The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-11

ton where we can never enjoy the privileges which they enjoy.
 MT. O'Neal-Why do not you amend this section so as to reach the end you seek?
 Mir. White-I think the best plan Is to lay the section on the table, and then when we get to the other propo- sition. to lay that out as well.
 Mir. President-Does the gentleman make that motion?
 MT. White-Yes. sir; I agreed to do 1t and 1t affords me a very great pleasure to do so.
 Mr. Kyle-Will the gentleman with draw and let me introduce an amend ment providing that all special privi- leges which are now enjoyed are here by annulled?
 up better at a later time. I do not think that this is proper place for | that.
 Upon vote being taken the motion to table was carried.
 Subdivision 31 was read as follows: Granting any land owned by or under control of the State to any person or | corporation.
 Mir. Watts offered an amendment which was read as follows: By adding the following: Provided, rights of way over public lands may be granted"
 MT. Sanford (Pike)-I rise to ask the gentleman question. Isn't that already the law. Haven't we got a general law that permits right of way over public lands? Nr. Watts-Here is ain inhibition against granting any land owned by or under control of the State for any purpose.
 MT. Samford-But haven't we a l Ia ri Oh of uyax xy over the lands of the State? | MT. Watts-Yes, sir; and consequent ly this section would not contravene the other. If you put it in as 1t Is 1t will be incon sistent.
 MT. Long (Walker)-Would not that prevent the State from dealing in its coal lands? The State has some val uable coal land and would 1t not pre- vent the State from leasing those lands?
 Mir. Oates-Not at all. The State does not own the coal lands, but mere- ly controls them as trustee.
 Mir. O'Neal-Would it not be better to use the word donate. You grant land by deed.
 Mir oates-I have no objection to that word.
 The Preside nt-Does the gentleman ask unanimous consent to strike out
 
 word "donating?"
 Mir. Oates-Yes, sir.
 There being no objection the amend ment was allowed.
 Mir. Watts-I desire to withdraw my amendment with the consent of the l Convention.
 There being no objection the amend ment was withdrawn. Mir. Burns-I offer an amendment as | cfth vi hv ing the following: Except the bi-en- nial grant of State lands to Emma Sansom Jackson. as now provided by law.
 | Mir. Burns-I don't suppose there will | be any objection to that amendment and that it will be unnecessary to make any remarks. If there be any opposition to the amendment. I will | take great pleasure in referring the Convention to the distinguished ex-at- torney general who is authority on the subject of heroism. l MT. Oates-The amendment has no operation. The grant of land by the l State to Emma Sansom, the maiden name of that lady, has never been complied with, because the State has not got the land. They cannot find the land to give it to her. am very | sorry to say and this has no retro active effect. and would not affect that at all, and therefore, I move to | lay the amendment on the table.
 MT. Burns-Will the gentleman with draw one moment, in order that the gentleman from Tuscaloosa may say few words upon this subject?
 MT. Oates-I withdraw the motion, MT. President
 Mir. Heflin (Chambers)-I understand that the motion Is withdrawn
 MT. Burns-I hope that the gentle man from Tuscaloosa will explain The President-Does the gentleman from Chambers desire 10 debate this | question?
 MT. Heflin (Chambers)-The people of our State know nothing of the in- tense suffering of the majority of the delegates in this Convention. Their suffering from heat. and suffering from the continued flow of impassion- ed speech. We are chained here by the side of the dashing torrents of unre- | strailed and tear-stained eloquence, MT. President, and under it's mighty power, the delegates of this Convention are physically weakening and wither- ing day by day. We ask humbly that the judgment of the people of the State be suspended, and that sym pathy be allowed to shed a tear. Unless the people were here, Mir. President. and could see as we see. feel as we feel. and suffer as We suffer, they cannot know our hard ships and our struggles. but they can not be here. MT. President. The dew drop that laughs on the | lily's cheek, can never know the story of the sea; the violet that blooms by | the babbling brook, knows nothing of the ebb and flow; the "joree" that bounds among the brier blossoms knows | nothing of the eagles mountain dream. | There are times when we would glad ly exchange places with the dew drop, swop places with the violet, exchange | places with the "joree" in the brier patch, and from the city's busy hum. | and from the chain of debate break loose, and go where the cat can climb the catnip tree. and the gooseberry l clings to the goose; where the part ridge drums his drum, and the wood | chucks his wood where the dog de- yours the dogwood bloom, in blissful | solitude.
 There are times when delegates are seated immediately in front of | speaker. when there is no possible way | of escape from his seat, and he must | sit, look up and listen throughout the l length of the fence corner debate. On yesterday saw a sad, sad sight. A delegate fastened down immediately in front of an impassioned. earnest speak CT, there was no way of escape, he had to sit and listen to the speech and at the conclusion of it he expired Slowly