The age-herald., 1901-07-19

had made several attempts to secure em- ployment from MT. McGarvie, but the lat ter was unable to take care of him. To- night just after the bull fight began zo- zaya walked up to MT. McGarv1e and made final appeal. When he was in- formed that there was nothing for him to do the desperate man drew a revolver from his pocket and fired at MT. McGar- vie, the ball grazing his arm. He then turned the weapon on himself and fired. The ball passed through his heart and he dropped dead
  cussion had been precipitated upon the convention, but that he favored the amendment. It had been stated that women could be given the right to vote and not negro women and that this would be constitutional. He said this was not so, and that the suffrage committee was unanimously of this opinion. So far as the negro may be disqualified from hold ing office the Supreme Court of the United States, in recent case, has expressly de- clared that the word office Is not included in the definition of the sentence rights, privileges and immunities. This decision was by vote of five judges to four, and might be changed. The committee had therefore concluded that 1t was wsest not to include this provision in their re- port. He moved that the amendment be printed. and laid upon the table to be taken up hereafter at the pleasure of the convention.
 MT. Burns of Dallas offered as a sub
 stitute that no person who was not
 white qualified voter should hold any office in the State.
 Judge Coleman's motion was then adopted by vote of to 21. The convention then returned to sec tion 1 as reported.
 Captain White offered to amend by
 striking out the word thereafter" in line
 one. This was adopted and the original
 section then adopted.
 Other Sections.
 Section IS was adopted as follows:
 Section IS. No law shall be passed ex-
 cept by bill, and no bill shall be altered
 or amended on its passage through either
 house as to change its original purpose.
 Section 19 was read as follows:
 Section 19. No bill shall become law
 until 1t shall have been referred to a
 standing committee of each house, acted returned therefrom, which fact shall af- flrmatively appear upon the journal of each house.
 MT. Browne of Talladega offered an amendment to- change certain verbage. This amendment was adopted and the section as amended adotped. Section 20 was then read / follows: Section 20. Every bill shall be read on three different days in each house, and no bill shall become a law unless on it's final passage it be read at length and | the vote be taken by yeas and nays. the | names of the members voting for and | against the same be entered on the jour | nal and a majority of each house be recorded thereon as voting in it's favor, | except as otherwise provided in this con- | stitution
 General Harrison of Lee wanted to | amend by requiring a majority of the | members elected to each house to pass law He said that at present nine men | in the Senate could pass a law and 1 twenty-six in the House. He did not | think this was right.
 | General Oates said a majority of the | committee had considered a similar ordd- | nance by General ffSrrisen, but that they | had thought 1t best to report the old section. Individually. he favored General | Harrisons amendment.
 | Captain White said this amendment was
 radical departure to long established | custom of the Legislature; that persons
 by absenting themselves could defeat a
 measure in this way. If either branch | of the Legislature was evenly divided be- | tween two political parties, the major
 ity. if one of their members got sick | might see the minority defeat measure | for which the majority would be respon-
 sible. It would enable a smaller number to defeat a measure than would be neces- | sary to pass a law. He opposed the | amendment. !.
 MT BuIger of Tallapoosa opposed the | amendment Frequently, he said, at leas' twenty-five members of the house were absent, which left 75 members to pass a law. It would then require 51 votes 10 pass bill, while ss votes could defeat l. He moved to lay the amendment on the table, which was done by vote of 56 to S' | General Sanford moved to aHiena py adding that the fact of the bill being read at length should be enterel on the | iournal. Governor Oates moved to tacie | the amendment, which. was cone by
 vote of 55 to 21. MT. Long of Walker offered an amend
 ment ito strike out the wo.lsL in us | favor" This was tabled. The section
 as reported was adopted.
 | Section Twenty-one.
 Section 21 was adopted as follows: | Sec N. No amendment to bills shall be adopted except by majority Of the house | wherein the same is offered, nor unless ,nt amendment with the name of those voting for and against the same shall be enter ed at length on the journal of the house | in which the same Is adopted, and nc amendment to bills by one house shall be concurred in by the other unless by vote taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for ind l against the same be recorded at length In | the journal; and no report of committee l of conference shall be adopted in either house, except upon vote taken by yeas
 and nays, and entered on the journal, as
 herein provided for the adoption 0. | amendments.
 Section Twenty-three. | Section 22 was the same as section l previously adopted in the article on local | legislation. Section 2s was adopted as fol | lows:
 1 Sec 2s. The legislature shall have no | power to authorize lotteries or gift enter I prises for any purpose. and shall pass
 laws to prohibit the sale of lottery or sift enterprise tickets or tickets in any scheme in the nature of a lottery in this State; and all acts, or parts of acts nere- tofore passed by the legislature of this State, authorizing lottery or lotteries and all acts amendatory thereof, or sup plemental thereto, are hereby avoided. |