The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-03
sIxTY-FIRsT Day.
 MONTGOMERY, ALA.
Friday. August ?. 1901

the President, and opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Marshall as toi- lows:
 ..Oh, Lord. our Heavenly Father, we come before Thee with praise and Thanksgiving that Thou hast brought us unto another day, with all it's privi- leges and its duties. We pray Thee for grace and strength to sustain us in the discharge of every duty and for an appreciation of our privileges. May we appreciate the privilege of life, health and strength. food and raiment, of law and order, and above all may we appreciate the privilege of eternal life offered to him that cometh unto Thee. Give us, we pray Thee, strength that we may overcome temptation, grace that We may endure trial wisdom that We may discern what IS right and courage that We may discharge every duty. May we lean upon Thee. May we look to Thee for strength and for help. May the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts be &C., ceptable in Thy sight, O Lord. our strength and our Redeemer. 'f Have mercy on us according to Thy loving kindness and according to the multi tude of Thy tender merces. Blot out all of pur transgressions. Bless each and every member of this Convention and bless their families. Bless us all according to our every need. and guide us through this day. through all life. and at last in Heaven receive us, we ask for Christ's sake. Amen.
 Upon the call of the roll. 10S dele gates responded to their names. Leaves of absence were granted to the following delegates. Mir. Hender- son for Saturday and Monday: MT. Sor- rei for this afternoon: Mir. Knight for tomorrow and Monday; MT. Williams of Eimore for tomorrow and Monday: MT. Williams of Barbour for Monday and until 12 o'clock Tuesday: Mir. Kirk lard for Saturday and Monday; Mir. Sollie for the afternoon session of to- day and tomorrow: Mir. Heflin of Ran dolph for Saturday.
 Mir. Saaford-I desire4yto have corr rected something in the stenographic report. They made the correction yes terday morning and they attributed what said the day before to my friend tMr. Samford) from Pike County. Now. he has such reputation and character that he can bear many things. but do not wish to impose any of my sayings upon him. It is said that Mir. Sanford said so and so. I would suggest to the steEogra phcrs if they would put after Mir. Stanford "of Pike and after Mir. Sanford "of Montgomery 1t would be better II should be Sanford instead of Sanford on the first page.
 Mir. Sanford tt'ike)-On yesterday morning, by reason of the lateness of the train. was delayed in coming into the morning session for about an hour. During my absence. notice in the stenographic report that the gentle man from Jefferson (Mr. Beddow) in rising to point of personal privilege, said "I explained to the gentleman (re- ferring to myself) I thought cnat the putting in of the subdivision about the descendants of soldiers. would imperil the whole plan. At that same time. he expressed himself as being satisfied that I was right in the stand I took but he wanted it there because there were a number of ignorant people throughout the State that such plank would be catchy to them. and would get a large number of votes for the ratification of this Constitution. ] want to say as a matter of personal privilege that the statement is not as- curate. What did say to the gentle man from Jefferson was that while thought perhaps .he clause as to good moral character would cover the en- tire white race. that there was a lack of confidence among a great number ot he citizens of this State as to what that clause meant. and that l wanted the grandfather clause put in in order to create confidence among my people. and I did not state it was for the pur- pose Of catching the ignorant vote.
 Mir Sanford (Pike)-I ask unanimous consent to make a report from the Committee on Engrossment. desire to report Resolution No 1sS with An adverse report The Committee also instructs me to report Resolution No 199. ~i:h an adverse report
 Mir. Rogers (Sumter)-I rise for the purpose of making all explanation Yesterday Mir. Fits. it is reported, said "There is danger in the whole thing. I understood the gentleman to say, That is the gist of the whole thing" Tha twas in the interrogatory he made me yesterday about the registrars and my reply.
 Mir. Fitts-What page?
 Mir. Rogers-Third page, fourth column.
 Mir. Fitts-I think that is what l said
 Mir. Rogers--I wanted to make that statement. l thought he said that was the gist of the whole question. l want to say do not think there IS any danger about the registrars to the peace and happiness of the people of Alabama. l think in this system we have devised the only possible means of putting this law into execution. It matters not what sort of law you enact, you must always have officers to carry that law out, and I believe the registrar system is the very system, and the only system which any people can adopt to preserve the liberties of all the people. and to keep out of the electorate the vicious and the ignorant. That is the correction l wish to make,
 Mir. Graham-I am requested hy the Committee on Suffrage to ask that the Convention excuse them few minutes.
 The President-The Committee on Suffrage ask unanimous consent to sit for a few moments during the Con- vention. There is no objection.
 Mir. RogeS-Yesterday was what?
 The President
 Mir. Rogers-The stenugra phc report is headed Wednesday .and should be corrected.
 The report of the Committee on the Journal was read stating that the jour nal for the sixtieth day had been ex- amined and found correct. and the same was adopted.
 Resolution No. 199, reported by the Committee on Engrossment was read. as follows:
 Resolution No. 199 by MT Howell (Cleburne.)
 Resolved, That what ever clerical as- sistance may be necessary to be em-