The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-10

The President-The Chair will call the attention of the delegate to the fact | that the amendment offered by the del- egate from Hale
 MT. O'Neal-That is a separate Sec | tion.
 The President-what is the motion with reference to this Section7 MT. O'Neal--The motion Is that Sec l ton be adopted as amended and up- on that I call the previous question. Mir. Merrill wish to make an in- quiry. What has become of the amendment offered by the gentleman from Hale.
 The Presidential has been adopted as part of this Article. (.
 Mir. Merrill-Is it part of this Sec ton?
 The President-It is not a part of this Section. It was separate Section. MT. Oates-Before the vote is taken I would like to have the proposition read again.
 Section was read as requested. The President-The question is upon the adoption of the Section as amend ed. Upon that the gentleman from Lauderdale moves the previous ques- tion. The question is shall the main | question be now put?
 The main question was ordered. l 1he ne iS upuii the adoption of the section as amended Upon a vote being taken, the Section ! as amended was adopted. MT. Rogers (Sumter)-I move a re- consideration of the vote by which Sec | tion -, introduced by MT. deGraffen- reid of Hale, was adopted. and I ask l for reading of that Section. The Section was read as follows: No woman shall be qualified to vote | at any election to determine whether bonds shall be issued by a city, town | or village who is not at the time she offers to vote a bona fide resident of such city, town or village. and who l does not own in her own right real es- tate situated in said city. town or will lage, assessed for taxes during the year preceding the year in which she | offer to vote, at $500, or more, and no woman shall vote at such election who is under 21 years of age" Mir. Rogers-We just laid the amend | ment of the gentleman from Dallas which authorized women to vote, on the | table, and this being in there without their having the right to vote, would be simply that certain classes shall not vote, and would be very foolish, and | l move to reconsider.
 Upon a vote being taken the motion | to reconsider the vote by which the amendment offered by the gentleman from Hale was adopted was carried. | MT. Rogers-Now I move to lay this Il Section on the table,
 l MT. Cunningham-Will the gentleman yield for a moment?
 MT. Rogers--No sir. we have yielded long enough.
 l MT. Cunnlngham--I wanted to submit a proposition to the gentleman. | MT. ROgerS-If the gentleman &ua ( u to submit a proposition to the gentle | man from Sumter he can just make | It outside of the Convention hall | The President-The question is upon the motion of the gentleman from Sumter to lay the Section upon the | table.
 Upon a vote being taken the motion 10 table the Section prevailed.
 MT. Rogers CSumter)-I move that the Article on Municipal Corporations De engrossed and ordered to a third | reading
 | MT. Browne-1 rise to a point of or- der. One Section of the Article on Tax alton has been by the Convention made a special order to be considered with the report of the Committee on Mn nlcfpal Corporations.Now I rise to a question of Information. If that Article IS ordered to be engrossed and or dered to third reading, will it then De Tn order when the special order of the Tax Article is up?
 MT. Wilson (Clarke)-I offer an amendment to the Article ia the way of an additional Section.
 The Presidential seems to the C'hair thdI motion to amend would have precedence as the gentleman did not move the previous question
 The amendment by MT. Wilson of Clarke, was read as follows:
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 Sec. - The legislature may impose prlNHeged license or other tax. on l any person, firm, corporation. or asso- clatlon. and relieve him or it from tb. payment of all other privilege or u- | cense taxes"
 | MT. ON al Nauderdaie)-I make tho point of order that the Convention ba 6 already passed upon that proposition ana the only way by which it can pet oe1ore the Convention is by a motion | to reconsider
 The President-The Chair will hear rom the gentleman from Clarke on the point of order.
 MT. Wilson, anticinated tho ,,oi,. of order. In Roberts rules of order on page 66. the proposition is laid down.
 an amendment may be Inconsistent With one already adopted. or may di- | rectly conflict with the spirit of the original motion. but it must have A di- | rect bearing upon the subject of that motion" Just so the amendment is germane to the proposition under con sioeratlon. that is municipal corpo- rations. it is in order," and the fact that it conflicts directly with some thing we have already done, does not keep it from being in order. but is a question to be addressed to the as- | sembly"
 In Cushings manual. we find this rule; Sec. 102. Fifth rule. The in consistency or incompatibility of A proposed amendment with one which has already been adopted, is a fit ground for its rejection by the assem- ply. but not for the suppression of it by the presiding officer, as against or der; for, if questions of this nature were allowed to be brought within the Jurisdiction of the presiding officer, as matters of order, he might usurp a negative on important notifications. and suppress or embarrass instead of | subserving the will of the assembly. ,,
 In Reeds rules of Order, Section 161. | is the following: An amendment may be inconsistent or incompatible with the words left in the bill, or with oth- | CT amendments already adopted, but that is for the assembly to decide, and not for the presiding officer. For him to pass upon such a question would be very embarrassing to the assembly and still more so to him. So. also. the