Papers of James Madison Author:James Madison Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, no—4.SOT Adjourned. Thursday, August 9TH. In Convention,—Article 4, Sect. 6, was taken up. M... more »r. Randolph expressed his dissatisfation at the disagreement yesterday to Sect. 5, concerning money bills, as endangering the success of the plan, and extremely objectionable in itself; and gave notice that he should move for a reconsideration of the vote. Mr. Williamson said he had formed a like intention. Mr. Wilson gave notice that he should move to reconsider the vote requiring seven instead of three years of citizenship, as a qualification of candidates for the House of Representatives. Article 4, Sections 6 and 7, were agreed to, nem. con. Article 5, Sect. 1, was then taken up. Mr. Wilson objected to vacancies in the Senate being supplied by the Executives of the States. It was unnecessary, as the Legislatures will meet so frequently. It removes the appointment too far from the people, the Executives in most of the States being elected by the Legislatures. As he had always thought the appointment of the Executive by the Legislative department wrong, so it was still more so that the Executive should elect into the Legislative department. Mr. Randolph thought it necessary in order toprevent inconvenient chasms in the Senate. In some States the Legislatures meet but once a year. As the Senate will have more power and consist of a smaller number than the other House, vacancies there will be of more consequence. The Executives might be safely trusted, he thought, with the appointment for so short a time. Mr. Ellsworth. It is only said that the Executive may supply vacancies. When the Legislative meeting happens to be near, the power will not be exerted. As there will be but two members from a State, v...« less