The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-20

| N-ANSs SA AAGAS. hhathSp VI par Jones. of Montgom- pour. cry, Williams. of Ma Jones. of Wilcox. rengo. | Kirk. Vim.
 Kirkland, Total-79 ABSENT OR NOT VOTING. Banks. King.
 Burns. Lomax. Carmichael, of Col Phillips. | bert, Pitts.
 Coleman. of Walker, soliie,
 Fits. if' ssuddsrd, sspsdddd
 Graham. of Mont Weatheriy, l gomery, tt
 So the House refused to table the section of the Committee report. | MT. Greer (Caihoun)-I want to ex- plain my vote.
 Objection was made. The President-Objection is made. Except by unanimous consent mem- bers are not allowed to explain their votes r MT. Samford-I now demand the pre- vious question on the section. | The President--The gentleman from | Pike moves the adoption of the sec- tion as amended and demands the pre- vious question. The question is shall the main question be put? On motion the main question was or- dered. and a vote being taken the sec- I Mir. Pettus-I desire to give notice that voted in the affirmative and on tomorrow l will move a reconsidera- tion of the vote by which this section was adopted.
 MT. deGraffenreid--I voted for the adoption of the section and I move now to reconsider the vote by which 1t was | adopted.
 Mir. Pettus-I rise to a point of or- l lN tHA. | consider and give notice that under the rules it would go over until tomor- row.
 Mir. deGi Giaffenreid-But make the motion now.
 Mir. Pettus--And I make the point of order that the gentleman cannot cut off my right to demand that reconsid- eration.
 Mir. Howell-I make the point that the delegate from Limestone voted in the minority and he can't make this motion to reconsider. MT. Pettus--I voted in the affirma- tive on the final vote expressly for the purpose of a reconsideration and | gave notice that would make that motion tomorrow.
 Mir. Greer (Calhounl-I rise to a point of order.
 | The President-The Chair is consid- | ering @ point of order now. l. MT. Pettus-Under Rule 27 page il. when a motion for reconsideration Is decided. that decision shall not be re- considered. and no question shall be l twice reconsidered. A delegate-What part of the rule are you reading? MT. Pettus-I am reading the latter part of rule 27. l submit that the in- | tention of that rule Is to give mem- | ber the privilege of reconsiderin&: any | question on a succeeding day and it Is a violation of the spirit of that rule for any member who voted in the af- firmative to take this motion cut of l the mouth of a man who may have voted with the minority if he had vot- ed his sentiments. and call up the question at that time thereby cutting off the opportunity of the Convention to reconsider on the succeeding day. l make the point that the motion Is out of order.
 Mir deGraffenreid-I think the mo- ton Is in order. but that it would go over until tomorrow. 1 The President-The Chair rules that the gentleman from Hale may make the motion to recon- rules it would go over until tomorrow. The President-The Chair will now recognize the gentleman from Calhoun who rose to a point of order. MT. Greer (Calhoun)--I withdraw my point of order
 The Presldent-The opinion of the Chair on a point of order made by the gentleman from Limestone is that merely giving notice that a person in- tends to move a reconsideration world not cut off another delegate from &C., m .,1nffnn I.-.- VE hen a motion Is made 1t would go over, un- less the rules were suspended until the next day for reconsideration. The Clerk will read the next Section.
 The Clerk read as follows: Sec. 2l. No person shall be eligible to the office of Secretary of State. State Treasurer. State Auditor, Superiatend- ent of Education, Attorney General or Commissioner of Agriculture and In- dustries, unless he shall have been citizen of the United States at least seven years and shall have resided in this State at least five years next pre- ceding his election. and shall be at least 25 years old when elected.
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-That Is the identical language of the old Consti- tuition except that we put in two ofti- ce~s who are Constitutional officers un- der this Constitution who were oply statutory officers under the old CUnsti- tuition, and if no member has any de- sire to amend this will move the adoption of this Section.
 MT. Oates-I move to strike out the word state" before the words Treas urer" and Auditor. We have done that in all other portions of this re- port.
 MT. Jones (Mont gomery)--I hope the gentleman will withdraw that. We can settle that in the Committee on Harmonics.
 Mir. oates-we can settle it just as well here.
 Mir. Jones-If that Is insisted on I desire to be heard on it.
 MT. Oates-Well. I decline to make speech on it. I thought, the Con- vention Aas acted on that heretofore.
 The President-Does the gentleman from Montgomery (Mr. Jones) desire to be heard on 1t?
 Mr. Jones (Montgomery)-Yes, sir. When this matter of striking out the word "St.ts" first came up we did agree to inc striking out of the word State before Auditor and Treasurer out of deference to the gentleman, but we think we did it prematurely. You have. for instance. County Treasurers. and whole lot of Auditors. and we are m lk- ing Constitution for the State of hIaharna and we want to inspire as Tar az we can a feeling of pride in our citizens and it seems to me 1t sounds better in the Constitution to say state Treasurer ana S'a' Aeulto, ..stato,,