ. Hatch, Joseph W. Holland, George S. Holman, Dewees, P. L Dufresne, A. J. Demarest, N. Hammond, G. W. Hammond, Austin Harris, A. Douglas, T. B. W. Evans, A. W. Faulkner, P. Caleb Holyoke, William Hopkins, G. W. Howe, Guigonet, John Gair, J. Garstkamp. Chas. Gray, Wales Hubbard, Aaron W. Huntress, William Paul Guidry, J. A. Hall, J. T. Hanlon, H. Heidenhain, G. H. Hill, E. Honore, J. W. Hutchinson, Irish, Charles Junkins, Eleazer Kelley, Ezra R. H. Isabelle, R. Lange, V. M. Lange, E. Le-Francis B. Lane, Andrew Leighton, Jonathan Kempton, I. G. Kimball, Thomas Knowlton, Blanc, Chas. Le Roy, Milton Morris, J. H. McVean, Wm. Murrel, W. C. Melvin, F. Morey, R. J. Moran, James S. Mathews, John Page, M. Raymond, D. H. Reese, Henry L. Rey, Moses Sterrett, Robert J. Taylor, A. Tureaud, H. C. Tounoir, S. Umphreys, James J. Walsh, Geo. Washington, E. S. Wilson, David Young-55. NAYS-Messrs. L. P. Bryant, James R. Currell, Wm. Haskell, James McCullen, W. Pope Noble, C. B. Pratt, J. E. Rengstorff, P. H. Waters, Jacob Zoelly-9. NOT VOTING-Messrs. Leslie Barbee, W. W. Bennett, J. B Bergerson, F. Borge, J. A. Crawford, Jos. H. Degrange, Ulger Dupart, Charles A. Eager, J. B. Esnard, David C. Fouts, Peter Harper, W. M. Holland, J. M. Judice, Amos Kent, J. B. Landers, A. L. Lee, E. F. L'Haste, Harry Lott, Jacob Magee, Theophile Mahier, W. L. McMillen, Joseph Mansion, C. R. May, S. C. Mollere, John Pearce, William H. Pierce, S. Prejean, Willis Prescott, J. Simms, H. C. Slaton, Henderson Williams, William C. Williams, L. A. Wiltz, B. C. Wren, P. Jones Yorke, Nicholas Young-36. Maine. Libby, William L. Longley, Tobias Lord, Leon- [Not yet voted.] Maryland. Massachusetts. SENATE, March 9, 1869. SENATE, March 11, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. William W. Balster, John A. Buck, George Cary, T. H. Cushing, Reuel B. Fuller, Lorenzo Garcelon, Charles E. Gibbs, George Goodwin, Thomas R. Kingsbury, M. D. L. Lane, Thomas S. Lang, Stephen D. Lindsay, YEAS-Messrs. Nathl. E. Atwood, Nathl. J. Manderville T. Ludden, Frederick G. Messer, Holden, Joshua N. Marshall, George M. Rice, Benjamin D. Metcalf, Jeremiah Mitchell, Jacob George O. Brastow, Estes Howe, George H. MonP. Morse, Benjamin B. Murray, jr., Sumner A. roe, H. H. Coolidge, Richmond Kingman, DanPatten, William B. Snell, John L. Stevens, F.iel Needham, George S. Taylor, Samuel D. Crane, Loring Talbot, Samuel Tyler, Luther H. Webb, Joseph H. West-25. NAY-Mr. Moses R. Mathews-1. HOUSE, March 11, 1869. ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY-The members present being: Charles B. Abbot, Nathaniel Averill, Lucius J. Knowles, Julius A. Palmer, Whiting |