The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-10
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.

! When the Convention reaSSeInDled at | 8: 30 o'clock 91 delegates were present. l MT. Heflin of Chambers introduced a resolution to rescind Rule 30 of the | Convention and that ordinances may be recalled from a committee by ma jority vote. On motion of MT. Jenkins of Wilcox the privilege of the floor was extended to Congressman Thompson of Tuske- gee.
 MT. Gilmore of Clarke sent up a pe- | tition from citizeneS of Thomasville protesting against the free railroad pass evil.
 Mir. Wilson of Clarke moved to re- consider the vote by which the article on municipal corporations was ordered to a third reading.
 This motion precipitated parliament tary debate participated in by Messrs. Wilson of Clarke and Asheraft of Lau derdale. The President reserved his decision on the point of order.
 At this point MT. Long of Walker sent up resolution authorizing the President to appoint a committee of | five to unravel the mystery of so many | petitions protesting against the free pass evil. The resolution was rC4rred to the Committee on Corporations. At 4:30 o'clock after consuming one hour in parliamentary discussion, took up the article on Miscellaneous Provi- | sons.
 In the absence of MT. Foster of Tus- caloosa, chairman of the committee, | MT. Merrill of Barbour explained it's provisions. He said there were three sections and the only change in the en- tire article was an additional section forbidding the increase or reduction of the compensation of any officer during his term of office.
 The original section was as follows:
 Section 1. No perscn holding an of flee under the United States except | PoStmasters whose annual salaries do not exceed $200. shall, during his con tinuance in such office hold any office of profit under this State; nor shall any person hold two offices of profit at one and the same time under this State except Justices of the Peace. Con stables, Notaries Public and Comrcis- sioners of Deeds"
 On motion of MT. Merrill the section was adopted without division. Sections and 3 were adopted with out division as follows:
 Sec. 2. The salary, fees or com pensation of any officer holding any ciVS office of profit under this State or any county or municipality thereof shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed.
 Sec. 3. It is made the duty of the General Assembly to enact all laws necessary to give effect to the provl- sions of this Constitution"
 The Convention completed the article in less than five minutes and on motion of Mir Merrill the article was ordered to be engrossed for third reading. The Convention then took up the ar ticle on amending the Constitution and the Clerk read Section l.
 This section had been written so as to require the assent of three-nfth of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. to proposed amendments before the same can be submitted to the people and provides for submission to the people as under the present Constitution.
 Matter of Representation.
 MT. Reese of Dallas sent up an amendment that the present basis of representation in the Legisla ture shall not be changed under this article and addressed the Convention.
 MT. Long of Walker spoke against the Reese amendment and Judge Coleman of Greene sent up an amendment which provided that repreSentatio shall be based upon population and addressed the Convention.
 Mir. Malone of Henry spoke in sup- port of the Reese amendment. He sai he would be willing to fix it so that the basis of representation should never be changed. ::..
 Captain Dent of Barbour, said that If the Convention undertook to limit representation in the black belt coun- | 10 expect the black belt to support the Constitution. It proposed to strike down the men who had stood for the good of the State.
 MT. Greer of Perry, the editor-dele- gate. made an earnest appeal to the delegates to support the substitute. He spoke of the division between the dele gates and said that already there was a suspicion in the minds of the people of the black belt that it's representa- tion would be cut down.
 MT. O'Neal of Lauderdale, said he favored leaving the black belt repre- sentation as it is. but he did not like to see delegates threatening the white counties. He said the black belt had been loyal but other sections of Ala bama had been loyal in days of dark ness.
 MT. Blackwell of Morgan. created ap- | plauSe Dy deCldflnS his unqualified en- dorsement of the Coleman substitute He said he came from. a white county of extreme North Alabama and his people recognized the difficulties of the black belt and would stand by them.
 The debate was closed by Dr. Gun ningham of Jefferson. representing the Committee. He supported the Commit tee report and said that in order tn submit an amendment Of the Consti- tution it would require the vote of Gh members of the lower house and . l senators.
 Judge Coleman. by consent. sent UT a substitute that representation shall he based upon population and shan not be changed by constitutions | 7r'endment.
 pr Cunn!ngham of JeNerson. move to table the Colemfa substitute anu l Captain White of Seffeson called for