Schley, Sneary, Swope, Thomas, Valliant,
Wickard, Wooden—28.
Nays— Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Berry, of Baltimore county, Bond, Brown,
Carter, Crawford, Cunningham, Cushing,
Dail, Daniel, Davis, of Charles, Earle, Ecker,
Farrow, Galloway. Hatch, Hoffman, Horsey,
Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, King, Larsh, Lee,
Markey, Mayhugh, Mitchell, Mullikin, Mur-
ray, Parker, Purnell, Ridgely, Russell, Schlos-
ser, Scott, Smith, of Dorchester Stirling,
Stockbridge, Todd, Turner, Wilmer—40.
The order was accordingly rejected.
Mr. CUSHING, when his name was called,
said: I think this would be an extremely
expensive business. I think the newspapers
of the counties would publish this constitu-
tion at once, for the sake of furnishing the
news to their readers. We have provided
for the printing of 60,000 copies, to be sent
to the newspapers, to be distributed to their
respective subscribers. This would be put-
ting the State to an additional expense of six
or eight thousand dollars for no purpose
whatever, and I therefore vote "no."
Mr. SCHLEY, when his name was called,
said: The experience of this State has
shown that the reason assigned by the gen-
tleman from Baltimore city (Mr. Cushing)
for voting against this order, is not well
founded; that is, that the newspapers would
publish this constitution as an item of news.
That was not our experience at the time of
the last convention. This order provides
that this constitution shall be published in
two newspapers in each county, where two
newspapers are published, I am not prepared
at this time to say how many counties have
each two newspapers. But I think there are
not more than five counties in which two
newspapers are published at this time.
The PRESIDENT. There are five on the
eastern shore. I do not know about the
western shore.
Mr. SCHLEY. I am sure not half of them.
But even if all the counties had two news-
papers each, I do not believe that the cost of
its publication would be twenty-five hundred
dollars for the State. But the sum is unim-
portant compared with the necessity and advantage
of bringing this constitution in a
familiar newspaper form home to every man's
door. That I consider wholly outside of the
question here. I shall therefore cheerfully
vote "aye."
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mr. ABBOTT submitted the following :
" Ordered, That this convention recom-
mend the governor, immediately after the
adoption of the new constitution, to issue
pardons to all persons now held in confine-
ment for any violation of the laws made for
the protection of slavery in this State."
Mr. MAYHUGH moved to lay the order on
the table. |
Upon this question Mr. CUSHING called tor
the yeas and nays, but they were not ordered.
The question was then taken upon the mo-
tion to lay the order on the table, and it was
agreed to.
Mr. GREENE submitted the following order:
" Ordered, That the committee on accounts
be directed to adjust the per demand mileage,
according to law, of the several members of
the convention up to and inclusive of Tues-
day, the sixth day of September, 1864, and
to issue certificates for the same to members
on and after that day."
Mr. GREENE said: The object of that order
is to enable the committee on accounts to
make up the several accounts of members,
and have their certificates prepared in antici-
pation of the time of adjournment. I think
the convention has already decided that it
will not adjourn sine die, but adjourn subject
to the call of the President. In the absence
of any such order as this it strikes me that
the committee on accounts will be unable to
finish up its accounts by to-morrow.
Mr. DANIEL. I suppose it is pretty cer-
tain that we will adjourn to-morrow.
Mr. CUSHING. 0 ! yes.
The question was then taken upon the or-
der, and it was adopted.
Mr. VALLIANT. I submit the following, in
regard to which I propose to make a word or
two of explanation;
" Ordered, That the committee on ac-
counts pay John McGarigle, one hundred
dollars for extra services rendered, as super-
intendent of the printing of the debates of
this convention."
This order has been prepared by the com-
mittee on printing and reporting. In so do-
ing they have been actuated by this consid-
eration: when the contract was made with
Mr. McGarigle to superintend the printing
for the sum of three hundred dollars, it was
expected that the deliberations of this con-
vention would not continue longer than from
two to three months. The convention has
not yet adjourned, although more than four
months have elapsed since the organization
of the convention. We therefore think Mr.
McGarigle ought to receive more money
than the amount contracted for. In addition
to this reason, the printing of the debates of
this convention will not be completed for per-
haps two months to come, and during all
that time the printing of the convention is to
receive the attention of Mr. McGarigle. His
services will therefore continue from six to
seven months, whereas the committee, and
Mr. McGarigle, and the people of the State,
thought at the time the contract was made
that the deliberations of this body would not
continue longer than from two to three months,
and be thought his services would not be re-
quired more than that time. Bit since his
services have been much more arduous than
the committee at first apprehended, the com- |
