The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-14

1. gomery, Selheimer. Greer, of Calhoun. Sentell. Harrison, smith, Morgan M. Jackson. Sollie,
 Jones. of Bibb. Spears. yonks. or Hale. Tayloe. Jones, of Wilcox. Vaughan.
 Kirkland. White. Kyle Wfllet Ledbetter Williams (Elmore), I,ocklin, Wilson (Clarke), Lomax,
 During the roll call:
 Mir. Ashcraft-I am paired with MT. Selheimer of Jefferson. If he were present he would vote no and l would vote aye.
 MT. Greer (Calhoun)--I am paired with Mir. Almon; If he were here he would vote no and I would vote aye.
 MT. Haley-I am paired with MT. Carmichael (Colbert); if he were here he would vote no. and l would vote aye.
 MT. Jones (Bibb)-I am paired with the gentleman from Walker. MT Long; if he were present he would vote no and I would vote aye.
 MT. McMillan CWilcox)-I am paired with the gentleman from Dallas, MT. Craig; if he were present he would vote no and would vote aye.
 Mir. NeSmith-I am paired with the gentleman from Dallas, Mir. Vaughan; If he were present he would vote no and would vote aye.
 MT. White (Jefferson)-I am paired with the gentleman from Jefferson, MT. Cornwell; if he were present ne would vote aye and I would vote no.
 MT. Howell--I call for a verification of the vote.
 The Secretary proceeded to verify the vote and had completed the call of those who voted aye.
 Mir. Rogers (Sumter)-In the call the Secretary omitted the name of MT. Pil- lans of Mobile.
 The Secretary-He did not vote, he is not in the house now.
 Mir. Waddell-He voted aye.
 Mir. deGraffenreid-He did not vote.
 MT. Howell-He voted aye.
 Mir. Cunningham-I rise to point of order.
 The President-The gentleman will state his point of order.
 MT, Cunningham-That upon the cer- ification of a vote those who are ab- sent cannot vote. only those who voted.
 Mir. Sanford (Pike)-I make the point of order in reply to that that before vote has been announced that any gen. tleman has a right to register his vote or to change his vote.
 The President-That Is undoubtedly true.
 MT. Williams (Marengo)-I call atten- ton to the fact that Mir. Pillans stood right there and he did not vote.
 The .Secretary-I called his name twice.
 Mir. Waddeil-I rise to a question of personal privilege. I was paired with MT. PilIans. I was standing in the lob by at the time the vote commenced to be called. MT. Pillans and myself walked into the hall together, and he said the pair Is off, we will go in and vote. I took my seat and voted no and MT. Pillans stood by the post and vot- ed aye.
 MT. Howell-when his name was call ed 1t Was a very distinct aye, and looked around to see who 1t was vot- ing. and 1t was Mir. Pillans.
 MT. Waddell-If he did not vote, am paired with him.
 Mir. Heflin C1hambers)-I rise to a point of order.
 The President-The gentleman will state his point of order.
 Mir. Heflin--The point of order is that when the verification of a vote is de- manded no gentleman can change his vote. and gentlemen coming into the hall. who were not in the hall when the vote was being taken, cannot then vote.
 The President-The question which troubled the Chair was this: MT. Pill lans WAS in the hall when the vote was being taken. If he was present and actually voted, but is absent when the verification is called for. the question of difficulty with the Chair is how to Ascertain when the vote. as recorded by the Secretary is challenged by mem- bers.
 MT Rogers (Sumter)-I make the point of order. that the point of order of the gentleman from Chambers is not germane. It Is not upon the question of voting absent men, lut a man who was present and voted and is now ab- sent. and here is a witness who came into the hail with MT. Pillans. besides his fellow members from Mobile, who say that he voted aye, and several other members on the floor. Mir. Winn-I would state that MT. Pillans came to my desk and expressed doubt as to whether he had voted right. as he had voted aye. The President-The Secretary is di- rected to record MT. Pillans as voting aye.
 MT. Proctor (Jackson)--I rise to a
  .rv member to vote from his seat. Ac- cording to the testimony the gentleman did not vote from his seat. The President-The point of order comes too late.
 At this point MT. Pillans came into th- tall.
 T.. President-Will the gentleman from II n please state whether he voted on the roll call? MT. Pillans-I did.
 The President-How did the gentle man vote?
 MT. Pillans-I voted aye.
 The President-The gentleman did vote when the roll was called.
 MT. Pillans-Yes, sir. MT. Ashcraft-I rise to a point of or der.
 The President-The gentleman will state his point of order.
 Mir. Ashcraft-I had the honor of ob- taining the recognition of the Chair. but I did not get to conclude my re- marks. On the call of the roll I an- nounced that I was paired with MT. Selheimer of Jefferson, who, if present, would vote no. and I would vote aye. I now desire to change my vote from aye to no.
 The President-Do you desire to dis regard the pair?
 Mir. Ashcraft-I do not disregard the pair when l decide to vote with the gentleman with whom I am paired, and vote the same way.
 The President-How?
 Mir. Ashcraft-From Aye to no.
 Mir. Grayson-I rise to a point of order Had the gentleman who is ab-