position by the gentlemen of the majority,
who have cast their votes against this propo-
sition when more of them are in favor of it
than there are of the minority of this house.
Having no desire to occupy that position, I
am compelled, against my judgment, to
change my vote to "no."
Mr. DELLINGER. I wish to change my vote
to "no," and I ask the unanimous consent of
the house, if it can be done, to withdraw this
order.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. 0 ! no! let it stand.
Mr. DELLINGER. I am induced to take this
course by the remarks made by the gentleman
from Baltimore city (Mr. Stirling.)
Mr. MARBURY. For the reasons stated by
my colleague (Mr. Belt,) I change my vote to
"no."
Mr. RIDGELY. I ask leave to change my
vote to "no." But I desire to say that I am
decidedly of the opinion that the proposition
of the gentleman from Washington (Mr.
Dellinger) is right and sustained by the law.
But as the direction which this matter has
taken has been contrary to my expectations,
I ask permission to put myself right by chang-
ing my vole to " no."
Mr. KING changed his vote to " no."
Mr. DAVIS, of Charles, who was not present
when his name was called, now voted " no."
Mr. THOMAS, who was not present when his
name was called, also voted " no."
The PRESIDENT then announced that the
order was rejected by the following vote :
Yeas—Messrs. Billingsley, Bond, Dent,
Lansdale, Morgan—5.
Nays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Baker, Belt, Brooks, Brown,
Carter, Chambers, Crawford, Cunningham,
Cushing, Dail, Daniel, Davis, of Charles,
Davis, of Washington, Dellinger, Duvall,
Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Gale, Galloway,
Greene, Hatch, Hebb, Henkle, Hodson, Hoff-
man, Hollyday, Hopper, Horsey, John-
son, Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard, King,
Larsh, Lee, Marbury, Markey, McComas,
Mitchell, Miller, Mullikin Murray, Negley,
Nyman, Parker, Parran, Pugh, Purnell,
Ridgely, Russell, Schley, Schlosser, Scott,
Smith, of Dorchester, Sneary, Stirling, Stock-
bridge, Swope, Sykes, Thomas, Todd, Tur.
ner, Wickard, Wilmer, Wooden—69.
Mr. SCHLEY. I move that the gentleman
from Washington county (Mr. Dellinger) be
allowed to withdraw the order he introduced
in relation to the milage of members.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. I object to that.
Mr. SCHLEY. I hope the objection to my
motion will be withdrawn. The course the
house has taken in regard to this matter
shows the propriety of the course I have sug-
gested.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. What will be the effect
of allowing this order to be withdrawn?
Can it be renewed to-morrow or next day ?
The PRESIDENT. Certainly.
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Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. Then I think it better
be left as it now stands.
Mr. DELLINGER, It will not be renewed
again.
The PRESIDENT. Objection having been
made to the withdrawal of the order, the
question must be submitted to the convention.
The question being taken, permission was
granted, and the order was accordingly with-
drawn.
Mr. VALLIANT. I desire to ask the consent
of the convention) to allow the committee on
reporting and printing to retire. We desire
to have a meeting, and it will be perhaps
somewhat protracted. We have been trying
to get a meeting during the present week,
and sometimes halve succeeded in getting on
during the intervals between the sessions.
But those intervals have been so brief, and
being obliged to get meals during the inter-
vals, or not get them at all, we have not been
able to accomplish our business. I therefore
ask leave of the convention for that com-
mittee to retire in order that it may do what
it has heretofore been unable to do,
Leave was accordingly granted.
EXTRA COMPENSATION TO COLLINS TATMAN.
Mr. RIDGELY. I offer the following order,
in regard to which I will add one word of
explanation:
Ordered, That the sum of one hundred
dollars be paid Collins Tatman, as extra com-
pensation."
When the proposition was before the house
touching the duties devolving upon the sec-
retary in relation to transmilting documents
to members after the adjournment of the con-
vention, I voted for the proposition to de-
volve those duties upon the secretary for the
reason assigned by the gentlemen from Prince
George's (Air. Belt) that it was eminently
proper that the secretary, being the proper
and responsible officer of this body, should
have the superintendence of the duties to be
performed after its adjournment. Many
members of the convention thought it wag
unkind and unfair towards the folder, whose
special duty it was to have charge of that
department. I now offer this order, at the
suggestion of some of those gentlemen for the
reason that this folder has been employed for
the last two or three weeks in the exclusive
performance of that duty, in consequence of
the unavoidable absence of the one associ-
ated with him. I offer this proposition with
a view to harmonize upon that subject.
The question was upon agreeing to the
order.
Upon this question, Mr. DAVIS, of Wash-
ington, called for the yeas and nays, and they
were ordered.
The question was then taken, byyeas and
nays, and resulted:
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Abbott, Barron, Billingsley, Brooks, Carter, |
