[124] Under the Articles of Confederation the Congress of the United States was required to "publish the journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances, or military operations as in their judgment require secrecy." Art. IX.
[125] The Revolutionary constitutions of New York and Pennsylvania provided that the doors of the legislature should be kept open at all times for the admission of the public except when the welfare of the state should demand secrecy.
[126] Cf. Ford, The Rise and Growth of American Politics, p. 63.
[127] Quoted from Article on Reporting in Encyclopedia Brittanica.
[128] Vol. XIV, p. 62. See also Porritt, The Unreformed House of Commons, Vol. I, pp. 590-596.
[129] Greene, The Provincial Governor, pp. 198-199.
[130] Cooley, Constitutional Limitations, 6th ed., pp. 514-516.
[131] Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maryland.
[132] Art. V.
[133] Elliot's Debates, Vol. I, p. 181 and Vol. V, p. 132.