The age-herald., 1901-08-01

 of the section which required contlnu- ous employment for twelve months, If furnace should shut down, due to low prices of iron, and several hundred men were made idle for several months, they would be prevented from voting
 MT. Dent of Barbour spoke in favor of the section and the Sanford amendment. Some discussion followed as to what was meant by being regularly engaged in law ful occupation for twelve months. Mir Reese of DeKalb said he did not want to discriminate against those citizens In every village, the husband whose wife kept boarding house and the man whose wife sewed for living Qaughter) They were good citizens and ought not be required to work.
 MT Long of Walker said Mir. Samford's amendemnt was absurd and ridiculous that 1t was intended to allow the son of rich man to lay around the springs He thought MT. Beddows amendment was right It applied to all. MT. Bar rett asked MT. Long if it was not a lawful occupation for a man who had rich wife and did not work, to court his wife for twelve monthsss MT. Long said man never courted his wife after marriage. It was usually somebody else's wife. Great lau- ghter.) He thought there were enough traps already In the article to catch all the niggers and he thought this clause should be stricken out.
 MT. Ashcroft of Lauderdale said this provision would not apply to any who could register under the soldier clause or to these who had $300 of property and he was opposed to both amendments
 Judge Coleman, chairman of the com mittee, said the whole article should be considered together That many of the objections raised as to this section were removed by the following section. The committee were willing ts strike out the work regularly as applied to being en- gagged in business. He read from de- cision of the Supreme Court defining what engaged in business meant. He said that a person holding himself out as lawyer was engaged in the practice of law even if he never got a client Edu- cation alone was not sufficient qualif- cation for a voter. There were many negroes woh could read and write and yet who were drones in the state. He then asked leave to strike out the word "regularly." This was granted. He moved to lay upon the table MT. Bed dows amendment. This was done by a vote of IT to 30.
 Judge Cobb of Macon, moved to amend by inserting the word "employment" af- ter the word lawful. This amendment was accepted by the committee Judge Cobb then explained the object of his amendment.
 MT. Pillans of Mobile moved to amend by adding after the word calling the words ESQ far as he, with diligence, has been able to procure the same"
 Judge Howze Speaks.
 Judge Howze of Jefferson said these in- cidental conditions, such as loss of em- ployment, in which voters might pc placed did not deprive them of the right of franchise. It was impossible to pro vide against every contingency which might arise. A man frequently lost his right to vote through sickness. The main provision of the clause, which said that a man must have some occupation, was a good one, and he thought the section as reported should be adopted.
 MT Williams of Marengo spoke against making too many changes in the consti- tution They would have a lot of expla- nation to make on the stump. he said, before the constitution was ratified. The suffrage article alone would contain lot of things which would. take time and trouble to explain. He moved to take the Beddow amendment from the table. This motion was ruled out of order.
 Judge Coleman then explained that the clause was inserted to meet the cases of those men who could read and write yet were unfit to vote on account or being idlers or drones. He moved to lay all the amendments on the table, This was done.
 MT. Beddow of Jefferson then moved 10 amend by adding after the word regis ter'' the words provided this subdivision shall not apply to persons temporarily unemployed on account of strike. It was moved to table this amendment. This motion was lost by vote of 66 to 6S.
 MT. Graham of Montgomery moved to amend by striking out the words that this shall not apply to those temporarily unemployed on account of strike. MT Reddow accepted this amendment.
 fudge Coleman then called the attention of the delegates to the fact that the sec tion as thus amended did not even re- ouire those temporarily unemployed 10 be even able to read and write. He moved that the paragraph under consideration be recommitted to the committee, wnich was done.
 Property Qualification.
 The second paragraph was then read, as follows:
 second-The owner, in good faith, in his own right or the husband of woman who is the owner in good faith, In her own right. of forty acres of land situate In this State, upon which they reside; or the owner in good faith. in his own right, or the husband of any woman who is the owner in good faith, in her own right, of real estate, situate in this State as- sessed for taxation at the value of $500 or more, or the owner in good faith, in his own right, or the husband of woman who is the owner In good faith, in her own right of personal property in this State assessed for taxation at s300 or more; pro- yided, that the taxes due upon such real or personal property for the year next preceding the year in which he offers to register shall have been paid, unless the assessment shall have been legally con- tested and is undetermined
 General Sanford of Montgomery moved to strike out the entire paragraph. He said mere possession of property did not give virtue or patriotism and that It's pos session should not give the right to vote. That the only distinguished man of wealth mentioned in the Bible was Dives and he was in hell. He cited instances showing that many of the greatest patriots were poor and could not have voted under this section. Speaking as to the good char acter clause, he said that even Christ and His disciples could not register under the good character clause unless it was known how they were going to vote.
 Judge Coleman moved the previous ques- tion which was ordered.
 MT. Graham's amendment to strike out the subdivision was lost by a vote of IS to s3.
 The subdivision was then adopted.
 MT. Sollie of Dale offered as an amend ment a new subdivision, which reads as follows:
 Third Those who reach the age of T