The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-13


 the said hoid-over Senators. now In of flee and whose terms expire in 1904
 shall be from the date of the said spe-
 cial election. and the general election for State officers in 1906; provided, fur ther that the Senator for the thirty l fifth senatorial district shall be elect | ed in 1902 at the general election tor l State officers and snail hold office for four years and all laws governing the l election of Senators in the even num-
 bered districts shall apply to the thir-
 ty-fifth senatorial district. The President--The ordinance Is re- ferred to the Committee on Legislative Department.
 | to the Committee on Harmony in ord 1T | that they may consider the same and
 make report on it.
 The President-The Chair does not
 think that 1t has any jurisdiction over an original ordinance. The gentlemen lcan file a copy with th.In If hc deeir-s | The Chair refers it to the Committee
 on Legislative Department # they | find 1t should go to the Committee on | Harmony, they can bring 1t back. Mir. Williams (Elmorel-I ask leave | to introduce a short resolution. The resolution was read as follows: In order that the records of this Con- vention may be complete, be 1t Resolved, That the Secretary of this l Convention be and he is hereby in-
 structed and directed to furnish 10 the ! printers of the daily "Stenographic Re- ports a copy of the proceedings of | the first, second and third days of this | Convention, and to order five hundred | (59D copies thereof to be printed. and | that the same be distributed among Il <t. @t.i- t<.x.
 the "Stenographic Reports
 Said copies to be of like size and form
 as the said report.
 | The President-A similar ordinance
 was referred to the Committee on Print
 ing, was 1t not?
 | MT. Williams-Referred to the Com
 mittee on Rules but 1t was lost. The President-This will be referred
 to the Committee on Rules. The Chair
 was under the impression it was re-
 ferred to the Committee on Prin ing. Mir. O'Neal-I move that the Conven-
 tion remain in session until l50 o'clock
 today. | MT. Heflin (Randoiph)--I move to
 lay the motion of the gentleman on the | table.
 | The President--The Chair s ot the | opinion it cannot be laid upon the table.
 The Convention may accept or reject
 1t as they see fit.
 Upon a vote being taken the motion | was lost.
 MT. Burns-I have a short resolution. Resolution No. 295 was read as fol- lows: Resolved That when this Convention
 adjourns on Friday next the 18th it | will stand adjourned until 12 o'clock m.
 on Tuesday the 27th of August. | Resolved further That delegates be
 paid during such recess cents per mile going to and returning from their
 homes, and no per diem. Upon a vote being taken the resolu-
 tion was lost.
 | The President-The special order will
 be the consideration of the re2or- Cf
 the Committee on Imp slchmen:s. The gentleman frofn !5tow Ih. MT. Searcy-I desire to call at | tention to an error in the stenographic | report on Friday on the final vote on | the Article on Suffrage. am reported | as being absent and not voting. was | present and voted aye. The President-The stenographei wiil
 make note of the correction. MT. Burns--I rise to a point of order. | My understanding was that the resolu- | ton 1 sent up was referred to the Com
 mittee on Rules.
 The Presldent-The Chair submit snd
 Ihe gentlemans resolution to the Con- 1 vention and 1t was rejected. The Chai.
 construed 1t to be a privileged motion, | as 1t fixed the time lo whi. the Gen.
 vention should sjj9urn. Mir. Burns-I asked that 1t be re- ferred to the Committee oa RL.cs, and
 1t was so announc ed.
 - The President. The gentleman's
 hearing must be. getting defective. | MT. Browne--I ask the gentleman to
 yield for the purpose of introducing a
 short ordinance.
 | follows:
 | (with thirty-one petitions): Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama in Convention assembled, That l so much of an ordinance 10 provide l for the establishment of Court House | and jail at some point to be determined
 by an election by the peop-e in that
 portion of St. Clair which lies south and
 southeast of Backbone Mountain, and
 which Is embraced in precincts num- bered g, 10. II, 12. 13, i4, E. IS. r, 19, | 20 and 21, in said county, as amended l be amended by striking out of .he samu | all that applies to the county of Shelby. l The President-The resolution Is re- | ferred to the Committee on Amunding | the Constitution.
 Mir. Watts--I move that we adjourn
 until 3:30.
 Upon a vote being taken, the motion
 was carried and the Convention there,
 upon adjourned until 3:So p. m.