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Show THE CONSTITUTIONAL CON-! VENTION. KIUUTII DAY. Tuesday, Feb. 27, J The cuuveution assembled as per. adjournment aud was called to order by the president; roll called, quorum present. Prayer by Klder M. K. .ilii pp. '1 lie eommittee on schedule, through Mr. 1'itch, made a lengthy report, which, on motion, wa.s ordered to" be printed and referred to the committee uf the wholii. The convention then went into committee com-mittee ol' the whole, with Mr. Orson I'ratt in the chair, and resumed consideration con-sideration of article four, legislative department. de-partment. Sections bixteeen, seventeen and eighteen were adopted. Section nineteen was amended by striking out'thc words "in case ol emeriiency" in the second line. A motion to strike out the first six lines gave rise to some discussion as tying up the legislature. The motion prevailed. The words "and by the secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives" were also stricken out. Section twenty was amended and parsed, Mr. Haven moved to strike out section sec-tion twenty-one, and offered a substitute for it, which, after considerable discussion, dis-cussion, was rejected. General liar nu in moved to amend it by making it read: "In all cases where a general law can bo made applicable the law shall be made general and of uniform operation throughout the State." Adopted. The next section was amended so as to read: "And provision may he made by law for bringing suit against the State;" the section being added to the preceding one. Section twenty-three, passed- Section twenty-four, prohibiting lotteries lot-teries aud the sale of lottery tickets, was stricken out. Motion was made by Mr. Kockwood to strike out tho next section, providing provid-ing for a uniform system of county and township government. General liarnum hoped tho motion would not prevail, unless something would be substituted iu its place carrying carry-ing some such provision. Mr. J. W. Young moved to striko out all but the first two lines of the section, sec-tion, and substitute "shall" for "may" making it imperative on the legislature. Mr. Miner objected to changing "may" to "shall," contending that thero was no immediate need for township town-ship organizations. Mr. Young's motion mo-tion for striking out prevailed; and the motion to change "may" to "shall" was lost. Mr. Penrose moved to amend the section that it should read: "The legislature leg-islature may establish a uniform system of county and township government." Tho motion prevailed. Section twenty-six was stricken out. The next section was amended to read: ' ''flic first regular session of tho legislature may extend ninety days, but no subsequent session shall exceed ex-ceed .sixty days, nor shall any session convened by the governor exceed twenty days. The next section was cut down and amended to read: "The members and ollieers of the legislature shall receive for their services, a compensation fixed bylaw; and no increase of such com pensation shall take effect during the term for which the members aud oili-cers oili-cers of either house shall have been elected." The twenty-ninth section providing for tho election of U. S. senators, was stricken out, congress having already by enactment made provision for such elections in all tho States. , The thirtieth section was also considerably con-siderably amended and approved; and section thirty-one was taken up, peud-ing peud-ing which the committee arose, reported re-ported progress and asked leave to sit again; leave granted. An invitation from Sir. (Jiawson, mauuger of the theatre, to attend the theatre on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening, was read by the secretary. A vote of thanks was adopted to manager Clawson, and the invitation was accepted for Tuesday evening, (last night.) Recess taken. j 2 p.m. Mr. Caino was appointed a committee commit-tee of ono to inform manager Clawson, of the theatre, of tho action taken by the convention on his invitation. The convention again went into committee com-mittee of tho whole, Mr. Pratt in the chair. Air. Miner offered a resolution, to bo considered iu convention, making the term of office of the governor four years. The consideration of section thirty-one, thirty-one, being a provision for minority representation, was continued. General Barnum sustained the prin ciple in the section, and advocated some slight changes in the construction of the language. Mr. Miner sustained the principle, showing that it has been largely discussed dis-cussed by the ablest minds of the age, is in practice to a greater or less extent in at least two of the States, and in some of the cantons of Switzerland; and is the nearest approach to true democratic demo-cratic government. The discussion continued on the construction con-struction of the section, which was finally amended to read: "At all elections for representatives each qualified ebctor may cast as many-votes many-votes lor one candidate as there are representatives to be elected in the county or district, or may distribute the same among any or all tho candidates, candi-dates, and the candidates receiving the highest number of the votes shall be declared elected;" and was thus approved. ap-proved. The committee rose, reported progress, pro-gress, and the convention proceeded to consider the report of the committee of the whole. Tho ordinance was taken up and read paragraph by paragraph, and was adopted without amendment. On motion the preamble was adopted. adop-ted. The reading of the first article of the constitution was proceeded with to seeiion four, when a motion was made to insert the words "or juror" after the word '"witness," in the fourth line, which, after disjuion by Messrs. Johnson, l-'iteh, Carrington and others, was adopted. On the reading of section eight, Mr. ! Miuer made a motion to amend by the insertion of the words "provided that , the legislature may-; by a two-thirds ' vote of aU the members elected to each I 1 house thereof', abolish the grand jury' -y-tem, any thine in this section to the' ! contrary notwithstanding" alter the. words "srand jury" in the sixth line, j Mr. lutch spoke iu lavor of the ' amendment, reviewing the origin of! the grand jury sy-tem, and showing its abn-es in a clear and forcible manner. Mr. Miner advocated the amend" i meut, aud said that in nine cases of i ten grand juries were influenced by the t L'njaiL'Js of the prosecuting attorney. I Mr. i'uiler was in favor of the auieudoient. giving hU reasons there--tor at considerable length and with much f.Tce. Mr. J. V Young was ic favor of the aiendn:en: it' it was, net in contra-, vectioooi' the constitution of the, United State. Mr. Fitch showed that the provision ' referred to in the constitution of the b nitcd States only referred to cases arming under the laws of the United States, |
