New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-28
4 SHORT CONTENTION SESSION.
NO ACTION YET TAKEN UPON THE PLAN OF
SUBMITTING THE CONSTITUTIONAL.

| Albany Sept. q (SpeciaD.-Ths evening President
Choate appointed committee. consisting Of Messrs
| Cookinham. Acker Root. Hirschberg. +. X Brown
| c. h. Mclaughlin. Mcmillan Bigelow. jerks and
| Mavbee TO draft and report an explanatory state
ment Of the proposed amendments 10 the Constu-
! ton. The committee worked all tie evening, but
| the report will not be made until tomorrow IL
| will be simply descriptive and not arguInentatlVe
| AT FIAT the three Democratic 'nembers-Me3sTd'
Blgelow, jerks and Maybee-were inclined not TO
sign IT. but TO make n minority report ana they
were urged to take this by many of their
party associates but they have finally decided 10
sign the report OF the committee together with a
brief statement OF their To the effect that In
their opinion the apportionment article Ia unwise
and unnecessary.
Nearly the whole OF the evening session OF three
hours was devoted to the reading by the clerk ana
his assistants Of the revised Constitution In printed
form il filed 105 pages Of double-eaded matter but
In the engrossed form it occupied forty five large
diploma sheets OF parchment. This IL the final copy
which will be signed by the delegates and fled with
the secretary Of state.
When the reading Of the Constitution had pro-
ceeded for nearly two hours Mr. Root moved that
the session be extended for a few minutes after
10 o'clock 50 that the article then being read might
be finished and an adjournment taken until noon
Tomorrow TO await the arrival OF delegates VINO
we're absent tonight Mr.. Mcclure objected 10 so
much loss OF time He moved to amend so mat the
reading should be finished tonight and the adjourn
ment be until 10 O'Clock In the morning. The amend
nent prevailed by vote OF 50 10 49, and the reading
was competed. ,,.., -,
After adjournment the Republican DELEGATES AZ
once went into a caucus adjourned from iist Sa'ut-
dav in which the form OF submitting me amend
lnents was discussed. While the prevailing opinion
is ina; the revised Constitution should be submitted
as a whole thus requiring only one ballot, YET thet'
are several other opinions that are hed NOR.
strongly than now that the deleEa'"+ nav
conferred with their constituents during the recesS
Those who oppose submiss Ion ~ who" lhc.ne 20
submission In three four separate groups; OF
which the Apportionmcnt and Judiciary artlc.rS
should be two. This Is the J. Ian which the Doio-
Gratis profess to approve. and -. II a vote were
taken in the open convention enough iepunilVan'
would probably vote with the Democrats TO detea'
the project OF adoption rejection ny 4 slhtl, pa'
ioi Even as to the latter there are two different
plans one provides for ballots For the PROPOSE
Constitution and Against the proposci 'onsut,u,
iiou The other advocates the adoption oi th'
principle of blanket ballot the voter Il" rrcrN
a COPY Of the new Constitution, with the cholce OF
marking out those parts not approved by MN anu
allowing the rest 20 stand a. his ballot. .
Tn. Democrats were In caucus to-nght on th'
same subject and also on an address 10 nc voters
denouncing the work ~ the convention. Inc. "orh
~ the Democratic caucus was planned - Mc-Frs
Veed.r \icoll and H0wcrs a. on" ~ IN" AibaiJ
clubhouses this afternoon II Wa expected that N"
work would De far advanced tonight mat th'
Constitution could BE- signed tomorrow ana SIN,
de adjournment taken. but neither 81 IN" cnucuse
came 10 any conclusion ana both OF them ADJOURNED