CONSTITTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
On motion by Mr. SHAFFER, the Senate took up the House amendment to the Senste amendment to the bill [H. R. 16] for re-submitting the proposed Constitutional Amendments, which House amendment changes the date of submission from April 4, to March 14, 1881.
Mr. LANGDON moved to count in the House amendment, and demanded the previous question.
Mr. BELL questioned whether the Legislature is properly in possession of any amendments to resubmit to the people.
Mr. BROWN protested against the other side of the Senate pressing this demand for the previous question.
The demand for the previous question was seconded by yeas, 24; nays, 19.
Pending the roll call--
Mr. TRAYLOR, when his name was called, said he desired to state the reason for voting as he would. He thought the time is entirely too short to send this bill out to the various Counties of the State. There is not time enough given to get the notices sufficiently printed, even in the newspapers, so that the people everywhere may learn of the day fixed for submission. He voted "no."
Mr. VIEHE, in explanation of his vote when his name was called, said he had favored this bill and still favors it, but the amendment made by the House of Rpresentatives he did not favor, because the time fixed for submitting these proposed amendments to be voted by the people was too short. Therefore he voted "no."
Mr. WILSON, when his name was called, in explaination of his vote, said he protested against this bill being considered a political question; but because it is a Democratic measure, and a good one voted "aye."
The vote was announced as above, and so the previous question was seconded.
The question being, Shall the main question be now put? the Senate so ordered by a vote of yeas, 26; nays, 18.
The main question being, Shall the Senate concur in the House amendment? it was so ordered by yeas, 24; nays, 20, as follows:
Yeas--Messrs. Berry, Bundy, Chapman, Davis, Garrigus, Graham, Grubbs, Hostetter, Kahlo, Keiser, Langdon, Lockridge, Macartney, Owen, Poindexter, Rahm, Ristine, Sayre, Shaffer, Smith, Spann, Van Voris, White, Wilson, Wood and Yancy--24.
Nays--Messrs. Briscoe, Brown, Coffey, Compton, Davidson, Foster, Hefron, Howard, Hutchinson, Kramer, Leeper, Major, Marvin, Traylor, Urmston, Viehe, Voyles and Woollen--20.
Present, but not voting--Messrs. Bell (paired with Comstock), Bischowski (paired with Hart), Henry (paired with Menzies).
Pending the roll call--
Mr. VIEHE in explanation of his vote, when his name was called, said: "Believing as I do, that the time fixed by the House is too short in which to accomplsh the work required to be done, I vote "No."
So the House amendment was concurred in, and the date fixed for the re-submission of the proposed Constitutional Amendments is March 14, next.
