The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-01

they never heard of such q 5iil. The others have not yet been heard from.
 Eight members of the Comrnittee On | County and County Boundaries in the l House. to which Committee this bill 1 was referred, appear to have signed
 their names across the back of the
 original bill. making a favorable re- port thereon. Six out of the said eight members say they not only did not
 make such report. but that they never heard of the bill.
 Hon. w. E. Striplin of Fillmore Coun- ty, appears to have signed said favor | able report and said bill, and acting
 chairman. That gentleman writes a letter in reference to the same, a copy of which is as follows:
 Tallassee, Ala, May z, 1901. Hon. J. R. White. Columbiana, Ala:
 My dear Sir--In reply to yours of
 the 18th of April. beg to say, that
 have no knowledge of the passage of
 the court house bill in your County. I
 don't remember one thing about 1t. notice they have me reported as act ing chairman when the bill was re-
 ported. but I am certain that was not
 the bill. It was a little stock bill, l
 think. They may have had plank | cover on it. and after getting our names on it. removed it to the court | T l courthouse bill.
 Yours truly. w. E. Striplin. The other letters of the members of said Committee are strong and em- | phatic. They are in our possession here and any one desiring to see them
 may do so by applying to the under
 signed. | The wrapper or cover enclosing | .x,hf ;c hill No 1SS7 on the back of which Is no endorse ment of the caption of the act, tears | convincing evidence of having been the l cover of some other bill or paper be- l fore it was made the cover of this one thus corrobopating the suggestion
 contained in the latter of MT. Striplin,
 Acting Chairman. that the cover with the favorable report thereon must have been removed from some other
 bill and used as the cover of the Court House bill.
 | Hon. c. c. Whitson. a prominent
 member of the last House, was 're-
 quested by those who opposed the re- moval of the Court House from Co., lumbiana to observe closely the leg
 islation from Shelby County and to | inform the friends of Columbiana of | any legislation that might be attempt | ed in reference to the Court House. He l WTlteD Ludl ytlc WdlCHCu CiooClJ dltCi | this matter all the while, and never | card of any such measure until the | adjournment. He is put down as vot-
 ing for the bill.
 Hon. J. L. Peters of Columbiana, de- | feated Democratic candidate for the l legislature attending on the session of | the legislature much of the time, look
 ing after the legislation for the Coun- ty. He says he never heard of the bill. I11x AaI
 ness of aboIA 1000 (principal and in- i teresD on the tax payers of Shelby | County.
 | Moreover. 1t removed the county seat from near the center of the County to
 place within two miles of the boun-
 dary line of Chiffon.
 | While Shelby County has been Pop
 ulite for the past twelve years, the | Democratic party succeeded in elect | ing a Democrat as delegate to this | Convention upon a platform pledging
 him to use all honorable means to se-
 cure. through this Convention, relief
 against the provisions of said act. al-
 though the candidate of the opposition | was in favor of the removal of the | County seat to Calera-thus again
 showing the will of the people of the l County against the removal of the County seat.
 Both the Democratic and Populist
 parties of the County in their respec-
 tive Conventions assembled, condemn
 ed. in strongest terms, the passage of
 the act.
 l In view of the foregoing facts and | conditions and for the protection of
 the tax payers of Shelby County ard
 for the purpose of fighting the out ! rageouS wrcng, we earnestly request
 that you adopt such measure as will
 give relief against the provisions of
 the alleged act of the last legislature
 so removing the Court House from Co., | lumbiana to Calera.
 Yours respectfully, | (Signed) > D. R. McNfillan, l J. R. White, | W. B. Browne l A. P. Longshore, l Gordon DuBose, Citizens Committee. | Ordinance 1l0, by MT. J. R. Beavers: | To declare null and void the act of March 5th, 1901. with accompanying
 memorial (relates to County seat of
 Shelby County.
 Be it ordained by the people of Ala
 bama in Convention assembled. that
 the act entitled an Act to provide for
 the removal of the County seat of
 Shelby County from Columbiana to Calera: to authorize an issue of Coun- ty bonds to raise money for the erec-
 ton of a Court House and jail and to
 provide for the erection of such build ing at Calera; to provide for paying
 for the interest and principal of said | bonds; to appoint Board of Court House Commissioners and Co prescribe | their duties and compensation, ap- | proved March 5th. 1901, be and the
 same is hereby declared null and void Referred to Committee on State and | County Boundaries.
 MT. Smith-I desire to make q report | from the Committee on Rules. The report was read as follows: The Committee on Rules pegs to re- port to the Convention that it has had
 under consideration the resolutions thereon as follows:
 The Committee reports favorably up-
 on Resolution No. Al, introduced by
 Mir. Altman of Sumter and recom-
 mends its adoption by the Convention
 Said resolution reads as follows:
 Be it resolved. That 300 copies of the | Bill of RightS and Constitution be printed and distributed among the members of the Convention and Com
 mittees.
 The Committee reports favorably to Resolution No. 34. introduced by Mr.
 Reese of Dallas, and recommends it's adoption by the Convention, which resolution reads as follows: Resolved, That for the purpose of easy reference, the Rules Committee, or such other committee as shall have supervision of the printing of tine re- cord of the proceeding. shall cause the pages constituting such record to be