The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01

Whereas. on last Tuesday, your Hon.
 or.hie Body adopted Section 3 of the
 suffrage Article. which requires that
 a qualified voter shall have resided in the State two years, in the county one year, and in the precinct or ward three
 months: and whereas. said section, as passed, will necessarily disfranchisa. | or prevent from voting, a great num-
 Der of the best white citizens of the State. to wit, many ministers, teach. CTS laborers and business men moving from county to county. therefore, we.
 the undersigned citizens of Dale Coun. ty. Alabama, do hereby petition Your Honorable Body to reconsider said sec- l tion and amend 1t so as to require only
 three months residence in the county. G. P. Bowling, Probate Judge; J. D. Bailey. attorney; J. A. Reynolds, Tax
 Assessor; W. P. windham. J. P.; J. R. Levy, Clerk c. c. Ct; A. N. Haw-
 kins, Supt. Education; J. w. Corfitt, Register; W. l.. Casey, A. D. Wall. Sheriff; J. K. Powell. Go. Treas; ]. B. | Acker, Mayor; J. A. Anglin. Alderman; J. P. Byrd, Alderman; R. M. Bowling. J. F. Smith, J. W. Johnson, and many others.
 Referred to Committee on Suffrage and Elections.
 Mir. white-I beg to call attention to the matter of the stenographic report of Saturday of the proceedings of Fri day, the 18th inst. I was away on Monday and did not return on yester- day until just about time to vote on the Suffrage measure, and I find what think Is a mistake in the stenograph- ic report of the speech made by the gentleman from Calhoun. On the sec ond page, beginning at the bottom of the fourth column, 1t reads as follows: nd JenAr9On. MT. White, would have us believe that the maintenance of good government is in danger under conditions now prevail ing in this State" I am sure l gave expression to no such sentiment as that. think 1t Is an error of the stenographer. Possibly it was the oth- CT gentleman from Jefferson, MT. Lowe. The President-The gentleman Is cor rect, and the stenographer will be re- ouested to note the correction. MT. Maxwell-I have a petition l de- side to have read and referred to the Committee on Education. The petition was read as follows: Rockford, Ala. To the President and Members of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Alabama: We, the undersigned. respectfully memorialize your Honorable Body to
 
 tuition of the State of Alabama provid- ing that no public school teacher in this State shall be deprived of his license to teach. or of any of his rights under a contract to teach, in any pub lie school in the State. except by due process of law.
 Jeff Sox. Principal. Rockford H. School. Robt McPheeters. Teacher in Publis
 Schools.
 Referred to Committee on Education.
 Mir Long (Walker)-The steno- graphic report of yesterday, in the re- marks made myself. I am quoted as follows: T for one have voted so far with this Committee, and I hope shall continue to do it. I shall vote for it, and surrender my own ideas to the wisdom of the Committee. I have done 1t thus far. and I will do it here after" I wish to correct that in the stenographic report. I said as follows: T shall vote for and surrender as far as possible my ideas to the wishes of the Committee" but am not willing to surrender. and have never yet agreed to surrender my own ideas to the Committee on Suffrage.
 MT. Beavers-I ask unanimous con- sent to introduce a short ordinance.
 The Secretary read the ordinance as follows: A
 An ordinance to amend Section of Article XI of the Constitution.
 Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, that Section 8 of Article XI of the Consti- tuition as heretofore adopted by this body, be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto the follow ing:
 And, provided further, That out of the counties of St. Clair and Shelby a new county may be formed under the provisions of th.S Article, with not less than four hundred square miles, so as to leave the said counties of Shelby and St. Clair with not less than five hundred square miles each.
 Referred to Committee on State and County Boundaries.
 Mr. Handley-I ask unanimous con- sent to introduce a short ordinance.
 The Secretary read the ordinance as follows:
 An ordinance to repeal Sections and g of the Article on Banks and Bank ing, heretofore adopted by this Con- vention.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, That Sections 8 and g of the Article on Banks and Banking heretofore adopted by this Convention be and the same IS hereby repealed.
 Referred to Committee on Banks and Banking.
 Mir. Williams (Elmore)-On yesterday on the call of the roll to table the amendment of the gentleman from Walker. voted aye. and announced did it for the purpose of moving to re- consider. I would ask the President if a motion to reconsider proposition that has been tabled Is in order!
 The President-It would not be m order.
 MT. Williams-Then I have an amendment to offer to that section or the report of the Committee on Sun rage and Elections. clause when reached.
 The President-The special order TOT this morning will be the consideration of the report of the Committee on Sur frage. The journal shows that at ao- journment, the Convention was con sidering Section by subdivisions ana the pending question was on the mo ton of the gentleman from Greene, that subdivision 1 be adopted, ana ne moved the previous question, on the adoption of subdivision 1 of Section D.
 MT. Sanford (Montgomery-l tnousht it was the first paragraph. and not the first subdivision,