The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-21
Coleman. of Greene. Sloan.

ayes. NOSDs Coleman. of Greene, Sloan,
 So the Article was adopted.
 The President-The Article will be ordered printed and referred to the Committee on Order Consistency ana Harmony of the Whole Constitution.
 NJ. Heflin (ChAmbers)-I move that the ordinance reported this morning by the, Committee oh Printing and Inci- de ntal Expenses be recommitted to that c mmit,ee.
 rhe Preside nt-It is moved that Or dinance i46 on indexing the stanograph- ic report De recommftted to the Com mittee on schedules. Printing and In- cidental Expenses.
 Upon a vote being taken the motion WAS tarried.
 Mir. deflin (Randolph)-I ask unani- nous consent that the Committee on Schedule, Printing and Incidental ex- penses be allowed to sit during the evening session.
 The consent was given, and notice of meeting announced.
 Mir. Reese-I move to take from the table the ordinance which was tabled by the House this morning, 1 believe it is ordinance 210 or 40. l will ask that the ordinance be read. It was the or dinance of MT. Watts and the substi- tuta by Mir. Burns.
 The Presidential would not be in order to read the ordinance until it is taken from the table.
 Mir. Reese-It is the ordinance that provides that no negro shall hold office in Alabama. It was read to the Con- vention ard the distinguished gentle man from Greene obtained the floor and made an argument in opposition to the proposition, and then moved to table it without allowing the friends of it any opportunity to discuss the provisions Of tEe ordinance. l therefore move to take it from the table
 !lr. O'Neal-Upon that 1 call for the a! es and noes.
 The call was not sustained.
 Mir. O'Neal-I ask for a verification of the vote by which the call was de- clared net sustained.
 The request for verification was with drawn.
 Upon a vote being taken. a division Wa called for and by a vote of B ayes an l 6 noes the motion to take the or d'nance from the table was lost.
 MT. Howze-The Special Committee would like to make a report in regard to the recess.
 The report was read as follows:
 Your Committee having under con- sieeration the matter of recess pending the work of the Committee on Order Consistency and Harmony of the Con .stitution, beg leave to report as fol- lows
 Your Committee recommends that the Convention take a recess until We'd nesday, August 2S, at noon; that the delegates and pages shall not draw per diem during the recess, but that dele gates shall draw mileage n lieu there oi; that the clerk of all committees eX- cspt the Committee on Order, Consist ency and Harmony Of the Constitution shall be dispensed with; that the dele gates who are members of said Com mittee shall be entitled to their per d em during the recess of the Conven- tion. but no mileage Signed by Messrs Knox. deGratfenreid, Sanders and HoWze
 Mir. Opp-I desire to amend by mak- ing it Monday, September 2. instead of August 2s, at F o'clock.
 Mir. Merrill-I move to lay that amendment on the table.
 ,Mr. Opp-I believe l have the floor.
 The President The gentleman will proceed.
 Mir. Opp-From all have been able to ascertain. think that the date pro- posed by this amendment would be more acceptable to a large majority of the delegates than the date named by the Committee. If 1t is fixed for Wed nesday, as the Committee recommends. We will have an intervening Saturday and Sunday and l think it highly de- sirable to avoid that. It will really expedite the work of the Convention, instead of retarding it by fixing the date September ?. 1901 1 have also understood that it will suhserve the convenience of the clerks of the Con vent on; that it will afford MT. Julian an opportunity to catch up with his work, which he would not have if the date fixed by the Committee is adopt ed. But the great thing we desire to avoid. as l said before. is the Inter- VenlnS Saturday and Sunday. Then the Committee On Order. Harmony and Consistency would be sure by that time n have their report ready and the ii mting would be dore. whereas it would be highly problemat.cal whether all these things will be attended to If the date is fixed for Wednesday. The whole ma,;er has been thoroughly on S!clrel and I think a large majority o. the delegates favor the dat fixed by this amendment, and 1 call for the