New-York tribune., 1867-06-14
THE CONVENTION.

-IIE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE on PREPARATION
or BUsINEss-TITE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE
CANALs-MOTION LOSl FOR A SEPARATE COMMIT
TEE on CANMs-A LENGTHY DEBATE
Wy r.LpsHAPh TRIBUNE.
ALBANY, Thursday, June l3 1907.
The Convention mot. with full numbers. at II a. III.
u had been generally understood that decided effort
would be made in the interests Of the Erie Canal enlarge
,nent TO break the slate OF the Committee of Sixteen
re events Of to-day proved the truth of the rumor The
contest was protracted and very Giusyc in bcarin
nat the effort failed OF success and will scarcely fare so
well tomorrow if brought up under reconsideration
The first seven Committees as reported, viz Those on
e Preamble the Organization. &C. Of the Legislature
H. powers, &c. OF the Legislature Of the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor the right of Suffrage state Officers
rnwu and County Officers, and the judiciary, were
o5,utcd without amendment, and with very brief dis
crssiou. Mr.. Rathbun of Cayuga tried to unite the
organization, apportiCumcnt, %c OF the legislature
under the same head Win their rights ana duties but
gas almost unanimously defeated Ny; Taplan at
tempted niue pohtcai Dulcohlov %! PioIoslIE
anal fctions 10 hold Office" tte elective franchise and
DE qualifications to vote and hod ohce as eNcSsed N
thcluocccdnSs OF thc convention ol ieio Ia support =.
hi, utiou ne Couendtd That the right Of suffrage was in
rs nature an inherent principle. but thus far the soyc
reign people IN Their conventions Ilad Only conferred me
rlrctNe franchise. Upon the call for count only -
votes were given IN favor of the amendment.
When the ON SUBDIVISION "I thc relHt came up .e
BATTLE cf TIE canals began in earnest This provides for
..x-rut their and lulnagcmcnt the public debt,
f..ciluts. expenditures aHd taNQtOn ana rtstuctlo
nh
fbc l0th subdivision Which provides Tor a Com
lniltre on Canals an their other relations, WAS
OF Eric opened the ball by moving to insert
Improvement after the word 'mai"Gement IN
t, nrisu.l report. Mr.. Ec of Jefferson proposed 10
dIyid. thc duues'of this Convention. cpatug Two COM
itiees in their place. Tic first would have the care o
fr fluCes they relate 10 canals. thc puhhc
dht and trust funds: lc second would have The charge
dic.tT; in the latter part Of the ninii Nup-AylNCi;
Si'!rV "u Iin @ ~ c,Is and would make the work
a,tfh rep ~.
G'o'Ie iS,rrl @ amer aHd Nr 0nIv.e leading or
b,,sEiy i'm favor of The repOlt OF tie Committee
m To- aud McSSrs Ice uul Fuller speaking as briefly
~ ti it ,yonid br ii,,,a.,hc 10 consider tie subject
n ms s,t>tcnaucc ANA m lycncut of the c"lS uhl lsS
'c ..'', Cniulpit.cr ciuld have the subject Of tha
fuanc,, of the state before thrm Income and eNpeG!-
.r,c ,,,nd nor br scpal.tcd The subject Intrinsic
,uy and n1separabv financial Judge Folsc. Thought
In the FIST place. the COMMITTEES Lave 10
Il will I've the part of tlic whole Convention 20 ar-
range these geneIacS. A-ain we hceu ao' .st''s'.'F
adopt wtat these committees NAY report Nul 4'' -
tcrc any rccd that thc iululcs These committees on
EQUALS may make SHAH involve questions oi hHce' ."I
tcrc are u vast number ui questions as I'd oht. @ nu
contracts aud other systems of malaE lhcHl t't mtl
bc considered separately. MI H. {. -IuiiN! '.ou-n
the result OF the aVUo.atnc' II eCnni''g - -,I
y the gentleman ir0u OEitrIo. W0un pc E't NO vT't
.ttrcs would be reporting Ei' direct o po>S I.nS
My Cooper SlTppcd WITH inc suplc,. Nc' ',,}o 49, -
he s;.d that there was a rrliameti1i: lI'h'%'pc %
stake here. which, j, the e'gn' "I ,Ae ,iI"rt
sagc Ci the proposed 0ciHttule from u "a i,t
of thc Committee o Sixteen would c3ac i- i,sen ~
fo Committee % ltlllof4tN 'l i'iiN
t, rn,inscd enlargement oi the Erie Caai lnN M"1'i
h:ns I'm the subject of the depressing d,'i WAich nam
over every county. and individual ln ttc SIa''
which hc would prefer pat OF 90 lafcr d2y h inc s'
sion The fact IT, that "a departing from lat so rc
ficy had heretofore adopted. they Ntlr hOI ~
forward toward the contraction W hc'h u,p'
in support ~ measure o. great htSHi-
fudc which they would thus virtt"tt lndoi 70;
Mr. Hatch said the friends 0f the enlargement WGN"
.rcelt tlic ISSUE if forced uT0n thcm ~ tI% ', lH
1lTt al the Committee az SIXTEEN was further hoosd
i'm a fOrcibe speech frCm Mr.. Waldo Htchihs Mho
called attention 10 tic fact that the Finance commit y
Was To consist q l6 members and would r'hMce men o
all shades Of opinion 14cqUcStiOn being upon me hcl
uen offered Dy sir Hatch, il was lost hy the following