The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-06

erty, for all State and county purposes, | excluding any special tax for the srec- ton. construction and maintenance of necessary public buildings, bridges and roads; and. provided, further, that such | special tax for schools shall be ap- | portioned equitably and paid to the
 public schools of such county. by the Court of County Commissioners CT Board of Revenue thereof. The amendment offered by the dele. gate from Jefferson (Mr. Cunningham vas read as follows: Amend Section by striking out in the fifteenth. line the phrase, prop erty tax payers who are" and in the
 sixteenth and seventeenth lines the
 following words ''in numbers and in
 value of taxable property" ~ The substitute offered by the dele gate from Barbour (Mr. NerriiD was read as follows: Substitute for the amendment to
 Section of the Article on Taxation, in line sixteen. after the word "by'' in- sert the letter "a.' and after the word
 majority, insert 'of two-thirds," and
 strike out of lines sixteen and seven
 teen the words in number and in value of the taxable property"
 The President-Does the gentleman
 from Dale desire to say anything fur. ther?
 MT. Kirkland-No, sir.
 The Presidential seems to the chair that the Section now offered is mate rially different from that which was laid on the table and that the Com mittee may. if 1t desires. abandon that section and go ahead and add an ad- ditional section and that 1t would not be necessary for the Committee to wait until the Section is taken from the table before completing the Article. They may go ahead and add an addi- tional section and if delegates de- sire to incorporate into this section :he same materials embodied In amendments to the old section which was tabled they can offer them as amendments to this additional section.
 Mr. Lomax-I rise to a parliament ary inquiry.
 The President-The gentleman will state the inquiry.
 MT. Lomax-Has this Committee or any Committee of this Convention, the right to take from the Convention an article or section which the Conven- ton has laid upon the table for future consideration by proposing, previous to the time the Convention has shown a willingness to take that section from the tdDlG dnOtuGT SSCtloH, WhiNh merely a substitute for the section that has been tabled? I submit that would be the effect of allowing the commit tee to offer this section now.
 The President-The Chair is of the opinion that the Convention may now if it desires. take the section from ths table and substitute it for the section proposed by the Committee, that 1t fs in the pleasure of the Convention whether it will take this section from the table or let 1t lie there. but the Committee would not have to await the completion of it's work and the comple- ton of the Article. it may go on and propose an additional section which is materially different from the section on the table The Chair will recognize the gentleman from Dale. ,..
 Mir Kirkland-I move that the sub stitute or amendment or whatever IL is. be laid on the table.
 The President-The Chair recognized the gentleman to discuss the point or order The gentleman from Talladega has the floor.
 MT. Kirkland-I understood the Chair recognized me. The Chair had ruled on my point of order and against it and I did not rise to discuss the point of order at all.
 
 from Talladega has the floor the Chair could not recognize 2ny other delegate except on a point of order or pariia- mentary inquiry The Chair could not displace the gentleman from Talladega.
 MT. Kirkland-Then I raise the point of order on the gentleman from Talla- dega that his time is out. He has oc- cupied the floor for more than ten minutes.
 MT. Browne-That is daisy. l have not occupied the floor ten minutes, put the gentlemen 'interrupting nave. l uo not want but my ten minutes put the amendment has just been read and'-l have barely started
 The President-The Chair is embar- rassed in ruling on that, because the Chair has been so interested on the point of order of the gentleman from Dale that he has not kept the time of the gentleman from Talladega. The gentleman from Talladega will proceed.
 MT. Browne-Before I say anything on that subject I want to commend the gentleman from Dale for his en- ergy and activity in trying to defeat any measure that may be proposed to this Convention looking towards the education of the boys and girls, not only barefooted ones, but boys and girls with shoes on as well.
 Mir. Kirkland-Will the gentleman please speak louder. We are at least entitled to hear what he is saying.
 MT. Browne-Come farther front, then.
 The Suffrage Committee has reported an Article on Suffrage that will. after three years, disfranchise thousands of white boys in the State of Alabama un- less ample school facilities are provided for them We have now in Alabama but three to four months public schools: under the provision of this Section we can add to the school fund of the State of Alabama $250, ,000.
 MT. Cornwell-Will the gentleman permit an interruption?
 MT. Browne-Certainly.
 MT. Cornwell-The gentleman seems } so much interested in the education of our boys I would like to inquire why he don't say a majority of the quali- fled voters shall pass on this question instead of three-ffths?
 MT. Browne-I have been working all my life to be a millionaire and have made only a few hundred dollars, but don't propose to throw that away because I cannot get the million. If he gentleman has the capacity to get this Convention to adopt an amend nent providing for bare majority, will be well satisfied.
 Under this Section If adopted tho State will have an additional $250,O00 'or the public schools provided the see fit to levy the tax. It nav be and probably is true that some