Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-29
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I Convention met .rsui..t I" adjournment.
The Journal of tac preceding day read and ap
proved.
EEMo"AL OF FREE EEGaoEs-srLrcI coNaIrrEE.
The president announced he loIiow;u nance
gentlemen coinpd>iI. the -y........c. idel
'hcrrsost"n 81 Alr. CH,MHLIss "'rpted Yesterday
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i'c PREoill,S. stared tn diminished o;;>iIusS to b.
.Jn me a.o on {: Nj !.c>s r"it TO sec,ai con
i"'f5cc tie resn:cI o'f:c",i j" VI CaruX III vc.tcr
da +, all IN i!n.ld';,rHi thereto by Nr i.S::ey
The Question VA! stated 10 lie HI,on tho Ih"p0-tion
Mr.. i oNa, IL follows:
J,cac!pcd That The communication OF the reporter be
referred 10 select committee, with directions 10 asccr
tain and report what has been the Of publ-.n@ the
debates and proceedings
Mr. TRlGG. perceive no necessity Of co:.mittin.
this resolution to i committee. 1t seems to me that
this convention decide for Itself lust rs we'll n
if q committee had reported upon the matter. The
simple uuestons whether we will allow the r.porer
per column for reporting the proceedings Of this body
under contract which was entered into by him with
The President and Secretary Of the Convention under
order Of this Convention. presume there is no di,po
son the par; of the Couvo:i;it ia change the amount
of compensation to be paid to the reporter nor any dc
sire to abrogatc any sense the contract under which
ton of the question It is simply this AT the time this
contract was entered into il done Il. $3.50 per
week surprising that the reporting $3.50 per week
would b. about the as 81 per column But no
than $3.50 per week was to be paid il it should
exceed that sum-
think the object of the amendment Of the gen
llclnan from Loudouu {Mr J,yNry) bur 10 not think
that it reaches what he wishes accomplish suppose
from the prorso offered By him as IN amendment he
desires that the sum Of s. Il column shall /, paid
to the reporter for the whole amuant nf the reporting
done but not more a present than $3.50 er week. and
then the Convention snail the end of Il" cIto
direct the Gi;uS TO be paid over. Now | desire to
modify that amendment and hope he will accept the
modification or his own for if il is competent for the
gentleman from Fauquicr Mr.. CmLToS) to Go So hcpe
he will accept It. propose the following modification
suppose we all comet, IN agreeing that the reporter
shall be paid for Whit reporting he has already done
but this modiiicatn! is 10 affect the future payment
Providing that of the allowance hereafter TO be
made If he same shall cxcc" $3.50 per week the excess
over and above s''c average of that per week. shall
not be certified for payment until the Conventis so
order
Leaving II 10 tho Secretary by this order at all time
to certify for $3.50 to be paid the reporter Bat the
reporting goes beyond that sum- the excess Ger and
above 1t shall not be certified until the Convention
orders il presume that that will meet with the ap
probation OF the Convention, aud offer it as modi
iication
The PRESIDENT. 1t cannot be entertained until the
motion to commit has been disposed Of.
MIR. ANDERSON. l am sorry that the gentleniai
from Loudoun M J,SSEy) is not in his scat so that ne
can give more information to the gentleman from wash
lngnn (alr TkGo.) understood the gentleman from
Loudoun TO cay YESTERDAY, TINT if the convention
would adopt his amendment, which was SIMPLY 10 pre-
vent more than the average OF $3.50 per week TO be po