The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-17

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 ment of inspectors and watchers you nav call them, and Federal officials to interfere in an election. In order that We might get away from them, and hold our own State elections without interference from them, was the req son that it was changed to August. Rut every one knows 1t is against econ- omy. It is disadvantageous to the peo- ple to have two elections in one year but a few months apart. It creates during the whole of that year a fu- ror-
 Mir. Samford-what is the disadvan- tage?
 MT. Oates-I am telling you. If you will walt I will do it. I am not going
 to dodge it. Men are excited more CT
 less, and are taking interest in the
 elections, friends are candidates, first
 n the August election and then in the
 November election, and it Is one con-
 tinual round of electioneering and ex-
 eitement during the whole year. when
 it Is wholly unnecessary. You do not
 need to separate them. You do not
 need an August election on account of
 Federal interference. Why? Because during MT. Cleveland's second term, when both Houses of Congress were Democratic, the question was exten- sively debated and every Federal stat ute on that subject was wiped from he statute books. There is not one in existence now, by which the Federal government can interfere in any State ,lection. It belongs entirely to the State.
 MT. Williams (Barbour)-In the State of New York they hold both the State and Federal elections upon the same Jay? That is a fact9
 MT. Oates-Yes.
 MT. Williams (Barbour)-It js the vote of the city of New York that car- cies the State Democratic. And Is 1t lot fact that in national election n the city of New York many voters trada off a President for some petty State officer? Has not that been done? Mir. Oates-I suppose it has. and have you ever known any election where here was not swapping and trading n that way?
 MT. Williams (Rarbour)-No. I do not. but if the State election in New York was on a different day. there would be no opportunity for it. MT. Oates-Tkat is for the people ot New York to determine. 1 am talking | Ibout the people of Alabama. Here | there is not so much danger from traI-
 
 citement. and trouble. and there is no
 reason why we cannot hold our elec- | tions the same day as the Federal elections are held. and 1t will not be | then as it is now, where one uf the | things which puts the members of l Congress from this State at d disad- vantage is that they do not receive | 50 many votes, and not one fourth of l the voters are boiled in the districts | in the November election as are boiled | in the August election. The delegates | from Lee and from Macon know that | from their experience in Congress. They | nave seen that from their own experi- ence. Men get tird of going out on so | many election days, and there is no l good reason at this time why they | should not all go out to the election on | Tuesday after the first Monday in No- vember. There is no reason on earth why we should have so much excite- ment, and so much expense. and then | besides some other important commit tees have been shaping their work in view of that very thing. The commit tee of which I had the honor to be chairman was divided upon it. the ma jority favoring August. but a large l minority favoring November. I think | it is unnecessary to consume any fur ther time, as the Convention certainly understands the question. and l move | the previous question on the amend ment offered by the gentleman from l Lee.
 MT. Hefiin (Chambers)-I would ask l the gentleman to withdraw that in or | Ter that some of the members of the committee may be heard that opposed l the measure.
 | Aa T I | If them want to be heard. will ask
 the delegate from Chambers if he | wishes to be heard. have no objec- | ton to withdrawing the motion. 1 MT. Hefiin (Chambers)-I would like 1 70 be heard as to how the majority l If the committee stood on the report. MT. Oates-If I withdraw. will you | renew the motion. before you take your | seat?
 MT. Heflin (Chambers)-My purpose | was before sat down to move to ta- | ble the amendment
 MT. Oates-I decline 10 yield for any
 such purpose and 1 call for the previ- | 0us question.
 l MT. Reese-I move to table the amendment of the gentleman from Lee.
 The President-The gentleman from Montgomery moves the previous ques- | ton upon the amendment by the gen. | tleman from Lee. and thereupon the I gentleman from Dallas moves to lay | upon the table the amendment offered by the gentleman from Lee. The ques- | tion will be upon the motion to table | the amendment.
 Upon vote being taken, a division was called for and, by a vote of 43 | ayes and 63 noes, the motion to table was lost.
 MT. Hefiin (Chambers)-I voted no for the purpose of taking the amendment | up for consideration again. The Presidential is not necessary for the gentleman to state how he voted in order to move to take from the ta- from the table.
 lieve you can move to reconsider a vote to table, can you?
 The PreSident-You cannot, but any gentleman may enter a motion to take from the table, whether he voted for or against the proposition. The question recurring upon the mo- tion of the gentleman from Montgom- cry, the main question was ordered, and upon a further vote being taken,
 the amendment was adopted.
 Mir. Browne-In order that the gen.
 tlemap from Mont gomery (Mr. Jones)
 may have considered the amendment that he offered to introduce, and which was ruled out of order on account of the fact that it was similar to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Mobile, I now move to take from the table the amendment offered by