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vote. and sleep for dis, eff necessary. 10
hoped de Convention would turn Gil ae
clerks loose, and let 'em go home ana 40
ther work, as he was gwine 90 "hen uo
Convention got done. -
BAYNE was hot for discnarglng he
clerks. he argued that distinctlon nau
been made in de committees, ana one So
called negro clerks had been deeschaIgea,
md de white clerks bin kept; ana aen
when de Convention want to keep faVorites
in dew got up dis scheme to discnarge
by de meetin of the churmen OF cohin!c
tees: and now he was in favor OF reouhln
dis inder-vidious distinction by Woting ou'
all de clerks. - mha
a small point of order was raised. The
CHAR decided it was well taken. AN ap-
neal was taken from the decision. DISCUS
sions ensued. - cot
Mr.. PARR: Mr.. Presidant, have SAT
here, sir, and I've heard with much aston u
isment. sir. the gentleman from Norfolk
attempt, sir, to dictate to this ConVentlon'
sir.
/ The CHAIR decided the gentleman out
of order, IS he was not speaking 70 'ne
subject under consideration.
! Mr.. PARR: Yes, sir; but wish TO elu-
cidate, sir; and have right TO eiuCi-
date. sir. The gentleman from Norfoik
fDr. BAYNE) spoke straight along, SIT Dut
he didn't come up to the line, though, SIT.
Now. I'm goin to come up to the line, sir.
The CHAR decided the gentleman still
out of order.
: Mr.. PARR: Well, sir, I ask, sir, for uni
versal consent, sir.
I Mr.. WHITE moved to postpone the whole
subject indefinitely. Ayes; %; noes, 81.
The question recurring to the amend
ment of Mr.. WooDsoN. it was adopted.
Ayes, SO; noes, rs. -
DISCHARGE OF THE sTENoGRAPHER.
Mr.. PLATTE offered resolution pro-
yiding that after Saturday next the
services of the stenographer be dispensed
with.
Mr.. WooDsoN moved to add, and the
chaplain temporarily withdrawn.
The rules were suspended to take the
matter up.
Mr.. PLATTE, among other things, stated
that the stenographer had already drawn
$4,000.
Mr.. WooDsoN moved to amend by add
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CURED to return into the treasury OF the
State $4,000 of the money received by him
up to this time" Withdrawn. .
Mr.. WHITE moved to lay the whole sub
ject On the table. Ayes, Z; noes, 10.
Mr.. BowDEN offered the following amend
ment:
"Resolued, That special committee OF
seven be appointed to inquire into Wnat
amount of money has been received by
the stenographer, and what work has been
performed by the said stenographer."
AS he was Offering this, Mr.. E. GIBSON
wished to read from the accounts, to show
how much the stenographer had drawn.
Mr.. WHITE objected to this.
| Mr.. PLATTE said he had an estimate In
his possession which showed that the STE
nographer had written 1920 pages, and
had drawn $4,395.60.
Mr.. GIBSON then read from the accounts
that the stenographer had drawn from the
31st of January to the 10th Of February
81 1898.
Mr.. BowDEN objected to the reading of
these accounts. He wanted the matter to
be investigated without further discussion
as he was satisfied that there was some
LnlnS wrong.
Mr.. GIBSON, being decided as entitled to
the floor, continued to show that the
stenographer had drawn for ten days over
$500 a day in advance. He had drawn
nearly $4,000 this year, and not. one days
work of this year had been shown. The
reporter was getting larger salary than
any man in America.
He also added that it was notorious
fact, that the chairman of the Committee
on Printing (Mr. ALLAN was being paid
by the stenographer for assisting him in
copying his reports.
Mr.. SNEAD was in favor of having a conf
mittee to investigate this matter. He
thought the chairman Of the Committee
on Printing had been derelict in his duty
and was to blame for not having reported
to the Convention the enormous expense
it was mourning in having these debates
reported. He himself would have brought
it before the House long since had he
known what was being paid. He did not
blame the stenographer, for he believed be
had performed his work as stipulated.
Mr.. FRENCH offered the following as an
amendment:
"That the Secretary of the Treasury be
instructed not to pay the stenographer of
this Convention till the further order of
this body" ...s ...
Mr.. BowDEN accepted this.
Mr.. PORTER offered the following as a
substitute
Reso1ued, That until otherwise deter
mined no further pay be drawn by the STE
nographer, and that he continue to dis
charge the duties of his Office until other
wise directed by the Convention.
CARTER made very sensible speech in
favor of dispensing with the stenographer.
He did not want any more reporting at
such prices as these. He called the pre-
vious question. The call was seconded
and sustained. Mr.. PoRTER's substitute
was lost. Mr.. FRENCH's amendment was
rejected-ayes, 27; noes, As. The ques-
tion recurring to the original proposition
of Mr. PLATTE, it was adopted-ayes, 81 /;
noes, %.
The Convention then adjourned.
MOTE 1T annears that in our intent To