The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-09

the coIiTHItee an oppoTtuHfy tO pc heard.
 Mir. Browne-I refuse to withdraw #. My Section was laid upon the table against the Committees protest, with out having an opportunity to be heard upon it.As l say it can do no harm. they can offer it as a substitute for the Committee on Taxation, that is the only way to bring it up.
 Mir. Weakley-I will ask if he can not offer his Section as a substitute to this just as well?
 Mir. Browne-I will not place myself in the ridiculous attitude of taking out of the Article on Taxation a Sec tion upon the subject of taxation and placing it in the report or lno her Committee that has nothing to do with it..
 Mir. Weakley-Ths gentleman lc- clines to withdraw
 MT. Browne-Yes.
 A division of the question was called for.
 The Presidcnt-The question is to lay the amendment offered by the gentle man from Winston ana the Section re- ported by the Committee on Munitipa Corporations upon the table. division was called for and the first question will. be on the motion 70 table the anne ndment offered by the gentleman from Winston. Upon vote being taken the motion to table was carried. The President-The question recurs upon the motion to table the Section reported by the Committee on Munich pal Corporations.
 Upon vote being taken there were Al ayes and 42 noes. and the motion to table was lost.
 Mir ('nlap,ap ICroapoN J,, We may proceed in harmony with the order of this Convention at d previous day. l move to take up section of the Article on Taxation at this time we were considering the Article on Iaxation. and when Section was reached 1t was postponed to be taken up when we reached Section II of the present Article. 1t would seem, there fore. proper and in order that We should now proceed to consider Sec | ton of the report of the Committee on Taxation.
 The President-The gentleman from Greene moves that Seotion Il of the report of the Committee on Municipal Corporations be laid aside and the | Convention take up Section : of the report of the Committee on Taxation l Is the Convention ready for the ques- tion?
 | MT. Howze-I hope that motion will not prevail, for this reason, MT. Pres ident. the section as reported by the Committee on Municipal Corporations is more perfect than the one reported by the Committee on Taxation. It is | complete. it adds what we want to come in the section. and the section of the Article on Taxation does not Let us adopt this now. and if the gen | tleman wishes to displace this article | the Committee on Harmonics can | place 1t properly. I don't think it necessary that we should take up un- necessary time in parliamentary tao | tics and motions. It seems to me that the proper plan would be to adopt the section as reported by the Committee, and let it go to the Committee on Har- | monies. It seems to me we are vast ing time in these dilatory tactics.
 MT. Browne-May I ask the gentle man a question?
 The President-Wil the gentleman yield from the geatleman from Tal- ladega?
 | MT. Howze-No, sir. This section on Municipal Corporations embraces ev- erything in the section of the report of the Committee on Taxation, getting in these different towns and cities. | Mir. Cunningham rise to the point of order that when a motion is to lay on the table until a definite time, when that time arrives, the subject is taken from the table without action of the Convention. The motion was to lay on the table Section of the Article on Taxation, and it was to be taken from the table at the time Section Il of this report was up for consideration, and therefore it comes from the table | without any formal action of the Con- vention.
 The Presidential scenes to the Chair that that is correct, that when the Convention sets matter over for consideration to a certain time that it would come before the Convention for consideration. The chair does not know exactly how the Convention can consider two reports at one time. un- less it displaces one of them.
 MT. HoWze-I understood the motion was to postpone consideration of this section and this report until the other could be taken up.
 The President-That is the pending motion. the Convention can lay aside the consideration of this section and take up Section : of the report of the Committee on Taxation.
 Mir. Howze-It was to that motion was addressing myself.
 He lIe SeulltIlldH VIII proceed
 MT. Howze-I say. MT President and gentlemen of the Convention. let us end this matter. Here we are dilly- dallying over this thing. and likely to be at it another hour or two if we take up the report of the Committee on Taxation. because it is to be amended and 1t will take considerable time. Why take the time?
 MT. Coleman-I rise to point of or der.
 The President-The gentleman will state his point of order
 MT. Coleman-The question is up by the order of this Convention.
 Mir Howze-On your motion?
 MT Coleman-I will discard the mo- tion if necessary. but the question is up already. We have arrived at that time and that place when proceedings contemplated and provided for in our resolution when Section II was reach ed. it should be considered.
 MT. Howze-I make the point of or der that we are considering the report | of the Committee on Municipal Corpo- rations.
 The President-The Chair is of the opinion that notwithstanding the pre- vious order of the Convention, Section II could not be displaced, unless by some action of the Convention. If seems to the Chair under the motion of the gentleman from Greene. it coul ] be laid aside and Section considered provided the Convention was willing | for that tO be done