The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-17

Fltts. Pillans.
 rIeenen' Stuudard. ffIaIilnon' Waddell.
 Howell. White,
 Jones. or Montgom. Whiteside.
 cry.
 Total-1s.
 ABSENT OR NOT VOTING. Messrs President. Lowe. or Jefferson. Bartlett. f1lnscn,
 Browne. MeMiilan. of Wilcox. Surnetta Miller. ol Marengu. Sardon. Morrissette.
 seTi .. s0.' o'Ssilyi Ss;sny; ;aen.r.on,. Carmichael. of Cof- Opp.
 carnathon. Parker. of Fillmore. Case, Porter
 Soieman. Of Greene, Proctor.
 Coleman. of Walker, Renfro,
 cornwall. Reynolds, of Chiffon deGraffenreid. Keynoids (HenryJ. Espy, Robinson,
 Eoshee. Rogers, of Lowndes, Eyster. Rogers. of Sumter, SlImore- Sanders.
 Graham. of Mont- Sloan,
 gomery, Sollie,
 Jones. of Hale. Weatherly.
 King, WiIle1.
 Kirk. Williams o, ua. Kirkland, rengo
 Led6etter. etns Williams. of El- Le'BH' more.
 of Butler. Wilson. O. Clarke.
 The President pro tem.-The next regular order is report of Committes on Education, Section IS.
 Section 13 was read as follows:
 Sec. 13. The provisions of this article and of any act of the Genaral Assemb. Y passed in pursuance thereof to estab- fish, organize and maintain a sySs.n or public schools throughout the Stlle, shall apply to Mobile county only , far tO anthOriZa thorities designated by law to draw the portions of the funds to which stiG county shall be entitled for school pur- poses. and to make reports to the Su- p1erintendent of Education as may oe prescribed by law. And all special ID- comes and powers of taxation. as Lew authorized by law for the benefit of public schools in said county shall le- main undisturbed until otherwise Iro- vided by the General Assembly: pro- vided. that separate schools for zach race shall always be maintained by said school authorities.
 !, The President here resumed the Chair.
 Mir Reese-This is the same IS Sec tion Il of the present Constitution There is no change made in 1t and l move its adoption.
 MT. 0TeeF (CdlHDuHJ--1 nave all amendment.
 The amendment by MT. Greer was read as follows:
 Amend Section 13 of the arti ;le on education by adding at the end Of said section the following to wit:
 Provided Calhoun county shall pos sess and enjoy the same privileges as are now enjoyed by Mobile counry, and that said special incomes and powers of taxation for public schools shall remain undisturbed until ,ther- wise provided by the General Assem- bly,; provided that separate scaools for each race shall always be mai i1tained by said school authorities"
 MT. Waddell-I ask that the gentie- man will allow me to intro luce an amendment along the same line.
 The President-The gentleman from Jefferson caught the eye of the Chair.
 MT. Sanford Pike)-I desire to ask the gentleman to yield to me a mo- ment to offer an amendment.
 TNe amendment was read as follows:
 Amend by adding Pike county .~
 The President-The question is on adoption of amendment offered by tine gentleman from Pike.
 MT. White-I dislike very much to antagonize my friend from Mobile. I have always had I fondness for that city. even before I moved to the State. It was the first city I ever visited Tn my life. and our people now feel a great interest and have great pride and great hope for Mobile. Mobile is Arlat city now and in the years to come will be a much greater one, and dislike because of the fact that my section of the State is linked commer- cially and industrially with that great city to antagonize it.
 We expect eventually, when our water connections have been made complete, to find with our products, through the gates of that city, the markets of thr world. We are proud of Mobile, but I do not feel that can discharge my duty and be true to myself without op- posing the adoption of this Section. There may be good reason for it. If there is I have never heard 1t. If there is good reason for 1t I know that the gentlemen who represent Mobile upon the floor of this Conven- tion can gve Us that reason and give 1t to the people of the State just why Mobile. the riches; city in the State, has more Wealh per capita than any other city in the state; just why it is allowed to W thhold from the public q ueasury it's license tax for the sale of spirituOus and malt liquors to S4i,O0O last year, am unable to understand, and in addition U that the county of Mobile does not only withhold this $440O0 for last year. bat it has been withholding that from lh State Treasury since 1852. and if it received only one half as much per annum in the past or rather if it with held half as much per annum n the past as it did last year the State of Alabama has already contributed to it in round numbers $1.OOO, 900. Is mat right? .s it right that every city or eN cry other county in the State 70 pay the license der we'd from the sale of spirituous liquors into the State Treas ury and yet it be withheld by the county of Mobile?