Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-08
IWENTY-sECOND DIV.

jonrned.
TwENTY-sECOND DAY.
The Convention met at 10 o'clock,
President Rtusom ii the chair
Prayer by Rev. jno. Snede&, If ! be
city.
journal of yesterday read md op-
proved.
Mr.. FrenclI presented q petite
from the ladies of Wilmington, tx
e teviIle and surrounding to+as tar
The Convention TO make laws r. PIT
down the sale Of liquor . n .t..s'.
of Mr.. Tourgae, the petition va t''-
iected Oh account of not beng -aG.,".:.
Mr.. Manning, OF New dan"v !, sal
mitted a report from thc Conan tee
on amendments.
Mr.. French again offered thh pet
ton for the ladies of Wilmington IL
regard to the sale of liquor, saYf"@
that the objection to il on ace t5lnt 90.
being anonymous was removed, IL !...
and the delegate from HcndeTson, III.
Woodfn, had signed it III behalf o!
the ladies'. The paper was receive
and appropriately referred.
Mr.. Ried, from the Committee on
Revision, submitted a report. and MIR.
Roberts, of Gates, submitted. reports
from the Committee on Enrolled Bills.
Mr.. Shepherd, from t:!e Committee on
Municipal Corporations, Mr.. Durham,
from the Committee on Revenue. Tax
alton and Public Debt, submitted re-
ports.
On motion OF Mr.. Durham, the bilz
relating to the special tax bonds aid
the public debt were made the special
order for Saturday, at II O'Clock.
Mr.. Shober, from the Committee cn
Suffrage and Eligibility, submitted Il
report.
| INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND
ORDINANCES.
Mr.. HoIton, an ordinance 70 submit
the question of the pardon of y. "
Holden to the people Of the State ~
the next regular election IN the Stale
Referred.
By MIR Vaughan, al ordinance t.
amend sec ., art. Z. Provides tia
Senators shall he II years OF age IL
stead OF % Referred.
By Mr.. Byrd, AZ ordinance. to aile: 1;
art. of the Constitution. Provide,
that the General Assembly shai' ha"a
no power 70 levy Il arccja3 TX 2. .:s.
any debt OF the STATE contrac5gi .5-.uE
to 1865, and for tho ri 'l.t.at..G = ill.,
special tax bonds, made apecia' 10
Saturday, II o'clock.
UNFINISHED DC5IE1..js.
The ordinance 70 reduce tine unln-
ber Of State Senators 10 p, IS .,9--
sidercd.
Mr.. Avery moved t. rec3mmlT 5:l=
whole question, and called the n~eEiafe
and the bill ana substitute yrs racy-E.-
mitted by vote OF IS TO u,
The Chair 81 lated lie would s:unCurca
the vote taken yesterday to reconsider
the vote taken upun the no, lUl 81 III.
Manning, Of Chatham, to table ill.,
motion OF Mr.. Chamberlain IT, II on
slider TIE vote by which tlo Eo1f-. ~.
county cont6s1 Was recoLlaIlttc,. 10 tie
Committee.
Mr.. Tourgeo asked the ruii3g II to
Chair. as o whether the sitting i.i,i-.-
bers from Robeson county d.tG Z r,-'f,
to vote upon this question. fua Cha:
decided that they had Il right, aud
from this decision Mr. ICur9-o s:e-
pealed.
A warm discussion (and a sceue) en-
sued as to the right 20 appeal Guc.,..<
the pending OF the annouucement of
the vote, the Republican members
strenuousIy claiming the right to such
proceeding and the Democratic n m
bers rs bitterly opposing il. .ssr
Mr.. TOurgee withdrew his appeal,
and the vote to table was announced
to be 80 10 81
Mr.. Tourgee moved to Ii@aiIaFg tn
votes of the sitting n.cmbers fr"n
Robson, on the ground. that tLcse,
members were directly INTEREST," q, and
advocated this motion at ONE length.
Mr.. Bum, dem, defed the gentle
men from the other side Of the house
to show in any case where the sitting
members had not right to vote on III
preliminary questions. touching their
ght to seat, and quoted from fnc
action of other Legislative bodies IL
this case, and C ted the fact thas l. ID.
Wade, i'll the Andrew Johnson impc;.ci.-
ment case, voted to ous the President
when he (Wadel would thereby be-
come President of the L tied States.
There were no rules i'll the case to gov
ern the Committee on Privileges az!
Elections, and all the motion 10 recon-
NIT asked was that this Committee he
allowed to establish rules for their &C
ton in this case.
Mr.. Fairc:utE, rep, d7ocated bri, fiy
the motion of Mr.. Tourgee.
MIR. Badger, rep, argued that the
sitting members from Robson had ~
right to vote in the Convention.
Mr.. Jarvis, dem, argued that the
motions that had been considered on
this question were purely incidental
and preliminary, and the rules OF this
Convention settle beyond all question
the right of the sitting members to
vote upon all questions before it.
Mr.. Coleman, dem, argued with M.
Jarvis, that the questions thus far IN
this case upon the motions had been
altogether preliminary and did no; Al
feet the personal interest Of the sitting
members.
Mr.. Chamberlain. rep, spoke It
some length III advocacy OF the motion
Of Mr.. Tourgee
Mr.. Manning, of Chatham, moved
the previous question, which cell was
sustained by vote Of Sc to 81
During the debate upon the qnes-
ton Mr.. Justice and Symth, col, ad
mitted that their object was to throw
all obstacles i'll the way of the work Of
the Convention, and TO defeat as much
as possible its legislation.
The motion of AR. Tourgee was then
lost by vote of 81 to Sc, strict party
vote.
Upon MIR. Sinclair being called, lie
explained that he was here by the
highest authority of Robson county,
and he should exercise the right Of