The age-herald., 1901-06-21

Chief Justice Stone in 1892, when he was
 trying to induce Judge Stone to accept
 the office of Governor. Judge Stone said
 the constitution kreyented a judge from
 accepting any but a judicial office dur
 ing the term of his election. T said to
 Judge Stone" said Governor Jones, that
 I had overlooked this section and that l
 was afraid it was an unwiSe one. NO,
 said Judge Stone, 'it is wise one 1t re-
 moves the Judiciary from temptation.
 And I think, concluded Governor Jones'
 ''it is wise to remove the Governor and
 the members of the Legislature from
 temptation"
 Mir. Graham of Talladega favored the
 committee's report He said that man
 should not go to the Legislature hoping
 to get a higher office. That the relation
 of employer and employe existed ana
 good faith ought to require a legislator
 to dismiss hope of advancement through his position as legislator. He hoped the
 section as adopted would remain as he
 regarded 1t one of the wisest things the convention had done
 Similar in Other States.
 MT. O'Neal of Lauderdale said this sec
 tion was not an innovation. That similar
 sections existed in the constitutions Of New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and California, and a number of other states.
 That the purpose of this convention was
 to purify politics and keep the legislative and executive branches separate by pre-
 venting the latter from dominating the former through it's appointing power. MT. Pettus against spoke in favor of his motion, and called for the previous question On the motion to reconsider l section 20 an aye and no vote was de-
 manded and the motion was adopted by a vote of 70 to 63.
 MT. Pettus then moved to lay section 20 | on the table, An aye and no vote was demanded on this motion, which resulted | in a vote of 70 to 65 in favor of tabling l the section. MT. DeGraffenried gave mo-
 tice that he would more a reconsideration of the vote tomorrow
 1 MT Fletcher of Madison then made the report of the committee on banks and banking. This adopted the entire article 1 in the present Constitution with the addi- tion of new section which directs the 1 General Assembly to provide for the ex-
 aminations by some public officer of all
 banks and trust companies doing bank ing business in the State.
 The State Seal.
 The convention then took up section 22
 of relating to the State Seal. MT. Boone
 of Mobile moved to table the substitute offered by Judge Robinson and all other
 amendments. This was carried. MT DeGraffenreid then moved the
 adoption of section p as reported by the committee whih leaves the seal as it is
 until changed by the Legislature. The previous question was demanded on this
 motion and Governor Jones, as chairman of the committee having the right to con- c1ude the debate, yielded his right to Gen eral Sanford who was the author of the Emma Samson design and whose heart
 was greatly interested in having 1t | adopted. General Sanford again urged the convention not to retain the present seal and suggested the appointing of a 1 committee to design new. one. | The section as reported by the com
 mittee was then adopted, which leaves the seal as it is.
 Governor Jones then, chairman of the | executive committee, reported favorably Mir O'Neals resolution to direct the first Legislature after the adoption of the Con- stitution to fix the Governors salary at s50OO if it could be done without increas- | ing taxation.
 The committee also reported section which had been recommitted to them
 several days ago. The new section read as follows:
 Section Four.
 | Sec. f. The returns for every election | for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec
 retary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer Attorney General, Superin- | tendent of Education and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, shall be sealed up and transmitted by the return 1 ing officers to the seat of government directed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall during the first week of the session to which said returns shall be made, open and publish
 them in the presence of both houses of
 the General Assembly in joint convention.
 The joint convention shall supervise and | control the speaker in the discharge of this duty, and has power, first to deter mine whether the returns are in legal | form, made by the proper officers, and 1 truly give the results as ascertained and | declared by the board of supervisors in the several counties; second, to correct such errors as may be found therein; third, to procure proper returns, when for | my cause returns from any county have | failed to reach the speaker. The joint convention shall have no power to ques- | ton the returns as to any other matters or in any other respect. The person found to have the highest number of
 votes for either of said offices shall be declared duly elected; but If two or more | persons shall have an equal and the high | est number of votes for the same office,
 the General Assembly by joint vote with | out delay, shall choose one of said per- sons for said office Contested elections | for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sec
 retary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer Attorney General. Superinten- dent of Education and Commissioner of rlculture and Industries shall be de- | termined by both houses of the General Assembly .n sucn manner as may be pre- scribed by law.
 The Governors Salary. | MT. Spraggins of Madison then moved | to table the O'Neal resolution, relative | to the Governors salary. The ayes and | noes were called for on this question and l the motion to table was lost by a vote | of fl to ST.
 | Judge Cobb of Macon moved to amend
 tho resolution by changing the language | of the resolution so as to request the | Legislature instead of directing it to 1 so fix the Governors salary. After Judge | Cobb concluded, it was found that the | original resolution contained this lan- 1 guage.
 Judge Coleman offered an amendment | to leave the increase to the discretion of
 the Legislature He and General Harri- son of Lee spoke briefly in favor of 1t. l President Knox then left the chair. which was taken by MT. Tayloe, and spoke against Judge Colemans amend | ment. which he said in effect said to the
 Legislatures: Do as you think best. we | have no opinion on the question" He l compared the financial status of the | state in 1875 tosits present prosperous con- | dition,
 | He said he did not suppose there was | wholesale merchant who would not | allow a salesman sufficient expenses to | enable him to dress decently and obtain | the trade he was sent for. and If this was