The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-22

Of the ConStitutfonal COnVentiou was , duly received. The resolution was read 10 the Alabama Press Association and received with satisfaction. I was instructed to extend thanks for the handsome recognition of this Associa- l ton by a convention which will rank in history as one of the most important that every assembled in this State. Very respectfully. J. A. Roundtree, | Secretary Alabama Press Association. Mir. Harrison--I ask uanimous con- sent to introduce a resolution, which | Is short and I think will commend it. self to the convention.
 Resolution No. 173 by Mir. Harrison: Resolved, That the Committee on Rules be and are hereby instructed to l fix the time in which all ordinances re- | ported by committees shall be consider | ed by this convention and at the ex- piration of the time so fixed the previ- | ous question shall be considered as l ordered and the convention shall pro- | ceed to vote upon the ordinance re- | ported.
 Resolved further. That half of the | time fixed by the Committee on Rules | for the consideration of any ordinance | shall be allowed to the committee re- porting the same and the other half to I those proposing amendments and op- | posing the ordinance.
 Referred to Committee on Rules. Mir. Cobb-I ask uanimous consent to | introduce two very short resolutions.
 in the interest of saving time to this convention. to be referred to the Com l mittee on Rules.
 Resolution IA by Mir. Cobb. s Resolved. That rule 17 of this con- vention be amended by striking out | the word thirty in the ninth line and | inserting the word ten, so as to limit | the right to close the debate-after the call for the previous question has been
 sustained. to ten minutes. Referred to Committee on Rules. Resolution 175 by MT. Cobb: @ | Resolved, That requests for leave of | absence shall be made to the speaker | who is empowered to grant the same | without taking up the time of the con- | vention.
 ! Referred to Committee on Rules.
 Mr. Graham (Talladega)-I have a
 substitute for the Committees resolu- tion 151.
 MT. deGrafsenried-Tha Is the reso- iution that was under discussion on l yesterday?
 MT. .Graham-Yes. l Mir. deGraffenried-Then I make the point of order that it is out of order.
 The point of order was then with | drawn.
 Mir Samford-T will renew the ob- 1 jection, MT. President Let it come up | in it's regular order. | The Presidens-The Chair will state | to the gentleman from Talladega that | this will be in order when that regular | order is reached, and there is a motion | which the Chair will place before the | convention on this subject just as soon | as the gentleman from Greene returns. l Mir. Lomax-I ask unanimous consent | for the Committee on Preamble and | Declaration of Rights to submit a re-
 port, that it may be read and printed,
 and lie Ion the table.
 l The President-Does the gentleman | request that the report be read at this | time?
 MT. Lomax-That is the rule. as I
 understand it.
 The President-The report will be
 read, lie on the table and be printed.
 Mir. Blackwell-This is a minority re- port on the same subejct and I ask
 that it be printed and lie on the table. The President-Unanimou consent is
 asked that the report of the Commit
 tee be read: is there any objection to
 received and reading the report of the Committee on Preamble and Declara-
 tion of Rights? . -
 Mir. Pillans-I object sir. I think
 it will save time.
 Mir. Boone-Under the rules it has to
 be read twice, sooner or later. : | Mr. Pillans-If my objection wil | avail, insist upon 1t, because l think
 this convention is wasting too much
 time here in reading. The report will
 be printed, and each gentleman will
 read 1t, and it will then be read sec | tion by section.
 1 Mir. Lomax-The rules of this con- | vention require that the report of a
 committee, and the article submitted
 by the committee, shall be read before
 this convention, before 1t shall lie on
 the table or be printed. If there Is
 single committee of this convention, | whose report is unworthy to be read
 before 1t, that committee ought not to 1 have been appointed by this conven- tion. If there is an article in the pra- | posed constitution that does not de- I serve to be heard by the delegates of l the people, in convention assembled, we | ought not to have such article in the constitution. In view of the objection | of the gentleman from Mobile, move | that the rules be suspended, and that | the report be read for the infOrmatio0 | of the convention.
 l Mir. Brooks-I rise to a point of
 order. The convention has already
 allowed the Chairman of the Commit
 tee to submit his report, and under the
 rules 1t must be read. unless the rules
 are suspended.
 The President-The gentleman from | Montgomery asked unanimous consent to submit the report of the Committee | on Preamble and Declaration of
 Rights, and that the report be read
 and lie on the table and be printed; | the Chair stated the question to the l convention and there was objection.
 Now the gentleman from Montgomery
 moves a suspension of the rules MT. Lomax-I desire to say further,
 Mr. President, that whenever there
 comes a time in the history of consti- l tutional government, when a constitu- r tional Convention will refuse to hear
 read the declaration of the rights of | the people, the time is approaching
 when free government on the American
 continent will be in danger. MT. Pillans.-A word. shall not
 permit myself to be put in false atti- | tude by any eloquent remarks of fel-
 low delegate to this convention, via out replying. We have sat here twenty-five days I believe, and we
 have not yet adopted the first article
 reported to this convention. We have
 no prospect of ever getting through
 progress. We halt at every turn, to
 discuss matters not connected with the
 organic law of the State, and am fVNnn out