The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-28

would be too late.
 Governor Oates--The point was | driving at was not so much about call | ing the yeas and nays, did not refer | to that, but if the rule means that
 after the Chair announces So many ayes and so many noes, that then the | the opportunity should be extended to | call for a division. That is the time l if any gentleman wants a division to demand it,. That is all the point I | was making, and if that is the mean | ing of the rule as announced by the committed. I think it is all right. | MT. Knox-That is the way we un- l derstand the rule.
 | MT. Bulger-d am not clear that I
 understand rule g and I would ask
 that 1t be read.
 l The rule was read as follows: "A
 motion to table shall carry to the table
 only the amendment, question or ques- l tions to which it is addressed" | Mir. Bulger-I would ask the chair | man of the committee a question: I understand there is distinction in | parliamentary law between an amend | ment and a substitute and would ask | the chairman of the committee if 1t IS
 the intention of the rule that it shall not only apply to an amendment. but
 also to a substitute offered. | Mir. Knox-The Chairman of the Committee Is of opinion that it would | apply to an amendment or substitute
 and the rule says "an amendment,
 question or questions to which it is addressed"
 MT. Bulger-Then I understand A l motion to table substitute, if carried, under that rule will not carry the
 original proposition to the table? | Mir. Knox-It is the object of this | ~t1A
 | MT. Bulger-I am not clear that understand Rule 27. and I ask that
 that be read.
 Rule 27 was read.
 MT. Bulger-I would like to ask the l Chairman of the Committee if mo- | ton is made to reconsider today, can that motion be passed upon today un- | der that rule or will 1t go over and be | passed upon during the morning ses-
 sion tomorrow? Does it of necessity go over until tomorrow?
 | Chairman of the Committee it would | go over until the next day. | Governor Oates-There is nothing | which contributes more to the facility
 of proceeding of body like this than having rules, and good rules, rules which are understood by the members. l So far as could hear the reading Of
 the rules they are very good and do
 not know that there are any valid ob-
 jections to be made to any of them, | if 50, they are very few, but nothing as
 I stated will so much eliminate useless
 debate and unnecessary contention as
 rules which are understood and which
 are easy of interpretation. To that | end and not with view of delaying,
 but because think it will be saving of time, I would respectfully ask the committee and the convention that these rules be printed and go over unjl 1 tomorrow so as to give every delegate an opportunity of reading them and
 seeing what they are and so that after
 wards no delegate can rise on this floor and say he did not understand the
 rules, for he will have had fair op-
 portunity to understand just what they
 are. I make that motion.
 MT. Knox-Mr. President, the Com
 mittee on Rules have devoted several
 days to studying this question. They | have examined the rules adopted in
 the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana, of Mississippi and Of South Carolina, and the rules of the former
 House of Representatives of this State,
 and we think we have selected with
 great care those rules that will be best
 adapted to the purposes of this con-
 vention. There are a great many im- portant questions arising constantly, | and governed as We have been for
 several days by general parliamentary
 law, it Is exceedingly difficult to reach 1 correct conclusions, as authorities diff | fer so widely as to what does con- | stitute general parliamentary law. It
 seems to me that the business of the convention would be advanced by l adopting these rules at this session, l na hy nAnanant. I thereA | fore oppose the motion of the gentle
 man to indefinitely postpone considera- | ton. | Mr. Macdonald-rt seems to me that
 the result suggested by the gentleman from Montgomery could be obtained
 very easily by having these rules i printed. f r UT the rules to be adopted
 as reported and ordered printed.
 MT. Knox-1t is my purpose to move | to print immediately after adoption. Mir. Macdonald-Very good. The President, pro tenl-The Chair man of the Committee moved the adop- tion of the rules, and the gentleman from Montgomery moved an indefinite postponeent
 MT. Harrison-In addition to what | has been said by the Chairman of the Committee 1 desire to add that this | committee after a laborious session or several days felt that IL was our Outy after examining closely all the rules referred to by the chairman have made | this report. It may not be perfect, but we have heard very few objections and
 It occurs to me that in half an hour | here, if the gentlemen desire to amend these rules, it can be done, and nave them explained in detail. If we post pone these rules, as they provide for
 the appointment of committees, 1t delays the entire convention either
 until tomorrow, or until they
 are considered. Our organization is
 not complete Committees cannot be appointed, and the Convention neces- sarily cannot work. If we find any
 hardship or anything wrong with
 them. we have right to
 change them. It is in order
 to enable the Convention to commence
 the work devolving upon it, that trust
 that if there are objections, they will
 be pointed out now, at this session, and that the rules will be adopted to-
 day, so that the organization of the
 Convention can be completed and the
 Convention really go to work on to-
 morrow.
 MIR. PILLANS FAVoRS
 DISAPPOINTMENT OF REPORT.
 MT. PiIlans-I feel the greatest conf
 dence in the sagacity, patriotism and
 prudence of the gentlemen who con ti-
 tuted the Committee on Rules, who have spent more time than 1 and few
 other gentlemen have spent on th:s nuestion but the suggestion which IS