The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-21
Will Meet Again W.edneS'
 day, August 2Slh.
THE SEVENTY-SIXTH DAY
Stray Ordinances Cat hered up
 and Adopted,
Captain White Tried to E rovide for Election of Railroad Commits
 sioners-Many Dell sgates
 Went Home Last H light.

At 4:40 o'clock yester day afternoon the Constitutional Convs ,ntion adjourn ed until Wednesday. 4 ugust 18th, at 12 o'clock and large humber of the delegates left the city last night for their homes. This action was made necessary to give the Committee on Harmony time to complete the work of collating the ordinances and Arti- cles of the new Cons titution.
 The Convention cotnpleted it's calen- dar yesterday and to ok up all of the stray ordinances whi ch were outstand- ing. These were acte d upon and at 4:4O o'clock everything having been round- ed up the body adjourned.
 Just before adjournment pr. Gun ningham of JeffersO'n. tried to get pass ed a resolution providing that no amendments shoul d be received by the , Convention after the recess except by Q two-thirds vote. The Convention re- fused to adopt the resolution.
 Dr. Cunningham said last night that his purpose was to confine the work of the Convention alter the recess to har- morsizing the new Constitution. lie said he did not want to see the body undertake to reconsider the work which had been carefully done and he hoped that the delegates would only have to stay here four or five days when they return.
 President Knox said that 1t was u hard matter to estimate the time nec- essary to complete the work of the Con vention. He said, however, that he thought the Convention woufa get through in five days:
 Proceedings of Convention.
 Rev. B. F. Marshall, pastor of the Perry Street Methodist Church. opened the Convention with prayer at o'clock yesterday morning and 104 delegates responded to the roll call.
 The Committee on Engrossment re- ported that the Article on Education had been correctly engrossed. u was read a third time and adopted.
 MT. Brooks of Mobile moved to re- consider Section IS of the Article on Corpora tions for the purpose of mak- iEg the anti-pass clause more strin- gent. He addressed the Convention.
 Reconsideration was opposed by Mir. Opp of Covington on whose motion the motion for reconsideration was tabled.
 Judge Howze of Jefferson sent up a resolution which sought to create a committee to confer with the Commit tee on Harmony and fix time for re-  tion.
 Mir Watts of Montgomery offered a substitute which provided that the Con- Vention remain in session until all of It's work was completed and addressed the Convention.
 Captain White of Jefferson spoke against the Watts substitute and Mr. deGraffenreid of Hale sent up an amendment naming Wednesday, Au- gust 2S. as the day for reassembling.
 The substitute and amendment were tabled and the Howze resolution to raise committee was adopted.
 Article on Corporations.
 The Article on Corporations was taken up and Section r was read and adopted without division. It prohibits rebates in freight or passenger rates by railroads
 Section IS was read. and General Harrison. Chairman of the Committee, explained that a similar section had been adopted during consideration of the Article on Municipal Corporations. On his motion the section was tabled. It provided that franchises should not be granted except by the proper legal authorities.
 Section 19 was read. It provides that no corporation now in existence shall have the benefit of future legislaticn n, and was adopted without division.
 General Sanford of Montgomery, un- dertook to get in an additional Section prohibiting the granting of franchises without consent of qualified electors af- fected by such franchise. The amend ment was tabled.
 Captain White of Jefferson, intro duced an additional Section that the Railroad Commission CTS shall be elected by the people and that one of them shall be learned in the law and another a practical railroad man.
 On motion of MT. Murphree of Pike. who said the section reported by the Comm ttee was con promise measure, the amendment was tabled.
 The Article on Corporations was then ordered to be engrOssed.
 The Committee on Printing and Incl dental Expenses reported favorably a resolution providing that no oblga- tions of the State shall be interfered with by the new Constitution.
 The Committee also reported without recommendation the Williams ordinance appropriating $200 to provide for the indexing of the official proceedings.
 At this point the privilege of the floor was extended to Hon. Benjamin II. Screws of Montgomery.
 The Convention then took up a spe- cal order, which was the Watts ordi- nance providing that negroes shall not hold office in Alabama. There was a substitute by ,Mr. Burns which pro vided that only qualified electors shall hold office.
 on motion of Judge Coleman of Greene. the ordinance and the substi- ute were tabled.
 Stray Ordinances Adopted.
 The Committee on Executive De- nartment reported faVoPaby an ordi- nance providing for temporary success. sion to the office of Governor. r. names Hon. D. J. Meador of Mareri- go, Temporary President of the Senat 2, Hon A. M Tunstall of Hale. Tempo rary Speaker of the House and the At torney General the Auditor, the Setrre- t4ry of State and the Treasurer in, the order named.
 The ordinance was adopted ant re- ferred to the Committee on HarmG,ny.