Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-02

present the following amendment, AM
recommend its adoption as part of tn
Constitution to be framed by The Conyen
ton, and submitted to Che people for thei
ratification.
Insert as an additional section of III
9th Article, the following
Sec. 8. The Legislature now has, ant
shall continue to have, power to reiiev.
from the penalties imposed any person
disqualified from holding Office by ths
| judgment of court of impeachment.
/ The. section, as reported by the com
mittee, was adopted, and the report Oh
the, committee was ordered laid on the
table and printed.
INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
! Mr.. Gaut offered the following amend
mcnt,te the Constitution, which was laid
over for future consideration - n
| Sec. SO. The General Assembly may,
by general law, authorize the inhabitants
of cities, towns and civil districts, by
vote of such number of the qualified
voters of such cities, towns and civil dis
tricts as the General Assembly may pre-
| scribe, to prohibit the sale of intoxieat-
ing liquors within their respective limits.
THE JUDICIARY
The resolutions offered bysAIr. Nichol-
son on Saturday, and made fhs special or
der for to-day, were taken up.
Mr.. House of Montgomery, was in ia
vor of taking up the report of the COM
mittee and dispose of it without the inters
vention of any resolutions. Several
speeches were made pro and con, after
which the first resolution was read as fol
lows:
Resolved, That it is the judgment of
the Convention that the offices now held
by the Supreme Judges, Chancellos, Cir
cult Judges, Criminal Judges, Attorney
general and Reporter for the State and
District Attorneys shall be vacated after
the ratification by the people of theamend-
ed Constitution, at such time as may be
therein prescribed.
Mr.. Baxter called for the previous ques-
ton, and the resolution was adopted by
the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Arledge, Baxter,
Blizzard, Brandon, Britton, Brooks, Brown,
of Henry, Carroll, Gibson and Madi-
son, Burkett, Burton, Byrne, Campbell,
Barter, Chowning, Cummings, DeadericE,
Davenport, Doherty, Dromgoole, Fen
tress, Fielder, Fulkerson, Gardner, Gar
ner, Gaut, Gibbs, Heiskell, Henderson,
Hill, of Warren, Hill, of Gibson, Ivie,
Jones, of Lincoln, Jones, of Giles, Ken
nedy, kirkpatrick, Kyle, McDougal, Nc
Nabb, Martin, Morris, Meeks, Netherland,
Nicholson, Porter, of Henry, Seay, Shep-
ard, Shelton, Stephens, Taylor, Thomp-
son, of Maury, Turner, Walters, Warner,
Williamson and Wright-55.
Noes = Messrs. Blackburn, Branson,
Brown of Davidson, Coffin, Cypert, DID |
rel, Finley, Gibson, House of Williamson,
House of Davidson, Robertson and Mont |
gomery, Key, Mabry, Parker, Porter of |
Haywood, Sample and Staley-16.
The second resolution was read, as fol |
lows: lf &, "a s..a
Resolved, That it is the judgment of |
the Convention that the Supreme Judges, |
Chancellors, Circuit Judges, Criminal |
Judges, Attorney and Reporter for the
State and the States Attorneys for the |
District be appointed by the Governor, by |
and with the advice and consent of the |
Senate.
Mr.. Gibson moved TO amend by adding, |
''and that no delegate in this Convention /
shall be eligible to fill any of the vacancies
created by the new Constitution
The amendment was tabled by the |
following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Arledge, Baxter,
Blizzard, Britton, Brooks, Brown of Hen |
~, Carroll, Gibson and Madison, Burkett |
Burton, Byrne, Campbell, Carter, ChOwn-
ing, Coffin, Cummings, Deaderick, DeaY- |
Dibrell, DrOmgOole, Fentrcss,
Fielder, Fulkerson, Gardner, Garner,
Gaut, Gibbs, Heiskell, Henderson, Hill of /
Warren, Hill of Gibson, House of Will
Hanson, House of Davidson, Robertson
and Montgomery, Ivie, Jones of Lincoln,
Jones of Giles, Kennedy, Key, Kirkpat-
rick, Kyle, Mabry, McDougal, McNabb,
Martin, Morris, Meeks, Netherland, Mich
olson, Porter of Haywood, Porter of
Henry, Seay, Shepard, Shelton, Stephens,
Taylor, Thompson of Maury, Turner,
Walters, Warner, Williamson, Wright, |
Mr.. President Brown-Gl.
Noes-Mcssrs Blackburn, Brandon,
Branson, Brown of Davidson, Cypert,
Doherty, Fenley, Gibson, Parker, Sam
pie, Staley-11.
Mr.. kirkpatrick moved TO insert the fol-
lowing in lieu:
Resolved, That it is the judgment of |
this Convention that the Supreme Judges, |
with the Attorney General and Reporter of |
the State, be elected by the qualified voters
of the State at large, and that the Chan
ccllOrs, Circuit and Criminal Judges and
District Attorneys General be elected by |
the qualified voters of their respective dis
tricts or circuits.
Mr.. Allen moved to lay on the table.
Lost by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Baxter, Brown,
of Davidson, Campbell, Carter, Heiskel,
House, of Williamson, House, of David
son, Robinson and Montgomery, lvie, |
Jones, of Giles, Kennedy, Kyle, Neither
land, Nicholson, Porter, of Haywood, |
Shelton, Staley, Stephens, Thompson, of
Maury, and Turner-19.
Noes - Messrs. Arledge, Blackburn,
Blizzard, Branson, Britton, Brooks, Brown, |
Of Henry, Carroll, Gibson and Madison,
Burkett, Burton, Byrne, Chowning, COT
fin, Cummings, Cypert, Deaderick, Deav-
export, Dibbrell, Doherty, Dromgoole, |
Fielder, Finley, Fulkerson, Gardner, Gar
ner, Gaut, Gibbs, Gibson, Henderson,
Hill, of Warren, Hill, of Gibson, Jones,
of Lincoln, Key, kirkpatrick, Mabry, |
McDougall, McNabb, Martin, Meeks, Nor
ris, Parker, Porter, of Henderson, Sample, |
Seay, Shepard, Taylor, Thompson, of Da-
wilson, Waters, Warner, Williamson and
Wright-5O
Convention adjourned till 230 P. NJ.
Afternoon Session.
Mr.. Thompson, of Davidson, offered |
the following resolution in lieu of that of |
Mr.. Kirkpatrick: 1t is the judgment of |
the Convention that the Supreme Judges |
should be appointed by the Governor and |
confirmed by two-thirds of the entire |
Senate; that the Attorney General and
Reporter should be selected from the bar |
and appointed by the Judges of the Su- |
preme Court, and that the Chancellors,
Circuit Judges, Judges of Criminal Courts |
and District Attorneys General be elected |
by the qualified voters of their respective |
districts or circuits.
The resolution was laid on the table by 4!
vote of 46 to 81.
Mr.. Burton offered the following in
lieu of the resolution of Mr.. Kirkpatrick: |
The Supreme Court shall be compo sed
of five Judges, to be chosen as follows: |
One shall be elected by the qualified
voters of each of the three grand divi- |
sions of the State, and the remaining two
shall be nominated by the Governor from
the State at large and confirmed by the |
Senate.