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Proceedings Of the Congress
sIonai convention.

Proceedings Of the Congress
sionai convention.
The Congressional Conveht'o" y
this. the Eleventh district, ine' AT "e
courthouse, in Carrollto", on last
"Wednesday. the 18th September. az
~e,ever o'clock A. NJ, the convention
was called to order by Ethan Allen,
of LAFAYETTE. Secretary OF the Con
yrcssional committee. James L.
WIGHT. of Randolph, was elected tenn
,oror,, chairman, VIM. NJ. Eads. of
Icarroll. audJ. +. Child, of Ray, tenn
~norarv secretaries ofthc conventions.
On motion Of W. ii. Chiles, of Laiay-
cite. a committee consisting of one
from each county delegation was ap-
poin,cd on credentials. The follow
in" persons were chosen on SAID
committee: W. II. Chiic-. Lafayette:
John c. Wood. Howard: Thomas j..
Yrrhv. Saline: Jas. ii. Wright, Car
roll: John W. Sears. Randolph: David
Piper. Boone: and G.. Il. kavanau@l.,
of Ray county. On motion. &. w.
Bra>licr. of Carroll: $. b. Ilatton, of
Boone: John Walker. of Howard; Il.
ID. Ragland. of Lafayette; j. L.
Meyers, of Randnlph; J. Il. Child. of
Ray and T. II. L. Harvey. of Saline,
were appointed a committee on per-
manent organization and order OF
business. ~ motion to adjourn until
l:30 T.. NJ. was then carried.
At this hour the convention again
re-aS.emblcd. The committee on
credentials reported the the follow
ing gentlemen as entitled to seats i'll
the convention
SALINE Cor>IY,-or F z Pnrre'', samnei
iny'i, Il f. ii'rv.E l. ID I~inlInS, i"IrIr
Curirll, proxy for IL AIRY FurSusnn, nr Andcr-
son, proxy forJ " spark Robert Thompson,
proxy for Gr" On. nhary. j IL l.akin IrpA!
Tor + Gravee, II ilIarri,'n, pr%>y for Hurt
Alex ,reri, } , Howard, Marsh ianti>, prVAs
for licnry E'atry--li r,i.e. ,
B"oSE tns.rY,-~ %iIiti"n, i f"nicr, }
i IIrr.n, panel : tlag.. \ L stevens, D%
Newman, d tlaE-. PROXY Tor u Gordon, ID :
Flagg, proxy for II AIRY hvcnr-lt
LAFAYETTE ,~"rNr>-ltr", J Fletcher, Al
dri,ls- tor,lrr, VI \ steele, VIM II rhiir>, l. "
Grov,-, l.r">! Tor VIM / hays, AKvlthi, Gr
IIcrninn. l. u i;i=IInl; John W WIht,l!,
prov, FIR q u >i,icr:irlt, W i steele, l. :.
Mitchell. proxy Tor } W White, john iirit
proxy for j HiI"r,l", Thomas IL Biylise, rr"X,
i;~,Np"Lru torNrl-lhms Il Patton. j +
Wight. john : Ancril, J I Myers, proxy for }
Il Ir.rmtI. II VI Garter, } " scans, Cor.
Vaughn, |; II \-hr"Iuh-a VOTES
RAY ,orNTl-', | Was-Um, &c cunningham,
" I ira,ilrr. } NJ Craven. Mr''ii!, JAIN.
Iiusir>, } r,h'li, &c" Young. L >h.!nnaon>, ii
i;uthruck. / Mat-ur, 1 Il kIvan,us 81, Dr " r
Yates, y M>ruri"ck-lh.
HOWARD cot NTf-N i Cooper, - Warden,
J { Woods, j q Hrrn,.nu. John Walker, j l.
Morrison, proxy Tor " II Morris, } IL Fmh>, "
\ budS"uh, } | smith. pros! iur IL NIngepnIy
10.
CARROLL. ,nrsry-J ~i,m. 4 Il Wright, Jas II
Wright, II Graham. proxy for q " HIll. .Jnu
IIil, \ j "ugk. ia calvert, W + IuIAlity, Il
W B~ra-hrr, j l. Mlrr!cA-! votes.
The committee OF p]erlnaIct organ
~ization reported the following gen
tlemen as permanent officers of the
convention: James +. Wight Prc>i.
dent, Vice Prcaidcnts q. |. Wa,>on
of Ray John Ilcrndon. of Howard
! = -. tAb'l, vi iasIii't'll'is ~. 4
of Boone: \. VI. Crccl. ofSalinc: II
Graham. of Carroll, and NJ. ~. Steel
of Lafayette. Secretary. l.. W
Groves, of Lafayette: assistant Sccrc'
tarv, John y. Cravcns, of Ray county
On motion of John Reid, of Lafay.
cite, 4 committee of one from eaci
delegation was appointed To draw III
rules and regulations for the govern.
ment oftlc convention. Whcrcupol
John Walker. of Iioward; Geo. W.
Brn>llcr. of Carroll: W. +. Yates, OF
Ray: :. 4. ilut,on, of Boone; NJ,
Eanti<, of Saline: Thomas Patton, OF
Randolph, a.d Il. ID. Ra@land. OF
Lafayette, were appointed as sucl
committee.
The committee on rules and reg,
ulationS presented q majority and
minority report.
MAJORITY REPORT.
The committee appointed to drafl
rules and regulations to govern this
body report a. follows:
Resolved. That all motions shall bl
addressed to the chairman of the con
vcntion. and be duly seconded bcfor,
submitted to Il vote.
Resolved. That discussion on any
motion shall be limited to spceches
of five minutes. and not more thai
twice on the same motion.
Resolved. That amy candidate be
fore this convention receiving Il ma,
ioritv of the votes cast shall bt
! .In.ln VnI fl,n ,Inuniinn ,Nt flis snil-nn
tion.
Resolved. That any two member;
of this convention can have Il call %
counties upon amy question, the vot,
of the counties to be ascertaincd by
call of all the counties i'll theil
alphabetical order.
Resolved, That in balioting fol
candidates and in voting upon al
questions upon which i call o
counties be had. the county sinai
ascertain its vote by ballot, which
:. vote shall be announced viva voce b,
the chairman of each delegation t,
the President OF the convention
giving the number Of votes cast ant
for whom, or tor which side OF Tho
question.
MINORITY
The following cinhc on th'
. committee to report rules. &C.. TO
+ the government of the convention
beg leave to submit a minority re
port, to the rules as reported by TIT
minority of said committee. viz:
Resolved, That it requires Il two
thirds majority of the authorized
votes of this convention TO nominal,
any candidate for Office. IAHTIS,
Blown.
YATES.
The minority report, which wa
construed to embrace all the majorit,
report cxccptthcthird resolution, WA
adopted by Il vote of - to 81.
On motion, the following gentle
men were appointed to compose tn
Congressional committee:
John II. Perry. of Randolph: Maj
j. \. Frmks, OF Howard y. L. Child
s. W D, " 'ull