CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND
AMEND-
MENTS.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the special order, being the bill [S. 3] for the calling of a Constitutional Convention, and the bill [H. R. 15] for a resubmission to the people of the proposed Constitutional Amendments.
Mr. COMSTOCK asked for consent to amend the bill [H. R. 16] so as to fix the date of the election at March 7, 1881.
Mr. MENZIES and Mr. VIEHE objected to considering the amendment, simply on the ground that the time proposed is much too short.
Mr. CHAPMAN thought there ought to be no objection to the hearing of the amendment, as to what time will depend on the vote of the Senate afterward as to the day, for there was an understanding that these bills should move along together.
On motion by Mr. LANGDON--yeas, 27; nays, 22--the order for the engrossment of the Senate amendment was set aside.
Mr. COMSTOCK moved to fix the day at March 7.
Mr. BROWN moved to amend by making it the first Tuesday in April.
Mr. GRUBBS offered a substitute, making the day Monday, April 4.
Messrs. Comstock and Brown withdrew their amendments.
The substitute amendment was agreed to without division.
The bill [H. R. 16] was then read the third time.
Mr. KRAMER moved that the further consideration of these bills be postponed till Wednesday next, at 10:30 o'clock a. m. They have been postponed for the accommodation of gentlemen on the other side. and now that one of our members is not present--one who took a very active part in the discussion of these bills-he thought it but right and fair that the postponement should be had.
Mr. OWEN was satisfied that the Senators referred to (Mr. Bell) did not think of this vote being taken to-day, or would have made arrangements more definite for a pair. He was willing to abstain from voting on the Constitutional Convention bill, but on the final vote on the bill resubmitting the Constitutional Amendments, was not willing to refrain from voting, inasmuch as the Senator from Johnson (Mr. Brown) gave notice that the final vote would be taken to-day.
Mr. BENZ said he is the only Senator who has not yet gone home. He stayed here two days twice on account of the coming up of this bill on the Constitutional Amendments, and as he wanted the vote on that bill to come off to-day, he should vote against the motion to postpone.
The motion was rejected by yeas, 22; nays 27.
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR declared the first vote will be on the passage of the bill S.3, for calling a Constitutional Convention, and that the Senator from Jackson [Mr. Brown] was entitled to the floor.
Mr. BROWN--As it was so near noon he would like to have the matter laid over till after the page: 169[View Page 169] election of Prison Directors, which takes place at 2 o'clock.
Then came a recess till 2 o'clock.
