posed to confining its reference to any of
the committees. If it shall hereafter appear
that we have not already enough committees
to do justice to that subject, which I assure
the gentleman from Prince George's we in-
tend to do, if we have not now enough on
the roll, we will make more. I do not wish
to have this subject bound down as the gen-
tleman purposes, to any one committee, or
referred, as the gentleman from Baltimore
city proposes, to any two committees. When
the subject arises I hope we shall be able to
dispose of it properly.
Mr. CLARKE. I do not think that the gen-
tleman from Baltimore city needs any de-
fence; and I certainly intended no reflection
upon him. The records will show that the
gentleman from Howard (Mr. Hopkins)
offered a proposition for the appointment of a
standing committee on that subject, and it
was distinctly stated that it was unnecessary,
because the standing committees already ap-
pointed provide for it. My colleague asked
which of those committees, and the reply
was, the committee on the Bill of Rights;
that was the appropriate committee. I cer-
tainly think that it is a subject which the
Convention ought to refer to some. commit-
tee. I have no doubt that the Convention
intends to deal with the subject, for if not I
certainly should not be one to precipitate
action on the subject; and my constituents
would like to know where the subject be-
longs. But as the gentleman from Baltimore
city is absent, I move that the consideration
of the order be postponed.
The motion was agreed to.
COMMITTEE CLERKS.
On motion of Mr. GALLOWAY
Ordered, That S. C. Gorrell, one of the
Committee Clerks, be designated as Clerk for
the Committee on Accounts.
ADJOURNMENT.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE moved that the Conven-
tion adjourn, but withdrew the motion at the
request of
Mr. BERRY of Baltimore county who asked
and obtained leave of absence, having been
summoned to Baltimore on official business.
Messsrs. KENNARD, SANDS, and BARRON
asked and obtained leave of absence.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE renewed the motion to
adjourn.
Mr. KING moved to amend by adding " un-
til Tuesday next."
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE. If the motion is to ad-
journ until Tuesday or any other time than
to-morrow morning, it is such an adjourn-
ment as almost uniformly takes the members
away, and delays of course by just so much
the progress of the Convention, as the com-
mittees will not continue in session and do
the work in their hands. Although there is
nothing before the Convention, I think it bet-
ter that we should come here even for fifteen
minutes to-morrow, in order that the commit- |
tees may remain in session, and go on with
their work this afternoon and to-morrow. I
am opposed therefore to the motion to ad-
journ until Tuesday, or Monday, or any other
day than to-morrow.
Mr. SANDS. When we urged the removal
of the Convention to Baltimore city for the
purpose of facilitating business, I thought it
seemed to be the general understanding under
which we all acted, that our business was
here, $5 a day and attention to duty. I
knew that the $5 a day and attention to duty-
was not going to work; and so it turns out.
Mr. STOCKBRIDGE I suppose the gentleman
referred to the gentleman from Baltimore
county and not Baltimore city.
Mr. SANDS. I did not know that I referred
to any member; I did not intend to do so.
That was the argument, that we were to give
our undivided time to the Convention for $5
a day. I determined that it should be my
business to remain here; and should have
done so if it were not that I am exceedingly
unwell, and unable to be in my place. I
should not have asked to be excused merely
on the score of business, it having been de-
cided that our chief business is here.
Mr. BERRY of Baltimore county. If the
gentleman from Howard noticed it, I asked
leave of absence because I had been called to
Baltimore on official business. It is not sick
ness that keeps me away, or I should have
mentioned it. The gentleman simply asked
leave without giving any reason for it.
Mr. SANDS. I had stated my reason, that
it was sickness. I will say that I meant no
reflection upon the fairness of the gentlemen's
reasons. I have no doubt be has business in
Baltimore, and I have no doubt that many of
us will have business calling us to Baltimore
city.
Mr. PUGH, I sincerely hope the motion
will not prevail. I, for one, came here for
the purpose of working. I do not want to
lose a day. To adjourn over from Friday-
might be necessary for members to go home;
but we shall only lose another day if we ad-
journ to-day. I am anxious that we shall
remain here all the time we can. I hope
members will not adjourn until we have some-
thing in our hands to do, for we certainly
came here to do something.
Mr. NEGLEY. I am opposed to adjourning
until. Tuesday next. I was in favor of going
to Baltimore city, believing that the business
of the Convention would be expedited by the
removal. I understood the member from
Baltimore county (Mr. Berry) to say yester-
day in reply to the gentleman from Howard,
that it was a fair bargain between the State
of Maryland and each delegate, that each del-
egate should receive $5 a day, and each dele-
gale should give his undivided attention to
the Convention. Here is a manifestation of a
divided attention already. The gentleman
from Howard (Mr. Sands) was censured, I |
