St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-06-17
From the Free Press, June 10.
The constitutional Contention.

Saturday was field day at Montpel-
Ter It's work, summed up i'll brief, was
the adoption of the second article of
amendment, providing for bi,nuial ses-
<i. II, and elections. by three majority
the rejection OF the third article, permit
TN. the Legislature to provide a bylaw
for filing vacancies in the offices OF State
Senator and reprcsrn alive the rcje; ton
| 10y ar almost unanimous vote Of the
t, ur Ii article, changing the mode OF APP
pyin'ing the Supreme Court jugs and
tier term of otiicc, ard the rejection Of
the filth article extending suffrage to wo-
men. by Il vote OF to Psi.
Friday afternoon closed with 'he adoP-
ton OF the biennial session amendment.
after lard struggle, by three majority :;
the matter being, however, lett unsettled
by the Offering OF Il motion to rccoI>i'!-
er. which was made the special order
for Saturday forenoon at halt-past ten.
| The result of the vote on tie amendment
WI, generally unexpected. There was
st-on" excitement in Montpelier over it
that evening.
The subject OF Biennial Sessions oc-
cupicd the whole o. Friday. DO i sides
had rallied III earnest for III. final -lrus-
de over Mr.. Waltous motion Ia recon
slider. Three members absent vixen the
vote was taken on Friday had returned,
and ali were known to he i'll favor Of the
amendment. On the other h;nl, it WAS
known iliat one delegate, who was un-
decided and did not vote before would
now vote against the amendment; ami
it was believed that at least one and
perhaps two or three delegates, had
changed their minds and would chang.
their vote to the negative. The result
was thus utterly i'll doubt
On assembling in the afternoon AN
effort was made by LEADING delegates To-
have the convention adjourn for ten days,
to 90 lfrmc and consult the people; bu.
the convention rightly concluded thag
having been sent there by the people t.
DO certain business, it was their dIty t.
do it with rs little delay as possible
Motions 10 adjourn to the 2jd inst, anG
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