Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Josiah G. Abbott, Charles Allen, James B. Allen, Joel C. Allen, Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., Benjamin F. Butler, William Carruthers, J. McKean Churchill, Ransom Clark, William Cleverly, George B. Crane, Oliver S. Cressy, Joseph W. Cross, John M. Durgin, Philip Eames, John M. Earle, Peter Easland, Calvin D. Eaton, Messrs. James K. Fellows, Ezekiel W. Fitch, Abram Foster, Samuel Fowle, Isaac Hayden, William H. Hewes, Henry Hobart, Gardner P. Ladd, Luther Lawrence, Abishai Lincoln, Otis Little, William P. Marble, Laban Marcy, Abijah P. Marvin, Charles Mason, Simeon Merritt, James M. Moore, Elbridge G. Morton, Messrs. Charles Newman, William Nichols, Messrs. John W. Simonds, Matthew Smith, Melzar Sprague, Samuel W. Spooner, Alfred Norton, Silas Rawson, David Rice, Luther Richards, Samuel H. Richardson, John Rogers, Amasa Sanderson, Chester Sanderson, Luther Sheldon, John Sherril, William Stevens, Gideon Stiles, Arnold Taft, Willard Thayer, 2d, Orison Underwood, Joseph Wilbur, Otis Wood, One hundred and fifty-nine in the affirmative, and one hundred and sixty-one in the negative. Mr. HATHAWAY, of Freetown, moved to amend the third Resolve, by striking out the words "in the election of," in the first line, and also all after the words "general court," and inserting after the words "general court" the words "shall be elected as by law shall be provided." Mr. SUMNER, member for Otis, moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the amendment offered by Mr. Schouler, was rejected. And upon this question, On motion of Mr. WHEELER, of Lincoln, the yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. TRAIN, of Framingham, moved the Previous Question, On motion of Mr. ALLEN, of Worcester, the yeas and nays were ordered. At a quarter before one o'clock, on motion of Mr. LORD, of Salem, The Convention adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. Met according to adjournment. Mr. BIRD, of Walpole, from the Committee on the Preservation of the Records, submitted a Report and Resolves on that subject. On motion of Mr. BIRD, the Resolves were considered, and they were ordered to a second reading. Mr. HOOPER, of Fall River, moved a reconsideration of the vote by which the Resolve on the subject of the incorporation of new towns, was indefinitely postponed. And the motion was placed in the Orders of the Day. Mr. WILSON, of Natick, moved that the hour of ten to-morrow, be assigned for taking the question upon the Resolves on the subject of elections by plurality and majority. Without taking the question, On motion of Mr. LORD, of Salem, the Convention proceeded to the consideration of the Orders of the Day. The first subject was the Resolves relating to elections by plurality and majority, And the pending question was the motion of Mr. Sumner, member for Otis, that the vote by which Mr. Schouler's amendment was rejected, be reconsidered. And the roll being called, one hundred and forty-nine members voted for the reconsideration, and one hundred and eighty-nine against it. So the motion to reconsider was rejected. Messrs. Benjamin P. Adams, P. Emory Aldrich, Robert Andrews, Messrs. Cephas C. Bumpus, Timothy W. Carter, Amariah Chandler, Chester W. Chapin, Rufus Choate, Joseph Cummings, John Davis, Messrs. Solomon Davis, Henry L. Dawes, Elijah S. Deming, James C. Doane, James Easton, 2d, Lilley Eaton, Homer Ely, William T. Eustis, A. G. Farwell, Aaron Foster, Charles H. French, Richard Frothingham, Jr., Henry J. Gardner, Dalton Goulding, Jason Goulding, Samuel Henry, Henry Hersey, James Hewes, Levi Heywood, John Johnson, John S. Ladd, Messrs. Alden Leland, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Otis P. Lord, Samuel K. Lothrop, Samuel P. Loud, Theophilus R. Marvin, Joseph B. Morss, Daniel Noyes, Henry K. Oliver, James W. Paige, John G. Park, John A. Putnam, John Sargent, William Schouler, John S. Sleeper, Charles G. Stevens, Joseph L. Stevens, Jr., John W. Thomas, David Turner, John S. Tyler, Samuel B. Walcott, Bradford L. Wales, Samuel Walker, Cyrus Weeks, Thomas Wetmore, Messrs. William F. Wheeler, Messrs. Ezra Wilkinson, Benjamin White, Daniel Wilbur, Joel Wilder, John H. Wilkins, Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Josiah G. Abbott, Shubael P. Adams, Charles Allen, James B. Allen, Joel C. Allen, Parsons Allen, Hillel Baker, Alvah Ballard, George S. Ball, Marcus Barrett, Eliakim A. Bates, Moses Bates, Jr., William Bennett, Jr., Zephaniah Bennett, Edward B. Bigelow, Francis W. Bird, William S. Booth, George S. Boutwell, Sewell Boutwell, William J. A. Bradford, Asa Bronson, Alpheus R. Brown, Artemas Brown, Hammond Brown, Hiram C. Brown, Joseph Brownell, Patrick Bryant, Asahel Buck, Henry Cady, William Carruthers, Isaac Case, Daniel E. Chapin, Henry Chapin, J. McKean Churchill, Henry Clark, Stillman Clarke, William Cleverly, George B. Crane, Joseph W. Cross, Henry W. Cushman, Thomas Cushman, J. B. Williams, Milo Wilson, Nathaniel Wood. Messrs. Simeon N. Cutler, Ebenezer Davis, Augustus Denton, Calvin D. Eaton, Lyman Fisk, Emery Fiske, Ezekiel W. Fitch, Abram Foster, James M. Freeman, Luther Gale, Johnson Gardner, Elbridge Gates, Washington Gilbert, Leonard Gooding, William Haskins, Isaac Hayden, Charles C. Hazewell, |
