The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-26

sat in Mr.. Greeley's immediate vicinity
swsPs that Nc. Ore aTeelsy ao .c@StI%ss va:
sTprsss Rmss IN D pots sne @ and 90
these occasional outbursts OF profanity aroused
on ,one occasion an upeommoniy ,straleht.
backed Presbyterian from 81 Lawrencs
nnce, whose seat was within earshot OF Mr..
Greeley. This member belonged to that large
;Iass Which was proud to assert a. al 9 times
and read that always, The st. Lawrence saint
while pretending to be in conversation with
opportunity to feast his eyes on Horace Gree
ley. who was then eagerly watching
on a subject in which he was especially
interested. somethlng happened to go very
suddenly burst forth in an undartoue torrent
OF Wild and weird profanity. For sone mo-
ments the genilemnan from 81 Lawrence s sqt
lips bloodless. and his hair alone showed any
power otaction IT rose straight IN in inc
further movement became possible the st.
Lawrence delegate gave n horrliled look at his
the aid Of his friend, staggered out into the
The Constitution which IL was finally agreed
TO submit to tho neople was not voted Tor in tho
Convention by William NJ. Evarta. Horace Gree
ley, and number otthe more prominent mem
history or record OF the Convention. In fact
George William Curtis WAS one 81 the very Few
ton in the Convention. The Constitution IT.
self was rejected by the people in the election
Of 1850 by a vote of-For, 223.935; against,
2pO. 420 Two OF the articles which were
submitted separately at tine same elect on
were, adopted by the people, the judiciary
article receiviug majority OF nearly 1000
votes The tax article was defeated The
article pdS co0reS property or,sS inc ion
adoption by the United States OF the negro
suffrage amendment OF course took this sub
iect out Of the question OF state politics. Tho
only. part Of the work OF the Convention. be-
coming q part Of tho State Constitution. re-
dulrod tho Legislature TO submit to the people
at the election OF 1873 those questions:
Judges Of Court OF Apposs and OF juscs. Of The
supreme Court be hereafter rlled by appointment 2
the Court OF common Pleas Of the city OF EswTorE.
and buffalo. and OF tho CITY Court Of brooklyn be
hereafter n'cd by Appointments
Both Of these questions we're duly submit
ted. As required by the judiciary article. and
the people negatived both by u vote OF nearly
three to one.
Only three members OF that Convention have
boen reelected members TO the Convention np-
preaching. They are Mr.. Gideon j. Tucker
OF TINS city, llr. j. G. Shoemaker OF Brooklyn.
and Mr. Augustus Frank. who Is a elegate at
IN Interesting fact that Mr. Tucker was
reporter Tor the Albany Argus In the
Constitutional Convention Of 1916. He went
In that year from this city to Albany with let
tcr from the late James Gordon Bennett to the
editor OF the Argus. which secured him en-
pluyment ms an assistant to the chief stenog-
Lapher making the reports for the Argus MIR.
Tucker says that OF The members, officers,
attaches and reporters Of the Convention OF
40 he Ia the only one now alive. He took an
active part as member Of the Convention OF
1857. and looks forward without any dread to
performance OF the work which may be Inn
posed upon him in the coming Convention.