Birmingham age-herald., 1895-10-03

without the consent of a majority of the electors residing and entitled by law to vote within the district proposed to be Incorporated; such consent to be aseefs- tained. in manner. and under such regu7 lations as may be prescribed by law
 Then ensued a hot debate once more the convention refused to follow Senator Tillman. He offered to amend by adding the following very important clause:
 Provided, A class to be known as manufacturing towns shall be provided by general assembly and shall be incor- porated whenever the population of such community shall number 1000, under such restrictions and regulations as shall
 protect the rights of and prevent unjust encroachments upon property of citi- zens."
 He and Congressman Wilson made 2 vigorous fight for this measure. They
 were defeated by vote of A to 93. The section was finally adopted as reported. The committee on education reports three different articles on the subject. The majority submit a long article which includes the support of Clemenson col | lege, the deaf, dumb and blind institutes and state reform school and provides | for a mill tax for the support of public schools
 MT. E. J. Kennedy submitted a sub | stitute for two sections; one providing
 for the application of funds derived from | the sale of liquors and certain other l IunuS 10 De set apart as a DefDcludl | school fund.
 Messrs. Watson and Honsen submitted | an article providing for a mill tax. | At the night session discussion soon l cleared the galleries of ladies. Section 34 of the article on legislative department is as follows: "The marriage of a white
 person with negro or mulatto, or per l son who shall have any negro blood, shall | be unlawful and void"
 | Robert Small, the colored ex-congress- | man, moved to add these words: And | any white person who lives in cohabita- | tion with negro or mulatto, or person l who shall have one-eighth or more of ne- l gro blood shall be disqualified from hold | ing any office of emolument or trust in
 this state, and the offspring from any | such living or cohabitation shall bear 1 the name of the father and shall be en- | titled to inherit the same as if they were | legitimat te."
 Small spoke at length on his amend | ment. A substitute was offered by MT. l Cooper. simply eliminating the last part
 legitimizing the offspring. It was at | once evident that the measure had got
 great strength. On vote on a motion to | lay the amendment on the table it was | thought by many that the friends of the
 amendment had carried the day, but
 Vice-President Talbert in the chair ruled | that the motion had carried
 Soon afterwards Senator Tillman arose l rom his seat and said he had been
 classed as a. bitter enemy of the negro
 but he wanted now to Lut himself, on rec l ord as his friend. He rer wed the mo-
 tion made by MT. Small which was re
 ported tabled, but which he did not thinl,
 had been tabled by the vote He was l called out of order. The questi on having
 been passed upon he moved then to re-
 consider the vote. This was done. After | hours of arguing another motion to lay SmalIs amendment on the table was lost | by 103 to P.
 Before the matter was acted on finally | the convention got tied into a knot of
 motions and adjourned until tomorrow.
 An effort to eliminate the anti-dueIline | from the oath taken by state officers an]
 legislators failed after a hard fight. | James W1gg, negro. offered an amendment to the oath providing that
 the officer must affirm he had taken no part in lynching bee. This was killed