, 1870-03-03
Naa IL favor Of lA5tDg the etroug hand upon tau.
Iotd2 Wherever It could be done
RecaSS
AFTERNOON SESSION,
THk LEltsLAT1vE KKr1kE.


Hea4em6led at p, n. ~
II, Dlscas.ion was Ie.nned On the Amendment OF
n H. he5sH HnRT = " sae Ia Iss5ssa.a =. s 1seuo,
nsneestsy q The delegates snd,oosrsd 70 amend 70
e9e e1ecs inst eEelJ de!egtto Of tnis convention
Mno @ hAd Hee railroad pass Rtould resign nis
NJ: HAYES spoke further On bis amendment
& Ae Nes cot opposed TO railroads. He had no pref
nulces or ani9osities agslnst these corporations
against aoy unjust encroacnmenta Ii hsi B..
come re custom In this stale to give TO members
opect IT. e. IT, ns
k.1oNleese Of human 1atale viii c5c-
1ee r.t,nefg aEsrg 81 S5s te,t T.; n,rrs9 man E,1n
corporations Will feel mere or less grsatuea 10
Naiaa them. AID his acsion toHaru1 tncsa 1t4 be
s9nsldefaoly disafmed. Ia all close questions
i1eee nee pssses VerJ often tnf1eEce many votes.
Ie pfoeeeoed 10 thow the difference he.xeen III
amenament o. and tae 1aK enacted Oh tho sa1c
SoGltct u Neg York. The former went further
It prevented mem'ers OF ths Legislature {fo1 r.
GeieiEg any gra:uitT wBa'ever fr1u ra.rn3ls. "a.
1er r., 'ns ssst,9n t,ehet. ee9t nes b sold for
M GARY disc,atmed being particularly fr1e1d-
!! TO ra1lsusiA lie had never been ia tne cm2loy
O Que, or tired ior the same. He considered that
Henry came up there would be plnnty to sho
tlsir hands 81 TO hox they stood Wth REGARD to
railroad corporations He thocehs the amend
10Iy.
Tie CHAIR ru!ed Mr. Cay cut 0, order.
Mr. CARY couttnutd- He taoagat na had as
gentleman had to say trat his opposition 10 tbs
Amendment vas ocea..o2ed bT hl1 Partially to.
III. rEKLEY, OF As1saau. favored The amend.
uenf, particularly as Il applied TO JUICES II was
wrong tha. the judges Of or couEu should have
these passes II the1r pockes.
Mr. NED1LL'S an!e ntnens WAS ioes md thai Of
Cary MA fu16 Il ont Of order.
ar. WAGNER, Of Carroll, onerei substitute
for the whole question, TO the eject that no lawyer
ceedilg an election should be elec:ed MEMBER Of
the Legislature or toithe oeuc1, and ordered the
yeas anu nays thereon, seualEsng that he wanted
s9 Sre xas as M nays 70 'o'e 1ne sud
Mr. BUXTON tn. red an amendment, to the eff
fect that nobody should ever hold any ofnce III
ths S;ate VIC haa actsp Cd q! az tine Or
sir. SKINNER added that ihey saoald never
become editors or publishers Of newspapers. Both
Ir. WAsnBTRS, Of Williamson, aatd this con,
yentou, ttus tar had shorn the Legislature Of its
power, as the phtlis:lues had snorn samson. He
na,iop. but that the action taken mere Was suce
az 10 aIoQte bis s1mpathtes In favor of future
Legialarures. They were nov made 60 pltiful and
mtan as TO he beneath the contempt Of every hon-
Mr. TiScHEn moved to lay Mr. Hayes amend
nent on the table. The yeas aui naJa were Or
IT, AfRN o; aa auc1aueut
that no uoge hereafter 10 he eiec:ed IN this State
should be s,ockhoiaer ic any e1pr-ts, telegraph,
Insurance, or railroad company. or should receive
M1. ANTHONY moved to strike GU: Section 30,
which PROV fdes for the oath TO b. taken by mem
btrs CT the L-elsa' 'ure, IN order TINT ope uniform
c:th for al! the otllE-ts OF the State might be
framed and Inserted ID the constitution IN . eeps-
rate article. The sear and nass neze ordered on
the motion 70 strike ont tue entire aecuon-yeas.
