The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-30

2 r pend me, and while I ob5sse to Int | feature. still. if the Convention ia GotnU l that far. If they will allow u,4 to Glso<| ceed myseIf, then I am willing Co sw1l- low the other. The distinguish1d noos
 tleman from Montgomery says thef W9 are departing from the old time euDs | tom of the State; that in the whoie ex< lstence of Alabama as State we hovo never S...owed the 6herin to succso1 himself. That is as absurd as for f14 man who had never taken doeo ok medicine, whe2 the doctor told him N | must take 1t or die, to reply, have never taken any medicine and my faxh$
 CT before never took any. and I VIII die before will take it.
 These Sheriffs have a right to tan
 to the delegates here. and nine-tentho | of them are in favor, believe. of this compromise. You say we will "cussss out the Sheriffs. We hope to have the | work of this Convention ratffied. and ik will be. and they have made no threats. so far as I know, but, Mir. President.
 1t is just as fair to say to the Sherffl that he can succeed himself as to ai.
 low him to use that office for fous years to have himself elected Tax Col
 lector. or Tax Assessor, or Probate
 Judge. He has all the time durino |
 of his office, if he Is of mind to proe- titute them. to bring about thle do- sired end. That is not the purpose of
 1t. Let him make a good officer, and
 IT the people want to elect htm again let them have the right to do 1t, and do not take 1t away from them. All th6 Southern States do 1t.
 MT. Sanford (Montgomery)-May | ask the gentleman a question? MT. Hefiin-I decline to be inter- rupte1.
 MT. Sanford CMontgomery,--An bar- gathers do.
 Mir. Hefiin-As I am not acquainted at all with that subject, and I think my friend is master of the situation along that line. I do not care to enter into debate with him on that question. In conclusion, I simply want to say | that I think that this provision is q wise one. and that this Convention will not have adopted q wiser pro- vision in the fundamentai law of this State. No harm can be done, and you will make glad the hearts of sixty-six sherifs in the State, and, if no harm can come from 1t, when we go out on the stump and sound the bugle to rattfy our work here. you will see springing up here and wonder opposition to the work of this Democratic Convention. AAcH yOQ VIII ScCs Iubtta0 OK SlXLY-31x men with sad faces and dropping heads. sixty-six men armed and equip- ped for the battle. and they will march with us to glorious victory. Imove the previous question upon the adoption of the amendment.
 MT. White-I hope the gentleman win withdraw that motion.
 The President-The question is, shall the main question be now put? hx ThAv vA a x1~t~ of the question.
 The President-The question is the motion for the previous question on the amendment.
 MT. Thompson--I simply ask for . division of the question on the adoption of the amendment.
 The main question was ordered.
 The President-The present occupant of the chair was not in the chair when the amendment was offered by the gen. tleman from Montgomery (Mr. Jones).
 MT. White sought recognition. The President-The right to conclude where the previous question is not or- dered on the Article, will remain with the gentleman from Montgomery. who offered the amendment. unless he yields to the gentleman from Jefferson. Mir. White-I thought the chairman of the Committee had that right. The President-Where the pending question is on the adoption of the amendment and the previous question is not ordered on the Article. the right to close, under the rule, would so to the chairman of the Committee. Win the gentleman from Montgomery yield to the gentleman from Jefferson? Mir. Jones (Montgomery)-No, sir; | am willing to pair with him and not speak at all.
 Mir. White-You have already spoken. and I am willing to do that if you will allow me to reply to your speech. MT Oates--In this particular case, if the amendment be adopted, then there is no use for the Committee to be heard from. The Committee has not been heard from. and 1t seems to me that 1t oughA to be
 MT. Jones {Montgomery)-I think the Chair has uniformly ruled that where the previous question was called on an amendment and on the section. then the Committee has the right to con- clude. But If it is simply on tha amendment, the Chair has ruled that the mover of the amendment has the right.
 The President-There is no doubt about that.
 MT, Reese-I desire to make the point that the question will arise when the gentleman claims the floor, and then 1t will be a matter for the Chair to decide.
 The President-The gentleman is cor- rect, but since the question Is up, we had just as well settle 1t now. Rule IT says:
 "The previous question shall be in the following form: Shall the main ques- tion be now put? If demanded by vote of a majority of the delegatea present, its effect shall be to cut or all debate and bring the Convention to a direct vote, but the mover of the question, or the chairman of the Com mittee having charge of the ordinances or resolution, shall have the right to close the debate, after the call of the previous question has been sustained. for not more than thirty minutes.' Under our rule. 1t is now ten minutes. The uniform ruling of the Chair has been that. where the previous ques- ton is ordered upon a section and the amendment, that the right to conclude could not rest in two--could not rest In the mover of the amendment and also in the chairman; and hence. the Chair has given the preference in those cases to the chairman of the Committee. Where the previous question Is ordered only on the amendment, under the plain terms of the rule, the proposer of the dyupnt is the mover of the prop0-