The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-22

| or the gentleman Lf0tu 0EEEAt1s tO tue | amendment of the gentleman from Ma. | con- Mr., eGraffenreid--To the resolution of Mir. O'NeaI
 The President pro tem.-To the res olution reported by the committee. but | there Is an amendment pending. offered | by the gentleman from Greene. to an | amendment or substitute offered by | the gentleman from Macon. as the Chair understands it.. . The Chair Is informed that the gen. | tleman from Macon did, not prepare and send up his amendment
 Mir. O'Neal QIauderdale)-I move to | lay the amendment of the gentleman | from Greene on the table.
 The President pro tem.-That was voted on yesterday.
 MT. O'Neal Q.auderdale)-Then l move that 1t be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Cobb-I think my amendment was accepted by the committee and incorporated in their report. as I | understand it.
 MT. O'Neal-I withdraw the motion which made. MT. President. Ns Mr. Cobb-My amendment was ac- cepted by the committee. and incorpo. rated into their report.
 Mr. O'Neal Gauderdale)-It was in | the original report, and the original re- port was misread. That was the cause | of the misunderstanding. Now I with draw my motion. l rise to point of order
 The President pro tem.-The gentle. man will state the point of order. Mir. O'Neal-What Is the question be- | fore the House?
 The Pres ident pro tem.-The oues- | ton before the Convention is upon the nd AH 0anflArQan from Greene. to the resolution of the gentleman from Lauderdale, as re- ported by the committee.
 MT. Coleman (Greene)-On yesterday, when I offered that amendment l did | not have the resolution before me. and as I stated, could not remember the exact wording of 1t. Upon examining | the amendment this morning, I see 1t | fails to strike out the word provided, | To make it grammatical, 1t should have been offered move to strike out ! the following words: provided the same can be done without an increase | of taxation in this State." and substi- l tute therefor the words "if in the dis cretion of the Gentleman Assembly 1t l is for the best interest of the State." The President pro tem.-The gentle | man asks unanimous consent to cor- 1 rect the amendment offered on yester. day If there is no objection, the gen. l tleman's amendment will be corrected, and the clerfk read the amendment as | corrected.
 The amendment was read as follows: Motion to amend resolution No. 151. offered by MT. O'Neal U1auderdale). re- ported favorably by the committee; | amendment by MT. Coleman (Greene). | Move to amend the resolution by strik- i ing out the following words provided | the same can be done without an in- crease of taxation in the State," and substitute therefor the words 'it in the discretion of the General Assembly it is for the best interest of the State l of Alabama"
 The President-The question is on l the adoption of the amendment offered
 by the gentleman from Greene to the
 resolution as reported by the commit | tee. MT. Coleman (Greene)-Mr. President and delegates of this convention, am always willing to meet in discussion
 any question which may be presented to this Convention, and have my con-
 clusions made after a full discussion
 of the same. We ask no favors. but
 we desire at least an opportunity to express our views. I was, therefore. 1 astonished that I should be met this
 morning in the first instance by mo- | tion to lay this amendment on the ta- ble, or by any other movement, of the delegates of this Convention. which would cut off free debate upon so inn- | portant a measure. If it be not out Of order, Mir. President. I am constrained
 to add what wished to withhold, that
 is, information that since the adjourn
 ment, parties who are opposed to this
 resolution have seen proper not to suO- | init the case to discussion here. and to
 be decided by you, but upon an ordi-
 nance to be passed and become 8 part of the organic law. There has been | what might be termed button-hole pleading and log-rolling. believe that
 every man here should be guided by his convictions upon the facts of the | case, and he who does less does not properly represent any constituency. l hope that I was misinformed. MT. l President and delegates of this Con
 vention, I have but little more to add
 to what was said yesterday. It seems | to me, after further consideration, that | this question should be left with the
 Legislature. and. after examining Sne | salaries of Governors of many states
 I have been unable to find a single | State where the salary of the Governor
 reaches S5, ,OO0 and the revenues are the same. or approximately the same, as | in Alabama. If am mistaken, l
 would be happy to be corrected. l have
 the list of those State in my pocket. In
 one or two instances failed to get the
 latest Code. but will state to you as 1 far as I could ascertain, the salaries
 of the Governors of the different states
 whose population and revenues ara
 somewhat similar to our own. North
 Carolina, the salary is fixed at $S'VoO;
 in Ohio, in 1880, at time when the | population anl revenues were IArSsix | in excess of what ours are tooay' H
 was liked at $4,0OO.
 MT, Graham (Talladega)-I want 10
 ask a question in connection with that
 statement.
 MT. Coleman-Yes, sir.
 MT. Graham-Will you please state
 which of these States have Governors
 mansions in connection with the saiS-
 ries? .....o
 MT Graham-Whether in the Constl-
 tuition or otherwise-whether or not
 there is not a mansion included Wltn
 the salary? , | MT. Samford-Ano lhclueht@l
 penses? .,.
 MT. Coleman-I am glad the gentle
 man has made the inquiry, although N
 diverts me from the course or my Ie-
 marks. If these gentlemen had ihtIo- duced a resolution that mahslol should be provided for the Governor It
 would not have the same objections 70
 it. because it would be the property or the State. Under the proposed resuld-
 tion to increase the salary SZ'OUU yeaIs