Show the Legis legislature lattire and the clergy we cl espy y frosa from the T ms ins transcript the following proceedings of the lower house upon the question of providing religious ministrations for that body it will be read with interest mr canney offered a resolution that the ministers oflus various denominations denomination in this city be requested to open the sessions of chii th n H hiie with prayer M Talia taliaferro ferm moved that it lie on the table mr ellis of nevada said that the usages of christinn christian communities would be vid violated by such a course ile he hoped the resolution would be respectfully cons coas dered and adopted 1 M appreciated all liberal and charitable sentiments sentiment 5 but he deemed that the churches were for foi the accommodation of the public the me cemers mers of the L legislature included mr tucker believed that the lusts of the flesh awl and the spirit needed all possible checks in such a place of temptation as sacramento Sic and was in favor of accepting the good offices of the clergy if they were I 1 given without money and without price mr hinchman flinch iaan saw no more propriety in commencing in the labors of the legislature with prayer than t those se of a cotton factory or a grist mill it was wag a were mere manufactory im to tomake inake laws in and the best thing for toem waar w as to abick to lo their task mr lyons said that he be and mr ellis represented a ehly b ehly moral comm mity and it was expected i f them that of a all 11 thi thing ng proper religious observances sh should ou idmon not be disregarded mr wall said that he be came from a cor constituency not only uva moral 4 but i rellous Vs above aboa ny any perhaps Js j the swe it beike beai a roman man catholic one it would be deemed hered heretical cAby by them to regard ny any other dis I 1 I 1 IR I 1 I 1 I 1 f ai r it t 4 V f 1 I I 1 I 1 1 I 1 sensations than those or of their own vrn hilt church ir had always felt a deep and abl abiding rever reverence 0 ft elary thing thin moral christian like and ham human 4 but b no man to groan aud and grimace forkim to idao heaven he should fee no one to boisie there ad although any should bould cotra come unpaid they would not exma to lo remain so mr fowler moved to postpone the re resolution providing player for the mr mcmullen McM ulten was opposed to the inde indefinite fiAo post oat he was in favor of ef having a a Z minister to officiate one with whom they should not uveta to differ on such views as had bad recently been from the pulpit in this affair mr colby was not in favor of stickling for the remuneration of a minister officiating in this body he agreed with the gentleman from atoa JAW umme they had heard in this house bouse what decent and christian men wit but he did n not ot c coincide itt ite an such ch definitions as had I 1 been given those who scoffed at what the sense of the word approved would be lauded for their danh daring and execrated for their morals mr ingersoll desired I 1 that a compromise might be adopted which would suit all parties both those who W ho were partial partia to particular tenets and those who objected to the loss of time which prayers eye every wy morning would incur he proposed that ill all the ministers in in town be invited to officiate before the hour hoar of convening so that the th mem could act their plea pleasure ture by bein beine present or not mr wag said his reasons heretofore hereto foro and now for offering such resolutions as the one bafo them was that religion wa wai i degraded by being dragged into every a assemblage and especially such and discordant bodies bodes as legislatures too often proved iris H is constituents were of a rather mongrel 0 in a religious view pro protestant t and m ormon and it would be difficult to suit all of therm them inthe int t a choice of a chaplain mr ellis offered the following t resolved that the rev mr Be benton iriton be desired to officiate as chaplain to th and that he be receive the usual per them diem of members I 1 mr ellis said that mr lar benton was a not of fhe fee same re linious ver persuasion suasion of hia himself self but he could attend with satisfaction the services of devout christians of adv denom hatim mr wood read from the religious paper called the pacific in relation to the previous action of the Lex legislature islat ure in the matter of a resolution like toe the one before the house I 1 mr ellis said that the aati actions ons of the legislature were alike the property of the press and the public and