Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. That is the very thing
I propose to supply.
Mr. CHAMBERS. I think the gentleman
upon reflection will take back what he says;
for I think we might as well say that nobody
shall enter a ball-room except those entitled
to do it. I think there is no law by which
the right of a voter at a primary meeting can
be determined. I have no objection to voting
for a provision to give the best possible se-
curity we can, but it must be for something
practicable.
Mr. MILLER. I agree with the gentleman
from Kent; but I think the object of the
gentleman from Baltimore city could be at-
tained by leaving out the words in his amend-
ment, " at any primary meeting or nomi-
nating convention," so that it shall be that
no person shall be eligible to office who by
fraud, force, surprise, or bribery, shall have
procured his nomination to any office. My
objection to the amendment as it is, is this,
as indicated by the gentleman from Allegany
(Mr. Thruston) that it is a constitutional
recognition of such things as primary meet-
ings and nominating conventions. It puts
into the constitution a designation of those
meetings, of those conventions; which are
altogether unknown to the election laws of
the State. I move to amend by striking out
the words " at any primary meeting or nominating
convention."
The amendment to the amendment was
agreed to.
The question recurring upon Mr. STOCKBRIDGE'S
amendment as amended,
Mr. MILLER demanded the yeas and nays,
and they were ordered.
The question being taken, the result was—
yeas 45, nays 25—as follows :
Yeas Messrs. Goldsborough, President,
Abbott, Berry, of Baltimore county, Bond,
Carter, Chambers, Crawford, Cunningham,
Dail, Daniel, Davis, of Charles, Dellinger,
Duvall, Earle, Ecker, Edelen, Hopkins, Jones,
of Cecil, Jones, of Somerset, Kennard, Lans-
dale, Marbury, Markey, Mayhugh, McComas,
Mitchell, Miller, Mullikin, Murray, Negley,
Parker, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely, Russell,
Smith, of Carroll, Smith, of Dorchester,
Smith, of Worcester, Stockbridge, Swope,
Sykes, Todd, Turner, Wickard, Wooden—
45.
Nays— Messrs. Annan, Audoun, Belt,
Billingsley, Blakiston, Brown, Davis, of
Washington, Dent, Galloway, Harwood,
Hopper, Keefer, King, Lee, Morgan, Nyman,
Parran, Peter, Robinette, Sands, Schley,
Schlosser, Stirling, Thomas, Thruston—25.
When his name was called
Mr. PETER said: The only question should
be whether a man is worthy or not, and
whether he has been elected by the majority
of legal voters, A nomination is not an elec-
tion. I vote "no."
The amendment was accordingly adopted. |
OATH Of OFFICE.
Mr. DUVALL submitted the following amend-
ment :
inserf as an additional section the following:
"Section—. The sections of this article
which prescribe oaths to be taken shall remain
in force only until the end of the existing civil
war; and from and after the re-establishment
of peace, there shall be no oath required of
legal voters, as a condition of suffrage, and
the oath of public officers shall be as now pre-
scribed in the existing constitution."
Mr. DUVALL demanded the yeas and nays,
which were ordered.
The question being taken, the result was—
yeas 23, nays 47—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Belt, Billingsley, Blackiston,
Bond, Brown, Chambers, Crawford, Dail,
Davis, of Charles, Dent, Duvall, Edelen,
Jones, of Somerset, Larsh, Lee, Marbury,
Mitchell, Miller, Morgan Parran, Peter,
Smith, of Dorchester, Turner—23.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Audoun, Berry, of Baltimore
county, Carter, Cunningham, Daniel, Davis,
of Washington, Dellinger, Earle, Ecker,
Galloway, Harwood, Hopkins, Hopper, Jones,
of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard, King, Markey,
Mayhugh, McComas, Mullikin, Murray, Neg-
ley, Nyman, Parker, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely,
Robinette, Russell, Sands, Schley, Schlosser,
Smith, of Carroll, Smith, of Worcester, Stir-
ling, Stockbridge, Swope, Sykes, Thomas,
Thruston, Todd, Wickard, Wooden—47.
The amendment was accordingly rejected.
Mr. STIRLING, I have an amendment to of-
fer as an additional section, which I intended
to move as an amendment to section five, but
was cut off by the previous question :
"Section —. Every person holding any
office of trust or profit under the late consti-
tution, or under any law of the State, and
who shall be continued in office under this
constitution, shall within thirty days after
this constitution shall have gone into effect,
take and subscribe the oath or affirmation set
forth in the fifth section of this article, and if
any such person shall fail so to do) his office
shall be ipso facto vacant,"
Mr. CHAMBERS demanded the yeas and nays,
and they were ordered.
The question being taken, the result was—
yeas 45, nays 24—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Berry, of Baltimore county,
Carter, Cunningham, Daniel, Davis, of Wash-
ington, Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Galloway,
Hopkins, Hopper, Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, Ken-
nard, King, Markey, Mayhugh, McComas,
Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Nyman, Parker,
Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely, Robinette, Russell,
Sands, Schley, Schlosser, Smith, of Carroll,
Smith, of Worcester, Stirling, Stockbridge,
Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Thruston, Todd,
Wickard, Wooden—45. |
