Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-13
DOMESTIC.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. 3
Reported for the New York Ar Icnr


Thursday, August 5.-The Assembly mo,
pursuant to adjournment Before reading the
minutes, the Speaker directed the Sergeant al
arms 10 take his station in the gallery TO pre-
serve order-and the door keeper TO take
care 10 keep order in the lObbes The minutes
were then read and approved.
MT. M'Clure offered the following resolu-
lions 20 '
Whereas, this House did, at the last session,
OF ihe legislature, pass bill giving to the pec,-
PIE OF TINS state the choice of electors of prs.
s'dent and Vice President of the United States.
ana q, sent The same for concurrence To the
hoSoraole the Senate, in which Honorable
mouse Inc said bill, to our regret, was post
poneo 10 day on which the Legislature do
nor neet,'o Nit, the first Monday of Noyem-
Der next, whereby the same became. and was
virtually rejected by the Senate, in due and
ordinary course oflegislation.
IND icheTeos, there seems to have been M
occ urrence 10 this state, since that disposition.
lusiiiy'pg the call of an extra meeting of The
Legislature, by his Excellency the Governor.
anu the SAID call seems therefore to be an nj
ADVISED and indiscreet exercise ofthe high con.
su'u'iona' prerogalive, in cases of extraordi.
nary occasions.
lind Whereas, The Senate by vote If
twenty-one TO ten, did, on the third instant
1sJect resolution, proposing to give to The
| Ieopie OF this state the election Of Electors
s OF PRESIDENT and Vice President of the United
- "nicn IS 10 us clear indication that
s,at honorable body does not nor will recede
from the vote postponing its consideration ~
Observation-Disclosures, Go
Resolred, That further legislation AZ hi.
time would be fruitlcss and upp-oduc,;ya aI
any other result, than an Unnecessary wet. -,
the public money.
GENERAL Mcclure made some remarks -
support OF his resolutions which we couId mo-
| hear. " nv
Mr: wheaton said the house would remem
DER he had yesterday given notice of hi;
Intention to offer resolution reauec,;no
JOINT committee to bring in an electoral R;lI
winch he did not doubt entered ;nto IN. :,
oucefnents OF most, if not all, who voted ves.
terday Tor laying the resolutions of the Se1at.
Oh Inc table. lie now offered the foIln,v;,,o
resolution. This has been previously NH
ishea.J Ihls resolution had been called IA,
'he Char, one for committee of confers,,o.'
and pronounced OUT of order. He must rs,'.a
''is bad no character in com mon with a con,
iaittee OF conference. Ii was merely for n i'm
committee which might prepare a bill. and ,
thought expedieDt that bill might pass bo,f
houses this very day. The gentleman from
o'sub'n says bill is pending in the Senate
ana we are therefore precludcd from brinein,
70 ,, d new bill. Mr.. w. doubted the fact or AN,
pms pending IN the Senate. The bill we ba5
seq. 'hss house had been suspended tiIl IN.
, nrS, oi November, day out Of the session =
n.s was a new session, and we were con,e.
'en' W originate new bill nor is there an :,
'We' or usage in Parliament or Congrsss :,
'"'s 'r6'Siaiuie, To the contrary. Mr.. Nv 49,
ie"u rom hatseil precedent, obser,ine ,h.,
'he crown had in 1907 prorogued III. p. III, .,;a'
pent for few days, Tor the EXPRESS ,,s ",ma-
mg",ng the Commons an epportun;,v IF re- ro
introducing bill they had previonslv 49, - as-
ana that had been rejected in the Lords ~;
asa'n 10 l721, Parliament was proroqued ~ ~,
oniy TWO days, in order to get rid of In. d;@ S'
cUi'y OF form. Those precedenls were sn u
conclusive, as coming from source whera e, J,
ue''ed an our Parliamentary usage. He b,d
no doubt, therefore, that this phantom of forn,
existed merely IN our imagination, and gen
ue'nen must not misunderstood that tbe;,
votes on this subject will be looked al bv ,hs
people as votes for or against the electoral /, 60
mr. Speaker said the resolution offered w.,
'hegent'emsn from New York. being IN. sa,,,',
as yesterday offered, he must again ,,rono"ane
OUT OF order. A discussion of order aros,. ~
tween the chair, MIR. Wheaton. and Mr D..
''ow' on this poiot Of order, in which H.