The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-27
DIR. W. s. VIVIAN CHOSEN
 SUCCEEDS DIR. J. K. POWERS

said the Convention was grovelling among guano sacks when it should be attended to the business for which the delegates had been elected. He ac- cused some of the delegates of making "'goo goo eyes at the hill billies of Ala bama." He deplored the aspersions which had been cast upon the Leg islature which he said was usually a distinguished body of men which came fresh from the loins of the people. In conclusion MT. Opp urged the Conven- ton to let legislative matters alone and busy itself with making Consti- tuition. He said he yielded his admi- ration for the farmers of Alabama to no man, but he said he had some love as well for doctors, lawyers and all oth- CTS who had vote and some who had not.
 MT. Burns of Dallas. asked MT. opp a question about the Agricultural Schools and in answering him MT. opp threw the Convention into nt or laughter by characterizing MT. Burns as "a rare compound of Justinian and Josh Billings"
 Mr. Bulger of Tallapoosa spoke in favor of the Sanford amendment. He said he had not heard a gentleman de- clare that the tag tax was a just tax. He said 1t had been stated that its re- peal would lose to Alabama large amount of money. He said Of the sam ford amendment was adopted 1t would leave this money in the pockets of the farmers of Alabama and If left there 1t would not be lost. Mir. Bulger said he thought fertilizers ought to be an- alyzed but he thought the tax was too great.
 In closing his remarks MT. Bulger ar gued that 1t vase proper to put the provision In the Constitution. He said 1t was limitation of taxation tn Ala barna. He said in due time he would offer a substitute providing for a re- duction of the fertilizer tax to 10 cents to become effective January l, 1903.
 MT. Long of Walker said he regretted that owing to an absence from the Con- vention he had not had the pleasure of hearing but two days of the debate on this subject. Q4aughter.) He said he was a merchant and had sold Euano for twenty years. He made the dellb- crate statement that the farmer would not be benefited by repeal of the t"x. He did not believe the proposition had any place in the Constitution. It prob ably would have been repealed by the last Legislature if Governor Sanford had not suggested to the Committee on Agriculture that its repeal would be unwise. He said Georgia did not give a guaranteed analysis of fertilizers. Alabama gave a guaranteed analysis.
 Mir. Malone of Henry. who is also merchant and seller of fertilizer. cor rected Mir. Long. Mir. Malone said that Georgia demanded that fertilizers should come up to a certain standard.
 Continuing his argument MT. Long presented facts about the fertilizer business. He said 1t was unfair to say that Alabama merchants paid more for fertilizer than Georgia merchants. He had not heard farmers complain of the tax and he hoped 1t would not be re. peaied.
 MT. Long moved to table the amend mente providing for the repeal of the tag tax aad MT. Sanford endeavored to close the debate but Mir. Long declined to withdraw the motion.
 MT. Sanford then demanded an aye and nay vote, which was ordered.
 By the close vote of 6S ayes and oS noes, the Convention tabled the amend ments, and thereby refused to place in the section a clause repeating the tag tax law.
 MT. Sanford of Pike gave notice that he will today move to take the amend ment from the table.
 Captain White of Jefferson sent Tor ward and had read an amendment 70 the first section of the article on Tax ation, This amendment provides that no tax shall be imposed for the inspec- tion of any commodity in excess of the actual cost of such inspection.
 MT. Boone of Mobile made the point of order that the amendment was not germane to the section under considera- tlon. The chairman. MT. Hefiin or Chambers. ruled that this was mat ter for the Convention to decide.
 Captain White addressed the Con- vention on his amendment. He said that any tax for inspection greater than the cost of inspection was usurpation. He said that the oppon- ents of the measure proposed to INb the poor to feed the rich.
 The hour of adjournment having ar rived, Captain White suspended his remarks.
 MT. Morrissett of Monroe submitted a resolution directing the General As- sembly to reduce the fertilizer tag tax to 10 cents, and at the same time to make provision for the Agricultural schools of Alabama. The resolution was referred to Committee on Legis- lative Department.
 MT. Eyster of Morgan sent forward and had read a telegram signed by w. R. Riser of Huntsville, suggesting that the Convention be removed to Monte Sano on account of the warm weather.
 The reading of the telegram was re- ceived with laughter. and Mir. Sanford of Pike moved that the telegram be re- ferred to the Committee on Tempera- ture.'
 The Convention then at 5:05 o'clock adjourned without action upon the telegram.