Wednesday,] HAWLEY-KINKEAD-DELONG-BANKS-CROSMAN-PRESIDENT. Resolved, That the members of this Convention take leave of the President with the kindest memories of their past intercourse, and their warmest wishes for his future prosperity. [July 27. The question was taken, and the motion was agreed to. Before announcing the result of the vote The PRESIDENT. Mr. HAWLEY. I feel that nothing I can CLOSING REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT. say would add strength or force to those resoGentlemen of the Conlutions, which are offered in a spirit of the pro-vention:-The time has arrived when, having foundest sincerity. I earnestly hope and trust concluded the important labors for which we that they will meet with the unanimous appro- were convened, we are about to separate, val of the gentlemen composing this Convention. By their adoption we shall only be doing justice to ourselves, as well as justice in part, at least-to the distinguished gentleman who has presided so ably over our deliberations. [Applause.] The question was taken, and the preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. THANKS TO OFFICERS AND ATTACHES. [The PRESIDENT in the chair.] tion: Resolved, That the members of this Convention hereby return their thanks to the Secretary and other attaches of this Convention, for the faithful discharge of the duties of their several offices. Mr. DELONG. How is that; "the Secretary and other attaches?" That requires some modi fication. and return to our several homes. Anxiously as we have desired this moment, it nevertheless brings with it feelings of sadness, for we are about to part, probably never, all of us, again to meet together on earth. When I entered upon the duties of your presiding officer, gentlemen. I promised you that I would endeavor to discharge the duties of that trust with impartiality, and I can conscientiously say, that during the sessions of our body I have earnestly sought to discharge those duties. And I feel that I can receive the very flattering resolution of thanks which you have adopted, as at least an earnest and sincere expression of your judgment as to the manner in which I have fulfilled your expectations, and my promise. In discharging the exacting duties of this position, I have labored under much embarrassment. I brought to the position but little of parliamentary knowledge or legislative experience, and, having no written rules for the government of our Convenpotion, we have been compelled to rely upon the manual which was adopted as our guide, and which was not at all times strictly applicable to the varied questions which necessarily arose in the Convention. Hence I have oftentimes found myself perplexed, and in some instances have unquestionably made rulings which did Be that as it may, I have been at all times actunot receive the approval of your judgment. ated solely by a desire to make no rulings but such as would be in conformity with the usages and practice of parliamentary bodies. Mr. BANKS. It is a matter perhaps of no great consequence; still, if I occupied the sition of the "others," I would like to be designated a little more plainly. I understand that the Secretary, and the Assistant Secretary of the Convention, and also the Official Reporter, are included among the officers of the Convention, and then the others may be designated as attaches. I would like to get the resolution in proper form, and the attaches are not usually classed with the other officers. I suggest that the resolution be amended so as to specify the Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and Official Reporter, and then the others as attaches. Mr. KINKEAD. I will accept the amendment with great pleasure. Mr. BANKS. After examining the resolution, I will move to amend it so as to read:" the officers and attaches of this Convention," instead" of the Secretary and other attaches;" that will include them all. The resolution will then read as follows: Resolved, That the members of this Convention hereby return their thanks to the officers and attaches of this Convention, for the faithful discharge of the duties of their several offices. Mr. KINKEAD. I accept the amendment. The question was taken, and the resolution, as modified, was adopted unanimously. The journal of this evening's session was read and approved. ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE. Mr. CROSMAN. I move that the Convention adjourn, sine die, inasmuch as our labors are completed. During our proceedings we have had much to congratulate ourselves upon, and but little, if anything at all, to recur to at this time with regret. We have passed through the few weeks of our deliberations, without the angel of death having entered the portals of the Convention, and with an absence even of any serious illness, such as visited the preceding Convention. For these mercies we should return our grateful thanks to a beneficent Providence. It is to be regretted that we have not had a full attendance of members, owing to circumstances which we could not control, but nevertheless, in much less time than that consumed by members of the former Convention, we have tution to be submitted to the people of this prepared with exceeding great care a ConstiTerritory, for their approval or rejection-a Constitution which, in my opinion, in all its essential features, will commend itself to the favorable judgment of the people. And even should their judgment be adverse at this time to its adoption, we shall have this upon which Wednesday,] PRESIDENT. to congratulate ourselves, that although the result of our labors be not now adopted, it will nevertheless serve as a basis for the action of some future Convention, as the labors of our predecessors have served as the basis of our action. Gentlemen, in bidding you good-bye, allow me to say that you carry with you, each and every one, my cordial sympathies in your future welfare, my sincere wishes for your continued prosperity. And I join with you, gen [July 27. tlemen, in the ardent hope that the labors which have brought us together, and which are now happily ended, may culminate in the advantage of the people of the new State of Nevada, for the government of which we have laid the foundation. Gentlemen, I now declare this Convention adjourned sine die. Accordingly, at five minutes past twelve o'clock, midnight, the Convention adjourned, sine die. |