he should be the last to condemn either for the ho honest q and candid ey expression of their views whether they be in in or censure ane christian portion of the community Om had a right to be regarded tt ft this 1 member from monterey wanted to go to some aal coun try he and his constituents were bound on ver another I 1 loi bourne imey and they were io in no danger dang or of I 1 oe f eich other he thought the leeg legislature re had badcon conry vinced ev east one already that prayer was necessary ces sary in in their lidit A motion was mad baade to tc refer the whole matter to a a committee of live giveand and mr wall proposed an amendment ent atiat they report a bill prescribing the particular tene m tenets ts that their ahw chaplains plains entertain several amendments ayere proposed to mr lymos resolution mr peachy moved that the name of the R rev ev mr mines an episcopalian minister at san francisco ard and the rev mr ingoldsby Ingol daby a catholic minister in sacramento be included M parrish and mr wood moved that the rev kev mr dr elera name be added mr boggs bogga desired that mr boring of the ft methodist church sauth be one of that number mr wall wished that padre Rim irea of monterey Moa terey be also algo placed on the list after several further motions and a protracted debate the question was taken to lay the whole matter 0 on the table lost ayes 24 nays 32 AYES bo R rush brush ush Cof comforth forth dirtier de la valle fowler girdler Gird der hinca min hakins Hr Hm kins haspeth H id kipp Me We Means merritt mirse pacheco peachy pearce thump sm s m wall wing NAYS blanchard canney cauldwell Caul dwelt aby crabb crittenden 7 dameron euia ellis of nevada fleming ford graham insert Ierio ll joni jones tt liw law L lybas 1 I mcconaha Me Conaha mckeive McKei we mcka Me Mallen parrish paxton pico R adley dley start stevenson 4 Tl tucker icker turner wood yeiser twin r raer mr dam Dime e roQ ou moved that thi the assembly det a C i ia plain with the per dierof bemben oa 4 lk L k 1 latue latu e mr parri parrish rh again offered his hig substitute that the read wheeler benton beaton boring wit atnes j Iti ingoldsby goldsby and padre ram irez be requester ciata alternately in the assembly I 1 mr tucker offered as a subs substitute that th the e lain eistert in this city arrange among themselves to tarnish furnish the houte house with daily gratuitous prayers id a mr air woods substitute provided that no iniste who entertained conscientious scruples against the ibo con of ohp fugitive slave slav elaw law be excluded deluded mr peachy offered an amendment to the same effat as that offe ed by mr parrish declare 1 out of order i the came up on mr subi substitute tift e mr mi mcconaha Vc mcconaha Conaha thought bouat it unnecessary to make any express espre asio i in favor oi of or a aganet a ast the views of any potion po tion of the union whether they live in the north or the boath noih the E est 0 or r the west he hoped that the ses eions of the legislature would be opened witla prayer and that no restrictions chions would be placed on oa the ministrations or 0 those aho should be selea selected ted mr wood made an earnest speech in feivor ot of his po viso and the observance of the compromise of the constitution ution mr parrish was not disposed to make any aay avii issues or to ostracise ostra cise any maii man from the mini before this house whatever opinions he might honestly en ter tertale tain however strongly he might detest views sometimes expressed in the pulpit there was a vay way to avo abod I 1 d any in and it presented itself in the designation of grich ministers minister mini steg of the gospel as we were re well and widely known cw r abig t wisdom judgment iu dament forbearance and christian natian ch virtues question on mr woods substitute was as taken and lost ayes ayea 22 j nays nay 26 motion to lay on the table carried by q a vote 0 26 to 21 mr parrisis Parris Parri hs amendment was laid on the ta table ty a voe of 28 to 20 I 1 the whole subject was then laid on oa the table by br a vote t of 26 to 21 mr ellis ellig of oe nevada offered a resolution reso lotien that toe flie ministers minitte rs of the gospel in sacramento and throughout the union offer up prayers in their several churches 1 for the eternal salvation of those men members aliers of the L aig i is Liture slature who voted against rellious ministrations I 1 in this house the salcer S alcer declared the motion out of order mr peachy appealed anti aad the was sustained by a vote of 23 to 15 it |