The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-21
SHARP DEBATE IN CONVENTION Consideration of Cover
 nOr'S Salary. DID NOT CHANGE SEAL Resolution Greeting Editors
 Was Adopted.
Section Prohibiting Governor from Appointing Legislators to Jobs
 Was Reconsidered and
 Tabled by a Close Vote.

The first thing that the Convention did stecday was to set itself right with the editors of the State by pass ing appropriate resolutions offered by Mir. Sanders Of Limestone, extending greeting to the Alabama Press Asso- citation and recognizing the power and importance of the press.
 The resolutions were enrolled and sent to the editors at their afternoon session.
 The motion of MT. Pettus of Lime stone to reconsider the vote by which Section 20, reported by the Committee on Executive Department, was adopt cd Wednesday, was the next order. He spoke in favor of his motion and was ably seconded by Governor Oates and Mr. Sentell of CIenshaw; Governor Jones opposed the motion, as aid Mir. Graham of Talla adega and MT. ONeal of Lauderdale. The motion to reconsider prevailed, and the section was finally laid on the table. The section sought to prevent the Governor from appoint ing members of the General Assembly to office.
 Mir. Fletcher of Madison, chairman of the Committee on Banks and Bank ing, sent forward the report of that Committee, which was read to the Con- Wention.
 The Article, No. XIV, as in the pres ent Constitution, was reported favor ably with the addition of one sections which is as follows:
 Section s. The. General Assembly Shall. by appropriate laws. provide for the examination by some public of- Ecer of all banks and banking institu- Gions and trust companies engaged in banking business in this state"
 The report was laid on the table and ordered printed. y '.
 The matter of changing the State seal came up and the result was the leavA anS of the matter to the General As sembly to do with if as t sees pr6per.
 The report of the committee on Sec 3ion of the Executive Department Article, which had been recommitted, was received and laid on the table temporarily.
 The consideration of the resolution of MT. O'Neal of Lauderdale was then taken up It is an expression of opin- ion by the Convention that the Gen" eral Assembly should increase the Gov ernor's salary to 5000.
 Judge Cobb offered an amendment which was accepted by the committee.
 The real feature of the days proceed angs was passage of words between the two ex-Governors of the convention and a tilt between Governor Jones and Judge Coleman of Greene The latter had offered an amendment placing the increase of the Governors salary en- tirely within the discretion of the Gen. eral Assembly if it should deem 1t to be for the best interest of the State to do so. He said that he was sorry the gen. 1lemen who had held the high office had been so embarrassed in the conduct thereof, but there was one thing he could not understand, and that was why the gentleman from Montgomery had been so active in his efforts to se- cure a second term if it was so embar Tassing.
 Governor Jones responded that he valued honor more than money.
 Judge Coleman retorted that the gen. Eleman had not absorbed all the honor fin Alabama. Governor Jones did not reply.
 Mr. Beddow of Jefferson. moved to table Judge Coleman's amendment, and a vote being taken by ayes and nays it was defeated by a vote of 70 to 70 and pending further consideration the Convention adjourned.
 Work of the Committees.
 The Committee on Education has practically agreed upon its report, but l the Chairman is a member of the Suf- l frage Committee, and is kept so busy | with the work on that subject that | he has not been able to find time to | write the report. He hopes to have it | ready in a few days. It is understood | that 1t is the purpose of the Commit | tee to protect the normal and common | schools as far as possible.
 The Committee on State and County | Boundaries has yet before 1t the Shelby | County Court House matter and 1t is | said the Committee is divided on the | question again. It is likely that a re- port will be made to the Convention, however, providing that the Court House shall not be removed from Co., lumbiana except by a vote of the peo- pie.
 The reported agreement of the sub- Committee on Representation to make an increase in the membership of the two Houses O. the General Assembly is said to be favorably received and if is reported that the whole Commit tee will report favorably on that sug- gestion to the Convention and that 1t will 20 through that body with little opposition. An increase is thought by many to be necessary to get any ap- portionment through.
 The consideration of the judicial sys- tenn is giving the Judiciary Committee much concern, and while there is a strong sentiment in the Convention in favor of increasing the number of Cir cults and abolishing the Chancery Courts altogether, it is not expected that there will be any strong fight made along that line.