The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-17
xonrY-s1xrH DAY.
MONTGOMERY. ALA,


 q Rrou5Gent and opened with prayer oy @kn Rsv. MT. .. B. McDsniei. ss foi-
 xIrn,rhty God, we come openly and .t o.1xAlv fo d throne of mercy to find ~1nce to help in time of need. We be- 6S<ch Thee to bless this Convention in 2 m theIr deliberations this day. Accord N IF 10 our individual ne1sssities let Thy rrnce come to us this day. we ask Thse to come into our heart ana see 2 our need exactly, and supply our want out of Thy grace. that we may not De { hindrances to one another. but helps; that we may throw no cloud upon each { others path, but all the possible sun chine and joy. Help us to bear one onothcrs burdens. and so fulfih the law 1T Christ" In our prayers we would remember our loved ones at home, the o1ck, the weary shut up with pain, the 1oor,s the desolate. the feeble. the in- Z firm. the friendless. The Lords bless 1nss be upon this city, this state. the whole earth---its nations and peoples and tongues and languages. We ask these blessings through the merits or our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ. Amen.
 Upon the call of the ron l2o delegates responded to their names. # Leavee of absence were granted as follows: MT. Ashcraft. today and until noon tomorrow; MT. AacA. smith for today; MT. Graham (Talladegal for to- day; indefinite leave for Mir. Beavers on account of sickness.
 Mir. Cobb (Macon) here took the I chair.
 The President pro tem-The secretary win call the roll of delegates for the i'm Production of ordinances. resolutions. etc.
 MT. deGraffenried-I move that the call of the roll this morning for the in- xroduction of ordinances be dispensed with. and that the rules be suspended for the purpose of making that motion.
 Mir. Stanford (Pike)-Before that is put I ask unanimous consent to intro duce short resolution and have 1t re- xerred.
 The consent was given and the reso- 1ution was read as follows:
 Resolution No. PAS: /
 Resolved. That the General Assembly of this State is hereby instructed at Its next session to reduce the tag tax on fertilizers to an amount not to ex- 7 ceed 10 cents per ton.
 MT. Sanford Pike)-I ask that the resolution be referred to the Committee on Amending the Constitution and Ms celianeous Provisions.
 And the resolution was so referred.
 Upon a vote being taken the rules were suspended and the call of the roll of delegates dispensed with.
 Mfr Knox-Mr. President, I desire to make 8 report for the Committee on Rules.
 The same was read as follows:
 Resolution No. PAT. by Committee on Rules.
 Resolved. That the report of the Committee on Suffrage be taken up for consideration by the Convention imme- diately after the reading of the Journal on Tuesday. July 23d. unless sooner reached in its regular order; provided that if the Convention on that ray has under consideration the report of any other standing committee such report shall be laid aside and shall be again taken up as soon as the article on Suf- frage and Elections has been disposed of.
 MT. Knox-The resolution just offered Ss in accordance with the action of the Democratic caucus by which this mat ter was considered. and the Committee on Rules direct me to report that reso- lution to carry their action into effect. I therefore move the adoption of the resolution. and upon that I move the previous question.
 Upon vote being taken the main question was ordered. and upon a fur fher vote the resolution was adopted.
 The report of the Committee on Journal was read:
 Mir. Browne-I desire to call attention 10 an error in the Journal MT. Banks Is shown to have voted no on motion made by me to lay upon the table the minority report
 Mr. Kirkland-I rise to T point of or der. The question before the House is 4he adoption or rejection of the report of the Committee on the JournalS
 MT. Browne-I rise for the purpose of showing that the Journal Is incorrect.
 Mir. Kirkland-I misunderstood the gentleman from Talladega.
 MT, ,Browne-The Journal shows tha: Mr. Banks voted no upon the motion made bysme to lay upon the table the minority report in the Shelby matter. AIr. Banks is not present. but he did vote no. and immediately thereafter changed his vote to aye. call on the gentleman from Calhoun (Mr. Martini to substantiate my statement, as he sat next to him. Is that not correct?
 MT. Kirkland Dale)-L cannot state. I was not here and do not know wheth- CT that was the case or not. but I was Informed by MT. Julian, the secretary, that the report of the Committee on the Journal is correct. and the Jour nal itself is correct and that the gen. tleman, Mir. Banks, l believe it is, would answer that the Journal is in fact correct.
 MT. Browne-I state. Mir. President, that I distinctly heard the gentleman vote from my seat over here. He did vote no. and the secretary could not hear. because he went on with the call ing of other names, but MT. Banks inn mediately afterwards said I voted aye, and the gentleman from Calhoun, Mir. Martin. who was sitting close to him, can coroborrate my statement.
 MT. Martin-That is my recollection of the matter.
 Mir. Browne-I do not desire to change his vote, but I desire the Jour- nal to speak the truth. He did change his vote from no to aye. and the secre- fary did not catch it as he was calling the roll.
 Mir. deGraffenried-1f I am in order ] move that the matter as to how MT Banks voted be deferred to some other time when MT. Banks is present and he then be allowed to say how he did vote upon that question.
 Mir. Browne-I am perfectly willing to that. so the Journal is not approved as 1t stands.
 The President pro tem-The question is on the adoption of the report of thC Committee on the Journal.
 Upon a vote being taken the repor was adopted.
 The President here resumed the chair