The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-20

 II Mr. Plllans--I now offer the amend ment which was accepted by the chair man Of the Committee. and which is
 merely to make the language consist ent. 4 The President-Please send up the
 amendment. IF
 Mir. PIllans-The amendment Is in
 the hands of the Clerk.
 The amendment was read as follows:
 Resolved. That Section 16 of Article
 be amended as follows, b. adding after
 the word ''shalP' in the first line of
 Section IS. and before the word be come" in that line. the words appear to have" so that the said line VIII read
 IT the Governor or other offcer ad- ministering the office shall appear to have become of unsound mind.'
 Upon vote being taken the amend ment was adopted.
 Mir. Watts-I now affer an amend ment.
 The amendment was read as follows: Amend Section Is, Executive Depart ment. by inserting after minutes" in line five. the following, and when said investigation shall be ordered the offl- cer next entitled to the office of Gov nor. according to the provisions of Section IS, shall assume the duties of said office. and discharge the same. until said investigation shall have been concluded and decision rendered there- | in."
 MT. Watts-The object of that amendment is. because as I unoer- stand this Section. there is no provis- | ion made for the occupancy of the of- flee of Governor while the investigation is being carried on. and the object Of that amendment is simply to provide for that hiatus.
 | MT. Samford-I simply desire to say in reply to the gentleman from Mont | gomery that the proposition he makes here. or the amendment he proposes, might oust the Governor of Alabama | from his seat for an indefinite period, 1 without any adjudication whatever as to his sanity or insanity, and that it is marvellous proposition, it occurs to | me. to let two or three men get to- gether and say that the Governor of Alabama is of unsound mind, or ap- pears to be of Unsound mind, and there- | fore. Mir. Lieutenant Governor, you walk into the office and take charge of it. until this matter can be adJudi- | cated by the Supreme Court of Ala | bama. and for that reason I do not think that the amendment is good one.
 MT. Jones-I dislike very much to dissent from any proposition made by | my friend from Montgomery, MT. | Watts, who IS always level-headed, ex- | cept sometimes when he differs with | this Committee, but the Committee carefully considered that and if the | members remember, 1t provides that when two officers swear that the Gov ernor appears to be of unsound mind, \ the Supreme Court shall investigate 1t. NnyU if fhn amendment offered hV my | friend from Montgomery Is adopted, whenever two men swear that he ap- | pears to be of unsound mind. ipso facto | he is put out of office, because the Su- | preme Court. when the matter is | brought to it's attention in that way is bound to investigate 1t, and the Com | mfttee thought better to leave that matter alone. than to have any provis- | ion for suspending him pending the | investigation. If a sad case of that sort arises. the Supreme Court would certainly end 1t in a day CT two, and l the State could not come to any great harm; certainly not as much as if 1t were put within the power of two offt- cers to swear that a man is crazy, and ipso facto put him out until the Su- preme Court decides he is sane. There fore. hope the amendment will not be adopted.
 
 objection Is that the proposition is to put the Governor out before he is de- termined to be insane-you want to let him hold office until it is determined he is insane.
 Mir. Jones-That is exactly the propo- sition.
 Mir deGraffenried-I move to lay the amendment of the gentleman from Montgomery on the table. Aa1~I lad MT. Samford-1 move that the Sec tion as amended be adopted and on that call for the previous question. MT. Parker (Elmore)-I rise tc question of inquiry.
 The President-The gentleman will state the question of inquiry. MT. Parker (Elmore)-Has not the Committee overlooked an amendment which was proposed by the Committee in it's report of June 1Ot1, ana ought that not to be considered at this tlnlc The President-The chair does not re- member that the rules specifically pre- scribe as to amendments by the Corn- mittee, but that is tho order in which they are usually considered, and t is the order in which we are considering them.
 Mir. Parker (Elmore)-The point If inquiry is that it seems to me the SuppleH6nIdl tne aluelu- ment offered by the Committee on June 10th. has not been disposed Of We are about to adopt this Section as a whole, and I call attention to It. The President-The, gentleman calls attention to the fact that the amend menC proposed in the supplemental re- port of the Committee has not been disposed of
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-The gentle maa is correct. l will reaG it-
 Tle President-Unless the gentleman vithdTaws his call for the previous question
 MT. Samford-I withdraw for that purpose.
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-If the Chair will permit me, I will read the amendment proposed, and which ln the discussion was lost sight of.
 When the incumbent denies, that the Governor or other person entitled to administer the office, has been re- stored to his mind. the Supreme Court at the instance of any officer namea Tn Section Is, shall ascertain the truth concerning the same, and, if the ofhcer has been restored to his mind shall so certify on it's minutes and file duly certified copy thereof with the Secre- tary of State, and in that evens his office shall be restored to him
 The President-The question now is upon the amendment offered by the Committee, which has just been read in the hearing of the Convention
 The amendment was adopted,
 Mir GauofOYd-I move the adoption of