Mr. ENGLISH moved to str!ke out 80 much Of
Section 80 III te.a:ed to the gslsg or reception Of
lit. SKINNER spoke at length IN bcha'f OF tna
n0tlGD- he oatha &c have heret0.orb b.an &C.
cns1omed to Tlll herfe cur purposes noT 90 well
as IN the past. The accuaonEd re3ard paid 10
oatts becomes OF ro p1actlca: coassq1euca when
'he .ams qua,t,t &c tee 3 ss1ac:!rg: -,., a.. ,u.
speaker as 10 tie itnEepcc OF exactlrg oa.hs. 50
lar az aEear1n9 agahst stealing and ffauds,
such ss the rrtttnt oatn eoLtenlpla4e'i. wAs con-
cerctd. |; did no good. 1oo m1cn Swearing htags
the unth IN contempt. We have sSo many patns
already. The wnoie thing has neca raa Into The
erouEd. II a man has been rueaa enough to s-esl
he 1on't he htrn,n TO petj1t- ht1sc't.
Mr. 7 Urn Elk followed IN the same strain Ha
was enttrey opposed 10 reau ring Of the G4oefal
Asstihby Hitirfeat oath THAI taat adnlul,sefei
to other oflcefa.
MI. WAIT, Of Hepry, thought th,s oa:h wo1ld
have an exctlltLt effer', hIi kis,a.ntt: Il. II q
man emit take ta!s oath, he Is not 1T 10 BE- law
III. BROWNING. while no. in t47os 0! multi
PtilHy ~ uatAs, ot4lt tuVuka., ~ ssN " tue
GnaItss ssa. Iaa neea haae aets s,mc anu ssa1'
lna! tnls cam WIS highly necessary. Esen GOT,
tupl;on WI spa.pE !!Saa TGI5nts, he tTSuSht n ~
aau pttu sat4 ~ s's u &c Ivy Ess.
nAs EtCessaIy " tn1s nu' - susEs uot tu!lu"
thas man WHO " III Cns*' a.. a.sa ~ cotanls
tJu!!: 1 W. & e =, ,1
knoN th!s. ne taoaRns te os;i p,"p,esa y Houo
asses steat a us ~ @ @ ,!at.uk :, m @ ~ - ~ ne y" ~ oon !
@ ~ ~ ~ -. " ~. ~ 49, a
oas y. tHS 80 . ,.,s,., S" peea A1"ue
E sa!d1S 1s ~; ,ns ,,an,,o,,,, tror,
"a. Gstgs-M 'Ifnea ~ s11o sGu..s s; - ~ t.o.a S
Auatos M ~ Ee @ t tHss tue
. anu.s 1a'S .ss oaasunp part,o. ~ st, s.e ~
;..;y W. FL, % c,tt ss ~, ~
ennii ie ,1,,s wttsanp cua nsttr a. snn.nar ~ ~
s~u Ms y. 49,. oaS ~ y " Hao-as. I'LL
aI W ~. r.. Ins laT1 o. tas l4ssEs VII n
1Is,o rtt ~; ro1,ld .,rnnlnl|s liz sDpea]e1 Il
e1nsr,re. Tar s,nr - tn.sanr,s vnar,, s,atns ia
tsTed ecouuil ei1 irnn carving GU; their ruf
/ nosea
Nj. MEDIr.l sustained the oath. He n-oceed n
to arA7zc ia prpYs,opn aud 10 point ou! Tue sppt
| cation Of lhe. sa,ue lie eousllersl tnert