/Cjir speaker recapitulated the busi
ness that was pressing; after discus
sion, the motion to recommit the
specie resumption hili, to tiie com
mittee on banking. Carried. Tiie
Constitutional amendment and bill
relating to suffrage, was postponed,
until alter the morning hour, with
substitutes offered by Bingham, Sliel
labarger and Ward. Bingham’s sub
stitute provides, that no State shall
make or enforce, any law which shall
abridge or deny, to any citizen of
tiie United States, of sound mind,
oyer 21 years of age; the usual exer
cise of elective franchise, at all elec
tions in the State, wherein he shall
have actually resided for a period of
one year, proceeding such elections ;
except sueh said citizens, as shall
hereaf.cr engage in rebellion or in
surrection, or who may have lieen,
or shall be duly convicted of treason,
or other crime of the grade of felony,
at common law. Tile substitute of
Shellabarger, is nearly similar in
terms to that of Bingham's; except
Shellabarger permits the disfran
chisement of tnose, who have been
engaged in rebellion, while Bing
ham only permits the disfranchise
ment of those, who may hereafter
engage in rebellion. Tiie substitute
of Ward, like that of Shellabarger,
applies to those who have been en
gaged in reliellion, and restricts the
state from fixing tiie terms of re>i
denco, required by voters to a longer
time, than one year.
