Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1859 — Kansas Constitutional Convention. [ARTICLE]

Kansas Constitutional Convention.

A correspondent of the New \\,rk TriAwne, w riting trom YVv.iidoi u ider date of Jouet;, •urmshes the subjoined intelligence o the organ zati.m of the K ois .s ConMi’u--1 i ona 1 Convention. [li se Democratic papers which h ive clai" -i a majority of members in lliat body lor that party are undeceiv d bv this lime, we pre uuv, ami are ready to atm amce to their readers tout the embryo Si..te Kansas j 8 R publican bv a large majority. Tao Tribune's correspoiid--111 s ,vs: *• l’he fourth Const it ut ional Convention that has assembled in Kansas met at this place yest< rday and organized. Gov. Me ibtry issued a proclamation, dated the stli. giving tiie .-e us in the Convention to those w ho had a majority on the face of the returns. By doii g so he has removed the suspicious luat had been entertained ot a design to change the result and give a majority tu the Convention to the Democrats. •‘As constituted, the Convention stands: Democrats, 14; Republicans, 3t; absent, three Democrats elected and one Repuhli .an. ’Ben ol the Democrats aye from Leavenworth County. “It. has been expected that Gov. Mvdnry would call the Convention to order. 11l had designed doing so and was here for the purpose, but was unwell yesterday and could not he p esent. $ me sparring occurred 01, the temporary organizatn 11. Though small force of the Democracy was, jux* up p. rentlv hopeless their oppositn n, they nev ; erf itpfcss uttenipttnl iv. "3,r. Hough ol Leaven vortlv, having contrived in get. on the committee that vvaiiei on the Governor, took the oppo (unity, otter reporting, to call the Convention to order, I n nd to nominate a Democrat f r ('ha..man He was stopped, his rulings overruled, and

Mr. Jos. Blood, of Lawrence, elected temporary chairman. As that gentleman was absent, from sickness at the moment. Mr Kingman, of Brown county, an the Republican was elected. Mr. Martin, editor of the Atchison Champion, was elected clerk. "The Convention then went into the election of permanent officers, when J. M. Winchell, of Osage, was elected President of the Convention over his Democratic opponent. The vote stood 32 for Winchell, and 13 for Barton. John Martin, Esq., was elected Chief Clerk by 33 to 14 for his Democratic opponent. For Assistant Secretary Mr. S. S. Blanchard was elected bv 3- t-, )4 For Sergeant-at-Arms G. D. Warren, by : 33 to It foi Dr. Castle ton. I la main object ot the Democracy now is to make political capital against the Republicans. rhey drag up every imaginable subject from who It they expect to makesomething, and call for the yeas and nays with ar. assiduity that is likely to leave an odd impression in the Journal. • I oherv'e in this Convention three members of the old Topeka Constitutional Convention. Messrs. Arthur. 3f iy and Griffith—four of the Leavenworth Convention, and one of the Lecomnton Convention. "A majority ot the members are new men. although several oft) « m have taken part in the old struggles. " I'lie hall ot the Convention is large. Jt is draped with flags, and a Dortrate o. Washington hangs over the Presidential desk r.-dav Governor Medary is weft enough to be present. The Convention labors under some little embarrassment about pecuniary matters. -Stationary’ is n>t doled out by the Territorial Secretary. Its incidental lalj ,r tnerefo e, under all the embarrassmerits of 'n't money’ and a‘prospective credit b sis It d"(‘s not realfyatppe.ar that it is muc.i better off m this respect trim tb“ old lornka Constitutional Conven’i.m. It has a n.un'iial legal ly, and that is about all I no Lecompton Constituti mil Convention 'Y aS t ', ,e - one for "li'ch Uncle Sun thought u would pay to bleed at the time of its existence. "Toe questions that ;i re likely to agitate th..- Convention to the greatest\Wfye ur.- ' ,rst ' 1 !- e Tcstion Of freedom. ;ls ir concer „; negro •lave.-y. as ,t now exists in the Territor> Black laws, am! the various forms whid. hatred of the oppressed „ P , m r , tce takes. \v uilinfs Rights, the question of b >uui,.iry, app »rtlonrmmr. the claim det.t these with mmy minor matters are iikclv to make tlig.sessi m protracted one.