The age-herald., 1901-08-17

JUST I, 1901
 | committee on engrossment, reported that I the article on impeachments had been | correctly engrossed. It was then read 1 the third time and adopted by vote of 94 to 6.
 President Knox, who had resigned the chair to Mir. Grant, introduced a resolu- tion extending the privileges of the floor to Hon. G. w. Taylor, Congressman from the First district, and Hon. Oscar W. Underwood, Congressman from the Tenth district Ths rules were suspended and the resolution adopted.
 On motion of MT. OFF the privileges of the floor were extended to State Senator D. W. Powell
 The committee on epgrossments re- ported that ordinance 404 was correctly engrossed and 1t was read third time and adopted by a vote of& to IS.
 This was the ordinance repeating that section of the article on executive which allowed the governor to suspend sher- if pending impeachment proceedings
 Mobile scnooI Question.
 The convention then proceeded with the consideration of the report of the com mittee on education.
 Section 13. which applies to Mobile, was read as follows:
 Section 13 The provisions Of this artlcie and of any act of the General Assembly passed in pursuance thereon to estaonsn' organize and maintain a system of public schools throughout the State shall apply to Mobile County only so far as to au- thorize and require the authorities deslg- mated by law to draw the portions or the funds to which said county shall be en- titled for school purposes and to make re- ports to the superintendent of education hxrl Ia aTId ciaI incomes and powers of taxation as now authorized by law for the benefit Of public schools in said county shall remain undisturbed until otherwise provided py the General Assembly; provided, that sep arate schools for each race shall always be maintained by said school authorities.
 MT. Greer of Calhoun offered an amend ment ito provide that Calhoun County should enjoy the same privileges.
 MT. Stamford of Pike moved to add Pike County.
 Captain White Speaks.
 MT. White said he dislked to antago- nize his friends from Mobile, especially as the people from his part of the State were linked with them commercially. But he did not feel that he could discharge his duty and be true to himself without opposing this section He did not see why
 
 should withhold $44, 600 annually in license taxes derived from the @sale of liquor from the State treasury. He did not think 1t was right for that city to with hold this tax and in addition draw an amount from the common school fund which he understood would this year be $20,000 If 1t was right for Mobile County 1t was right for every county in the State. He proposed to offer such an amendment.
 MT. Stamford then withdrew his amend m2rt.
 MT. Smith of Mobile said that there had been a concensus of opinion among the various legislatures since 1854 that some good reason existed why this school system of Mobile should remain undis- turbed He explained how Mobile had been the first city in the State to levy liquor license tax which went to the sup port of the schools. He spoke of the ex- cellent school system there and said that aside from this liquor license Mobile con- tributed more per capita to the school funds of the State than any other county Jefferson County pays a property tax of I.54 T capita against $1 .S4 paid by Mo bile. He gave other figures showing the relative amounts of property values and taxes paid by Birmingham Mobile and Montgomery. The Mobile high schools were open to children from all parts of the state without cost.
 MT Long of Walker said the principal was wrong, but he would support 1t. The people of his county loved Mobile and had never made any kick against her school system.
 Section Is Adopted.
 MT. Graham of Tala1 aga ca'Ird for the previous question, which was ordered.
 MT. Reese of Dallas moved to table MT. Greer's amendment, which was done.
 An aye and nay vote was demanded on the adoption of the section, which was adopted by vote of S4 to 27
 MT. Lomax of Montgomery offered A new section providing that $3s GOO per an- mum be paid as interest on the universf- ty fund and authorizing the trustees at any time to abolish the military feature
 MT. Lomax sn oke in favor or Eis amendment. He said the university had been receiving s34.000 a year from the state. 900 of which was as interest on the debt the state owed the university and s10O0 being an annual appropriation The object of his amendment was to make the university fund permanent and not oblige the trustees or others 10 come to each Legislature to ask an appropriation He reviewed the history of the institu- ton and its financial relations with the state. He cited a settlement whereby the Legislature acknowledged the state owed the university $300,00 and another act which acknowledged a debt of s2,O 900, which was, however, killed hy executive interference.
 He did not contend that the convention should acknowledge this debt but he cnly asked that 1t be taken out of politics. He was applauded as he concluded.
 General Sanford of Montgomery offered an amendment to strike out the word "trusteees' and insert "Legislature.'' This amendment was accepted by MT. Lomax.
 Governor Oates of Montgomery spoke against the Lomax amendment.
 MT. Fftts of7Tuscaloosa made an elo- quent appeal In favor of the amendment. He said the question was merely one of figures to show that the State was justly indebted to the university in at least s90O, 900.
 The previous question was then ordered.
 The Sanford amendment was then adopted and the Lomax amendment adopted by vote of 77 to "A.
 MT. Cofer offered an amendment provid- ing that the annual appropriations should go towards reducing the States indebted ness to the university. This was tabled. Captain White offered an amendment pro- viding that liquor licenses should be de-
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