THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
Mr. McBRIDE offered the following preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS, The two great political parties in the State of Indiana, in their respective Conventions assembted in the city of Indianapolis, in the year 1868, for the purpose of expressing the political sentiments of said parties, did, among other things assert that the question of suffrage was a question that belongs to the people of the State alone, and did insert said principle in their respective platforms. Therefore,
RESOLVED, That in as much as we, the Representatives of the people, elected upon the platforms above mentioned without the people of the State passing upon the question of negro suffrage, do hereby re-affirm the principle, that this question is one upon which the people of the State should be permitted to pass upon at the ballot box, and that the authority to settle this question should not be assumed and arbitrarily exercised by Representatives in the General Assembly.
On motion, it was laid on the table, temporarily.
Mr. ZENOR submitted a resolution got an order for night sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Mr. CARNAHAN moved to lay it on the table for the present.
It was agreed to.
Mr. GORDON submitted a resolution directing the Committee on Temperance to report a bill similar to the bill which was introduced during the session of 1865, known as the Shuey bill.
Mr. BEELER submitted a resolution, which was adopted by consent, directing the Committee on Roads to inquire whether the Central Plank Road Company have been or are now taking more toll than their charter allows so forfeiting their charter; and that for the purposes of their investigation the said Committee have power to send for persons and papers.
And then--
The House adjourned till nine o'clock a. m. to-morrow.
