The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

romery Vaughan, Handley, Wtllee, Howell. Williams (Elmore). Jones. of Hale. And the amendment was laid upon | the table.
 MT. deGraffenreid-I believe there Mir. Browne--I make the point of or der.t that the previous question was or dered,
 MT, deGraffenreid-There was a mo- | ton to lay the amendment and Section on the table, and the gentleman from | Greene called for a division, and the I Chair held the question could be dl- | vided, and the House has voted upon the amendment. The next in order it seems to me. would be the call of the roll as to whether the Section should be laid on the table. MT. OGNeal Uauderdale)-I move We l adjourn.
 | The President-The next question will be upon the Section as reported by the Committee.
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-I move we adjourn.
 l The President-The question is on the motion of the gentleman from Hale
 MT. Wilson (Clarke)-I call for the ayes and noes on the notion
 The President-They have been or l dered.
 Mr. Wilson (Clarke)-on the motion | to adjourn?
 | The President-The Chair rules a motion to adjourn is not in order after | the previous question has been ordered | MT. O'Neal Lauderdale)-The previ- ous question has not been ordered. | MT. Wilson (Washington)-This is a motion to table. The previous ques- | ton was displaced by motion to table. l The e-President-The gentleman is cor- rect. The motion by the gentleman from Hale was to lay upon the table, first the amendment offered by the gen. tleman from Jefferson then the Sec ton as reported by the Committee. and a division was called for and grant, ed. The question would now be upon the motion to table the Section as re- 1 ported by the Committee. MT. deGraffenreid-And it seems to me a motion to adjourn would not be in order.
 The President-Will the gentleman suspend a moment? The Chair rules a motion to adjourn will not be in order when the Chair is stating a question, or when the roll Is being called. or has been called and the vote has not been announced. The roll is being called now upon a division of the question. and a motion to adjourn is not in or der. The question Is upon the motion | to lay upon the table the Section as reported by the Committee.
 MT. Jenkins-I rise to a point of or der.
 The President-The gentleman will state the point of order. MT. Jenkins-Under the rules we adopted yesterday, this Convention | stands adjourned at 6 o'clock, and it is now o'clock.
 MT. Browne-I make the point of order. MT. Chairman, if the hour of l adjournment
 The Presidept-The point of orGer Is not well taken. As many as favor lay. ing upon the table the Section as re- ported by the Committee will say aye, and thase opposed no, as their names are called.
 Mir. Lowe (Jefferson)-Do under stand the Chair to hold that the Con- vention is now in the act of taking a vote when the Chair has just stated the question and not a name has been called upon the roll?
 The President-The vote is being taken under the division of the ques- tion.
 Mr. Lowe Jefferson)-The roll is not now being called MT. President.
 The Presidential seems to the Chair
 
 voting upon a. division of the question, having voted upon one branch--
 Mir. Lowe (Jefferson)-I know that debate is not in order, but I make 1t as suggestion; suppose there had been Six divisions of the question and the hour of adjournment was about to strike. and the vote by ayes and noes upon each one of those questions would have taken as long as 1t takes here tXna mt ident hold that
 (Here the clock struck the hour of { o'clock.)
 I want to say that what have said is In expression of my opposition to gag law, by which they seek to estab- fish permanent law upon Alabama and l am going to continue to do it as long as the advocates of measures here appeal to gag law,- MT. Jones (Montgomery)-I rise to a point of order. This Convention stands adjourned under it's own rule. The President-The Convention will stand adjourned until 10 o'clock to- morrow meaning. |. Correction. In proceedings of thirty-first day part of the report of Committee on Amending the Constitution and Mis- cellaneous Provisions was omitted. Ii is here inserted.
 The motion to turn over the affairs of the State last column of third page was made by MT. Fitts and not by MT. Pitts.
 Report of Committee on Amending Constitution and Miscellaneous ProVis- ions
 MT. President-Your Commitete on Amending the Constitution and Miscel- laneous Provisions, to which was refer red ordinance No. SS0, by Mir. Spears of St. Clair. has instructed me to re- port favorably the accompanying sub stitute for said ordinance. The Com mittee was not unanimous, some of its members reserving the right to oppose the adoption of the ordinance.
 Under instructions from the commit tee. the chairman reports, for the infor- nation of the Convention, the facts showing the necessity for Court House In the district affected, with out recommendation as to the policy of adopting ordinances which are local in their operation, and within the province of the Legislature.
 St. Clair county Is divided into two parts by Back Bone Mountain, which runs entirely across the county from east to west. The two portions into