The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-30

tended to the gentleman.
 MT. Wilson (Clarke)-That being the case, I withdraw the request.
 The Convention thereupon adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Convention met pursuant to ad- journment there being 90 delegates present upon the call of the roll. | MT. Heflin of Randolph. took the
 Chair.
 l. MT. Sentell-I would like to have
 unanimous consent to introduce short resolution to be referred to the proper Committee.
 Unanimous consent was given. The Secretary read the resolution as | follows:
 Resolution 274 by Mir. Sentell:, Whereas. there are many members
 of,this Convention who desire to give some expression of their views upon ] the question now under consideration,
 and whereas. they will not be permit | ted to do so under the present rule of | long speeches. Therefore, be it,
 Resolved That on tomorrow. Tues | day. up until F o'clock. the hour of voting, all speeches be limited to five
 minutes in length.
 Referred to Committee on Rules. MT. Miller CWilcox)-Mr. President, | l sion granted at the close of the morn ing session At that time was speak ing on the subject of the registration
 under our pending article. The article provides for a constitutional registra- | ton which is a temporary registration | as stated. The registrars appointed 1 under this constitutional system of reg | istration go out of office on the first day of January, 1903, they cease to ex- istN as registrars after 1903, then comes
 into existence the permanent system of
 registration under this article. No
 provision is made for that except to state that the legislature shall provide for registration under the terms of the system. The Committee on Suffrage deemed 1t wise to provide a system of registration because the legislature will not meet in time to do this. That is the main reason for the registration system which is provided for in our Constitution and which is presented to you in this article. It has been stased on the floor. and 1 have heard it off of the floor. that registrars are to be appointed three in each county under the small consideration of pay of $2 per day. that this would secure in the service of the State. in this great and
 important work. third class men. Mir. President and gentlemen of the Con- vention. your Committee had that se- riously under consideration what pay should be given registrars under this system. We looked at the expense of registering the entire voting popula-
 tion of the State. and saw that it
 would cost great deal. Propositions of threA dollars, two dollars and half and two dollars day were seriously argued and considered by the Commit tee. As a matter of economy to the State. two dollars per day was adopt ed. and I believe that will secure for the service of the State good men in every county. The article designates and photographs these men to the Governor and Commissioner of Agri- culture and to the Auditor, gives them what kind of men should be appointed in the county, reputable and suitable men. Now. MT. President, we believe that in every county in the State, not solely for the consideration of two dol lars per day will that secure suitable and competent men, but we will se- cure good men. and this will pay their expenses and they will largely con- tribute their services in honor of the State and to help us in this great cause. It is not considered that the two dollars per day will be full com pensation for this great work, but >in connection with the patriotism of our people, at least in our part of the State, we are satisfied we can secure good men. the best in the county to serve the State of Alabama in this great work.
 MT. deGraffenreid-May I interrupt the gentleman moment? The State of Alabama only pays these delegates to this Convention four dollars per day, and they pay their own expenses.
 MT. Miller-Yes. sir; and the regis trars in canvassing the counties in the State of Alabama will have very little expense unless in crossing river and paying ferriage. Two dollars per day will be ample to meet any ex- pense that they will be put to, and more too. Of course large counties like Jefferson and Montgomery and Mobile. where they have to lodge and spend a great deal of time, in those large cities they will have more ex- pense than out in the rural districts, but with us in the rural districts-and we constitute the great body of the State of Alabama-the registrars will go from beat to beat. and from pre- cinct to precinct and not have any lodging or horse feed to pay, only. oc- casionally to be put across the river at small ferriage charge. So we al- lowed that two dollars would secure all over the State of Alabama cOmpe- tent. suitable and patriotic men who will discharge this duty to the State of Alabama. Mir. President, as has already been alluded to in theN argu- ment made by our distinguished Pres ident. we selected the Governor Au- ditor and Commissioner of Agricul- ture because they resided in different parts of the State. One. the Auditor. in North Alabama. the Commissioner CT of Agriculture in the Rack Belt, and the Governor in the southeastern portion of the State. so that in set ting this gHAlt question of registrars, every portion of the State will be full ly. fairly and equally represented. We have endeavored in this article, MT. President. and in all these clauses that are under argument to present to this Convention a fair disposition of this great question. which is the question which brought us together. So, MT. President. we see that there is no ground. there is no serious ground. there is no real ground for any man charge that this scheme is left open for some unlawful purpose. Why. it might be as easily charged that the door is open in Jefferson County. as that the door is open in Wilcox Coun- ty Is it to be said and is it to be understood. that because we have maintained up 10 this good hour the supremacy of the white man in the black county outside of the law, that