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 2z lECOlD$ OF THE FEDEKAI, CONVENTION Thur. rday. MADISON Augu.t 9 Mr. Mason, did not mean to propose a change of this mode of voting per capita in any event. But as there might be other modes proposed, he saw no impropriety in postpon- ing the sentence. Each State may have two members, (and) yet may have (unequal) 8 votes. He said that unless the ex- clusive originating of money bills should be restored to the House of Representatives, he should, not from obstinacy, but duty and conscience, oppose throughout the equality of Repre- sentation in the Senate. Mr. Govr. Morris. Such declarations were he supposed, addressed to the smaller States in order to alarm them for their equality in the Senate, and induce them agst. their judg- ments, to concur in restoring the section concerning money bills. He would declare in his turn that as he saw no pros- pect of amending the Constitution of the Senate & considered the Section (relating to money bills) as intrinsically bad, he would adhere to the section establishing the equality at all events. Mr. Wilson. It seems to have been supposed by some that the section concerning money bills is desirable to the large States. The fact was that two of those States (Pa. & Va) had uniformly voted agst. it without reference to any other part of the system. Mr. Randolph, urged as Col. Mason had done that the sen- tence under consideration was connected with that relating to money (bills), and might possibly be affected by the result of the motion for reconsidering the latter. That the post- ponement was therefore (not) improper. Question for postponing "each member shall have one vote." N.H. divd. Mss. no. Ct. no. N.J. no. Pa. no. Del. no. Md. no. Va. ay. N. C. ay. S.C. no. Geo. no. [Ayes- 2; noes- 8; divided -- .] (The words were then agreed to as part of the section.) 9 Mr. Randolph then gave notice that he should move to reconsider this whole Sect: . Art. V. as connected with the 5. Sect. art. IV. as to which he had already given such notice. Crossed out "different". 9Taken from Joru/.

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