Marbury, Negley, Pugh, Ridgely, Schley,
Smith of Carroll, Smith of Dorchester, Stockbridge,
Sykes, Thomas, Thruston, Todd,
Wickard, Wilmer, Wooden—33.
So Mr. . STIRLING'S amendment was adopted.
Mr. MARBURY, when his name was called,
asked to be excused from voting. Not being
excised, he voted—no.
On motion in of Mr. BARRON,
The Convention adjourned.
TWENTY-FIRST DAY.
FRIDAY, May 27,1864.
The Convention met at 11 A. M.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Davenport.
Present at the call of the roll the following
members:
Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbolt,
Annan) Audoun, Baker, Barron, Belt, Berry
of Baltimore county, Berry of Prince George's,
Billingsley, Blackiston, Bond, Brooks, Brown,
Carter, Clarke, Crawford, Cunningham, Cush-
ing, Daniel, Davis of Charles, Davis of
Washington, Dellinger, Duvall, Earle, Ecker,
Edelen, Farrow, Galloway, Greene, Harwood,
Hebb, Henkle, Hodson, Hoffman, Hopkins,
Hopper, Horsey, Johnson, Jones of Cecil,
Jones of Somerset, Keefer, King, Lansdale,
Larsh, Lee, Marbury, Markey, McComas,
Mitchell, Miller, Morgan, Mullikin. Murray,
Negley, Noble, Nyman, Parker, Parran, Pe-
ter, Pugh, Purnell, Robinette, Russell, Sands,
Schley, Scott, Smith of Carroll, Smith of
Dorchester, Sneary, Stirling, Sykes, Thomas,
Thruston, Todd, Valliant, Wickard, Wilmer,
Wooden—81.
The proceedings of yesterday were read
Mid approved.
MR. SANDS. I wish to ask a question for
information. I was not present during the
debate, and I wish to ask the gentleman from
Baltimore city (Mr. Stirling) whether his
amendment ia intended to preclude the Legis-
lature from passing a mere poll tax? If it is
thus meant, I have an order to offer.
Mr. DANIEL. Is that in order?
The PRESIDENT. Not without unanimous
consent.
Mr. STIRLING. I object. The gentleman
calls upon me for an answer.
PRINTING OF THE RULES.
The Convention proceeded to to the con-
sideration of the following order, submitted
by Mr. Valliant, on Wednesday last.
Ordered, That 130 copies of the Rules and
Orders for the government of the Convention
be printed in pamphlet form for the use of the
members.
Mr. VALLIANT. I move that the further
consideration of this order he postponed until
to-morrow for reasons that are obvious.
Mr. MILLER. I am opposed to the further
postponement of the order.
Mr. HEBB. The Rules have already been |
printed and furnished to members, as adopted
upon the second reading. There has been no
change since.
Mr. MILLER. The object is to have them
printed in pamphlet form, so as to be more
convenient to refer to, and less liable to be
lost or mislaid.
Mr. VALLIANT. I would not press the post-
ponement until to-morrow. If the gentleman
from Baltimore city (Mr. Cushing) is pre-
pared to make his motion to amend the rules,
and have that question decided to-day, we can
then take up this order and pass it.
Mr. BERRY, of Prince George's, I really
think it is time we had some settled rules
adopted in this body. Some gentlemen seem
to think it is their peculiar duly every morn-
ing to give notice that they intend to move to
change the rules tine next day. I am willing
that any change should be effected ill the rules
of the body, which may produce harmony, or
tend to promote the successful transaction of
our business here. But I am nut willing to
have them changed every day, or to halve the
very same change proposed which has been fully
discussed and voted down day after day. I
hope this question will he finally disposed of,
and that we may have tire rules for the gov-
ernment of the House printed and placed be-
fore us at once. It is the only means of
proceeding with the business before us with
satisfaction to ourselves or to the public at
large.
Mr. HENKLE. I do not think it is necessary
to postpone this further. The motion of the
gentleman from Baltimore city (Mr. Cushing)
can be acted upon and disposed of to-day,
before the matter goes into the printer's hands.
The motion to postpone was rejected—ayes
33, noes 34.
The order was adopted—ayes 44; noes not
counted.
AMENDMENT OF THE RULES.
Mr. CUSHING, in accordance with previous
notice, submitted the following amendment
to the report of the. Committee on Rules :
Amend Rule 42 by striking out the words
" on the final passage of a report, or a motion
to suspend the rules or," so that the rule shall
read:
Rule 42. All questions, except those herein
provided for, shall be determined by a majori-
ty of the members present; those dividing in
the affirmative rising in their places, those in
the negative continuing in their seats, and so,
vice. versa, until a decision by the President.
Mr. CUSHING. I want to make a few re-
marks in reference to suggestions which have
been made to the House. In speaking of this
rule, it has been called in the debate, not at
all appropriately, the rule of the 20. But
the gentleman from Prince Georges forgot,
on the supposition he made yesterday, to de-
signate its opponents as the 24. Or, taking
50 as the number present at any meeting of
the Convention, only 2, who want to suspend |
