The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-18

 McMillan (Baldwin), bour.
 MMsm,iiian' Ms,a' of Wilcox. Wilson. of Clarke. Martin.
 Total--75.
 ABSENT OR NOT VOTING. Msssrs. Presideut. Grant.
 Almon. Henderson xsscrafs. H lsnf.as. s Bartlett. King,
 BeAverB, Kyle,
 Boone, Lcdbettsr. Carmichael. of cof- LonE,of Butler.
 fee. Lowe, of Lawrsnce Carnathens Morrissettes Coleman. of walksr, lulksy. Cunningham. Pnillips.
 Dent, Porter,
 Eyster. Rsnffo.
 Ferguson, Selheimers
 gomsry. ,n
 By a vote of le ayes and 75 noes, tho motion to table was lost.
 Mir. White--1 have an amendment.
 The amendment was read as foIiows: Amend Section 6, as amended by s
 Mr. Waddell--I rise to q point of or- der. Section 6 has not been amended
 The President pro tem--ln the opin-, ion of the Chair the point of order AiauG Oy tAt &Gnt&Gln8AA 1I94AA ksN888A4 is well taken. The section has not been amended.
 Mr. white--1 offer it then e sub- stitute.
 Mr. oates-For the section or the amendment?
 Mir. white--As substitute for the pending amendment.
 The substitute was read as follows; Substitute for amendment to Sectiok 6. by striking out all of said section af- ter the word provided and insert the following: That the members of the legislature shall not accept free trans during his term of office. Any member receiving. or using any such free trans portation. shall be guilty of a misie- meanor and shall forfeit his office.
 The President pro tem--The Queetion is upon the adoption of the substitute offered by the gentleman from gesfer- son to the amendment offered by the gentleman rom Pike.
 Mir. White-The amendment offered by the gentleman from Pike as I un- derstand 1t. does not meet tae diffi- culty. It Is good as far as 1t goes, but 1t does not go far enough and I would like to have the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pike read in con- nection with my remarks.
 The amendment of the gentleman from Pike was read as follows: The member using free railroad passes shall not be entitled to any mileage from the State."
 Mir. white-Merely prohibiting a member in that way. will not accont- plish anything. Transportation Is very much more valuable than the AEniisaxe. The effect of that would be simply tD EA txA. A...S ts--~ mileage from the State, and yet he may have annual passes in his pocket that will be worth hundreds of dollars to him. Now my amendment contem- plates that he shall draw his mileage from the State as he ought to do. The State ought to pay its members mile- age and they ought to be paid enough to cover that mileage. I am not oppes- ed to ten cents a mile, because l do not believe in stinting 6 member cf the legislature along tbat Ire, put I am opposed eo member of the iegig-. lature drawing his mileage fem the State and accepting from the grea. lines of transportation free rasses dur ing his membership. You talk about the evils that have been inflicted upon this country, and 1 tell you sir, in my humble judgment there .s nothing so ruinous to the interests of the people of the State as the use of free trans portation by members of the legisla- ture. What right have 1. sir, or any other member of the legislature, to &C., cept from Q great corporation free transportation for myself during the time that I am a public servant? They tell us that 1t is not 'bribe, and I think they are right. It is not tntend- ed. or 1t Is not accepted at least, in that sense. but does not our common experience and our common obserya. ton along those lines lead us to con- clude that 1t does in fact, have an un- due influence over members whether 1t is so intended or notf It is not q question of intention. but 1t is ques- tion of what the effect of 1t is, and say the effect of 1t is this, that you cannot. while members of the legisla- ture carrying free transportation in your pockets. obtain for the people the redress that they are entitled to from such members. Is it right to provide a remedy for this thing2 The great State of New York says 1t is right and places it in her Constitution. Other great States of the Union have declar- ed 1t was right. The Constitution of Alabama today says 1t is right that free transportation should not be granted, and yet, in the face and in the
  have sworn to observe, we know that 1t is granted and accepted.
 MT. Smith (Mobile)-You have spoken q good many times of the members ac- cepting transportation. 1 desire to ask If the gentleman ever heard of trans portation being Lendered to a member without first being asked for?
 MT. White-Yes. sir, have. have had 1t rendered to me. and 1 had the great pleasure of saying that would not accept it.
 MT. Smith-I didn't know 1t. have been connected with railroads for about twenty-four years, and I have never heard of 1t.
 Mir. White--And 1t was about twen- ty-four years ago when the offer was made to me.
 MT. Smith (Mobile)-oh, yes.
 MT. White-Bdt that is sticking in the bark. Whether 1t is offered first and accepted. or whether it is requested, is not the question. The question is the getting of it. That is the material question. They receive it and if is immaterfal to us whether 1t is rendered or whether it Is solicited by the mem Der. That is a matter that does not concern us. What we want to do is to say that you shall not accept 1t. You shall not use 1t. and when we nave done that. then there will be no offer of free transportation on the one Hand or solicitation of it on the other.
 MT. Reynolds (Chilton)-The cnIy thing 1t would do would be forfeit ure of office?
 Mr. white-No. sir: say 1t is mis-