The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-01-22

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desire to say much upon such trivial mat
tiers as this election. He called for the
question. ~ si.sts 80
Fst Mr.. Ellis, of Catawba, nominated Mr..
Alexander, of Lincoln, for Principal Door
keeper. s-,,,...z.s gs.,fs.ss., r
Mr.. Abbott, of New Hanover, insisted
upon his call for the question. u
Mr.. Heaton, of Craven, said the matter
before the Convention was the election of
Mr.. Jones, .Doorkeeper. - go i'5@ ~
Mr. Hurts, Of Wake, said the motion in
cIuded the words 'by acclamation." s9l
Mr.. Ellis; of Catawba, said there were two
candidates before the Convention, and the
vote could not he taken in that manner
Mr.. King, of Lincoln, withdrew. the name
of Mr.. Alexander. B
Mr.. Graham, of Orange, called for the yeas
and nays. si sH {aI5 i,4ta
Mr.. abbott, of New Hanover, said that if
the motions for election by reclamation, and
yeas and nays, were withdrawn, he would
move a vote eiga ooce.
Mr.. King, of Lenoir, said the Convention
had adopted no rules of order, and the whole
\ proceedings were irregular in their nature.
| 1t laid with the Convention to say what it
| would do, but he disliked this consumption
| of time. 1t would be better to vote by &C
clamation, and expedite business, there be-
ing but one candidate before the Conven-
| ton. 81
| Mr.. Hood, of Cumberland, said the origi-
nal motion was to proceed to the election OF
Doorkeeper by reclamation.
Mr.. Heaton, OF Craven, offered the fol-
| lowing amendment to the motion: ia
| Resolred, That James H. Jones be appoint
| ted Doorkeeper to the Convention.
He called for the yeas and nays upon
this resolution. sa s .e
| Mr.. Williamson, of Franklin. said in vot-
ing he desired every name to be recorded
| He wished his constituents to know what
he did, and he himself desired to know how
| every other delegate voted.
! The roll was then called, with the follow
ing result:
For Mr.. JoNEs-Messrs. Abbott. An
drews Ashley, Aydlott, Benbow, Blume,
Bryan, Carey. Carter. Gambler, Chillson. Col
grove, Congeton. Cox, Daniel, Dowd, Duck
worth, Eppes, Etheridge, Fisher. Forkner,
Franklin, French, of Baden, French of
Rockingham, French. of Chowan. Fulings,
Gahagan. Galloway, Garrett, George, Ora
ham, of Montgomery, Grant, of Wayne,
Grant, Of Northampton, Gulley. Gunter,
Harris, of Wake, Harris, of Franklin, Hay,
Hayes. of Roheson, Hayes. of Halifax, Hea-
ton, Highsmith. Hobbs, Hotter. Hollowell
Hood. LYMAN, Ing. Jones. of Caldwell. Jones,
| of Washington, King. of Lincoln, King. of
Lennir, Kinney. Latin. Lee, Logan, Long,
Mann, Mayo, Mcdonald, of Moore. Moore.
Norton Mullican, Murphy, Nance, Newsom,
Nicholson, Patrick, Parker, Petree, Peterson.
Pierson. Pool, Ragland. Ray, Read, Rem
frow, Rhodes, Rich, Robbins. Rodman, Rose,
Smith, Stilley, Stllwell, Sweet, Taylor,
league Tourgee, Trogden, Thicker, Turner,
Watts, Welker, Williams, of Wake, and Will
liamson-96. ~ ~
AGAINsT-M essrs. Barnes, Bradley, Dur
ham, Ellis, Graham, of Orange, Hare. Hold
nett. Lennon, NIcCubbins and Sanderlin-10
1. Mr.. Jones was declared elected Door
keeper. Ak t-... .-.-.....
Mr.. Hood, of Cumberland, moved that
Mr.. ]. T. Ball be elected Assistant Door
keeper. @
Mr. Ball was chosen by reclamation.
Mr.. Abbott, of New Hanover, offered the
following resolution ......r ~.
ResoIoed, That the rules of order of the
House of Commons of the Legislature Of
this State, for 1866. be adopted by this
4 Convention so far as practicable, until 9th
erwise ordered. s.
Mr.. King of Lenoir moved to amend by
substituting rules of order of Convention
of this State for 1865 -'66," which was &C.
cepted, and the resolution as thus amended
was adopted. j aE
Mr.. Harris, of Wake, moved that the newly
elected officers, Secretaries and DOorkeepers
take their positions. ~. .r. a
Mr.. Smith, of Alexander, moved that thu
new officers be sworn, which being done 10y
c. ]. Rogers Esq, they entered upon thu
discharge of their duties.
Mr.. Heaton, of Craven, offered the follow
ing resolution: .a-sr
Resolced, That Committee of two mem
beers from each judicial district be appoint
ed by the President, whose duty it shall bt
to proceed to consider and report, at til,
earliest practicable moment, the best mod'
z of proceeding to frame Constitution ant
civil government according to the provisions
of the acts of Congress.
Tie resolution was read and adopted.
Mr. Sweet, of Craven, offered resolution
that the President appoint a committee o
five, to frame rules of order for the govern
ment of the Convention, which was adopted
Mr.. Pool, of Pasquotank, offered the fol
lowing resolutions:
Resoloed, That this Convention has beer
called for the purpose of framing Consti
tuition republican in form, and that no prop
osltion purely legislative shall be entertain
ed until the Constitution shall have bee
adopted. sf-- u.s.
Seconded by Mr.. Abbott, of New Han
over. i ~ -,-...
Mr. Watts, of Martin, arose to oppose tn
passage of the resolution. He held that
might lie necessary Tor the Convention to en-
ter into legislation, or take some kind of &C
ton, in relation to State affairs. But thi
resolution would forstall such action.
was therefore impolitic and unwise Ever
member knows the condition OF his people
and how earnestly they await the action @
this Convention. True it was necessary t
frame a Constitution as early as possible
but other matters were important also. H
would warn delegates to be careful how the
| passed this resolution and tied their hand.
If they fors tailed action upon matters {
importance in this hasty manner, wha
would their constituents saw
Mr.. Tourgee, of Guilford, said that h
deemed the Convention competent to judy
for. itself, when any question arose or ne'
subjects were introduced, whether they WEI
important enough to be considered &
not. He was opposed to hampering the a,
ton of the Convention Ifany new matter
were brought in here. of an unimportar
character, the Convention could readily pr
them aside, and attend to its legltima1
business. But ifthis resoluti IN were passet
q the Convention would discover that it ha
stultifed itself. 5go ,g.gst sI t.5s