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The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
may deem necessary and proper. Resolved, That the basis of representation in the two Houses of the General Assembly should be the same; therefore, be it further. Resolved, That a committee of twelve members, to be selected in equal numbers from the four great divisions of the State, be appointed to apportion representation in the Senate according to the number of the qualified voters in the Commonwealth, and that they report amendments of the 4th Article of the Constitution accordingly. Some discussion ensued upon a point of order, it being suggested that similar resolutions, previously offered by Messrs. Haymond, of Marion, and Turner, of Jackson, and laid upon the table. Mr. Slaughter, of Campbell, moved that the resolutions just offered be laid upon the table, and on this motion Mr. Willey demanded the yeas and nays; but without further action. On motion of Mr. Early, of Franklin, the Convention adjourned to meet again on Monday, at half-past 10 o'clock.
The Daily Dispatch: March 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Long-Winded orators, (search)
Long-Winded orators, -- Time is money, said old Ben Franklin — a fact which some of the long-winded orators of the Convention and of the General Assembly seem to have forgotten. Let them do their business and go home.