New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-09
PROCEEDINGS OF WEDNESDAY.

LECoMPTON, Oct %, 1-57.
On Wednesday, forty six Delegates were in their
placer. The original number elected was sixty. /
presume that the number now present will hardly
be increased. The proceedings were opened By one
of the brief prayers of the Chsplain. His Rever.
epce incurs none of the woes pronounced against
the makers of lorg prayers. he evidently knows
that his auditory will appreciate breGisy more than
any other commodity in prayer. l am not SO
sure that be is equally free from the charges pre-
ferred by modern scribes' against political preach
ers for he be gins his ovation with distinct re,Og
milton Of the representative character Of this body,
and CT ds it with fervent petition against "fanati
cism" III one particular however, he is emil
nenly orthodox the subject matter Of his petitions
is aW avs If an abstract general character, ana ne
never, by any possibility, prays for the things OF
which those he is presumed to prSy for stand most
obviously in need
Some one or two of the reports were brought up
and referred, when the report Of the Committee on
Judiciary was taken up and run through. The re-
port was prese nted by Judge Elm ore, and was one
of the least Objectionable OF the reports presented
The courts were modelled to some exten, after the
fashion of courts in Slave States, but the report was
liable TO no serious objection, although the Judiciary
system thus provided for the future State unqdes
LlOIhDN 1DItTlOI u iRdt tCCulCu W tho iVPShh
Constitution. The report consumed the forenoon
When the report was read, one of the gentlemen
from WestpOrt moved that it be adopted as whole.
Mr. Jenkins objected, and insisted that 1t be read
by sections. BE (Jenkins) had no objections to
part of it, but he did object to the section making
Judges elective by the people. He was IN favor OF
their being appointed until 1860 at least, or until
political matters had settled. He thought if the
Free-State men should get the upper hand, the7
might hang Pro-Slayery men for being Pro. Slavery
men, aid rice rersa Mr. Moore objected to the
creation of distinct Chancery Courts Judge Gilmore
urged that the power merely lay with the Legislature
to create them. Mr. Little proposed to constitute the
Supreme Court Of The Judges of Circuits, as neoe
ure of economy. judge Elmore Objected ana wished
tboso count, Kept distinct 80 that Judge would not
be required TO sit on his own decisions. He thinks,
when the report of the Finance Committee is made,
il will be seen that there is ample funds, or viii be,
in the Treasury. Here Randolph, who deemed the
parties quibblDg threatened to gin speaking they
waste their time on trfes Mr.. Wells proposed thar
the jurtdicvn of Justices OF the feace be EXTENDED
10 $500 On accounts. Lost. MIR. Jones moved to
amend so that the salaries of Judges be not increased
during their term of fice Lost. Mr.. Jenkins
moved that the Judges be appointed until after 1850,
and after that by elections, to be regulated by the
Legislature Walker, of WyandOt, sustained Mr..
jenkins on the ground Of opposition to the election
of Judges. He had been Wbig, but was now
National Democrat. He once knew a tailor elected
prosecuting attorney, and ever since had been dis
eusted with the elective system. On vote, amend.
ment was lost. A discussion here occurred as to
the spelling and pronunciation Of Kansas. Walker
wished it spelled Kansaw, as that was the Indian
pronunciation. Gen. Eastin wanted it to be deter
mined that Kansas shall be spels with an s, as he
has observed that Abolition sheets spell it with :,
and all ..true blue" sheets with an s. Here MIR.
Randolph got up and threatened to speak again
if the members did not behave themselves. The Jul
dietary repOr: was carried, with no material amend
mtDts
The next report taken up was on Elections and
the Right Of Suffrage. The qualifications required
were twelve months residence, citizenship OF the
United States; to which was added, after some de-
bate, on motion of Mr.. Boiling And SHALL the
"year previous, have paid Territorial or State and
County tax
There was another provision inserted ON motion
of Boiling, which was signifca ant Of the times. 1t
WIS an amendment of section forbidding soldiers
to vote. Boiling inserted language which he thought
would allow the army or members of it, to vote in
certain cases. And, as this amendment was sus
tanned, we find that the pressure Of partisanship
looks to perpetustion Of this nuisance, even in a
State Constitution, for no more obvious reason than
that it may be needed again, or that this apology
may 60 on record.