New York (state) Constitutional CONVENTION. 1894. REVISED RECORD OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK May 8, 1894, to September 29, 1894 REVISED BY HON. WILLIAM H. STEELE, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1894, Pursuant to Chap. 21, Laws of 1898. PUBLISHED UNDER DIRECTION OF HON. CHARLES E. FITCH, L. H. D., SECRETARY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1894, Pursuant to Chap. 419, Laws of 1900. Vol. I. ALBANY: THE ARGUS COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1900. REVISED RECORD OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. MAY 8 1894, TO SEPTEMBER 29, 1894. Tuesday Morning, May 8, 1894. The Constitutional Convention of the State of New York met at the Assembly Chamber, Albany, N. Y., May 8, 1894, at 11 A. M. The Hon. John Palmer, Secretary of State, called the Convention to order. The Rev. Walton W. Battershall, D. D., of St. Peter's church, Albany, N. Y., offered the following prayer: "Oh, God, who has instituted Thy throne in righteousness, vouchsafe Thy presence in this assembly and give us Thy guidance in its deliberations for the enactment of just and equal laws, which shall preserve liberty and protect virtue and build up the structure. of the State upon strong and enduring foundations. Preserve them from error, ignorance, prejudice and from evil passion which darkens our souls and is the hiding of Thy face. Grant in strict wisdom. and sound judgment that they may so interpret that the law as constituted shall be Thy desire, whose voice is the harmony of the world, that they may promote peace and good will; dissolve the bands of strife and dissension; right the wrongs of the injured and maintain the cause of the innocent; punish the wrongdoer, but defend them that do well; that so Thy righteousness may prevail in the land, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord. The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all forever. Amen." 95010 The Secretary of State Gentlemen of the Convention, it becomes my duty, under the statute, to preside over the preliminary organization of this Convention until you have elected a permanent presiding officer. To avoid calling the roll twice, I will swear in the members in groups of ten, and, as your names are called, you will present yourselves at the table and after the roll has been completed we shall be able to tell who are present and who are absent. The Deputy Secretary of State will commence the calling of the roll, beginning with the delegates-at-large. The delegates answered to their names and the constitutional oath of office was administered by the Secretary of State to the following delegates: Joseph H. Choate, Elihu Root, Edward Lauterbach, Jesse Johnson, Frederick W. Holls, Michael H. Hirschberg, J. Rider Cady, John T. McDonough, John M. Francis, John F. Parkhurst, Commodore P. Vedder, John I. Gilbert, Augustus Frank, William P. Goodelle, Daniel H. McMillan, Lucius N. Manley, Frederick Storm, Charles L. Phipps, Nicoll Floyd, Nathaniel S. Ackerley, Mirabeau Lamar Towns, William H. Cochran, John G. Schumaker, John B. Meyenborg, Almet F. Jenks, Stephen B. Jacobs, Henry A. Powell, William H. Allaben, Solomon Galinger, Charles B. Morton, Joseph C. Hecker, Frank H. Vogt, William A. Faber, Andrew Frank, Robert M. Johnston, William D. Veeder, William Sullivan, Thomas J. Farrell, William B. Davenport, James W. Riggs, Eugene A. Curran, George W. Roderick, William M. Mullen, Thomas W. Fitzgerald, Wright Holcomb, De Lancey Nicoll, John M. Bowers, Arthur D. Williams, John Bigelow, Frank T. Fitzgerald, Elliot Sandford, Morris Tekulsky, Joseph M. Ohmeis, Charles Goeller, Aaron Herzberg, Henry D. Hotchkiss, Gideon J. Tucker, Delos McCurdy, Charles H. Truax, William Q. Titus, James W. McLaughlin, Robert E. Deyo, M. Warley Platzek, Francis Forbes, William P. Burr, Nelson Smith, William McM. Speer, Jacob Marks, John D. Crimmins, David McClure, Andrew H. Green, James P. Campbell, Joseph I. Green, Eugene Durnin, Thomas Gilleran, Charles W. Dayton, Michael J. Mulqueen, John A. Deady, Stephen S. Blake, Chauncey S. Truax, Andrew C. Fields, William Church Osborn, William T. Emmet, Adolph C. Hottenroth, John Gibney, William D. Dickey, Henry W. Wiggins, Charles W. H. Arnold, Ira M. Hedges, John A. Griswold, George L. Danforth, Jacob M. Maybee, Howard Chipp, Jr., George H. Bush, Roswell A. Parmenter, John H. Peck, William J. Roche, Amos H. Peabody, Edwin C. Rowley, A. Bleecker Banks, Edwin Countryman, Peter Rogers, William Kimmey, Den nis P. Kerwin, Abram B. Steele, Edward A. Brown, Walter L. Van Denbergh, Charles C. Lester, Edward C. Whitmyer, Chester B. McLaughlin, Charles H. Moore, Edgar A. Spencer, Frederick Fraser, Thomas W. McArthur, Vasco P. Abbott, John G. McIntyre, William H. Baker, William H. Steele, Elon R. Brown, Henry J. Cookinham, John C. Davies, Charles S. Mereness, James W. Barnum, Abraham L. Kellogg, D. Gerry Wellington, Ceylon H. Lewis, Louis Marshall, George Barrow, Thomas G. Alvord, Charles A. Fuller, William J. Mantanye, Abram C. Crosby, H. Austin Clark, George F. Lyon, John W. O'Brien, Henry R. Durfee, Frank H. Hamlin, Frank E. Tibbetts, George R. Cornwell, William H. Nichols, Milo M. Acker, Charles R. Pratt, Owen Cassidy, Charles A. Hawley, Nathaniel Foote, Merton E. Lewis, John A. Barhite, George W. Clark, James H. Redman, Nathan A. Woodward, Lockwood R. Doty, Myron L. Parker, William Pool, I. Sam Johnson, Herman F. Trapper, William Turner, James S. Porter, Philip W. Springweiler, Henry W. Hill, Tracy C. Becker, John Coleman, George A. Davis, Jonathan W. Carter, Benjamin S. Dean, Louis McKinstry, Charles Z. Lincoln, Oscar A. Fuller, Frank B. Church. The Secretary of State Gentlemen, a quorum of the Constitutional Convention being present, and having taken the constitutional oath, the Convention is now in order for business. Mr. Root of New York I move that the Convention now proceed to elect a President by ballot, and that two tellers be appointed by the chair to make the count. The motion was declared carried. The Secretary of State appointed Mr. Nicoll of New York, and Mr. Vedder of Cattaraugus, tellers. The Secretary of State - The next in order is the nomination of candidates. Mr. Root I have the honor to nominate for President of this Convention, Mr. Joseph H. Choate of New York. The Secretary of State-Are there any further nominations? If there are no further nominations, the ballot will be taken. Mr. Alvord-I call the attention of the Convention to the fact that this is an open ballot, and each man will rise in his place and name his choice. Mr. Bowers-I object. The Secretary of State-Objection being made, a ballot must be taken. |