The age-herald., 1901-06-27

(Samford) and Henry (Espey) as making googoo eyes at the Hill Billies. Only these gentlemen, he continued, who had spoken to the point of exhaustion sud denly became conscious of the fact that we were consuming too much time. We should not waste further time on the fer tilizer business. There was a nigger in the woodpile, and we already had too much nigger question to bother with without such senegambrian. MT. Opp said he loved the farmer as much as any man, but he also loved the lawyer the doctor, the counter jumper and every other man who had a vote. He alluded to Mir. Burns of Dallas, who asked him a question, as rare compound of Jes- tinian and Josh Billings
 Shall we come down to brass tacks, he asked, and build a constitution, or daily with guano taxes, butter takes and other taxes. He hoped the amendments would be voted down. He would not say that The who dallies is a dastard, and he who doubts is damned but he would say that "he who dallies is>a daisy, and he who doubts is a Democrat"
 MT. Opp was freqnuently applauded during his speech and proved himself a ready and witty speaker.
 Other Speeches.
 MT. Bulger of Tallapoosa spoke in fa- vor of the Sanford amendment He said that fertilizers cost more in Alabama than in Georgia and this was due to the Alabama tax of 50 cents a ton. He con- tinued to speak against the agricultural schools and MT. Long of Walker asked him if he had not tried to get one of these infamous agricultural schools in his dis trict. He replied that he had, but the school had gone to the highest bidder and some other place had bid more than he thought it was worth.
 MT. Long of Walker said he had been away and had only heard two days dis cussion on this proposition. He loved the farmers-we all loved them-he had sold them guano for twenty years. The req son the tax was not reduced by the last Legislature was because Governor Sam ford was opposed to it. He thought re- duction of 20 cents ton would not benefit a single farmer but would cripple many of the schools. The farmer in no event would get the benefit of the reduc- tion. The trust would not reduce the price and if it did the merchant would not. The Georgia analysis department had no connection with any school. He spoke of the high reputation of the Au- burn College saying that fertilizers were sent there from Georgia to be analysed That Georgia had no guaranteed analy- sis but that Alabama had. If you put this provision in the constitution 1t will stand there for ages like a snag in wash hole1 He moved to lay the amend ments on the table. The ayes and nays were called for and amendments were tabled by vote of 6S to 63.
 MT. Whites Amendment.
 Mr. White of Jefferson then offered an amendment to the effect that no tax Tor inspecting any merchandise shall be lev
 Al.. .xs,A r1f Nl l n inspection Captain White said he had favored the other amendment because 1t was the only question before the house, but that he thought his amendment bet ter reached the justice of the matter. When the farmer paid taxes on his prop erty he paid taxes on his guano 1T ne had any, and at any rate,he paid as much taxes as anyone else. The opponents or the measure had not met the argument. They tell us they need the money for the agricultural schools. Has not the high wayman who takes your money at the point of pistol the same argument Claude Duval said he robbed the rich to feed the poor. This tax robs the poor to feed the rich. MT. Graham here read the list of property exempt from taxation and asked Captain White if it did not in- clude the farmers fertilizers. Captain White said it did, but it also exempted pig iron, which might amount to thou sands of dollars.
 At this point the hour of adjournment arrived.
 MT Marrissette, by consent, offered a resolution that the next General Assembly fix the tax on fertilizers at 10 cents a ton.
 MT. Eyster sent up resolution to ad- journ the convention to Monte Sano, near Huntsville. It was referred to the com mittee on temperature and the convention adjourned.