The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-11
sIxTY-EIGHTH DAY.
 MONTGOMERY. ALA.

Upon . call of the roll 60 delegates responded to their names.
 Mr. deQra ffenfeid took the Chair.
 Mir. Bulger-I rise to point of par lianentary inquiry. How many mem- bers are present?
 sTne President resumed the Chair.
 The Clerk-69.
 Mir. Bulger-I move that the Sergeant at Arms be directed to bring in quorum.
 The President-what is the susges- tion of the gentleman?
 Mr. Bulger-I move that the Sergeant at Arms be ordered to invite the ab- sent members to come into the hall.
 The President-The Sergeant at Arms 10 directed to summon the absent mem- bers.
 Mfr. o'Neal Uauderdale)-l suggest chat the absent members be brought before the bar of the House to show s,suse why they are not present.
 The President--The duty of the Ser geAnt at Arms will be to bring them before the House.
 The Secretary will call the roll of the Hbsent members.
 Rule ss says: Twenty-Five delegates shall have the power to send for ab- sent delegates or to move a call Of the House: but no call of the House shall be made except upon 6 concurrence of the majority of the delegates present. A majority of the Convention shall be q quorum to transact business.
 The gentleman from Lauderdale moves that the absent members be sent for by the Sergeant at Arms, and the Chair suggests that 1t is necessary f0 have a call of the House.
 Mr. Oates-A call of the House is .Sz. A d aN &,k. .t..f. AA Arms a list of the absent members.
 Upon a call of the roll, seventy eight delegates responded to their names. The President--The Chair called at tentinn yesterday or the day before to the fact that we are unable to proceed with the business of the ConveItioS. on account of failure of the delegates to report. and answer 10 their names when the roll Is called. The Chair sim cerely hopes that this will not con- tfnue to occur. 1t seems to the Chair thar it is certainly the duty of dele gates to report here and discharge the business for which we were dele gated
 Mr. Williams (Marengo)-I have a resolution.
 Mr. Pitts-I rise to a question of per sonal privilege. I have been informed hy a friend who was informed by my colleaEue. Mir. Craig. yesterday evening that the solicitor of the Fourth Circuit Col. W. W. Quarles. had taken um- brage at some of my remarks before this body on the 7th inst. while dis cussing the section of the Judiciary re- port in regard to the election of solicit nrs. I desire to say that I certainly did not intend to reflect upon him either as man or as an officer, and if said anything that would reflect nn him or may have been offensive to him now retract it. It would have been indelicate to say the least for me to have said anything that reflected upon him. for private reasons. I will say that he was elected twice. and at the last election he carried every nounty in his circuit. He has the con- hdence of the good people of his cir ruit. and is an efficient officer, fearless In the prosecution of crime and has al- ways given satisfaction. .. am sorry that he has taken exceptions at what I Said. and had I known 1t earlier would have made an apology to him:
 MT. Carmichael-In the stenographic report yesterday am reported on the nnat passage of the article on Suffrage and Elections as absent or not voting. ! desire to be recognized as voting In she commotion, I do not recall whether ] voted at all. as I sit back where I Eannot hear very well.
 Tho Presidential is impossible for the Chair to correct the roll except be- fore the result of the vote is announce ed. It is proper for the gentleman to say how he would have voted, If he de- eires
 Mir. Carnathan-I would have voted aye.
 MT. Jackson-I desire to ask If leave of absence was asked for my colleague Gen. Harrison. on yesterday.
 The President-Leave of absence was asked for him.
 The next order of business is the call of the roll of delegates for the intro auction of ordinances.
 Mfr. waddell-r move to dispense with the call of the roll.
 Mir. Williams (Marengo)-Before he does that T ask unanimous consent to intEoduce an ordinance
 Mir. Waddell-I withdraw the motion
 Objection was made.
 MT. Handley-I renew if.
 The Presidential is moved that the rules be suspended and that the call of the roll of delegates for the introduc- ton of ordinances and the call of the roll of standing committees be dispens- ed with.
 
 to suspend the rules was carried.
 Mir. Brooks-I tried to get the reeog- milton of the Chair before that motion was put. and I called for the attention of the Chair as loud and as often as could.
 The President-The Chair declines to be interrupted when the Chair is put ting a motion.
 Mir. Brooks-I have the right before the vote is completed after the affirma- tive vote is taken and before the neg ative vote. to offer to debate the oues- tion if it is debatable.
 The President-For what purpose dld the gentleman arise, to lecture the Chair. or to state a motion?
 Mr. Brooks-I rose 10 object, as I have seen 1t done here for seven or eight days. to a suspension of the roll call. on the ground that it never re- suits in any economy of time.
 The. President-The gentleman is not in order. He is not speaking to any motion before the House.
 Mir. Brooks-The question I wanted to interpose was that I insisted upon suspension of the rules for making that motion.
 The President-The time for any delegate to submit his remarks is when motion is made. and not while the Chair is submitting the question to the Convention. Delegates have been ire quently in the habit of interrupting the Chair and it has sometimes been diffi- cult for the Chair to put the ques- ton.