, 1889-08-01

George III. ,,pon which they thought It
was proper to 20 10 war In like man
ncr lac should never vote to nut any mil
itary power beyond the reach of the leg
islaturo or the people. He quoted from
sundrv state constitutions to show how
briefly this subject was treated, and
how generally IL was left TO the lcgisla-
lures.
Mr.. Cosgroye raised n point of order
that this was not In the line of the
proper discussion of section 9.
The chair repeated his ruling of yes.
of argument was not out of order.
Cosgrove appealed, and the chair was
sustained by Il very decided and un-
doubted vote.
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section WASN'T , rumdamcyytnI MOI li' qnnn@b 70
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;ot ;;te V,vse goii,ici'te,l ol'y ,I oitt,'i a
'''o '"o ciosses ci'i@e''s WHO s''ou'o oo
LIABLE TO MILITARY DUTY,
As to fixing the numbers, ETC., they
merely fix the minimum and could
they be more fundamental than that?
Certain porto were legislative, It was
true, but that was because 1t was feared
the legislature might refuse to establish
an efficient system
Prosser, chairman of the military
committee, regretted that so much time
was taken up and that he had made II
statement Yesterday which might be DOS.
siblv construed as charging the demo-
cratic party with being opposed to the
war Of the rebellion, though he did not
mean to say that. There were elements
in that party which were hostile to the
military arm of the government and
perhaps with good reason, but there
were also in that PARTY men with whom
he had served and whom he knew to be
as high in principle and in loyalty as
any members of the republican party.
AS to the charge by Mr.. Turner against
this military committee of
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lor nrllgihg III an article Whlch WIS uh-
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tee with anything nor use the word "er.
frontry.n | said | was amazed mt the
proposition of the committee.
Prossor--Ncry well, | stand CORE cted.
He was amazed at the ctlrontry of the
committee. laughtCr.l
Turncr-No, not at the committee !;
simply amazed at the proposition.
ProSser--I stand corrected again,
Leaving this topic he went on to COM
pare the provisions of other state Consti-
tutions and To comment OH the points of
arguments advanced by those who OPP
posed the committees report, until he
had occupied twenty minutes. BY this
time the argument on this subject
seemed TO have rather pulled on the ap-
petite of many of the delegates, and n
count showed thirty-onc empty chairs
though not all the occupants were abb
sent. 4 number wandered about in u
rest less sort of way in and ont doors
and around the edges of the room. The
chair rcprcsScd conversation as much as
possible, so the speakers had fair field,
and so il ran ON until noon time. Sui
livan of Tacoma said the motion under
discussion was merely part of II scheme
to break down the committees report,
and as such he should oppose II. The
genius of our institutions required u
small but
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re eolni,eIltsi ~ soill1 clg.li on tnc
aaIS''i,ieil'S on urlthtls, moore ana othcrs
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,SulIiVah ot whitman defined ms po-
sitloh' After listening two or more
ilouls mul 'o lne arguments Oh thc enemies
oi .llis article al seemed agreed as TO othc
NECESSITY lor illlitury. system Dut dis-
E' .Eistu ns 70 Wnctn'r IL Mas luiiua-
n'si, lnei,sai PriilciPle or hot. ne pelleNeu III
i;l',.Hu. T., i,g o,ly i.ul1"ihentnl prlhSlplHsS
he shnrt, mi rxnm,innti"n sIovs thnt
every modern constitution is longer than
the one which preceded it, ana that be-
cause of ineNpcricnCc the people found
out that in their experiment of self gov
crnment their legislators didn't Keep
abreast of the times, do justice between
man and man nor fulfill the wishes of
the people. Hence in new constitutions