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[{"insert":"TWENTY-THIRD DAY."},{"attributes":{"align":"center"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nTHURSDAY, Aug. 8, 1857.\t"},{"attributes":{"align":"right"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\tThe Convention met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the PRESIDENT.\n\n\tPrayer by Rev. Mr. PENMAN.\n\n\tThe Journal of yesterday was read and approved.\n\n\tOn motion of Mr. KINGSBURY, Mr. BARRETT was excused from attendance this day.\n\n\tMr. WAIT offered the following resolution:\n\n\t\""},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Resolved"},{"insert":", That hereafter no member in Committee of the Whole shall speak more than twice on the same subject, nor longer than ten minutes at one time.\"\n\n\tWhich resolution was adopted.\n\n\tMr. SHERBURNE offered the following resolution:\n\n\t\""},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Whereas"},{"insert":", The persons who were elected by the people of this Territory to represent them in Constitutional Convention, having met at this Capitol on the day appointed by law for such meeting, and having disagreed upon some immaterial questions which arose in the course of forming a temporary organization, separated and formed two district Conventions, in numbers nearly equal, and are now forming two seperate and distinct Constitutions to be presented to the people, and\n\n\t"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Whereas"},{"insert":", Proceedings so extraordinary in their character will have a tendency to injure the reputation of our people, to lessen the confidence of the other States in our integrity, stability and patriotism, and place us in a false position before the world, therefore.\n\n\t"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Resolved"},{"insert":", That a Committee of five be appointed by the President of this Convention to concur with a Committee of an equal number, if appointed, of the duly elected members of that portion of them who are acting separately us; and that it shall be the duty of such Committee to consider and agree upon, if practicable, and report some plan by which the two bodies can unite upon a single Constitution to be submitted to the people.\"\n\n\tOn motion of Mr. SETZER, a call of the Convention was ordered.\n\n\tOn motion of Mr. SANDERSON, Mr. NORRIS was excused from attendance this day.\n\n\tOn motion of Mr. GILMAN, Mr. LEONARD was excused from attendance this day.\n\n\tThe roll being called the absentees were ordered to be reported in their seats.\n\n\tMr. WARNER moved that further proceedings under the call be dispensed with.\n\n\tWhich motion prevailed.\n\n\tMr. CHASE moved that the resolution be laid on the table and made the special order of the day for Monday next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.\n\n\tMr. KINGSBURY moved to amend the motion by asking that the resolution be indefinitely postponed.\n\n\tThe yeas and nays being called for and ordered, there were yeas 24, nays 19.\n\n\tThose who voted in the affirmative were,\n\n\tMessrs. Butler, Baker, Burns, Bailly, Baasen, Cantell, Day, Faber, Gilman, Jerome, Kingsbury, Kennedy, Keegan, Meeker, Rolette, Setzer, Streeter, Stacey, Sturgis, Taylor, Tenvoorde, Vasseur, and Wait.—24.\n\n\tThose who voted in the negative were,\n\n\tMessrs. A. E. Ames, Becker, Burwell, Brown, Chase, Gilbert, Gorman, Lashelle, McGrorty, McFetridge, McMahan, Nash, Prince, Sanderson, Sherburne, Swan, Tuttle, Warner, and Mr. President,—19.\n\n\tSo the resolution was indefinitely postponed.\n\n\tOn motion of Mr. Becker a call of the Convention was ordered.\n\n\tWhereupon the roll was called and the absent members directed to be reported in their seats.\n\n\tOn motion Mr. GORMAN was excused from attendance this day.\n\n\tOn motion of Mr. SETZER, further proceedings under the call were dispensed with.\n\n\tOn motion of Mr. BAKER, the Convention adjourned.\n\nH. H. SIBLEY, President.\t"},{"attributes":{"align":"right"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nAttest:\n\n\tJ. J. NOAH, Secretary.\n"}]
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Goodrich, Earle S., Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Territory of Minnesota, begin and held in the city of Saint Paul, capital of said Territory, on Monday, the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. St Paul, Minnesota: State Printer, Pioneer and Democrat Office. 1857. Retrieved from LLMC.
