The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-16
50 ordered by the House.

| made by myself.
 The President pro tem-The recoliec- tion of the Chair is that the motion for the previous question by the gen. tleman from Dallas was never put to the House. Thereupon the gentleman from Limestone moved to table the substitute offered by the gentleman from Tuscaloosa.
 MT, Reese-I make the point of or der that when a motion for the previous question is made and not ordered and pending. a vote on that proposition, a motion to table is made, and the motion to table is lost, then the question be- | fore the House is the motion for the previous question. which was made be- fore the motion to table. The President pro tem-The gentle mans point of order. it seems to the Chair, Is well taken.
 MT. Jenkins-I desire unanimous con- sent to offer an amendment. Objection was made.
 The President pro tem-The question before the House is the motion for the previous question upon the substitute and the amendment.
 Upon a vote being taken, a division was called for. and by a vote of 50 ayes and Is noes, the previous question was ordered upon the substitute and amend ment.
 MT. Lomax-Under the rules of the Convention. I demand division of the question. The rules of this Convention say that any question may be divided if the sense will admit of it.
 The President pro tem-The gentle man from Montgomery will permit the Chair to state that he Is perfectly cog nizant of that rule, and the Chair will now look at the amendment and see if, in the opinion of theChair, it can be divided. The substitute as offered by the gentleman from Tuscaloosa. has in itself several separate clauses. where upon the gentleman from Tuscaloosa, MT. Fitts, asked unanimous consent | that an additional clause be added to the substitute as offered, and that per mission was granted. If it be divisible by voting on the last clause 1t will be divisfbIe by voting upon each separate efatisesof the substitute by the gentle man from Tuscaloosa. | sMt. O'Neal Gauderdale)-Will the Chair permit an inquiry? l The President pro tem-Certainly. | MT. O'Neal-Would it make sense if we voted on each clause of the original substitute?
 MT. Lomax-If the Chair will permit suggestion. I will say there was no necessity for a division of the question, except in so far as the House demands that division. My demand for division of the question goes merely to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tuscaloosa, MT. Fitts. Mr. Graham (Talladega) and MT. Pettus sought recognition. The President pro tem-The Chair does not care to hear any further on that. in view of the fact this is sep arate amendment offered by the gen tleman from Tuscaloosa (Mr. Fitts), 1t is divisible, and, therefore, the vote will be taken first upon the amendment of- fered by the gentleman from Tusca- loosa (Mr. Fitts).
 MT. Pettus-I make the point of or der that when the previous question was ordered, it thereby cut off amend ments. and that if the Chair now en- tertains a call for division of the question by the gentleman from Mont gomery, the Chair would thereby en- able the Convention to divide the ques- ton, and in that way to amend the sub stitute offered by the gentleman from Tuscaloosa by adopting oSe provision and by striking out another. and an amendment by striking out in that way is out of order, and the Convention has so decided by ordering the previous question.
 The President pro tem-And the Chair overrules the point of order.
 MT. Jenkins-I make the point of or der that the amendment offered by MT Fitts has been adopted by unanimous consent.
 The President pro tem-And there rnon the gentleman from Montgomery demands a division of the question: and the Chair will so put it, and the point of order is overruled.
 MT. Pettus-I make the point of order that the amendment has already been acted on and accepted by the Conven- tnon by unanimous consent.
 The Presidet pro tem.-And the Chair holds that it has been incorporated as a part of It, and the Chair is going to divide the question and let the dele gates vote upon division of the ques- tion.
 MT. Pettus-And upon that, call for the ayes and noes.
 The call was not sustained. The President pro tem-The question is upon the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tuscaloosa, MT. Fitts. Upon a vote being taken a division was called for, and by vote of 50 ayes and 34 noes, the amendment was adopt ed.
 The question then recurred upon the substitute offered by the gentleman from IuScalooSa. MT. roster. MT. Sanford (Montgomery)-Can cf- fer an amendment to his substitute? The President pro tem.-Not at this time.
 Upon a further vote being taken. the substitute offered by the gentleman from Tuscaloosa, MT. Foster, was adopted.
 MT. Jenkins-I want to offer an amendment to the section.
 MT. Pettus-I rise to point O. order. The previous question has been or dered upon the section.
 The President pro tem.-The rrevi- ous question has been ordered upon the substitute and the an and:n ant which is the minority report. The sub stitute has been passed upon. ana the amendment now comes up for adop- tion. and amendments are in order ard the gentleman from Montgomery is rec ognized.
 MT. Sanford (Montgomery)-I offer this amendment.
 'Mr. Reese-I desire to make a rar- liamenIary inquiry. The n nority re- rcrt offered an amendnI mt 70 this sec ton, and to that the seitlemtn from Tuscaloosa offered a substitute. Now, the proposition that stands atore this Convention, and the matter before thIs house is the amendment offered by the minority report of the con: tittee, @s amended by the substitute offarel by the gentls nan from Tusoaloosa. Now, 1t appears to me that it is the proper