Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-04-30
Democratic National Convention.
THIRD D4Y-AFR1L rs.
Prayer by Rev. DIR. BscHxAx.

The calling of fhe roll was dispensed with,
and no Committee being ready to report. the
resolutions ofsred yesterday. by Mr. Bishop
of Connections, that no Delegate be permit
ted 10 speak more than once on the same
question, nor fora longer time than nfseen
mimi ties. was taken uD-
Mr.. Bishop called the previous question.
Mr.. Bnrnett, of Alabama. asked that the
resolution might be modified that the
Convention might, at its pleasure, extend the
| time. without requiring unanimous consent
Mr.. Bishop. / will modify it as to al
low two-fhirds of the Convention TO, extend
the tins. IF they SO d-sire.
Dir. Burnett. / am willing to accept the
resolution thus modified.
Mr. CocbraBe desired to know what was
the ebDdiiion of the question.
The president. Tue gentleman fronl Con-
necticgt. Mr.. Bishop, has called before me
Conye0tion his resolution, which Is as ioi-
lows:
Resolped, That no member In this 'Conyen-
ton be allowed to speak more Tban once up
ION the same question, nor for a longer time
| than ten minutes.
Upon this the previousguestion was called,
| and the Convention refused to order il, yeas
12i, nays l82.
Mr.. Walker moves 10 amend the resolution
by adding thereto as follows: provided. il
shall not apply TO any discussion on the
Platform to be reported to this Convention
by the Committee on Resolutions
Alter some discussion, on motion of Mr..
| Bishop. the previous question was ordered
dnd the resolution, as amended by Mr.. Walk
er SO as to apply the Is minute rule to all
discussions except on the Platform, was
adopted almost unanimously.
Mr.. Wright, of Massachusetts,, moved that
the Committee on Resolutions be instructed
to report in print, so that every member OF
the Convention might have an opportunity
to see exactly what the resolutions are when
they are presented to the Convention. He
understood the Committee would not be ready
to report until tomorrow nierning, and as
the resolutions can be printed tonight, it
will be no cause of delay. If the resolutions
are printed aud in each members hand Z,
every gentleman can understand their exact
force while il is impossible to do go from the
reading of document. He called the pre-
Ticus question.
The cali FOR the previous question was Sc
sc6adeG and Sustained, and the resolution
unanimously adopted.
Mt. Lowrie moved the following resolu-
tionI
Resolved, That committee of one from
each State be appointed by the delegates
thereof, 10 report the names of one person
from each State to constitute the Democratic
National Committee, TO continue in office un-
til their successors are appointed, whose
duty il shall be, in addition to other things,
to fix the time and place for the holding OF
the next National Convention, and said first
named Committee shall also consider and
report.
Mr. Lawrence. of Louisiana, moved that
the resolution be laid over one day.
Mr.. Burnett, of Aiabsma. moved to amend
by adding '.and said committee shall not is
sue tickets of admission to the floor of the
Convention to any delegates whose seats
may be contested
Dir. Pugh, of Ohio, thought the resolution
was premature, and that the proper way was
to leave the settlement Of the power with
which the committee should be clothed TO the
elaboration of committee. The Committee
on Organization is discharged, or be should
move 10 refer il TO that Committee. He
should now move to refer the resolution to
Committee OF Thirty-Ibree, composed of one
from each State. Upon that he called the
previous question.
The call for the previous question was
seconded and ordered, and the resolution, as
amended 10y Mr. Pugh. was adopted.
Judge Krum, of Missouri, Chairman of the
Committee on Credentials, then presented
the following report aud resolutions, upon
which the Committee had agreed, and he
claimed for it the attention Of the Conven-
tion: