Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-13

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MIR. Garner submitted the following:
That a committee of five be appoint,
to inquire into and report as to the be
mode of having such printing done
there already has been or may hereaft
be ordered by this body. ~
Mr.. G. moved for a suspension of Il
rules for the consideration of this resol
ton, stating that there was precedel
for il in the proceedings of the Conyel
ton of 1884.
The rules were suspended, and the re-
olution was adopted.
HOUR OF MEETING.
Mr.. Jones, of Lincoln-BIr. Presiden
l move that the hour of meeting of TIL
Convention from day to day, be fixed 8
10 O'Clock in the morning, until othel
wise ordered.
The resolution was adopted under
suspension of the rules and the order wa
made accordingly. .......
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Mr.. Gibson-Mr. President: l call 70
the reading of the new rule, amongst tn
rules adopted this morning, which pre-
scribes the order of business.
Mr.. Garner referred the gentleman I,
the order for precedence of the consider
rtion of unfinished business
Mr.. Gibson submitted the following:
As soon as the journal is read and ap
proved, the President shall, through th,
clerk, call: First, for petitions, memoir
ais and resolutions, calling the delegates
in alphabetical order. Secondly, for re
ports from standing committees; anC
thirdly, for reports from special commit
tees. Adopted under suspension of the
rules.
He said; 1t must be very evident thai
this miscellaneous way of conducting bu.
siness IN which the Convention has in.
obliged to-day, has not been in accordance
with the strict rules of decorum which
should be observed in this body. There.
fore | move the adoption of this resolu.
ton as an additional rule.
The resolution was adopted under q
suspension.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The President announced the following
appointments of the Standing Committee;
of the Convention-sayin to gentlemen
composing them, that he hoped they
would not regard it as imperative upon
them to observe the rule that gives the
Craftsmanship to those first named in the
lists:
On Bill of Rights-John Baxter, r. P.
Brooks, Joseph H. Blackburn, w. b.
Carter, W. F. Doherty, George G. Porter,
of Haywood, Matt Martin, NJ. McNabb,
T. G. Morris, VIM. Sample, John NJ.
Taylor
On the Legislative Department-W. II.
James G. Brown, Nathan Bran
don, James BrittOn, H. r. Gibson, R.
Henderson, N s. Brown, T. B. Ivie,
George w. Jones, E. H. Shelton, w. T.
Thompson.
On Elections and Right of Suffrage
a. o. P Nicholson, H. r. Bate, Neil S.
Brown, Warren Cummings, w. V. Dead
rick, James Fentress, Sharri1 Hill, Boil
ling Gordon, A. A Kyle, d. M. Key, w.
II. Williamson.
On Finance, Internal Improvements
and Corporations-Joh A. Gardner, Jesse
Arledge, A. Blizzard, James A Coffin,
George G. Dibrell, S. S. House, D. N.
Kennedy, James A. Mabry, A. G. Nc
Dougal, George Z. Seay, w. H. stephens.
On Executive Department-GeOrge W.
Jones, John Allen, ]. w. Branson, Jno.
Z. Dromgoole, w. Fl. Fielder, H. L. w.
HILL J. c. Parker, S. G. Shepard, Rich.
ard Warner, Jr., w. NJ. Wright
On Judiciary DEPARTMENT.. B. Heis-
kell, John Baxter, John w. Burton,
Alexander W. Campbell, John F. House,
Thomas NJ Jones, A. o. p Nicholson,
John Netherland, James ID. Porter, Jr.,
John d. Thomson, w. 3. Staley.
On Miscellaneous Subjects-James J.
Turner, William Byrne, T. NJ. Burkett,
Robert Chowning, T. D. Davenport, E.
p. Gaut, Charles n. Gibbs, John S.
Garner, 5. ]. kirkpatrick, p. G.. Fulker-
son, G. w. Waters.
On motion of Mr.. Jones, of Giles, il
was ordered that 100 copies of the lists
of the standing committees be printed fol
the use of the Convention.
CHAPLAIN SERVICE.
Mr. Fentress submitted the following
Resolved, That a special committee OF
three be appointed, whose duty it shall
be to inform the resident clergy of this
city, of all denominations, of the desire
of this body that some one of then
should be present and invoke the Divine
blessing upon the deliberations of this
house for each day.
He said-It is supposed that there was
some misunderstanding about the actor
of the House yesterday in this matter,
which might have been Obviated by the
appointment of the Committee. HI
now proposed TO inform resident clergy
men distinctly of what is the desire o.
the House.
Mr.. Jones, of Lincoln, said, by way
of explanation of the fact of the non
attendance of any clergyman this morn
ing, that the Rev. Mr.. Sawrie was to have
been here, but was misled by wrong in
formation as to the hour of meeting. HI
was informed that the Convention met a
half-past ten, when the time was II
O'Clock.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick said they might hayt
been misled also by the error of reporters
who state in the papers this morning tina
the resident clergymen had been selected Il
act as chaplains, which is very differen
from the language of the resolution TO
the order to request them, etc.
The President announced the followin,
Committee on Chaplain Service, viz.
Messrs. Fentress, Thompson, of Davidson
and Stephens.
Mr.. Gordon supposing justly that tn
clerks have their hands full, moved an ad
jOurnment.
The molten was agreed TO, and, accord
ingly, under the rule adopted this day 70
the regular hour of meeting, the Conven
ton adjourned till tomorrow morning a
top O'clock