, 1889-08-01
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
The Governors Eligibility to the
United states Scnatorship.

The article on executive department
was taken up and on motion of MrGrif-
fits each amendment was taken up sep
arately. The first amendment was in
section B. establishing the terms of all
state officers at four years instead of two
years. On concurrence in this amend
ment Mr.. GTiflitts called for the ayes
and noes and the amendment was con
CURED in--ayes ~, noes ~.
The next amendment called i'll ques-
ton was the one reducing the salary of
the treasurer from $500 to 5000 and on
Inent, Mr.. Jones called for the ayes
and noes. They were had and the lower
figure was adopted. Ayes 81, noes -.
In section "a the amendment raising
the salary of the superintendent of
public instruction from $500 to- $1,000
was concurred In by another roll c..ll
asked for by Mr.. McReavey, with ayes
SO, noes "a.
All the remaining amendments recon-
mended by the committee of the whole
We're adopted.
Mr.. Prosser suggested certain verbal
amendments, but concluded to leave
them to the revision committee.
Mr.. Dyer sent up an amendment
which would have revived the discussion
of the veto power, but on its being read
he discovered that he did not mean that
one,
AND INSTANTLY WITHDREW 1T,
and sent up the amendment he did want
viz: 70 add great, So that the seal of
the state will be called "the great seal,
but this was voted down with shout,
in which laughter was very prominent.
Mr. Moore moved to amend by max
ing the governor and treasurer ineligible
for a second term, and argued that es-
pecially for the treasurer this provision
was n wise one, and tended to prevent
defalcations in office.
Mr.. Tibbetts called for the ayes and
noes.
Mr. Dunbar moved 10 strike out the
word governor, and he was willing to re-
strict the treasurer to one term. While
his amendment was reduced 10 writing
Mr.Griffitts moved the previous question.
The chair put the motion and declared
ii carried.
Mr.. Dunbar proceeded to argue his
motion and was brought to a stand by
Mr.. Grifiitts, who claimed the previous
question had been ordered.
Mr., Dunbar insisted that he had not
yielded the floor since making his mo-
tion, and didn' understand how the pre-
vious question could have gotten in.
The chair sustained Mr.. Dunbar's
claim to the floor.
Gritiitts--The chair had no business to
recognize me and put my motion.
The Chair-Very true; technically
not But the chair only did it to save
tifue.
Mr. Dunbar briefly argued his notion
Mr.. Gritiitts moved the previous ques-
ton. So ordered
Mr., Dunbar's amendment, in effect al
lowing the governor to have as many
terms as the people choose to elect him
to, was adopted
The roll call was demanded again on
the proposition as thus amended, which
simply declared the treasurer ineligible
TO a second term and resulted-ayes 62,
noes o.
proposed an amendment to section 3.
requiring the returns of the election of
all state officers to be made to the legis
laturc. Adopted.
Mr.. Durie proposed an amendment
striking out lieutenant governor in the
list of officers enumerated in section |
and amending the rest of the article to
conform.
Mr.. Convey objected to so vague an
amendment,
Mr.. Weir opposed the amendment and
so did Mr.. Buchanan.
Mr.. Griffitts moved the previous ques-
ton. So ordered and the roll call de-
feated MIR. Duries' proposition-ayes 30,
noes 40.
amendment to section Z, which was
adopted.
Mr.. Dyer then called up the amend
ment which he had seut in by mistake
earlier in the day, viz: TO reduce the
size of the vote required to override n
governors veto from two-thirds tothree-
iifths.
Mr.. stiles said that yesterday this
point was fully debated, but he had
come across some newly discovered evil
dcnce and thought IL only fair to state
it., although after all IL was not really new
evidence, tor it was lying
RIGHT UNDER OUR NOSES
all the time. Now find that l am sus-
tanned in my vote of yesterday on this
veto power by an examination made
last night of every state constitution
that has ever been adopted in this
country, and find that twenty-five OF
the states began with either no veto at
all or else a veto with majority vote
overriding IL, and eleven Of taem had no
veto for many years. The gentleman
then gave an exhaustive statement of
the facts regarding this matter in every
state in the Union. The result is that