The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-15

much to object to anything of that sort, but this will have the effect of putting the gentleman upon record, and 1T we start anything of this sort, there will be no end to it. and l there fore object to it.
 Mir. heese-I move that the rules be suspended and that the gentleman be he desires.
 The Presidential seems to the Chair it could only be done by unanimous consent.
 MT. White-I voted the same way and under the same misapprehension. and of course without consent l could not change my vote from aye to no, but I would like for the Convention to consent for me to make that change. If it does not. l desire to make this statement in explanation or my position.
 The President-The stenographer will take note of the statements of the gentlemen.
 Mir. Graham lladega)-Gentlemen of the Convention. this question: l yield to the gentleman from Lee. Mir. Harrison-I desire to make the same statement as made by the gentle man from Jefferson, MT. White. l in- tended to vote against the passage of | that measure. l voted against Its adoption, and not hearing sufficiently when it was passed I voted aye when | I desired to vote no.
 l The PresidentlThe stenographer will take note of the statement of the gen. | tleman from Lee.
 l MT Boone-J desire to vote aye on the Article on Exemptions. l wash present at the time. and l ask unanl- nous consent to be allowed to vote aye.
 ! Mir. Sanford (Pike)-I. make the same objection.
 The President-The Chair could not entertain a request of that kind with out unanimous consent It would ere ate a precedent here and we would never get through with the business before us.
 MT. Proctor-I desire for the same reason to be recorded as voting no on the Article on Representation.
 The President-There is objection. The gentleman may state how he | would have voted.
 MT. Proctor-I would have voted no. The President-The stenographer will take note of it.
 l MT. Graham (Talladega)-Mr. Presi- dent and gentlemen of the Convention. the Committee on Education desires to  matters. and We have heard extensive | discussions upon this subject. l want to meet the argument made by the | gentleman from Lauderdale in behalf of his amendment which provides that the school fund shall be kept the same as 1t is now. The first objection to 1t is that it is indefinite. Who knows l what "it is now" except few ofn- cials, and in a few years 1t will be mea ningless section in the new Con stitution. The objection that he makes to thirty cents as a permanent public school fund is that possibly in a few years ten cents will be enough The | gentleman must make that statement in total ignorance of the fact that the public school term in Alabama last year for white schools was sixty-eight days, less than three months and a half, and the school teachers drew the pitiful salary of twenty-five dollars and five cents per month for that length of time. l am surprised that that gentlemen who earn good fees and draw good salaries and have positions the year round can make such state ments as this in the case of the fact that school teachers in the State draw less than one hundred dollars per an mum for their services. and the chil- dren go to school less than seventy days in the year. Talk about the pos sibility of the time coming when ter cents will do. when thirty cents is do ing no more than that now!
 MT. Sanford CPike)-A friendly sug gestion: I would just like to hear tn
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 to make it thirty cents. if l can b
 convinced of that l would pc giao U
 vote for 1t.
 MT. Graham-This Convention wa convinced of that, it seems to me. b. an overwhelming majority. when l voted that the tax rate should be i'm ited to sixty-five cents in this State and at the same time put it's pledg upon that that the school fund and thu soldiers fund should not be touched and the distinguished gentleman iron Randolph. a member Of that commit tee. and the Chairman of that Com mittee came before you today aftel careful investigation and they make you that pledge. and if you will no he convinced by that 1t seems to mt the Convention is determined that I will not be convinced. Thirty cents i: A sliding scale and if the most extreme dreams that aTN indulged here in re- gard to the increase in tax values should come true, l tell you that with it will come an increased population, and increased responslD Dll. itity to meet their necessities, ana ask in all seriousness are you as. del egates, framing a new Constitution IT the twentieth century. willing for 1t te go down in history that the great state of Alabama will make no further pro vision for public schools than four months in the year. and hold teachers at a salary of twenty-five dollars pei month? (Applause) It will be writ ing disgrace and shame forever upor inc fair brow of our beloved Alabama to make this declaration 10 the enlight- ened people of the United States. How do we stand now? Georgia. of the Southern States leads of. with $l,2oS,' o0O Virginia with S964,e from tho state and s943, 900 from local taXation south Carolina with $760,0O0, adding tc that $215,0 as local; tennessee, Sl,' 4 407 900 from the State, with the loca not given; Mississippi with $63O ,eo' from the State and $413,OOO local; Tex as with $3.11S,OO0 from the State anf S86S 900 local. When we come down tt the average adult per capita tax anc Virginia has $245; South Carolina s2 OS: Georgia, $2.72; Tennessee, $3.lO Mississippi, SPOT; Texas, $40 and Ala hama closes the list at the humlllat' ing sum of SLY per capita on the admit male population for public schools. u+,.,,4,o.o MT Dent-Is there constitutions nrnvision in any of these States hXlni tba amount, the percentage? Nr Graham-There is no constltu | ..o,.;Siop that | know of, bu