The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-09

Convention should come forward ana do their duty, unless there is provi- dental reason why they should not do 1t. That is my honest conviction upon the subject.
 Mir. white-Does the gentleman yield for a question?
 Mir. Cunninsham--Certainly. Mir. white-The gentleman from Wil- cox asked if you did not think we would get along better without some of the members here-v- Mir. Jenkips-I rise to . question: of privilege. did not say that, but said that we would get along faster. MT. White-Faster, yes. I would ask the gentleman from Jefferson if it Is not afact that the gentlemen who have business at home are probably the most desirable members? Mir. Cunningham--Mr. President, must say that am not competent, nor Is. it my duty to pass upon the ef- ciency of individual members of this Convention, of those who are present. or of those who are absent. But will say this much, that 1t strikes me that in the discharge of this very great and sacred duty. that we have assum- ed, We should do SO or at least not &C., cept compensation for our negligence UT iuuILkeTcHCc. QO uot Cdfc tO pro long the discussino. move to lay the resolution on the table. and on that I call for the ayes and noes.
 The requisite number of members not rising, the call was not sustained.
 The President--The question Is on the motion to table the resolution. Upon a vote being taken the motion was lost.
 MT. Oates-I do not wish to proiong the time consumed with this matter at all, or to take any active part in the discussion. but desire to say that the resolution which was offered by the delegate from Jefferson and adopted Is not unprecedented at all. 1t was once found that absenteeism was so great in the House of Representatives of the United States. that a rule of that kind was adopted. recollect distinctly when was away from there. canvass ing in this State for Governor, that I lost my pay. did not get any during that time. and l am inclined to think 1t is very healthy rule. If a man cannot discharge the duty of an office. he ought to resign and get out. That is the true doctrine. If he gets com pensated, if 1t Is worth anything. to him. he ought to stay and perform the duties. Wherever a gentleman is called away by sickness of his family. or himself. under the rule adopted. I believe 1t does not affect his compensa- ton at all. But wherever he has busi- ness of such importance as to draw him away from here. then he can well af- ford to lose the little A a day he would otherwise get. and when he don't do anything to earn 1t l don't think he ought to get 1t.
 MT. Reese-l move the previous ques- ton.
 MT. O'Neal-There is no second to tn. motion.
 MT. Cobb-I ask the gentleman to withdraw the motion.
 The President-Does the gentleman yield?
 MT. Reese-Yes sir.
 MT. Coob-Just 6 moment. I want to Say that l am not affected by this. SO Tar as am personally concerned. and IL Is not on that account I make the point that I now do before the Con- vention. but the gentlemen are in error Tn supposing that because a man goes home on a sudden call. 1t may be on some private business. that he is not discharging his duty as a delegate to this Convention. It does not necessarily fellow that he is avoiding his duty
 
 question of losing three or four dollars. supposing mans house should burn up, as a gentleman suggests to me, or a matter of that sort calls him away, it struck me at the start, and strikes me now, as rather too small a matter to be dealt with by this Convention m this way. 1c is not the matter of A little amount. which no delegate probably cares anything about. but it is a kind of reflection upon the members of this Convention. confessedly patriotic. conservative and faithful body or men. Therefore l think this resolution oreht TO be rescinded, and l want to say when my friend (Mr. Oates) faticd to get his pay in Congress. he did not do so because it was demanded of him, but because he voluntarily gave it up. Because 1t was expressly Iuled in Con- gress than when a. man was absent by leave. or absent any way, his ay could not be taken from him, except by his consent. It was so ruled by the Speak CT. If you remember, when Bailey made the fight
 MT. Oates-Yes. know the Speaker who ruled so there. Thomas B. Reed.
 MT. Reese-I now renew my motion.
 The Prestdent--Does the gentleman call for the previous question? The Convention seems ready to vote on the resolution,
 ; MT. Reese-I withdraw the motion. then.
 Mr. Cunningham-I call for the ayes and noes and I hope the Convention will sustain the call.
 MT. Bulger--I make the point of order that the call for the ayes and noes was made and not sustained.
 The President-On the motion to ta- ble. call is made for the ayes and noes: the question is. is the call sus- tained?
 A sufficient number not rising, the call was not sustained. Upon a vote being taken, the resolution was there- upon adopted.
 MT. Greer (Calhoun)-I rise to a question of personal privilege. When l left Wednesday afternoon I paired with a gentleman, Judge Stewart from Perry, in favor of the Weakley amersd- ment. l have been informed he is not present. but that he stated to the Con- vention he was paired with some mem Der and did not know who. and he de- clined to vote. would like, MT. Presi- dent. to be recorded as being paired in favor of the Weakley amendment.
 Mir. Grant-I have been requested to ask that this petition be read and re- terred to the Committee on Printing. etc:
 The motion to read the petition was carried and the same was read as fol- I lows:
 Anniston. Ala, July 8. 1901. To Calhoun's Representatives in Con-
 stitutional Conventions: