The age-herald., 1901-08-10

N&<-$%-&%1 1-S-e~- . ' ~ 1-~ ~$-e-S-$ Wyoming expressing It's appreciation of the moral good done in that State from woman suffrage.
 We don't have to go to q Republican or Popullst state for a precedent, for our sis- ter state of Louisiana has granted women the right to vote in certain cases. l am informed that it has been the custom for years in England to allow women the right to vote in certain cases relating to school matters. If England can do this, why not Alabama?
 Long and Cunningham.
 MT Long of Walker said he hated to see the time come when his wife could go to the polls and kill his vote and then fuss because she couldn't vote him. (Applause) We should, when that day comes, change the name of Alabama. We can no longer say "here we rest" There will be no rest. We will be like Kansas, with Carrie Ma tions marching up and down the state raising Cain We ought to call the state Lo-Kan. from Louisiana and Kansas. The men fight In time of war and should have peace in time of peace. If I couldn't vote my wife would think had no influence over her, and she could think the same of me, and row would start in north Ala bama that would spread over the State. Daughter and applause) Talk about ne- gro rulel The intimidation of women yot- CTS will be ten times worse. Give woman a right to vote and she will want to run for President next day. They have no right to vote. The apostle Paul said they should keep their mouths closed in pub lie, and you couldn't keep woman s mouth closed around a poll to save your life. Daughter and applause).
 Dr. Cunningham asked MT. Long "if in all his variagated experience
 "You will have to put it in plain lan- guage, doctor" interrupted MT Long. (Applause).
 Continuing, Dr. Cunningham said he he would leave out the word "variagated and use "experience'' = could MT. Long understand that?
 MT. Long said he could not spell 1t, but could probably understand it. 0aughter).
 Dr. Cunningham then asked MT. Long if he had ever known man to go down In his pocket and pay the taxes of a woman due for municipal mortgages placed on her property by mems votes
 Mir. Long said he did not recall an in- stance.
 Yes, said Dr. Cunningham, you will throw o-ato'ical b>rGuete at her and at the same time tax her hands with labor.
 Judge Coleman Speaks.
 Judge Coleman of Greene spoke against woman suffrage. He said Dr. Cunning ham was a good doctor but that he could not instruct a convention of lawyers on law. His statement for instance, that a man could not mortgage his property without his wife's signature was incor- reet--it only applied to the home.
 Continuing he said that woman's high position was due to the condition under T to change those conditions and bring her to the ballot box. He was opposed to this although he thought she should be allowed to vote in property matters if it could be so arranged that she could vote at home.
 This new section violated section of the suffrage article. He spoke of the hurry in which this section was adopted yesterday afternoon. He was fearful of the new burdens placed on the constitu- tion whose adoption was dear to his heart this question of woman suffrage was op- posed by the great majority of the voters In the State. Nothing was said about 1t to any of your constituents before com Ing to this convention. Here his time expired but there were cries of Ego on,' Ego on." and his time was extended.
 Are we wiser than those who sent us here? Continued Judge Coleman We have already arranged a suffrage plan which will eliminate all the vicious and bad element of voters and there is no necessity for this change.
 Governor Oates said he had seen and heard much of woman suffragists. They scorned the Southern idea of politeness and chivalry, and said they demanded equality with man. It made them rough and tough and degraded them.
 If woman has right to vote on this question, should she not be allowed to vote on all? But has she suffered? Have not the men of the South always protect ed her. and are they not still capable of protecting them and their property? Let them be queens in the household and keep out of politics.
 Convention Reconsiders.
 MT. Hef1in of Chambers favored recon sideration of the section, and said he wanted to enter his protest on behalf of the women of Alabama who did not want to vote Under the section as adopted negro woman with $500 worth of property could vote and a white woman with s490 worth of property could not. He opposed property bas2S of vot- ing, and hoped the convention would re sclnd It's action He moved the previous question, which was ordered. An.aye and nay vote was ordered, and the conven- ton by vote of S7 o22 decided to re- consider section ' and sspendments.
 Judge Coleman then offered substi- ute for Mr. Craig's amendment which provided that to authorize the issuing of bonds in this section the same shall be first submitted to vote, and voted there- for by a majority in numbers and value of taxable property.
 Mir Rogers of Sumter moved to table MT. Craig's amendment and Judge Cole mans substitute. The latter was tabled by a vote of 75 to 25 and the former by a viva voce vote.
 Section was then readopted, providing that municipal bond issues must be ap- proved by majority vote of the quali- fled electors
 MT Rogers of Sumter then moved to reconsider a new section of Mir. DeGraf- fenried's similar to MT. Craig's amend ment and which had also been adopted yesterday. It was reconsidered and then tabled.
 MT. Wilson of Clarke offered a new sec tion which provided that the Legislature may impose privilege tax on any per son or corporation and relieve 1t from all other license taxes. This was ruled out of order or objection being made and the article on municipal corporations was then ordered to be engrossed and to a third reading.
 MT. Carmichael of Coffee here intro duced another petition protesting against the railroad free pass evil. By mistake the reading clerk read-a letter to the Montgomery Ser showing that that paper was instrumental in getting up these numerous petitions all exactly alike The reading of the letter caused great laughter.
 Mir. Long of Walker said that there had been about thousand of these petitions tIxa+ off T