Mr. CHAMBERS. Will the gentleman with-
draw that motion for a few minutes only ?
Mr HEBB. Fur what purpose?
Mr. CHAMBERS. For the purpose of making
A few remarks upon this most important sub-
ject.
Mr. HEBB. If the gentleman will renew it.
Mr. CHAMBERS, I will give you the oppor-
tunity to renew it.
Mr. HEBB. I may not get the floor.
Mr. CHAMBERS. I will take care that yon
may have the floor.
The PRESIDENT. The chair cannot recog-
nize any such understanding between mem-
bers.
Mr. DENT. I hope the previous question
will not be pressed upon' this subject without
some discussion of it; and I will suggest that
its adoption will preclude any further amend-
ment being off red to the section.
The PRESIDENT. Does the gentleman from
Allegany withdraw the motion for the pre-
vious question ?
Mr. HEBB. I would withdraw it with the
understanding that the gentleman will renew
it. But I know how my constituents feel on
the subject, and I am prepared to assume the
responsibility of making the motion and
having my vote recorded upon it. If the
convention think proper to let the debate go
on forty weeks I have nothing to say,
Mr. MILLER demanded the yeas and nays
upon sustaining the call for the previous
question, and they were ordered.
The question being taken, the result was—
yeas 24, nays 33—as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Goldsborough, President ;
Abbott, Annan, Audoun, Carter; Cunning-
ham, Cushing, Davis, of Washington, Earle,
Ecker, Farrow, Hatch, Hebb, Kennard, Mc-
Comas, Mullikin, Murray, Nyman, Pugh,
Fume 1, Russell, Schley, Stockbridge, Thom-
as-24. '
Nays—Messrs. Bond, Brown, Chambers
Clarke, Crawford, Dail, Daniel, Davis, of
Chares, Dent, Duvall, Edelen, Hoffman,
Hollyday, Hopkins, Jones, of Somerset, King
Larsh, Lee , Markey, Mitchell, Miller, Negley,
Parker, Parran, Sands, Smith, of Carroll,
Smith, of Dorchester, Swope, Sykes, Todd,
Valliant, Wilmer, Wooden—33.
As their names were called,
Mr. DANIEL said: I will vote for the pre-
vious question after the gentleman from Kent
has addressed the house, bat as he wishes to
apeak upon the subject, fur the present, I vole
"no."
Mr. HOLLYDAY said: The discussion which
has taken place upon the question of com-
pensation was not so much with reference to
obtaining it by act of the legislature, as with
reference to obtaining it from the United
States. As I think it is a matter of great im-
portance to every one to have the matter fully
discussed, I vote "no."
Mr. KINO said: I am in favor of the pre- |
vious question, but as some members are de-
sirous to apeak, in order to give them an op-
portunity I vote " no "
Mr. NEGLEY said: I feel impelled to vote
"no" upon this question, because there has
been no discussion at all upon this proposition.
Whenever there is a disposition upon the part
of the minority of this house, or the ma-
jority, to protract unnecessarily the discus-
sion, I shall always support, the motion for
the previous question. I will never record
my vote to cut off all discussion. There has
been no discussion, and there has been no
disposition manifested of carrying the dis-
cussion to an unnecessary length. There-
fore, according to the principle's of justice, I
vote "no."
Mr. SANDS said: I am not and never will
be an advocate of any undue expenditure of
the public time. This is a subject of the
gravest importance. We have been here now
for three months, talking about matters of
infinitely less import. I do not think it be-
comes us to stop discussion upon this question
at one o'clock in the first day. I make this
explanation of my vote in face of the fact that
those who are disposed to put the business of
the convention through under the whip may
gazette me in the public prints. I am as good,
and true, and loyal a man, and have at heart
as much the intereats of my State, and of the
people of the country, as those who are for
concluding so very readily. I think it wrong.
Therefore I shall vote against the previous
question.
When I first became a member of this as-
sembly I announced that, while I would call
the previous question on all merely factious
debate, if it was the only means to meet that,
I would never be a parly to calling it upon
fair legitimate discussion. I will not do it
to-day. Though the public prints may choose
to censure me for it, I vote "no."
Mr. SCHLEY said: With no disposition at
any time during the session of this convention
to terminate what appears to be necessary and
proper debate, I feel convinced that there is
nothing new to be said in the debate upon
the article now under consideration. The
whole question, in all its bearings and rami-
fications—
Mr. CHAMBERS. Is argument proper, Mr.
President?
The PRESIDENT. No. sir; gentlemen will
confine themselves strictly to stating their
reasons for their votes.
Mr. CHAMBERS. The gentleman undertook
to say that the whole ground had been gone
over. I deny it.
Mr. SCHLEY resumed: If the gentleman
will hear me out he will learn that I do not
say any such thing. I only say that in my
opinion the whole matter has been discussed
pending the discussion of other portions of
this new constitution. I want to say further
that in the public meetings of the canvass the |
