The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-27

MT. PefttiS--Weii, you are at nDefty to take advantage of the difference of | opinion.
 | Now. as was saying in regard to distrust of the people and of the Gen. eral Assembly of the State, it seems | to me that this body should be one of | the last to 50 di5tTust the people and | to so distrust their representatives as- ! sembled in the General Assembly, for | there are about one-third of the mem- bers on this floor that have at various times had the honor to serve in that 1 branch of the State government, and | barring myself, Mir. President, some of them are the most able and distin- l guished members on the floor of this | Convention. It seems to me that if we are to be Don QuiXote, and are to | charge every windmill that appears | upon the floor of this Convention, we | will be sitting here until Christmas. am willing to stay as long as neces- | sary for delegates to remain for the purpose of considering matters that are l proper and pertinent to be considered and put into the Constitution of the State of Alabama, but it seems to me We should not attempt to legislate rp- on every subject and every topic, and should not assume Jurisdiction of mat ters which belong properly and should belong exclusively to the province of the General Assembly of Alabama.
 MT. Palmer-We have had this sub. tect pending for nearly three days. It is very simple thing to arrange the matter if the gentlemen of the Conven- tion will look at 1t in a practicable, sensible way. The gentleman from | Talladega made a very eloquent and impressive speech, showing the advan- l tage of this tax, and the amount of it, the advantages of the schools, and the cost of the buildings, and halls. made | my maiden speech in this Convention two days ago on this same subject, and I thought then I would say nothing more in this Convention until 1t ad- iourned. There is very little difference of opinion in this matter If you look at 1t right.
 There is derived from this tax be- | tween seventy-five thousand and one hundred thousand dollars. To strike this down at once will be a serious blow to the amount of taxes that are collected in this State in a year. Let us go back to the bottom of the thing. Auburn was unfortunately select ed as the site for the school. The Methodists of the State of Alabama gave the buildings to the agricultural school of the State as a present. The Agricul- l tuA dA SoALCSC never to nave DGDn established at Auburn. It ought to have been put in one of the back coun- ties. upon the edge of the sandy lands, and 1t ought to have been made strict | ly an agricultural and mechanical | school. The shops there are effect. The best in the South. The agricultur- al department Is not what 1t should be, looking at it from the standpoint of a farmer. Auburn to meet this dificulty, had established through the Legislat- ure. nine branch schools throughout the State, in order that agriculture might be taught in every district in the State. Now when corps of physicians are called to treat a wound. that is sore and fostering. and inflammation has set up to great degree, the first thing they do is to clean the sore and then apply the antiseptic treatment. | Now, as far as this tax is concerned, from the standpoint of a farmer, So far as the intelligent part of the farm | ing interests are concerned, they care nothing about the tax, provided the money is applied to the purpose for | which 1t should go.
 | MT. Weatherly-Will the gentleman allow me to ask a question?
 Mi. Palmer-Yes, sir.
 MT. Weatherly--I remember the re- mark made by the gentleman from | Washington the other day, in opening his speech, that We were all trying to do right and wanting to do right, pro- vided We got the correct information. Now l want to ask him, who is it that pays this tax?
 MT. Palmer-I will answer that. The consumer pay 1t. It is the policy of the United States that where goods are protected, the consumer pays the tax. Now, so far as the tax is concerned. that is small matter with the farm CTS. As l say cleanse these sores and make these schools. at Auburn and elsewhere. what the people demand they should be. Now these schools are young institutions they have just been established, and the buildings were put | up at a great expense to the towns they arc in. The lands have been do- | mated. I have visited one of them re- peatedly and when said in my speech the other day they were not agricultur- al schools in the sense of the word, but they could be mace agricultur- al schools and do not want to strike them down. l do not want them aboI- ished. I want them encouraged.
 MT. Bulger-How much time de you think it would require to make them agricultural schools?
 MT. Palmer-That depends upon the amount of energy, interest and money l they have got.
 l MT. Jackson-The time has nearly ar rived for the adjournment I move a suspension of the rules so that the gen. tleman can finish his speech.
 | There were expression of dissent manifested.
 Mir. Palmer-Gentlemen you make these schools what they ought to be. what they are intended to be. and you won't hear one word of complaint from 1 the farmers uf this State, They want the schools. They need the schools. l Trey will submit to any taxation. They | will submit to any sacrifice to support them, and to up-build agriculture in | this State.
 do not see any other way. gentle ment; the schools are new, the build ings have just been put up, and the thing has just started, and I move to table the whole thing, and let it go to | the Legislature (ApplsuSN)
 MT. Sanford (Pike)-Upon that mo- tion l demand the ayes and noes. M Hefin (Chambers)-I rise to a point of order.
 The President-The gentleman will state the point Of order.
 Nil. Heflin (Chambers)-Th gentle man from Washington at the conclus- ion of his speech moved to table. both the amendments.
 MT Greer (Calhoun)-The hour for adjournment has arrived
 A Delegate-I move We adjourn. The President-The Chair will state the question if the gentlemen will be | seated, The gentleman from Washing, l ton moves law OO ba