The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
MENTION IS PLEDGED ] <. !. \, TO SUBMIT INSTRUMENT


 ton to this committee coming from
 him. He will furnish the convention
 for this sum two hundred copies of the supplement free of charge.
 If 1t Is desired to have this done, we
 will begin delivering copy to him at 1 o'clock each day, and thereafter. with
 sufficient rapidity. copy will be deliver
 ed to him to keep the printers busy and
 enable the same to have the same
 printed in the morning paper. We will do this for twenty-five hun.
 dred dollars for the first thirty work
 ing days of the convention.
 Should the session of the convention
 extend beyond that time, we win per form the same work during the addi-
 tional time over thirty days for the
 sum of S425 per week or fraction there of.
 Should it not be desired to print these proceedings daily as above out lined, we will report the proceedings and lay on the table of the secretary | each morning a complete and SAcurate
 report of the previous days session for $2.250 for the first thirty working days of the session, and $350 per week
 or fraction thereof in excess of that time.
 As there are others seeking this con- tract, and as the work will not be of any service to the convention or State unless absolutely accurate, we are will ing to submit the following test: That our corps of reporters and the corps of any other applicant or applicants talk i ing proceedings on any day named by the committee, and then let the com mittee order both corps to transcribe | fha tr hnf l committee and read from shorthand I whatever may be desired, and let the contract be awarded the corps showing | the greatest facility in reading or mak- l ing the best transcript as the case may be.
 We wish to assure the committee that we have a corps of reporters whose ability to do this work cannot be ques- tioned, and we are so we'll satisfied ourselves on that point that We will gladly submit to the severe test of abil- ity above proposed if it is required. We are ready to name our corps of | reporters to the committee, and would suggest the advisability of having other | applicants do the same, that the com- mittee may judge as to whether any particular corps can or cannot do the work in a satisfactory manner.
 If either of these propositions is &C., | Cepteu, we request IHc CoihAitltCC to recommend the appointment of F. O. Hoffman of Mobile and E. l.. May of Montgomery. jointly. as the official stenographers.
 | Respectfully submitted. | Francis O. Hoffman. l E. L. May. This last proposition, including the printing, would amount in the aggre- gate to $3,100.00 per month of twenty H. z-. .s,-tr 1a set forth therein.
 The proposition of MT. McGauly for the same length of time or twenty-six days would cost $1.S200O. No test was made by the committee as to the capacity or efficiency of the bidders, as we had no opportunity in our limited time, but, presuming that each of them were capable, and to fix their responsibility for doing the work accurately, We recommend that the successful bidder be required to give a bond payable to the State of Ala l bama, to be approved by the President of this convention, in the sum of s1. .500.00, and conditioned that he per- form his duties as such reporter ac- cording to the terms of his contract. Your committee recommend a full and complete report of the proceedings of this convention, and as MT. Me- | Gduly pTOpOSlLlOu leSS expense to the State than that of Messrs. Hoffman and May, the commit tee recommend that 1t be accepted by the convention.
 Should the aforesaid report be adopt ed by the convention, your committee recommend the adoption of the follow ing proposition:
 Resolved, That the President of this convention be, and he is hereby, au- Al A~. tw-A. -A xnrsA h Mir. Pat HaoSauly tS furnish daily correct and fun stenographic report of the proceedings of this convention, and to require him to enter into bond with good surety in the penal sum of q, ,50O.0O, payable to the State of Alabama, for the faithful performance of his con- tract. And any substantial failure on the part of said McGauly to comply with his said contract, shall be deemed a breach of said bond.
 Your committee ask the adoption of this report, and that they be discharged. \ Wm. c. Oates,
 for the Committee.
 General Oates-The report sufficient ly explains itself unless some delegate desires further explanation. move its adoption. One member of the com mittee, the delegates from Lauderdale, dissents from it in part and desires an opportunity to present his minority re- port. |;
 MT. Ashcraft-I present a minority report.
 The delegate read his minority rs- port as follows:
 MT. President and Gentlemen of the
 Conventions:
 The undersigned member of the spe- cial committee appointed to consider the propriety and expense of steno- graphic report of all the proceedings of this Convention, feels constrained to dissent from the opinion of the major ity and begs leave to submit the fol- lowing minority report:
 The journals of this Convention will contain a full record of all its official proceedings. The stenographic report will contain in addition to these pro- ceedings, full report of all speeches and debates. The majority claimed three advantages for a report of these speeches and debates.
 First-It is claimed that they will throw great light in the future upon the true interpretation of the Consti- tuition. I cannot concur in this view. We and those who are to come after us will yet be wiser than we now are. We will write a new Constitution with patriotic purposes based upon the highest reasons within our grasp and make the nobleet uses of 1t we can. Hereafter the same patriotism, in the light of new and happier experiel 2es, will find higher reasons for our action, and IoiJiST JisSS fer S3r work When