The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-15
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

| displaced by a special order which thu Convention made. It now seems t the Char that it is the special order for this time. being a motion to recon slider, it would come up immediatel, after the approval of the journal.
 Mr. Sanford (Pike)-I desire to of fer a short resolution pertaining to the management of the Engrossing Clerk's office, for the expedition of business and desire to say that l will move g suspension of the rules in order thai it be passed.
 The Secretary read the resolution as follows:
 Resolution 2s9.
 Be it resolved by the Convention tha, the Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk be and she is hereby instructed to employ sn assistant clerk at an amount no to exceed S4 per day for such time as she may deem advisable.
 Mr. Samfoid-I desire to say to th- Convention that just at this time tht articles are being rushed into the office os the Progressing Clerk and she really needs an assistant to keep up with the I work.
 MT. O'Neal (L,uderdale)-Why could she not get the services of clerks oi committees, several of them are no now engaged?
 Mfr. Samford-Cnder the rules of this Convention, when the committee gets through with them. they are to be dis charged.
 MT. Coleman-Mr Prtsident-
 The President-Does the gentleman from Greene desire to propounI Ques- tion?
 MT. Coleman@ notified the clerk oi the Suffrage Committee that I did not that we had need for clerk any longer. and he gave me to understand that he was working for Mrs. Francis at this time-otherwise would have made that report here.
 MT. Samford-I desire to say while this clerk was serving the Engrosing Clerk, of course thfre was no need of any additional assistant, but my un- derstanding was that he was to be dis charged after receiving notice that your committee was through with him.
 Mr. Ccleman-I stated to him that 1 would make that report, and he stated to me that he was assisting Mrs Francis and said nothing more about 1t.
 MT. Samford-That being so. I have no objection.
 Mir. waddell-I will ask the gentle man If the Engrossing Clerk did not receive about $200 for which she did not do one days work?
 MT. Samford-I don't know anything about that. her services were engaged and she was in attendance and this Convention ought to pay her. It seems to me we ought not to delay business at this stage of the game. It would cost many dollars in comparison to the | few paltry dollars of cost to pay a | clerk.
 | MT. O'Neal-Do understand the gentleman withdraws his motion, under the statement of the Chairman of the l Suffrage Committee?
 MT. Samford-On the understanding that the clerk will be kept to assist her. I will. All want Is some assist ance for the clerk. I have made the report to the Convention the responsi- bilty is with the Convention and if will be for the Convention to decide I have no interest in the matter, having no friends, relatives or kinfolks, desir- ing employment in the office.
 MT. Eyster-The clerk ought to be allowed to select her own clerical as- s!stance and the resolution should be adopted. I move the adoption of the resolution.
 l A vote being taken. division was called for and further vote being taken there were ayes 35, noes 54, and the resolution was lost
 l Mr. Williams (Marengo)-H rise to a | point of order. understood the Chair | to intimate just now that the regular order this morning to bs the unfinished business of yestrday. tho consideration of the sheriff matter. I call the attention of the Chair to rule 22. Of course the Chair recognizes the order of business. We find the first call Is. order second prayer. third ascertain ment of a quorum. We find the ninth paragraph is unfinished business. and the tenth special orders. I submit to the Chair under rule 27 the order for | reconsideration came up yester- | day morning. or should have come up at that time-that is | the meaning of rule 27. The | motion to reconsider was taken up, which was a motion to reconsider yes terday. What is this morning? It ;s unfinished business, and I submit to the Chair that it should properly conn under subdivision nine as unfinished business after the call of the roll. It Is In order on the mornings business tha' the call of the roll be made for the in- troduction of memorials. resolutions. petitions, and ordinances, at this time, and that the consideration of the mo- ton to reconsider the Sheriff's matte" would properly come up as unfinished business under subdivision of rule 22
 The Presidential seems to the Chair that the Convention should take up the matter of reconsideration which Is in order immediately after the approval of the Journal. That would be the regular order unless displaced by some special order
 Mir Williams (Marepgo)-I will ask the Chair if we did not take it up yes- terdayT .%
 The Presidential was taken up and at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. by a made. The Convention had under con- sideration this matter relating to sher- ifs, Jnd at o'clock it was displaced by the special order relating to solicit ors. That having been concluded. il seems to the Chair that the motion to reconsider would come up in its proper place.
 MT. O'Neal-I rise to a question of personal privilege. In The Advertiser yesterday it stated: Mir. O'Neal of Lauderdale made the point of order that no report had been made on the ordinance. and it was. therefore. no: before the Convention. President Knox sustained the point"
 I do not wish this statement to go tn the country unchallenged. Tn fact. made the point of order that the re- port of the minority committee was entitled to lie over and be printed and