The age-herald., 1901-06-27
THE ORATORS
 HAD THE FLOOR
 ALL YESTERDAY They Discussed Fertilizer lax County Boundaries and Oth-
 er Weighb Subjects DELEGATES GET RIGHTEOUS
DELEGATES GET RIGHTEOUS
Delegate Opp Says Delegate Espy Makes Goo-Goo Eyes at the Hill
 6ilIies-Three Minority Reports
 From Committee on Boundaries.
BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.

BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.
 Montgomery. June 26.-(Special.)-The convention spent the whole day speech flying" The question under considera- tion was the Sanford amendment to pre- vent the legislature from levying tax on fertilizers. large part Of the money de- rived from their sale goes to the agricul- tural schools and MT. J. B. Graham of Talladega made an earnest appeal in fa- vor of the schools and urged the defeat of the amendment. Other delegates made able speeches and Mir. Palmer of Wash ington having discovered the other day that he could make speech proceeded to speak on the subject and evoked ap- plausc by moving to table ''the whole business" Just at this point the conven- tion adjourned for dinner.
 At the afternoon session MT. Opp of Coving.cn made his maiden speech in op- posing the amendment. and proved him. self one of the bes. and wittiest speakers in the convention He referred to Mir. Burns of Dallas, who spends his time pro- pounding questions to speakers, as "a TaIe COElDIidliUt Ol anu oOoli Billings" This tickled all the members who appreciated it's aptness. and MT. Opp caused further amusement by referring to MT. Sanford of Pike and MT. Espy of Henry as making goo-goo eyes at the HiH Billies." great deal was said dur ing the days debate by members about how they loved the farmer. MT. Opp said that no man loved the farmer more than he did, but he also loved the doctor, the carpenter the counter jumper and any other man who had vote. The amendment was finally tabled by vote of 6S to 63.
 A report was made by the committee on state and county boundaries. They recommended that new counties be fixed at 50 square miles and that it should take a two-thirds vote of the people to be af- fected to change a county site, county bounGary, or form a new county This committee, which consisted of fifteen, was badly split up. There were three minor ity reports. two of which recommended that the size of new counties be 600 square miles, as at present This committee also Iltto uiluct cldi 6c tiiC oittipJ SooHby Ahot- ter and they recommended that the court house remain at Columbiana until chang ed by an election.
 Governor Jones, whose proposition that the State should make adequate provision for tho dependent family of sheriff, dep uty of a member of sheriffs posse, who was killed while defending q prisoner, was defeated yesterday today introduced an ordinance that such family should have a right of action against a county where such death occurred at the hands of mob.
 Mir Sanford of Pike, whose amendment was defeated today. gave notice that he would bring up the question again to- morrow.
 When the convention adjourned it was considering an amendment of Captain Whites to provide that the amount of tax for inspecting any merchandise should be limited to the cost of inspec- tion.
 Convention Opens.
 The thirtieth days session of the Con- stitutional Convention was called to or- der by President Knox at 10 o'clock. A prayer was offered by Rev MT. Elliott.
 Roll call showed Al members present. Several leaves of absence were asked for and granted. The journal was reported correct. Messrs O'Neal of Lauderdale. Carmichael of Coffee and Reynolds of Chiffon arose to correct errors in the .utenographer's report.
 The roll was then called to enable Idelegates to introduce resolutions.
 Mir. Greer of Perry sent up to the clerks desk to be read a petition to urge that the convention have the railroad commissioners elected by the people
 MT. Howell of Cleburne introduced a resolution 10 have the chairmen of com nittecs see that their reports are cor rectiy enrolled after having been adopted. Tl.e rules were suspended and tho resolution adopted.
 MT Mulcay or Geneva offered an ordi- nance to amend secr-on 2, article 10. so as to provide for eXecutory sales of a homestead.
 MT. Rogers of Lowndes offered a reso- Iution that fifty votes be necessary to call for the ayes and noes.
 Mir Winn of Barbour offered an ordi- nance to give the railroad commissioners plenary powers in carrying out their or ders and that their salaries be paid by the State An accompanying petition to tfis effect was read and signed by w H. Fruit, judge of probate and others. Similar petitions were presented by MT. Banks of Russell and Ashcraft of Laud- erdale
 Governor Jones introduced a resolution to have an additional article incorporated in the Constitution which provided that when sheriff or members of his posse is killed in defending prisoner from a mob that his heirs have a right of ac- tion for his death against the county where the killing occurred.
 A Committee Reports.
 Mir. Parker of Cullman, chairman of the committed on state and county boundaries then made it's report This approved of the proposed annexation of the western part of Florida The rules were suspended and an ordinance to this effect reported by the committee was adopted.
 The report then submitted new arti- cle whose material changes were to re- quire a two-thirds vote of the Legisla- ture and also two-thirds vote of those --~--~-----~-----
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