The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06
0FFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

lmotion of the gentleman from Walker to amend the report of the Committee on Rules.
 MT. Herrison-Mr. President. I move to lay that motion on the table.
 Seconded.
 MT. Long Cwalker)-I rise to a point of order. had not yielded the floor. and notice was given on last Saturday that I would call up this resolution on last Monday, and, through respect to members on this floor, I put the motion off until Wednesday. The world has been notified of the fact that we would take it up.
 The President-The chair is of the opinion that the gentleman had not yielded the floor. The chair merely asked the gentleman to reduce the mo- tion to writing.
 MT. Long (walker)-Now that this amendment Is offered. I shall ask the ruling of the chair on the validity of the contract as originally made on May 24th, and call the attention of the chair to the fact that the Constitution of the State of Alabama says that no debt shall be contracted except by an l aye and no vote, and further call the attention of the chair to the fact that I called for the aye and no vote, which was denied. I further call attention to the fact that there was no aye and no | vote taken upon the resolution which was adopted, providing for this stenog- raphic report, and I call for 8 ruling of the chair upon the validity of the contract as 1t now exists.
 MT. Brooks-I rise to a parliamentary inquiry. I understand that the chair man of the Rules Committee has made a report on several resolutions and mo- tions that had been referred to that committee; is that so?
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 MT. Brooks-Now, then. sir, I move a division of the question. There are | some seven or eight matters, some of them very important, which have been | reported by the Committee on Rules, and the motion now is for this conven- tion to take them up as whole. and either adopt them pr reject them. Now, sir, I move that We divide the report | so as to take up each separate reso- lution which was referred to them, and upon which they have made a report, and then it will be time for the gentle man from Walker to introduce his mo- tion in regard to the resolution which he offered, and which was referred to | the committee.
 The President-The gentleman from Mobile moves that the question upon the adoption of the report be divided, and that each resolution be taken up seriatim.
 MT. Oates-I am apprehensive that the delegate
 MT. Long CWalker)-I have the floor.
 Mir. Oates-I rise to a question of or der I am not taking the gentleman off the floor at all.
 The President-The gentleman from Walker has the floor unless he yields it for the entertainment of a motion.
 MT. Mulger-I rise to parliamentary inquiry.
 The President-The gentleman from Montgomery rose to the same question.
 MT. Oates-I was going to say that am apprehensive that the delegate from Mobile does not understand the pres ent attitude of the question. The point of order was made against the motion by the delegate from Walker, as to the report as a whole, and he Is now pre- pairing a motion to amend that report by striking out what relates to ms resolution, and substituting the resolu- , tion. That is the motion which he Is reducing to writing, and which IS De- fore the convention.
 MT. Brooks-Mr. President, in an swer to the gentleman-
 The President-The gentleman from Walker has the floor on that proposi- ton, unless he yields. The chair can : not entertain another motion. MT. Brooks-I would like to be rec
 ognized when the gentleman from
 Walker Is through.
 MT. Bulger-I rise to parliamentary inquiry
 The President-State the question of
 inquiry. ., MT. Bulger-I would like to ask ii Rule 47 operates on a resolution report ed by the committee, just as 1t does on , an ordinance reported by the commit tee.
 The President-The chairs under. standing is and ruling would be thai it does not. The Secretary will read the amendment proposed by the gen.
 tleman from Walker.
 The amendment was read as follows: ITO amend the report of the Com mittee on Rules, as to resolution No. - S6, by striking out the adverse report of Resolution No. S6, and substituting
 therefor the favorable recommendation
 of said resolution, and placing the same
 upon its passage" = Mir. White-I rise to a point of order.
 The President-The gentleman will state his point of order. Mr. White-It seems to be that would be the convention making report for the committee. That committee has
 the responsibility for its own report. , The convention may adopt or reject it's report, but I make the point of order
 that We cannot make report for the committee.
 Mir. Long (Walker)-I make the point , of order that that is an amendment asked for by the Chair. l was trying
 to carry out all the good suggestions , made by the distinguished lawyers, , who seem to have technical ideas in : mind. l was trying to cover all the wise suggestions that have been made The President-The Chair is of the
 opinion that the gentleman can move i. to amend the report, so as to call for , the adoption of the resolution instead
 of its rejection.
 : MT. White-I rise to another point of
 order, and it is this; that the effect of e that motion Is to reconsider the resolu- ! tion by which this convention decided
 to have a stenographic report, and il cannot be made at this time, and it
 could not have been made at the time
 the gentleman from Walker made it. n because one entire day had elapsed e from the time of the adoption of the 2 resolution.
 MT. Long CWalker)-This is a sepa-
 rate resolution.
 , The President-The Chair would rule . and the contract made with the stenog- f rapher provides, that he contract may z | be rescinded in case it Is not compiled f with, and the resolution recites certain alleged failures on the part of the V stenographer to comply with the con- tract; therefore, it would be in order, if | a. | !,