The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01

t0elF CnIl0Ieu. t. MT. Jackson--I would like to ask the gentleman q question. Suppose a man IS out Of employment, or his time Is up. or has been dismissed, he goes out in some other class of business, and he is engaged in that. would he not be lawfully engaged in an occupation of business and regularly engaged? MT. Beddow-No. sir; he would not be regularly engaged in any lawful | business or occupation. because that is not an occupation-hunting for a job is not an occupation.
 | MT. Jackson-Suppose he was out of a job; and hunting another job. would not he be lawfully engaged in hunting l another job of work?
 MT. Beddow-Would you call hunt ing a job. being regularly engaged in some lawful business or occupation? Mir Jackson-Yes, I think so. l. .Mr. Beddow-We differ there. Sup | nose that man was out of work six months. In that event he would be de- | barred from voting, under the exact terms of this provision.
 MT. Cunningham took the Chair. MT. Long (Walker)-Suppose there was a man in the State of Alabama, there are numbers of them, dependent | upon their sons to keep them up. | Would they not be debarred from vot- 1 ing under this, although he might be I able to read and write.
 Mir. Beddow-No, sir; because under the head of physical disability he would not be debarred.
 | MT. Long-Suppose he is not physi- cally disabled, but is an old man and does not want to work?
 + MT. Beddow-Then he would be de- barred from voting.
 l be accomplished in a different way without destroying the balance of the section by putting in proviso that would cover the case you have in | mind-fn case of a strike.
 Mir. Beddow-I would say to the gen. tleman from Dallas that might be so, but I am somewhat of the belief that according to one of the illustrations used here that the right place to kill snake Is to hit him on the head.
 Mir. Hood-Will the gentleman yield to an interruption?
 | MT. Beddow-I yield to everybody. want this matter fully understood.
 MT. Hood-Isn't it true that the Su- preme Court of Alabama has held that a person who holds himself out for employment or Is in readiness for em- ployment is a person employed within the meaning of this subdivision.
 MT. Beddow-No. sir; don't under stand anything of the sort. f Mir. Hood-They have decided that if a person holds himself out for em- ployment, that Is employed in the sense in which it is used in this second subdivision.
 MT. Beddow-In the sense that he IS not a tramp or vagrant. Do they say he is regularly employed in trade or calling.
 Mir. Hood-They do in the sense used in this subdivision and make him pay a license. They have decided the point in license cases.
 MT Reese-Mr. President
 President pro tem-For what purpose does the gentleman arise?
 Mr. Reeee-To make a remark.
 The President pro tem-The Chair will be delighted to hear the gentleman in a moment The gentleman from Barbour has the floor.
 MT. Dent-The gentleman from Eto- wah states the proposition that l real ly intended to discuss when l sought recognition by the Chair, and that was that a man who holds himself out reg ularly as ready to be engaged in bus mess. would come under the provision: of this article. Take for instance ths case of a young man who has just beer licensed to practice law. He may have very little business, not even a case ol brief in a year. Yet if he held him. self out ready to do that business when. 1t came along he would not bt disqualified under the provisions O. this section. The same might be true of a young physician and cases of likt kind. Gentlemen. 1t seems to me tha the amendment offered by the gentle man from Pike gives all the qualifi' cations that is necessary for this ar ticle. The law of labor. MT. President was placed upon our race by the pri' mal curse. and we ought not to be afraid of 1t. It is really one of the curses of this country that we are afraid of it as I sometimes think wher I hear preachers and moralists talk ing SO much about violating the com mandments and observing the seventh day and keeping 1t holy. I have nc objection to that. I think it is al right, but I think they some times stretch that particular part of the commandments a little too much and they become one-sided in their views and forget the other clause which, ac- cording to my interpretation and opin' ion of 1t. is just as imperative anc just as binding. We hear men talking about enforcing the law for observing the Sabbath and that 1t should bt properly kept. 1 feel that l want tc offer an amendment that they also bt required to observe the other part oi the commandment that for six day: thou shalt labor and do thy work. Yol do not hear much about that, but it |: there. and it is just as imperative ant binding and as important, and if 2 man labors daily with his hands tc supply his necessities. he is not vio- | JatinP that commandment
 It seems to me that the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pike is a good one and it seems to me that Il leaves the clause reaching a clas: that ought to be reached oJ this provision and that is idlers tramps, men who have no ostensiblt Lemployment and who do not hold them selves out for employment, and vel who have no visible means of support t Under Article VI, you have to convict a man of these crimes before he is dis qualified. It seems to me, MT Presi' dent, that the amendment ought to bt adopted.
 MT. Chapman-In your opinion, doe: the amendment offered by the gentle man from Pike embrace that class oi young men who are supported by theh fathers?
 MT. Dent-I think it coes. They would be qualified under that amend ment
 MT. Chapman-Would they be consid cred as having visible means of sup port?
 MT. Dent-Certainly if their father. supported them and they have home