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members adjacent he referred to a written
memorandum and changed his vote to st

members adjacent he referred to written
memorandum and changed his vote to st.
John. t.l .l.-.rIg. Hn. F.. ....1rcflo ,4ia
For Second Assistant Secretary + p.
Wright. Of Phillips, WAS Nominated and
received the entire vote cast--44. .Iiait
Ma. Montgomery moved to dispense
with farther elections. Lost .q .ss .Idgi
For Third Assistant Secretary J V
Fitch was nominated and received the cn,
tire vote cast--i3. .IaNflli .raIa. f ar
Mr. Hodges nominated Chas. Sshaerf
for Sergeant-at-Arms Elected unani.
nously ID. L. Belden, OF Hot Springs
was elected first assistant; and j. II.
kirkham, second assistant. . Lieutenant
SEWER" of Conway, was elected keeper
l.. \. Robinson, of Searcy, first assistant
and Jack Agee, colored, of Pulaski, was
elected second assistant over A. 5. Mus
tain, of Prairie, -. s.s... ..e
. A, 5. Mustain was then chosen rs third
assistant. b.. ..... ,.'.l.-...f ..-.
{ Mr., Snyder nominated Richard +, Wall
for Enrolling Clerk. f,.l...,., ~.
Mr. Cypert said four secretaries had
already been elected, and he begged the
Convention not TO elect any more unnec.
essary officers. lie would Offer as sub
stitute for the motion to 90 into the elec-
tioh, that no further election be held.
Mr. Montgomery moved the substitute
be laid on the table. Carried 49,.
DinborJ I, NJ all ,.,, "A. -.
Clerk by acclamation; as was likewise
Rev. Mr.. Hyde, of Independence, Chap
lain. .I...-A1i : N-in hs''a'''
Mr.. Cypert moved that the President
appoint the pages. The motion was
agreed to, and the President appointed
j. c. Wilcox, JAS Ella, Rector, negro,
and j. NJ. Jackson, negro y -E 1a=e'A= e
The Convention adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow. H fHa''aa'- h7h"sis1,
1i71.al-t ad n"'i"' noT,x ,luy s,bay
The C2nvention was called to order at
10 O'Clock, 4. IN, .,..,. 80. - .-t.- -.
Mr. BROOKS, radical, offered resclu,
ton for the appointment of a Select Com
mttec ofScvrn to memorialize Congress
for The relief oftne suffering poor of Ar,
kansas. E1 ''''
Mr.. cypert, conservative. rvditivvc favored FAY ored'th the
project, but thought the Committee should
be Instructed to iliquire into all the facts
and submit their report to the Convcn-
ton, and the entire body would sign the
memorial 50 as TO giveit greater weight,
representing as 1t did the entire State. l'
The President appointed as the Com
mittec ON Memorial to'Congrcss for re-
lief Of the poor, Messrs Brooks, typcrt.
Rector, negro, Langley, Snyder. I,cldcn
and Dale. lVll Fai 7Tl l9aoi''1 's1hi1ls'AaJ
Mr. Kinds offered the following resolu.
Resolred, That each member and officer
of this Convention furnish to the Secre.
tarya list of papers for which he wishes
to subscribe, and that the Secretary sub
scribe for such papers to be paid out of
themoneys that may be appropriated to
pay the expenses of this Convention;
provided that no member shall be allow
ed more than ten daily papers, or weekly
papers equivalent. to that number OF dai
lies. Adopted. lm sasH o' zoe saams 7ma.
The Convention adjourned until 10
o'clock to o-morrow .pa- q ia acll72t0aq sa
'o1aa hr0 HrHI JANuARY 9. oil
The Convention was called to order at
10 O'Clock.
Mr.. Brooks, radical, offered the follow
ing: "
Resolcea, That the Committee. on Fl
nance be and is hereby instructed to cs.
innate the expenses OF this Convention,
and to report an ordinance for the levy
and collection of the necessary tax to meet
such expenditure. Adopted. ''' 4''. .''2
Mr.. Cypert offered the following "o.
Whereas, tbs the duty of the Convcn-
tion to relieve the people of this State, as
far as possible, from the burden Of taxa
ton, and to that end it should pursue Il
system ofrigid economy therefore, be It
Resolcsa, LIST, That the Offices Of second
and third Assistant Secretaries, second
and third Assistant Door-kecpers, second
Assistant Sergeat at Arms, and Postnias-
ter Of This Convention, be abolished 'n'
I'd That the members only be furnish
ed with one Of each Of the daily news
papers Of this city, instead often, as now
prescribed 'A'< <iN hah hf"o" 10 "'i
Mr., Brooks moved to lay it on the tag
bic. atNi WI 20 tih'"i "5 Ma
Mr.. Cypert thought the members
should not act hastily whcrc an effort was
made to save the peoples money. There
were more officers now than there was
any necessity for While we were pcti-
tioning Congress for aid III support OF the
poor we were paying salaries to officers
whose services were not needed. The
County Courts were not able hardly TO
support their poor and we should not
squandcr the peoples money; He ap-
peale,l to the members not 10 uncere.
monlousiy dispose Of a resolution which
has for its object to relieve the people OF
't> ''oi' ''oosU 4H.lu H.,ilr5 'IlyasYy atfT Al
Nj. Kyle offered as a substitute, that
the resolution be referred to the Commit,
tee on Finance. that it might investigate
the matter Referred. ,,UJ,.,f,.t.s1
The Convention adjourned until 1Q
o'clock to morrow. -,-