The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-26

1O14AC VI tA9C 0EANH&tIEs ttE N~bS M'st1Ab had occurred to me since this resolu- tion was reported, which was made by the gentleman from Jefferson. Mir. White. that on yesterday, and alec on this morning, this Convention was wrong on one proposition, the question of pensioning sheriff's families and after discussing 1t nearly all day they got right.
 Mr Jones (Siontgomery)-YoH got wrong this evening Mr. Wilson (Clarke)-We got right. think, Mr. President, If we are going to have any speeches at all ,thsy ought to be longer than five minutes, and think when the amendment is proposed is the very time a speech. if 1t is effective at all, 1t is said by some other gentlemen, have has been abused to any great extent in this Convention by any gentleman here.
 Mir. Samford-I see that the clock Is within two minutes of adjournment. For the purpose of disposing of this matter, I move that the rules be sus- pended and that we remain in session until we get through with this snuch any way.
 lHere were SoHne eAprSs~toHS ol us sent.
 The President-Does the gentleman from Clarke yield to the gentleman from Pike to move to suspend the rules?
 Mir. Wilson (Clarke)-Yes, sir.
 MT. Samford-This thing is getting serious.
 Upon a vote being taken, a division was called for. and by vote of sixty seven ayes to thirty-four noes, the rules were declared suspended.
 Mir. Samford-I move that this Con- vention remain in session until the pending question is disposed of.
 Mr. Jones-And to order that this ar- ticle be engrossed and put on it's third reading tomorrow so that we can get rid of it.
 Mir. samford-I won't cucumber it with that.
 Mir. Jones (Montgomery)-we have got to do it. and no one will make any fight on it.
 MT. Samford--I move we remain in session until the pending question is disposed of.
 MT. Watts-I understood the Chair to say that the vote was sixty-seven to thirty-four: Is that a two-thirds vote?
 That is the way the Secretary fig ured it. The Chair cannot take the time to make the calculations.
 Mir. Heflin (Chambers)-I make the point of order that if those figures are correct, 1t is not two-thirds vote.
 The President-The Secretary made the figures.
 MT. Watts-It takes seventy-four to make a two-thirds vote.
 MT. Cunningham-The point of order comes too late.
 Mir. Brooks-A point of order is new CT too late to correct an error of that kind. The figures stand for them selves.
 Mr. deGraffenreid-I call for a veri- tication of the vote.
 MT. Williams-The Chair had an- nounced the vote. and other business had been transacted before the point was raised.
 Mir. deGraffenreid-We call for a yer ification of the vote.
 The Presidential seems to the Chair that the point of order comes too late.
 Mir. Brooks-Will the President in- dulge me a moment. We did not know what the decision of the Chair was until 1t was made
 The President-The Chair made the decision. however, and entertained an- other motion, and the Convention had proceeded to other business, and 1t is, therefore, too late to go back and make point of order on the original question.
 MT. Samford-I make the motion that I made awhile ago, that the Conven- tion remain in session until the pend ing question, which is the report of the Committee on Rules, is disposed of.
 Mir. Jones-Won't the gentleman allow formal order to engross this article in order that 1t may be put upon its third reading?
 Mir Samford-I have no objection to the order being made.
 The President--Does the gentleman ask unanimous consent that it be done
 MT. Jones 6Montgomery)-Yes, I do. It is to get rid of the thing.
 The President-The gentleman from Montgomery asks unanimous consent for the engrOssment of the report of the Committee on Executive Depart ment: is there objection? The Chair hears none and it is so ordered.
 MT. Howell-Allow me in connection with that order to move that the Chair man of the Committee on Executive Department see that the bill Is cor rectly engrossed before 1t Is read a third time and passed. We have no committees on enrolled and engrossed bills. and somebody ought to be au- thorized to see that it is correctly en- grossed, because, with the various amendments it Is very easy for the en- crossing clerk to put them sometimes in the wrong place.
 MT. Pitts-I make the point of order there is already a motion pending be- fore the House.
 Mir. Duke-I move to amend the mo tIon of the gentleman from Pike. There are a good many committees to meet this evening at half past five, and 1 move to amend the motion by moving that this Convention remain in session until not later than half past five.
 Upon a vote being taken the amend ment was lost. A division being call ed for. the original motion, by vote of sixty-seven ayes and thirty-eight noes, was carried.
 MT. Wilson (Clarke)-It is urged by some of the delegates in favor of this five minute rule, that the Convention could suspend the rule for any dele gate if he desired the floor longer than that. That is one of the reasons I am opposed to 1t. It would take more time to suspend the rules, and to vote on suspending the rules to determine whether the delegate be allowed to so over the time, than to go on and get through, in this way. I believe, as has already been expressed, that in most of the articles which are to fol- low, unless it be the suffrage and edu- cation, there will not be much discus sion as there has been upon this arti- cle As was expressed by the gentle man, I believe from Chambers, MT. Robinson. the animals were hungry when this article was brought in and