The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-21

Mir. Pettus--Mr. President. asl
 unanimous leave to explain my vote.
 Objection was made.
 The President--Object on is made, and
 the gentleman is out of order. By 2
 vote of forty-seven ayes and eighty
 seven noes. the motion to tsble 10 lest Mir. Cebf--f deeire to amend the res
 olution 60 as to provide that the Leg
 islature be requested to increase the salary.
 The President chair will state
 that the chair will not entertain c mo.
 tion unless 1t Is put in writing. The
 clerks find 1t impossible to Keep the
 Journal correct, unless the amendments
 are put in writing.
 Mir. cobb--ff the chair will let me ex-
 plain myself. will put 1t in writing and
 send 1t up.
 The prssidsnt-rhe gentleman will proceed.
 MT. Jones (Montsomery)--I will state
 on behalf of the committee and the
 mover of the resolution, that the
 amendment suggested by my friend able.
 Mir. Cobb-It would be entirely agree- able to me, provided the Chair had not ruled already. and if that concluded the matter, I would say no more, but the Chair has ruled that 1t still must So to the Convention, whether this &C., ceptarce will be allowed, and on that ask to say word or two. MT. o'Neai tLauderdale)--I ask unan- imous consent that 1t be accepted. | To which objection was made. | Mfr. Cobb--I do not propose to detain the Convention at any length. merely want to call the attention cf the Con- yention to the fact that what was pre- sened by the Committee was identi- caliy the same proposition which has already been passed upon by the Con- vention, inasmuch As the original prop. | osition makes 1t obligatory upon the General Assembly to do the thing which the Convention itself has de. clined to do. and in this connection 1 l wish to take occasion to. say that those who voted in the negative to the prior proposition, have come to understand, | myself among the number. and were perfectly willing to have the salary of the Governor made $5.oD0 a year, but we took the position that that was q | erai Assembly itself, and therefore any | proposition which comes before this Convention which will give to the Gen. eral Assembly the weight of the opinion of this Convention along the line of l an increase in this salary, heartily approve.
 Mir. o'Neal (Lauderdale)--will the gentleman allow me to interrupt him? Mir. Cobb-Yes.
 Mir. O'Neai CLauderdale)-The orig inal resolution contains the word mis-read. It Is "the sense of this Con. vention that the General Assembly should"
 Mr. Cobb-That is the sense of my resolution. voted before not because am opposed to q raise In the salary, but because I believe 1t ought to be determined by the Legislature and not by the Convention, and I am willing to say to the General Assembly that in the opinion of the Convention it should be done. if 1t meets concurrence with their opinion.
 MT. Heflin (chambers)- Does not the word should make 1t in the nature of request?
 Mir. Cobb-Yes, should will do; any language to leave it discretionary with the General Assembly as to whether it shall be done or not.
 The President-The Chair will state for the information of the Convention that the word in the original resolution is should" instead of "shalr' that meets the objection of the gentleman, Nnu IuS dIuCH0UlGEIN Ol InC kSuEhculaH from Macon is withdrawn.
 Mir. Pettus--1 simply wanted to state in order that my position may not be misunderstood, voted against the Committee on the proposition to in- crease the Governors salary, becsuse l did not believe that this was the proper forum in which to legislate a question. Now. Mir. President, in or- der that the position of the conven- tion may not be misunderstood. as op- posing the increase in the Governors salary on any grounds. desire to vote with the Committee on the resolution offered by the gentleman from Lauder dale. think this Is a matter for the General Assembly to determine.
 Mir. Coleman (Greene)-T offer an amendment to the resolution.
 The amendment was read as follows:
 Move to amend the resolution by striking out the words at the end of the resolution off 1t can be done with out increase of taxation" and to sub stitute therefor the following words. If in the discretion of the Legisla- ture it is fer the best interests of the State of Alabama
 MT. Sanforc I move to lay the amendment on the table.
 The President--The gentleman from Greene has the floor.
 Mir. Coleman (Greene)--I have not | yielded the floor.
 Mir. Sanford-I beg pardon.
 Mir. Coleman (Greene)-Mr. Presl- | dent. and delegates of the Convention. | I believe there are quite a number ot | delegates here, who coincide with the | views expressed by the delegate from | Macon, Judge Cobb, but I think upon | reading the resolution as offered, 1t will | be asce rtained that 1t is not in accord | ance with the views expressed bv him, and do not believe 1t Is in accordance with the views entertained oy ma jority of the delegates of this Conven- tion. It says if 1t can be done without an increase of taxation. As . matter of course. every delegate In this Con- vention knows full well that there will be money enough Tn tr Treasury to raise the Governors salary to 5000 year. but the question is whether or not the Legislature sLould be compelled Go a appropriate 1t for the Governors sll- ary. If the;e are other demands of more importance. and more needed than that of ar increase of salary. That is the reason that 1 have offered the amendment. I believe that the fix.ns cf the salary should be left with the and the arguments that have been made here, that you can not trust the Legislature, are arguments, to my mind, in sup port of the. proposition that we should not take it from the legislature. and take advantage of our position and power at this time. 10 do what we are afraid the reople will not have done