The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-04
EIaHTY-srooND DAY.
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MONTGOMERY, ALA.,
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# s Tuesday, Sept. 5, l9Ul.
 The Convention met pursuant to ad- Eresfdent and opened with prayer by Rev. Mr Marshall as follows:
 Q Lord. our Heavenly Father, we thank ne the e night i'Rs we thank anre 0vf Thee @ % tSat Thou hast usSered us into another day with all its duties and its privileges. and we como before Thee this morning be- cause we realize the need of Thee end because we are utterly helpless without Thee. We pray Thy blessings upon to- days deliberations. May we have Thee as our guide, our stay and our help. For give us our sins and may we have clean records before Thee this day. Bless, we pray Thee, the commonwealth of AlaDa- ma and may this Constitution that is fCre made be such as will be the beginning of q new era of development in our coun- try. Bless every member of this Con- stItutionai Convention. May we all put our trust in Thee. the true and the hv. rtrength and help which can come only from Thee. Guide us through this day and through all life and at last in Heaven save us. we ask for christs
 Upon a call of the roll, Ios delegates responded to their names.
 The report of the Committee on Journal eighty-first day had been examined and found correct. and the same was adopted.
 Mir. Fitts-I desire to introduce an QEMlnAnce, ana aS | Snall move Lnc SuS- pension of the rules for its immediate passage, 1 ask the delegates to give at tention to the reading of it.
 Re It ordained by the people of Ala there is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the money in the State Treasury. not otherwise appropriated. the sum of one thousand t dollars to be used nsnd and sx S;. direction. in giving publicity to the Con etitution, in order that the people may intelligently pass upon the ratification of
 Mir. Fitts-since the various expensive propositions looking to the question of giving publicity to this new Constitution were Iaid upon the table yesterday with the Governor of the State. and l am authorized to say this much: That ss the Enabling Act makes 1t the duty of the new Constitution as he shall se fit. either by the newspapers or by printing in sheets. that he thinks the sum of one thousand dollars win be ample. viewed
 The President-The Chair will call the attention of the gentlemen from Tusca- iosa to the fact that without suspcn- referred to the appropriate committee.
 Mir. Fitts-I move that the rules be sus. pended. In order that it may be put upon its Immediate passage, . o.,,, .o suspend the rules was carried
 The President-The question will be nron the adoption of the resolution.
 Mir. FittE-Without further discussion, all of the propositions that were laid upon the table yesterday were mere expensive than this. and as the Enabling Act itself makes it the duty of the Chief Exscu- live
 Mir. Boone-Doesn't the Constitution do the same?
 Mir. Fittr-And as the Constitution. I believe does the same thing. and as this ia hV odds the rhannRSt nrnnOGtfiGn that has come before us. and as the Gov ernor thinks that the one thousand dol lars will be ample to give it all the publi- city required in all the shapes and ways required, l move the adoption of this ordinance. as the simplest way out of the entire difficulty. leaving the whole duty where tho law puts it. upon him. and giv- ing him the means of doing 1t. Some one may nsk why he could not do 1t without fhls s-ecial appropriation. That mas been inquired into and investigated. The funds at his disposal will not bear this additional burden. The contingent fund of late years has been cut down very con siderabiy, and 1t Is only three thousand or three thousand five hundred collars per annum. and 1t could not bear this lars, and this is the cheapest way If giv- ing publicity to the Constitutlon l move the adoption of the ordinance.
 The President-The question is up'n Ire adoption of the ordinance. As many as favor the adoption of the ordinance will say ave, and those who oppose, no, 2s your names are called.
 Upon a call of the roll the vote result ed as follows: