Mr. HEBB. Is it in order to move that the
polls be closed ?
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Purnell) then an-
nounced that the amendment of Mr. LEE had
been rejected by—yeas 25, nays 38—as fol-
lows :
Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Audoun, perry, of
Baltimore county, Bond, Carter, Chambers,
Crawford, Dail, Dellinger, Dent, Duvall,
Hatch, Hollyday, Jones, of Cecil, King, Lans-
dale, Larsh, Miller, Morgan, Murray, Parran,
Ridgely, Swope, Turner, Wickard—-25.
Nays—Messrs. Annan, Baker, Belt, Brown,
Cunningham, Cushing, Daniel, Davis, of
Washington, Ecker, Farrow, Greene, Har-
wood, Hebb, Hoffman, Horsey, Jones, of Som-
erset, Keefer, Kennard, Lee, Markey, May-
hugh, Mitchell, Mullikin, Negley, Nyman,
Parker, Purnell, Russell, Schley, Schlosser,
Scott, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge, Thomas,
Todd, Valiant, Wooden—38.
The question then recurred upon the origi-
nal order offered by Mr. RIDGELY, as follows :
" Ordered, That the president of this con-
vention be allowed a per diem of six dollars,
and that the committee on accounts audit his
account accordingly,"
Upon this question Mr. CUSHING called for
the yeas and nays, which were ordered.
The question was then taken, by yeas and
nays, and resulted—yeas 20, nays 44—as fol-
lows :
Yeas—Messrs. Brown, Cunningham, Cush-
ing, Dellinger, Dent, Farrow, Greene, Har-
wood, Hollyday, Jones, of Somerset, Lans-
dale, Morgan, Murray, Negley, Parker, Pur-
nell, Ridgely, Schley, Thomas, Valiant—20.
Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Annan; Audoun,
Baker, Belt, Berry, of Baltimore county,
Bond, Carter, Chambers, Crawford, Dail,
Daniel, Davis, of Washington, Duvall, Ecker,
Galloway, Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman, Horsey,
Jones, of Cecil, Keefer, Kennard, King, Larsh,
Lee, Markey, Mayhugh, Mitchell, Miller, Mul-
likin, Nyman, Parran, Russell, Schlosser,
Scott, Sneary, Stirling, Stockbridge, Swope,
Todd, Turner, Wickard, Wooden—44.
The order was accordingly rejected.
Mr. CUSHING, when his name was called,
said: I have great pleasure in voting in the
affirmative for this order, as it is for an officer
of the convention, who has well performed
his duties. I hope this vote will be conclu-
sive, and that gentlemen will not detain the
house with long speeches in favor of this
proposition and then vote against it.
Mr. STIRLING, when his name was called,
said: I shall be governed in my vote on this
proposition by precisely the same considera-
tions which governed my vote on the other.
I do not doubt the power of the convention
to do this thing. Yet, not because I am
afraid to assume personally the responsibility
of voting for it, but because I do not think it
can have any bad effect not to give it, and as
I think the action of this convention is likely |
more or less to influence the fate of our work,
1 shall vote to have our work as cheap as we
can. I therefore vote "no."
THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. CHAMBERS. I am about to perform a
duty which I trust will be accepted as one
due from every member of this body. I be-
lieve that so far as I can speak the sentiments
of those with whom I have the most personal
intercourse, it does speak the general senti-
ments of them all, expressing the entire satis-
faction which the conduct of the presiding
officer of this body has given to those mem-
ber's. Believing it to be the unanimous opin-
ion of this house, I shall ask to have the res-
olution which I am about to read adopted,
and shall ask the secretary to enter it on the
journal as the unanimous opinion of this
house. I offer the following resolution :
' ' Resolved, That the thanks of the conven-
tion are due and are hereby tendered to the
Hon. Henry H. Goldsborough, the presiding
officer of the convention, for his dignified,
efficient and impartial discharge of the duties
of the chair,"
These motions are very often made as mat-
ters of form. I desire to have it distinctly
understood that so far as I am concerned, and
so far as I know the sentiments of this house,
this is offered from a deliberate judgment that
this tribute has been fairly and honorably
won by our presiding officer,
Mr. JONES, of Somerset. I take great
pleasure in indorsing every word which the
gentleman from Kent (Mr. Chambers) has
said, in reference to the dignity, ability and
impartiality of our presiding officer.
Mr. DENT. I desire to say that I support
this proposition most cordially. So far as 1
have been able to judge) I can bear testimony
to the great promptness, strict impartiality,
and general efficiency of the presiding officer
of this house. And it gives me much pleas-
ure to bear this testimony in his favor.
Mr. MILLER. I wish to add my testimony
to that which has been so well given by the
gentleman from Somerset (Mr. Jones,) the
gentleman from St. Mary's (Mr. Dent) and
the gentleman from Kent (Mr. Chambers.)
As one of the minority, I can say that the
president has discharged his duties with the
utmost impartiality.
Mr. BOND. I also take pleasure in indors-
ing the sentiments of this resolution,
On motion of Mr. CHAMBERS,
The rules were suspended, the resolution
read, the second time, and unanimously
adopted,
On motion of Mr. BROWN,
The convention took a recess until 9 o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The convention reassembled at 8 o'clock,
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