The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-14
EFIcIAI REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

thereof the word eleven" The Com mittee reports favorably on the reso- lution as amended, and recommends that it, as amended, be adopted by the Convention. Said resolution as amend ed reads as follows:
 Resolved. That subdivision 6, of rule | p be amended so as to read as fol- lows: 6. Call of the roll in alphabet | ical order for the introduction of reso- lutions, memorials. petitions and ordi- nances and their proper reference. But | if the roll call is not completed by l eleven o'clock of any day, the Conven- l tion shall at that hour proceed with the next regular order of business. The Committee herewith returns to | the Convention the resolutions herein- | above referred to. will be what disposition will the Con- | yention make of Resolution 1S6, re- | ported adversely from the Committee on Rules.
 | MT. Boone-I move that the resolu- | tion be adopted as reported by the Committee adversely.
 The President-The gentleman from Mobile moves that the resolution be adopted. the report of the Committee | notwithstanding.
 Mir. Boone-No. stated it awkward ly but I mean to say that the report | of the Committee be adopted. That the renort of the Committee be concurred | in.
 The Presidential the opinion of the Chair. the question will be on the adop- tion or the I1jection of the resolution l The resolution Is before the ConVen- l tion for its consideration.
 Mir. Brooks-Inasmuch as there are l several subjects embraced in the report | of the Committee, and the Convention | Is not familiar with all the subject matters embraced in those resolutions or in this report, I move that the con alteration of the report of the Commit tee be laid over until the session on tomorrow after the reading or the 1our- l nal.
 pone consideration.
 MT. Oates-I do not see what we VIII gain by that. We may as well conslo- CT, the report now. Tomorrow a1ter- noon 1t will consume. just as mucn time. and probably more by delaying until then If there are any complca
 tion of subjects. they can be separateu
 and acted upon separately. It seems to me that if the delegate from MO- bile would withdraw his motion' we could dispose of the matter very soon' and if he desires a division, we can have that. ,v, T had in making the motion was, II IL goes over until tomorrow, 1t would ap- pear in the stenographic report tonor, row morning, and every delegate woulo Ihaye an opportunity of reading the res oIutions. and as it is now before the convention by very cursory and rapia reading by the clerk, I think we Will save time by considering 1t then, m stead of now, because we will nave the opportunity of reading them. AS a
 matter of course, it will have to De divided. We can't take up several res olutions, bearing on different suo1ects' and act on them together.
 MT. Oates-Suppose we have 1t read again. 4. | MT. Brooks-Before the motion IS
 nut. I ask for a reading of the report.
 The report was again read.
 Tho Presldent--The chair understands
 where several resolutions are sent up bv the Committee on Rules, the Ques- tion will be on each resolution Ill oroer' and not on them all together. So the chair stated to the convention that the question now will be as to what this Convention will do with the resolution that has been reported by the com
 mittee-No. 136. The Secretary will read the resolution.
 The resolution was again read. -------
 MT. Oates-Does the committee re- port. as I understand 1t, adversely?
 The Presidential has been reported adversely by the Committee on Rules.
 Mir Smith (Mobile)-As l understand
 it the motion now is that the report Of the committee be concurred in, So lar
 as that resolution is concerned, and
 that it be not adopted. I merely want
 ed to state, the question has been be- fore the Rules Committee several
 times, and they have considered IL
 might arise, and frequently does arise,
 that a member, after the convention
 has met, obtains information in regard
 to sickness or other matters connected
 with his family or business engage
 ments that would make it necessary for
 him to ask for leave of absence, after
 the hour mentioned, or in some in-
 stances before that hour, and the com mittee did not, therefore, deem IL "lse to restrict the right of members to op- tain leaves of absence to one partlcu-
 lar hour, and for that reason they ao- versed the resolution.
 MT. Oates-I would like to ask the : delegate from Mobile if it is not very
 easy matter, if too many leaves are being granted, to object?
 MT. Smith (Mobile)-Yes.
 The Presidential the opinion of the
 chair, the question is not on the adop- ton of the report of the committee
 The question is on the adoption or re-
 lection of the resolution adversely re-
 ported by the committee. The chair
 hears no notion
 MT. Espy-Mr. Chairman, l move that
 the resolution be rejected. MT. O'Neal Lauderdale)-l move that it be laid on the table.
 MT. deGraffenreid-As l understand ) it-
 The President-What is the motion oi
 the gentleman from Henry? MT. Espy-That the resolution be re-
 jected, which Is equivalent to a concur renee in the adverse report.
 Mir. BeddoW-I move that the resolu- tion be laid on the table.
 Seconded.
 The motion to table was carried . The P.esident-The question now E on the next resolution. The secretary will read the resolution.
 The resolution was read as set out
 in the report of the committee. l Mr. White-I move that the resolu- ton be adopted as amended. Mir Pettus-I rise to a question ol inquiry. , The President-The gentleman vii . state the question of inquiry. MT. Pettus-Do l understand that ls a resolution amending the rules? un' der the rules, will that not have to lay on the table for one day?
 The President-The resolution was in
 troduced and referred to the commit tee. ana that would cover the rule re