New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-05
BY A NARROW MAJORITY.
HE SECTARIAN APPROPRIATIONS
AMENDMENT BARELY RESCUED.
MIR CAssIDY's SUBSTITUTE CARRIED ~ THE
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. BIT BEATEN
BY THREE VOTES IN OPEN CoNvEN-
FROM rur REGULAR cosRk.roSDrNr OF run TRIBUNE


Albany Sept. This was the most exciting day IN
thu ,.bole history OF the Constitutional Convention.
the direct cause having been the final vote on the
Educational Article. including the question OF sec
tartan concentrations. which had been ordered last
week to be taken to-day. After brief preliminary
! business the convention went into committee vi
| the Whole on the amendment The Chair an
| nouncod that the vote would he taken first on Mr..
| Iorhss,s amendment which added the following
at the end OF Section 4. which prohlDits sec'ariah
appropriations: .,
This section shall not apply 10 corp Pc, ~ iii
| ornhan asvIums or Institutions for the care ana
maintenance of dependent persons nnoel oisers
! years of age committed thereto ufder prov
Senisined in said general laws. Such general laws
| may be repealed or amended
| The intention that the Forbes amehuiheh'
which was lost by viva voce vote, shouid take
| 49,. ,ooa of tho two lines of the fourth section,
which had already been stricken out on the Hotoh
| of Mr. Choate providing that the section '"o
not apply to schools and institutions SUBJECT W III"
| visitation and inspection OF the state boaru Vi
| Charities. 49, ,
THE next vote was upon Mr. Marshalrs amend
mont which like that of Mr.. Forbes, was H'eh"e'
| ,o oualfy Section l. 1t read follows
| This section shall not prohibit the appropriation
Of money for securing secular instruction " ~
mates OF any orphan asylum, or OF any sdn,ai
~, n,', ub,ch children may be committed by judicial
| nrocess I'm which education Is ihcldehtd' o'''',
This had bean accepted by Mr.. Lauterpach' WIZ
had
same ground. When the roll was ca'ieu' ."
| u,ord of the Democrats, tecrs were appointed.
| The vote stood 80 yeas chiefly DeHlocra's' a "
| nays chiefly Republicans ,
Then Mr. Cassidy called for the vote upon MS SUI
| stitute for Section t. which provided that neither
49,, CO.., nor any subdivision thereof shall use It's
nronertv or credit or any pubic money. or autho''He
| or permit either be used, directly OF mum "
| aid or maintenance other than FOR eAa'iIi'a''' VI
! inspection Of any school or institution OF iea'''s
not wholly owned controlled by the ''a'e VI
| euh-divsion thereof" The vote on this Amendment
| us II yeas and SC nays The Chair announced its
| passage in the midst of great excitement on the
| floor. -
| Hut the friends Of the original amendment were
| not disposed to give up the night simply pecauS
| Mr. Cassiiy's substitute had been cdrrIe" '''
| Hollis chairman Of the Committee on Euuca''o"'
moved that the Committee Of the Whole rise report
| progress and ask leave to sit again MT 'ass'i!
moved that the committee RISE report the amend
ment favoraby and recommend its passage MT.
Truax of Nev-York, who in the chair, ruIed
That Mr. fIolis's morton not I'm order because
MIR CasslIys motion the one when wOuld
ordinarily be made according to parliamentary rules
was carried. and the chairman Of the committee re-
mendati5n it's psssase This placed the amend mend,
nlent before the Convention. the Question peihS
whether the Convention would agree 10 w rIp',, y,
the committee Of the Whole as ordered by the vote
Mir Roo, then rose in the midst OF great excite
mcnt. and moved to disagree with the report OF me
Amendment to to S se Committee G en- in
structions to report the proposition originally Ia
Mr. Cochran raised the point of order that Mr.
