The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-19

leaving the law just as it stands with
 the following addition. and if the mem
 bers will read the amendment proposed by me they will find that the amend ment is simply Section 13 of the pres
 ent Constitution of the State of Alaba-
 ma. and added to Section 13 would be
 the following, in addition to the sec.
 tion as it now stands. and this would
 be the change which the amendment
 offered by me would make in-the law: If any bill shall not be returned by
 the Governor. Sundays excepted. w'sh-
 in six days after 1t shall have been presented, the same shall become a
 law in like manner as though ne he'd signed It. unless the General Assembly | by their adjournment or recess prevent | it's return, in which case 1t shall not | be law; but bills presented to the | Governor within five days before the I adjournment of the General Assembly may be approved by the Governor at | anyl time within ten days after the l final adjournment, if approved and. de. | posted with the Secretary of State within that time. Every vote. order l or resolution to which concurrence of I both Houses may be necessary, except | questions of adjournment. and bring l ing on of elections by the two Houses. | and amending this Constitution. shalt I be presented to the Governor; and be- I fore the same shall take effect he op- | proved by him. or being disapproved. | shall be passed by both Houses, ac- | cording to the rules and limita sons 1 prescribed in the case of a b!N.
 I Now, as I Eaid, the only change that | is made If the amendment which vas | offered by me on yesterday Is adopeed, will be the power in the Governor to approve a bill after the adjournment | of the House. That matter was dis | cussed, and I do not deem 1t necessary | to discuss 1t further. It would see m | that the Governor should have Eover | to give life to that which has been l expressed to be the will of the people, after the adjournment of the General | Assembly, if he has not had time to | sign it before; but it would also seem l that 1t would not be wise to lodge with | the Governor the power. whenever a | bill was presented to him. to propose all amendment, because of the tempta- I ton that would exist to offor amend ments to almost every bill that would be brought to him for approval, os- peciaily in the light of the fact that the State of Alabama, with only about eight other States in the Union, has the provision in it's Constitution that a majority of the members elected to the General Assembly can pass bills over the Governors veto Instead of the ordinary two-thirds vote required in the Constitutions of most of the States. and of the United States.
 MT. Oates-I want to ask the ger- tieman from Hale question.
 MT. deGraffenreid-Yes sir.
 Mir Oatee--T think you omitted to state one thing. It Is in the present Constitution that the Governor may sign bills within i've days, instead 08 six, That is a difference of only one day.
 Mir. deGraffenreid-Yes sir.
 MT. Pillans---As your amendment reads, leaving the first eighteen linss in. do you not leave in the entire text of the report insofar as 1t provides for vetoins a bill with amendments?
 Mir. deGraffenreid-It was not in- tended to.
 MT. Pillans-I think 1t was not in- tended to. but think the amendment does do that.
 MT. deGraffenreid-I asked leave this morning to amend. and the President put the question. to the House as to whether or not the amendment that l offered should be adopted. I thought 1t had been agreed to. Your point is we'll taken, unless the amendment that Of
 fercd this morning is adopted by the House, and now ask leave of the House to. so change this amendment of- fered by me on yesterday, as that 1t shall read-7+s k- .t@ s.. - s, ....-..-
 MT. Samford-Mr. President would object--
 MT. President-The Chair would rule that further amendments cannot be entertained until the substitute offered by the gentleman from Pike 's dis posed of That is in the nature Of an amendment to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Hale.
 MT. Fitts-However the matter IS re- garded, as it now stands, and in what ever technical shape it stands, al whether the gentleman be allowed 10 Ko back and strike out other words or not, the whole question, as 1t :s hs- fore this Convention now, Is suostan- flalIy the same question which was raised by the gentleman from Jefferson on Saturday afternoon, and upon which the House has voted and sustaiued the committee. Now, the sense of the Cfn- vention having been once ascertalned on this matter. and the committee hav- ing been sustained. it does seem to IS that we might be allowed to paRs upor this section as reported by the cum mittee, and go on to other sections CT this report. The committee Is not loathe to have this report torn to pieces, or to have its report amended, and the Convention has enjoyed that privilege to the full; but the commit tee does feel that when substantially the same point has been raised and passed upon, that we in turn might enjoy the pleasure of having the sec tion approved. and proceed to test the
 nerif of another. Now the whole point raised ;s exactly the same as tie point raised by the gentleman from. Jefferson. He raised the objection that is now being urged that the Governor ought not to be allowed to suggest amendments to legislation that has been passed. and sent to the executive
 Now. Mr. President, something has thing has been said about danger. There is no danger in this matter; there Is no danger that will beset the Governor; and there is no breaking down. or striking down of ancient landmarks as has been said The Governor has the right to veto the measure now. The only difference is if he vetoes it. he has to send 1t back to the House in which it originated, with his veto. and the question then becomes the bale, naked question, of whether or not the Legislation shall pass notwithstanding the veto of the Governor.
 Now, when he has the power to veto, so as to require a full majority of both Houses to overcome the veto. where Is there any temptation? Where Is there