The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-21

Mir. Lowe-I thought the gentleman had taken his seat.
 MT. Watts-I have the floor.
 The Presidential is the custom to hear the author of the proposition In its favor.
 MT. watts-If this Convention desires to lay that resolution upon the table. of course, they have a perfect right to do SO. but I propose to state to this Convention the reason why the suosti- ute is offered. I am informed that if this Convention adjourns to walt upon the Harmony Committee and the mem- bers return to their homes and come back here at a later day, 1t will cost the State something like s3,S00. and fur thermore. if the members go home to their constituents and come back at a later day. they will probably come back each with an amendment of some sort which will start to tearing to pieces what we have already done, and the result will be innumerable votes to reconsider. By the rules of this Con- vention adopted last Saturday, the Con- vention has the right to consider the report of the Harmony Committee par tialiy and not as a whole. I am iu- formed that this Harmony Committee has passed on six or more of the arti" cles of this Convention. and if the Har- mony Committee will report to this Convention the articles which they have passed upon, the Convention can take them up and consider them. and by the time we are through adopting those articles already passed upon. the Har- mony Committee will no doubt be ready with the rest of them, thereby this Convention can proceed with its work without separation. and we can finish this Constitution a great deal quicker than we could by any other method. Therefore. I think the sub stitute should be adopted.
 MT. White-I hope that the substi- ute offered by the gentleman from Montgomery will not be adopted. And right here it is well enough to state that before a very well attended meet ing of the Committee on Harmony Consistency, etc. it was decided that it was not practicable to report the Constitution article by article. We had hoped that the suggestion made by the Committee on Rules allowing us to report in that way could he availed of but after going over the entire subject and giving it careful. thoughtful con- sideration- the committee decided that 1t was not practicable to report il that way. and some of the reasons that moved the committee to act in this way might be given. The committee say, will report one article. Well somebody has to be on the floor of the Convention. with the Convention. to take care of it and te give the Conven- tion to understand why the committed has made amendments. correction. etc Tn other words. unless the Committee was on the floor of the House to give its reasons for Its actions, the strong probabilities are that the Convention would decide that 1t had acted withou' reason. especially where it came in con tact with the views of members of the Convention. We cannot git in the hall and at the same time sit :n the com mittee. If we have to sit in the Con- vention during the time every article Is being consi1ere1 l, we cannot sit 1T the committee. Then. another thing all that we have done necessarily is tentative. We have, as has been sug Sested, agreed upon practically Six oi seven articles. In Tact. nearly all oi them that have reached us, but that ii not final. After the whole instrument is before us and acted upon, then Il will be an important task to go over ii and harmonize it. and we may have C take one section from one article and put it in another. We cannot do that very wel! if it has been reported to thf Convention by piecemeal. l would fur thermore state for the benent Of tht Convention. that t'R committee also de cided that in view of the fact that some of the articles had not been pass ed last night, it would take severa days to have them printed. and that I will take at least two or three dayi after we have agreed upon everything A. DHx kA xyn Constitution either typewriter ol printed. and our reports. and that VI could not complete this work before to' morrow week That was the deliber ate decision of the committee. I feel | is my duty to impart that information to the Convention. I hope the substi
 ute will not be adopted. because th' committee who have given that mat ter very careful consideration. have al
 ready decided that it was not practica -ble.
 MT. deGraffenreid-I have an amend
 ment. I want to offer as substitute fo
 both motions.
 The substitute was read as follows:
 Resolved, That the Convention, up
 on the completion of the business r"v on the calendar. recess until Wednes day. the 2Sth day of August. at l o'clock midday; that during suQh '@e
 cess no member shall be allowed pa! except the members of the Commute on Order, Consistency and Harmony c the whole Constitution and the clertca force of the Convention. but that eacl member be allowed mileage of tent l per mile each way to and from hi home"
 Mir. deGraffenreid = On last nigh the Committee on Order. Con sistency and Harmony of the whol Constitution. after investigation. com cluded that they could make a full re | port by l2 o'clock on Wednesday week and that it could not be done befor that time. AS has been stated by tn chairman of the committee, it wa thought 1t would be not advisable fo | the committee to make its report b. piece meal, and in view of the fac 1 that the Committee on Harmony cal make it's report by Wednesday week | if seems to me that 1t would be wei for the Convention to recess until tha time, and for that reason Ioffer sub | stute.
 | The President-The question will b. , upon the adoption of the substitute of | fered by the gentleman from Hale fo | the resolution offered by the gentle man from Jefferson and theG amendmen | offered by the gentleman from Mont | gomery.
 MT. Reese-Mr. President, in viey | of the conflicting suggestions an | opinions of the different members, l seems there has not been much cOncer 1 of action or much concert of opiniol about this matter. It is matter O
 utmost importance and matter tha should be considered advisedly, and
 is a resolution of too much importanc