Roots motion wGs out or order because the ma VI
contained in 1t had been already defeated by the
passage of the Cassidy substitute.
point Of Order was not well taken More than the
necessary twenty five delegates having ordered the
ayes and noes, the clerk next called the roll ana
many OF the delegates explained their votes nror
Mr.. Durfee Nepl. said that Mr. CASSIDY prop prop
| ositiOn put II In the power OF any schooi Doaru
to allow any Kind OF religious teaching He was
! opposed 20 that and so he would vote aye
ilr Fuller CRep( OF chenango, said that under
the Cassidy amendment would be p0ssge 10 n
money might readily be used for sectarian insti-
tutions. He voted aye. ,ro,,-
ositlon put forward By the Committee on Ecu,
cation We're fair one then no every y,S ONE ne Of
the orators had said the other day, on the moor,
s@parae the STATE from one church only and not
the State from every kind OF church the Casslly
substitute left doubt as to its intent for 1t meant
the complete divorce OF Church and State. He
ylr Root (lepJ thought tina; many voted mo- on
his motion because they represented certain local
Institutions thai drew pubic money His substitute
pe.lei he assertions that hal been made to the
eee th!t It WAS O iS 1 at r5s %a. ba, Of pres
dent Choae VINO. IN EXPLAINING ms aifna I'VE VP bn
Il Was misleading Il really meant local oPI'on h 10.
the rankest secilr.ansm. There were certain pubic
schools In the State to-day where seciar!an instruc-
ton was given. II that instruction could be given
In Poughkeepsie ii could be given n New y. J ork,
|
werc some In the community who thought that a
great foreign hierarchy was after the puoc schoois;
by the Cassidy substitute to a man IL was th 1
purpose Of the Committee on Elucat22n aoso:!a,eS
Il, prohibit all kinds OF sectarianisn In the state,
but tn Cassidy substitute made 1t forever possible
to carry such sectaraniSm ,.. ..... ..s.,,.,,
with great capping Of hands by those who sup
The afirmaye votes were all Republican, and the
negative votes were all Dem9cratc with the add,-
Foote. Andrew, Frank ieeker Iaqterbaeh' Mar
and Vogt This disposition Of the amendme j. nov
considered final. because there were about tfteen
absenees. and much Will depend upon the way IN
which they vote when the amendment Is called UP
. on the order OF third reading. .,., n. D..
AS soon as the roll had been called, Mr.. Root
moved that the amendment be ordered TO "A third
the cassidy substitute for another vote Mr.. Root
% n w course eeF d hs by mr. cas said that
the action OF the convention had shown It 10 be full
forth he should do ali in his power defeat every
thing that might be put before the people as the
United states Senator David i. Hill Is in Albany
to conduct personally me De mo san. eanPash
scmbly districts which was the special order to-
Is a &nq % Sn Fpay Mr. Bush Of ster today
confessed that he had been in close consultation
c Wn in the convention In this connection his
admission of Cay s w hST1 Se d sG K but
FOR which he forced to vote IS significant HIS
arguments against the proposed pan were spe'ous'
! like many Of Mr. IIill's in the past
For instance, he CHARGED that the representa-
! ZION in New-York was by taxpayers ana not by
vo o's charge which was promptly answered by
Mr Brown Then he brought out his table Of Ger,
tain districts in York stating that the Nlllh
senate District had only l0s6l population but the
Republican estimate was III tG: the XNth Dstr nc
| iaoIs9 as against the Republican claim or lls2so:
The XVIth District 23.6l1 "a against llsfe, me
with District 49, 40 against llSsOi the AHth
| District Ol99. as against iI',-ZS' the N1\is' p'S
| trict ll5 I75 against 1852. 80, , -,
JJa asserted that these Inequalities existed, al
! ,hnvgb no forgot 10 state that the proposed plan
was la sed on the census of 1892. which was padded
IN Democratc districts. and made as thin as pos
ahle in rural communities. the season or the year
81 which II was taken having made II impossipile
Co. Tho nonuatlon OF the Republican counties 10 De
foiriv estimated He did acknowledge however