Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-22
A NEW CONSTITUTION.
It Will Soon Be Ready to Sub-
 init to New York Voters.
ALL WORK HAS BEEN FINISHED
After Being In Session For Almost Five Months and Considering Over 400 Pro- posed Amendments the Convention win Soon Adjourn.

posed Amendments the Convention wm
 Soon Adjourn.
 ALBANY, Sept. 22-The constitutional convention finally concluded its labors 50 far ns tho passage of amendments to the constitution Is concerned. Thirty thToo amendments havo been passed out of q total of over 100 offered.
 Tho convention has been in session since May s almost continuously. Tho amendments arc of nn important nature in almost every case. They will proba- hly bo presented to tho people in tho shape of new constitution.
 Today at noon tho convention will take an adjournment until next Thursday, so as to allow tho revision committee to draw tho new constitution into shape. Then 1t will be ratified, and the conven- tion will adjourn sine die.
 During the last day several important amendments were passed.
 The drainage of lands amendment was taken up, and Messrs. Marks, Green and Hottenroth tried to get their amendments added to 1t to allow trial by jury in con demnation proceedings. All the amend ments except to the bill proper were dc. feated, and the amendment was passed as follows (yeas, 10I; nays, ID:
 When private property shall be taken for any public use, the compensation to be made thereafter, when such compensation is not made by the state, shall be ascer- tained by n jury or by not less than three commissioners appointed by such court of record es shall Do prescribed by law. Pri- vate roads may be opened in the manner to be prescribed by law, but in every case the necessity of the road and the amount of all damage to be sustained by the open- ing thereof shall be determined by jury of FrE l,Nll nd tHal,n with the expenses of the proceeding shall be paid by the persons to be benefited. General laws may Dc passed permit ting the owners or occupants of agricul- tural lands to construct and maintain for the drainage thereof necessary drains, ditches and dikes on the lands of others under proper restrictions and with just compensation, but no special law shall be enacted for such purpose. "
 Contsstant.' Claims Tabled.
 The claims of Harvey Putnam James w. Rigg, Eugene Curran, George W. Rod erick. w. NJ Mullen. Thomas W. Fitzger- ald, William H. Davis, William Winans and Albert Winterson, contestants and contestecs, for counsel fees were laid on the table.
 MT Burr caused some debate by de- manding that action Dc taken on tho anti trust amendment. After the debate Mir.
 
 was decided to take up the antipool amendment at onco and finish that and the military amendment and then go into third reading.
 In committee of tho whole the antipool selling and bookmaking amendment was taken mp.
 When the convention assembled at night, n little preliminary routine was disposed of and thon the roll was called q, # E-t. had been ordered to n third reading. It provides that all futurc amendments shnll become laws only by vote of the pco pie
 President ChOate started to explain his | vote when Mir. Nctldcr raised the point of | order that explanations had been prohib- | itcd, and after being upheld he asked | unanimous consent To allow tho prcsi- | dent to proceed. No objection was offer | cd, and Mir. Choatc voted No. ." because, hc said. 1t virtually prohibits the holding of any future constitutional conventions. That + a typographical crror"' shouted | Mir. Marshall. IT hat was corrected in | committee of thu whole" | Mir. NctlLcr moved a reconsideration of | the vote, Us the amendment hal been an | nounccd paSscd Us read, ard asked fur Inc | yeas and nays On the motion tO rc,un~iGcr. | I he Republicans objected, aHd the Dymo
 
 man" in various phases of unanimity. Mir. Eedder withdrew his request, as | he did not wish to obStruct tho noble | work of the III j"rity."
 | The chair however, ordered the roll to be called. Tho motion to reconsider was | carried, us Was also Mir. NcddCrs, refer ring it to the cCsnmittce on future amend l ments with instructions to report forth with as corrected. The vote was taken on tho final passage of the amendment. and 1t was adopted by vote of IO3 to l3. stockhoId .rs' Liability.
 Mir Marshall's amendment relative to the liability of stockholders of corpora tions was next taken up. There was no | objection. IL was adopted by single vote-yeas, >9: nays, 33. Applause from | the minority sido greeted the announce mont of the vote. The amsndment reads:
 The stockholders of every corpuration and joint stock association for banking purposes shall be individually responsible to the amount of their respective share or shares of stock in any such corporation or association for all its debts and liabili- ties of every kind
 Mir storms antigambling aIpcndment was next taken up. Mr. Choato moved to amend 1t by striking out the words ''or any other kind of gambling He said that 1t was exactly as If il said any gam bling" shall bc prohibited It would stop a little game in n family circle for few cents. IL would stop the church fair. books and lotteries and would even stop the small games in the clubs.
 | Mir. Eedder was surprised that Mir. Choate should offer such an amendment. The bill did intend to stop all kinds oi gambling, and it was proper that 1t should
 They were all, even the church fair let terics. detrimental to the morals of the young. and men who could not afford II spent their money illegally.
 Antigan bling Amendment.
 Tho discussion was brief. and the amendment unchanged was sent to third reading. It forbidS:
 Tho salo of lottery tickets, pool sell ing. bookmaking or any other kind oI gambling hereafter to bo authorized or al lowed within this stato, and tho lcgisla ture shall pass appropriate laws to prs vent offcnses again 't any of the provision: of this scctiun.'
 Tho military a:scndmcnt providing that therc shHli b. no less than lO. OOt mon in tho rational gunrd. all fully equipped aId ready for aciiun. and tha
 the state shnIi prov !de for their eiuipmen
 and maintenance and rrtosnizo the maya
 reserves, was taken up and briefly dis
 cusscd.
 Lisutenanb Colonel Cochran explained the amendment ns putting in the consti tuition the principal features of the rrcs ent military code IL seemed that tn matter was going smoothly until M-. Me
 Donough offered an amendment insertin
 in the amendment the provision or tn
 present constitution relieving person ] from duty who had religious scruplcs-
 This amendment was defeated and th ' amendment ordered to a third reading