The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-11
0FFICIII REPORT 0F THE PROCEEDINGS 0F
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

was defeated by ss noes to ~ ayes. The next order of businsss was . call ] uf the roll for the introduction of ordi- nanees, resolutions. etc. MT. Ashcraft--I desire to yield my call to the gentleman from Tailadssa.
 Resolution No. 2s4 by Mr. Graham (Talladega,)
 Resolved. That beginning with next Monday at a:2o, this Convention shall hold evening sessions each day from S:3o to 10 o'clock.
 Referred to Committee on Rules.
 MT. Graham--I am requested by the Committee on Education to ask leave to sit this morning during the morning session af the Convention. and l ask unanimous consent.
 Leave was granted.
 MT. Smith (Mebile)-The Committee on Rules desires to report favoraoiy on resolution No. 2as. by MT. White.
 The Secretary read the resolution as follows:
 Resolved. That the President of this Convention. appoint a committee of five. whose dutXlt shall be to see that all ordinances adopted by this Con- vention are properly engrossed. said committee to be known as the Commit tee on Ensrossment.
 The report of the committee was adopted.
 on Rules desire to report favoraply resolution No. 2ss.
 The Secretary read the resolution as | fellows:
 Reseived. That when any article has been adopted, 300 copies thereof shall he printed for the use of the members | of this Convention.
 MT. Smith--I move the adoption of 1 that resolution. I desire to state that | the chairman of the Committee on 1 Harmony stated to the Rules Commit" l tee that 1t was not practicable Tor his I committee to review properly these re- ports unless each member of the com mitte had a copy of the corrected or | dinance as finally amended, and it IS to enable the members of the commit tee to do their duty that the resolution was offered.
 need that number.
 1 MT. Smith-They are to be distriout- ed among the delegates-those not needed by the committee.
 MT. White-I would state that there are twenty five members of the Con- mittee on Harmony and Consistency. l We cannot take one bill or ordinance or article and do anything with that. There are twenty-five men on that committee, and each man will want to see the article as 1t is printed. Besides | if we take the original the probabilities are that it would be lost. Besides that every member of this Convention ought to have his mind at work on the arti- cle after 1t is completed. When the article is completed it Is not the one brought in by the committee at all, in many respects 1t is entirely changed and every member of the Convention ought to have his printed copy before | him so he could make any suggestions that he thought proper to make; there fore, I thought 1t necessary to nave 1 these printed.
 ! The report of the committee was adopted.
 MT smith, am instructed by the 1 Committee on Rules to report resolu- tion No. 2f3 without recommendation. The clerk read resolution No 2ls by | MT. Fletcher. as follows: l Resolution No. 213, by Mir. Fletcher:
 Whereas. This Convention was called chiefly to make q constitution regulat' ing suffrage and taxation.
 And, whereas, more than one-half oi the time allotted for its work by the enabling act has been consumed in the passage of one article.
 And. whereas, expedition is plainly essential to the carrying out of tho purposes for which this Convention as sembied, and to ecoMomize expenses tt the State.
 And whereas, 1t Is believed that thu consideration and disposition of th' Suffrage Article as soon as possible wil greatly. facilitate and hasten to com pletion the business now before thu Convention; therefore be it
 Resolved, That after the adoption O the article. now being discussed. th article on Suffrage shall be taken ul for consideration. and continued until finally disposed of.
 Be if further resolved, That all arti eles heretofore made special order shall be postponed and taken up Il their regular order after the article ol Suffraae shall have been adopted.
 MT. Pettus-I move to lay the reso iution on the table.
 MT. Coleman (Greene)--I hope tn gentleman will withdraw that motiol for the present.
 The motion to table was withdrawn.
 MT. Coleman-Mr. President an Delegates of the Convention l wa authorized this morning by the Com I
 quest that the report of that commit tee be taken up for consideration o' next Tuesday. I could urge many req sons why this course should be adopt ed, but unless there Is some objection some disposition to want to know tn reasons. why I prefer to let them re main unsaid. As stated in that reso lution, this is a most important ques ton before us. and when the Commit tee on Suffrage and Elections submit ted its report it was requested that lie upon the table subject to the vii of the Convention. We believe tha next Tuesday. by that time ample tim will have been given to every delegat of this Convntion, and everybody else to have fully informed themselves O it's provisions. and we are satisfied tha ample time will be given during m week to determine what dispositio shall be made of the report of the com mitte. I therefore move. MT. Presloen
 that the report of the Commltee O
 Suffrage and Elections, and tn
 minority report, be set for nearing
 Il o'clock. and be the regular order Q business on next Tuesday. l nov
 that as a substitute. MT. Pettus-I move that the sub
 stitute be laid upon the table. . MT. Oates-Please withhold that fo , a moment. I wish to get in qualifi . cation, I am in favor of fixing Tuesda If the report of the Committee on Suf frage and Elections but
 The President-Does the gentlema , withdraw the motion to table? ) MT. Pettus-Yes. If the gentlema