The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-03-10

"
years ago this very dsy. sre journal Of
the House Of Representative IL Penn
sylvanla. page $50. !. February 10.
1916. the Speaker informed che House
thai constitutional question bring IN
VOWED in decision BY him yesterday.
On q motion 10 sxpuhge certain prortrd.
ines lrnm the journals. he was desirpus
VI having the opinion ol lhe House on
that dsclsiOn." viz. % That a malaily
can sxpunge any proceedings frnm the
journals on which The yeas and nays
have not been called"
WherenpOn,
Mr. HolGa.e and III Smith appealed
from said decision.
And on the question - l. the Speakes
right IN his decisIoR!'
The members present voted az follows,
viz.
Keas-Messrs. J Anderson. ]. Bu.
cher. and Dechert-3
Nays-Nessrs. Allsh0use. Alter. 3.
Anderson. Baird. Black. Boyd, Brodhead.
Buchanan. G.. Bucher. Clarke. Cocbran,
conyngham, Conn, Denisop. Dysarl.
Edwards. Eichelberger. Gnodhar,, Hal
demsn. HaIIOwell. Hamilton. Hsn Her.
ringion. Hibshman. H,esler. Hllard.
Hnlgale. H"nensiein. Humphrey, Huach-
ison, Jerks. Kelley. King, KIIiera. Kry.
der. Lewis, Llghiner. Livingston. Mac.
lay. Marlin. Martin. ,:'Clure. M'Euen,
M'Kesn. M'Kibbon. Menough. MIddles.
wsrih. Miller. Morgan. Mnrion. Mosher.
Norbury, Plnmsr. Powell. Rsision. Read.
Rhusds. Rinker. Roberts. Roblnsiie,
Rowland. Sawyer. Scott, T.. Sellers,
ShafTer. Smith. Stewart. StToman. Su,her-
land. Tryon. Vanrs. ]. Wallace p.
Wallace. J J. Wallis, Weston. White,
Wind. and WyHkonp--1s
| am aware that my humble name,
recorded above sllh the msioriiy ags,nst
the opinion Of the Speaker, who was
nv personal and political friend, aids
hut liltle to the aelghl If authority. bus
il will also h. seen that many OF the dlss
linRuIshed men Il our Stale oi tina, and
the present day voted nn the same sIde.
How many of them have since changed.
know not but one thing ] knoS--ihs
Constitution is yet the same Such vas,
al that time, the almost unanimous oplnlon
Of The House Of Representatives ii Penn.
sylvsnia. on lhr SIMPLE aud abstract ques.
too of constitutional power. unincumber-
ed aud uncnnnec,ed With any parry con.
sIdetaIinn ~ txraneous excitement 10
swerve the mind from lie honest purpose,
aud The House recorded lls solemn decis
sion. rs TO 3. that majority had no
power. und,r the Constitution. 10 err
punge any portion nf H. journals; aud their
decision. made in 1916, is disineirlcslly
opposed 10 the doctrine asserted by The
House IN 1897. viz. thai il Is rmsulu-
,loal to expunge the journals. Aud does
, not the Prnnsylvsnia House of Rep,rsen.
talives Of 1887 possess as much power
over the journals Of their predecessors
OF 1915. a. the Senate Of the UnlIed
| States in 1897 possesses over the jour-
nails Of their predecessors Of 1894! Now,
| respectfully ask the House Of Repres.
en,stiyss whether they claim the con.
, slilutional right and power To take from
the archives the manuscript journal Of
. 1916. aud expunge the proceedings 10
which refer. and thereby deprive me Of
. the only evidence | have TO prove that |
am now stating correctly wha. then
occurred, and that my present opinions
are consistent with the sentiments which
| then avowed.
Blu, this is not all. There will Do
found on the journal Of the same day,
February 10Th. 1915, page 36l. the fols
lowing, viz.
A motion was made by Mr.. BucHA-
! NAN and 3. KELLEY. and read as follows:
Resolved, That, in The opinion Of This
House. no par, Of the Journals can be exc
plunged. even By unanimous consent"
This resolution covers The whole
ground. The remedy is as broad as The
malsdy, and +" the word was erpmge."
There was no diversity Of opinion as 10
its proper meaning; and il the word ex-
punge had five hundred different appIi~
cations. they are all met by the resoIu>
,ion and proceedings of the House Just
referred to, as both assert that the jour,
nal cannot be erpunged.
Time passes away aud men change:
but principles and truth are eternal. And
| still hope that th"se good old pennsyl.
vania doctrines. asserted and acted on in
the days when the venerable Madison
commanded the Constitution. and the
pa,rlo. SNYDER stood at the helm of the
ship Pennsylvania, may yet survive.
and, hike the coat III Hunks. again hecnme
fashionable aud valuable.
i | wholly repudiale the sickly idea
harped on by those who assume to be
the keepers Of his reputation. ina, the
existence "n the Journals Of the resolu-
ton Of the 2sth Of arch. 1894. has
larnished the character "f the Chief Ma,
gissrsse, and .hereiore il mus. be sxpung.