The true Democrat., 1856-12-02
MOnda4, Nov. 24th. l856

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 Senate adjourned until Monday morning. 10 o'clock.
 Monday, Nov. 24th, 1856,
 he Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
 Alter the preliminary business of the morn- Ing, the President from the chair made the fol- lowing announcement:
 The indulgence of the Senate is desired that the char may be permitted to announce. in consequence of the slight confusion. originatinq Tn the decisions announced from the chair on last Saturday, that, in future, the following order ot proceedings will be adhered to. under the rules-that Is to say, when bill or other paper shall come up on a second reading, and the secretary shall have read the bill or papers m the absence ot any motion to commit upon a proposition to amend, the secretary will be directed to commence with the first section and pass over the entire bill, pausing at the close ot each section, as in committee of the whole, so that proposed amendments may be invited m regular order.
 Zd The decision of the chair is adhered to, Tn that no proposition to amend by rider. when bill Is on It's Uairf reading, Is admissible. Au- horrty-Jetlerson's Manuel, 34th section in which will bc found this language: "When an essent'df Pror'Ston has been omitted, rather than erase the bill, and render 1t suspicious, they add clause on separate paper, engrossed, and called r'der, which Is read" etc. From this quotation It Is evident, that the 'enqr0ssed rider' was only introduced into use to afford remedy III supplying on essential onission' for the want of which, the objects of the bill could not be accomplished or understood Then, aSaln, see l22d rule of the U S. House of Re- 1 tIyas h;ol l. by way of rider, shall be received, to any bill on Its Mird reading" and the 34th rule adopted by ths body, also, the 120th rule of the |. $. House ot Representatives, savs-'a bill may De committed at any time before it's final pas sage" The conclusion, seems, therefore. ire slsuble, that Ithe privilege of amendment by way ot rider, has been so abused by lattudin ous construction, that its use On the third yeod lny in the U s. Congress, has been abolished. while the remedy 10 supply an omission, or even amendment is to be sought in committing the bill, and thus throwing it back upon it's second reading.
 The Senate received message from the House of Representatives, that they had pas sed bill, to be entitled, An act amendatorv of the 9th section of an act revising the common school system in the State of Arkansas" ap- proved 2Oth January, 1855.
 Mir. Floyd introduced resolution to instruct our members in Congress to use all their infiu- ence to secure for our nation the acquisition of the Island of Cuba, and to use their influence to have the neutrality laws repealed, so that the American people may have toe privi- lege ot migrating to any portion of the world, that their interest and feeling may direct which was referred to the committee on me- morias.
 Judge Floyd requested us to state that he had reference to the neutrality laws of ISIS
 Mir. Askew asked to he, and was excused from serving on the committee on public build- ingS.
 Mir. Keith introduced bill to further define the practice and pleadings in this State.
 Which was read first time and passed to secoud reading under the rules
 MT. Coker from the committee on claims. made the following report:
 MR. PREsIDENT-The committee an claims have considered Senate bill, No. 37, and have Instructed me to report the same and to re- commend its passage.
 CALVIN COKER, Chairman. Which was read and received
 On motion cf MT. Watkins said bill which was to be entitled, "An act for the relief of Joseph Putnam, of Carroll county, Arkansas" was read third time and passed On motion of Mir. StiTman, House bill, No. 59, to be entitled, '' An act to change the name of Sarah Elizabeth Nash to that of Sarah Eli zabeth Wilder, and to constitute her lawful heir of Charles J. Wilder," was read third time and passed.
 Mir. Totten from the committee on the judi ciary, made the following report:
 MR. PRESIDENT-The committee on the iu- dietary to whom was referred Senate bill, No. 20, entitled, "An act to take the sense of the quallh voters of this State for or against convention to amend and remodel the consttu- ton thereof" have had the same under consid- eraton, and have instructed me to report it back to the Senate, and recommend its reiec- tion.
 At the August election, 1854, the measure of public policy raised by this bill was submitted, and verdict was recorded against it. And It can scarcely be deemed prudent to pursue pertlnaclously measure so recently condemn ed by the people themselves; as the majority in 1854 against convention was large, it is not reasonable presumption which concludes that in 1856, that majority has changed, and due respect for the elective franchise will allow some force and stability to the verdict and con- clusons of the people and decline at least for a time the agitation of question so lately deter mined
 convention seems to be unnecessary, be- cause the constitution of the State which is already tolerably good one, provides for it's own amendments without incurring the expense of convention (no small item) and without undergoing the hazard of having tolerable good constitution made verse
 TOTTEN, Chairman. | Which was read
 i Mir. Totten moved the adoption of the same.
 Mir. Floyd called for the yeas and nays, which being sustained were ordered-yeas Messrs. Askew, Clark Coker Craighead, Enyart Fer guson, Gaines, Hammond, Humphries, Jones, Rosson and Totten-12.
 | Navs-Messrs. Floyd, Keith, Marshall, Mur- phy, Redmond, Strmau, Trimble, Watkins and Mir. President-9.
 So the report was adopted and the bill re. jected.
 Dr. Humphries, of Franklin county. arose from his seat and stated that if the Senate would indulge him for few minutes he would dehne his position upon the subject before the Senate. Two years ago, he said, he was can- Ididate before the people of Franklin county for the Legislature, and the call for conven- ton was then brought before them.
 Dr. HumphrieS said that he was then in favor of new constitution, wished call for con- vention of the people for that purpose, and urged the necessity of convention for various