yesterday. I move for a recess of at least an
hour during the morning session, to re-as-
semble at three o'clock, and continue the
morning session. That does not militate
with holding a night session.
The President overruled the point of order.
The question was taken on the motion to
lay on the table; and the result was—yeas
24, nays 38—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, Carter, Chambers,
Crawford, Gushing, Dail, Dent, Edelen, Har-
wood, Hoffman, Hollyday, Hopkins, John-
son, Jones, of Somerset, Lee, Mitchell, Mor-
gan, Parker, Parran, Sands, Smith, of Dor-
chester, Stockbridge, Valliant, Wickard—24.
Mays—Messrs. Goldsborough, President;
Annan, Audoun, Barron, Belt, Bond, Brooks,
Cunningham, Daniel, Davis, of Charles, Da-
vis, of Washington, Duvall, Earle, Ecker,
Galloway, Greene, Hatch, Hebb, Hopper,
Keefer, Kennard, King, Larsh, Markey, Mc-
Comas, Miller, Mullikin, Murray, Negley,
Nyman, Pugh, Ridgely, Russell, Schley,
Smith, of Carroll, Sneary, Stirling, Thomas,
Wooden—38.
When his name was called,
Mr. BELT said: I am in favor of the order
offered by the gentlemen from Frederick (Mr.
Schley,) to have two sessions a day in order
to facilitate business, and I vote " no."
So the convention refused to lay the order
on the table.
Tile question recurred upon the adoption of
the order.
Mr. MILLER. This order requires us to take
a recess every day an hour before three
o'clock. Then we are to assemble again at
three o'clock and hold a session, Then in
order to comply with the order adopted yes-
terday, there must be another recess before
eight o'clock. That will be two recesses in
the course of the day. I am opposed to any
such order as that.
Mr. BARRON. One word. I see all through
that order. It is made for the purpose of
giving you power, if any gentleman in this
convention attempts to go home, to send the
sergeant-at-arms to the cars to stop him.
The PRESIDENT. That would of course be
obligatory on the President, if required by
the convention.
Mr. BARRON. I think it is a hard law for
any democratic gentleman. I do not inter-
fere with the private affairs of that gentleman
or any other man. I am here to-day his
peer upon this floor or anywhere else. Now
to get up such a mean contemptible order as
that is—
The PRESIDENT. The gentleman must not
characterize the proceedings of the convention.
Mr. BARRON. I am free to say here to-day
that I will go to Baltimore if I want to.
The PRESIDENT. The gentleman is out of
order, and must not characterize any pro-
ceedings of this body as mean and contempt-
ible. It is a reflection upon the body. |
Mr. BARRON. I made no reflection. I was
speaking of the order itself.
Mr. SANDS. I think on one occasion here,
a term was used far more opprobrious than
that used by—
The PRESIDENT. The gentleman is out of
order.
Mr. SANDS. I wish to call the attention of
the chair lo a decision of the chair,
The PRESIDENT. The gentleman from How-
ard is out of order. The manner in which
the gentleman from Baltimore characterized
this proceeding was a personal reflection.
Mr. SANDS. I shall have to appeal from
the decision of the chair; and I do so.
Mr. BARRON. I positively deny that it was
a personal reflection. I had reference to the
order.
The PRESIDENT. It must be recollected.
that the president is the organ of this body
for the purpose of preserving order, and to
prevent any personal imputation upon any
member. If the gentleman disclaims it, that
is all that is required.
Mr. BARRON. I positively deny that I
meant anything of the kind in relation to
the gentleman from Frederick; and further-
more that I denied before that I referred to
anything excepting the order.
Mr. SCHLEY, (in his seat.) That is per-
fectly satisfactory.
Mr. BARRON. I will state furthermore that
I do not intend to insult any gentleman upon
this floor by any word or act of mine. I was
speaking in reference to the order. As yon
declared me out of order, I decline saying
anything more in reference to it.
Mr. SCHLEY. I have merely lo say that I
took no personal offence at the language.
Mr. BELT. It is quite obvious that we have
been in session here three months, and have
practically made but little progress in the
work for which we came. Unless some reso-
lution or other is adopted by which the busi-
ness of the convention can be facilitated, in
all probability we shall be here three months
more, I am one of those upon whom this
thing bears very heavily. Consenting to
come here tor the purpose of representing my
people, I had not the slightest idea on the
face of the earth that this body would remain
in session beyond ninety days, or four months
at the outside, at the time of assembling. I
do not think there were half a dozen gentle-
men upon this floor who supposed it possible
that the business could be prolonged so much
as tour months.
I am here without facilities for going home.
Living in a direct line nearer to my home
than the gentleman from Baltimore, it takes me
twenty times the number of hours to reach my
house that it takes him to reach his; because
he has facilities. Consequently I am forced
to remain here two or three weeks at a
time, to the almost total sacrifice of my
business, and without the facilities of seeing |
