The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
EvENTY-EIFTH DAY.

The convention met pursuant to ad- 1ournment, was called to order by the President and opened with prayer by /Rev. Dr. Andrews as follows:
 Almighty God, we pause ere we enter upon the duties of another day and of another week. We pray Thy blessings upon us and Thy guidance in all that We de. We are dependent upon Thee for help. our Father, and for guidance and for strength. Our judgment is very weak, and we make many mis- takes. We need a divine and mighty power to lead us, that power that never makes mistakes and that can never do wrong. Therefore, we would lay our hands in Thine today, praying Thee to lead us in the way that wou d:st con- serve Thy glory and that would enable us to perform faithfully the labors that we have to do. We pray Thee to for give our sins, for all the things wrong that we have done. O Lord. forgive us and grant that each of us may have a conscienceness of Thy divine presence and may we be impressed with the idea that we are free moral agents before God, that we are answerable before Thy Judgment for every word and for every deed. Help us. therefore, our Father, to live today just as we will wish we had lived when we stand before Thy Judgment bar. Help us to spend this day just as if we knew it was the last day that we had to spend on earth, spending it in the faithful discharge of duty, doing the best we can the work that is given us to do, and looking to Almighty God for guidance and for help. May the Lord bless this Conven- tion today. Help the presiding officer in his difficult and responsible duties. Bless each member of this Convention. Bless the work that shall be done to- day. Move upon each one, our Father. that the work that should be done may be accomplished. We pray for the fam flies of these Thy servants; may the Lord watch over them in their absence and keep them from harm of every kind. Bless the people that are here represented, and may this be a year of great prosperity to our people; may they be a people in every walk of life whose God Is the Lord. May the Lord bless our land and country; bless all who are in authority over us. Bless Thy servant, the Governor of our State, and all those who aid him in the man. agement of the affairs of our common wealth. O Lord, give us godly men to rule over us, men actuated by con- scientious motives, who look unto the Divine Being for their help and strength. Now, Lord, lead us all to- day and through all this week, and help us, we pray Thee, in all things that we undertake, and may the Lord, if He spares us, enable us in the future of our lives to glorify him and to do faith fully the work that he has given us to do. until we are through working here below, and then, our Father, may we have the consciousness of knowing that life's labor has been as well performed as we could have done 1t and may we die in that peace and die in the faith of the Christian hope, and then give us we pray and beseech Thee, O Lord, an abundant entrance into the Heaven of the pure and the holy and the good. and in that glorious land, we will praise Thee forever, through Christ, our Re deemer. Amen.
 Upon a call of the roll, 109 delegat ees responded to their names.
 Leaves of absence were granted to the following delegates. To MT. Lowe of Lawrence for today; to MT. Locklin for today and tomorrow; to MT. M. M. Smith for today; to MT. Eyster for to- day; to MT. Sollie for today to Mir. Graham of Talladega for today.
 The report of the Committee on the Journal was read, stating that the journal for the seventy-fourth day had been examined and found correct. and the same was adopted.
 MT. Espey-I desire to offer a resolu- tion, and ask unanimous consent that the rules be suspended, that the reso- lution may be put upon its passage.
 The following resolutions were read:
 Resolution No. 3l2, by MT. Espy:
 Whereas, Death has invaded the home of one of our brother delegates and taken from him his life companion, leaving his home sad and desolate, therefore be 1t
 Resolved, That the sincere sympathy of this Convention be extended to Hon. M. sollie and his little children in this hour of bereavement, and we trust that a kind and loving Father Who doeth all things we'll" will comfort him dur ing this trying ordeal
 Resolved, further. That the Secretary of this Convention be instructed to for ward a copy of these resolutions to our brother delegate, thus conveying in some slight way our feeling for him in this dark hour.
 Upon a vote being taken, the rules were suspended.
 Mir. Hefin (Chambers)-I move that the resolution be adopted by rising vote.
 Upon a rising vote, the resolution was unanimously adopted.
 MT. Graham (Montgomery)-I rise to A question of personal privilege. l wish to have a mistake on page 4, nrst column of the stenographic report cor rected, I am reported as having made a motion on Saturday to lay the amend ment offered by the gentleman from Montgomery on the table. The motion was to lay the amendment offered by the gentleman from Lauderdale on the table, and I desire that that correction be made.
 Also on the last page, Tn the second column, the stenographic report says that MT. Graham of Talladega made the motion to extend the time of the gen tleman from Mobile ten minues. suppose the gentleman from Talladega has enough sins of his own to answer for, and am unselfish enough to desire to answer for mine, and I desire 1t to be changed from MT. Graham of Talla- dega to MT. Graham of Montgomery.
 The President-The official stenog- rapher will be instructed to make the collection.
 MT. Cobb-On last Saturday. I en- tered a motion to reconsider the vote by which Section ! of the Article on Corporations was aGorted. l under stand from some communication have had with the Chairman of the Com mttee, that he is willing for the recon sideration. and I want the Convention to understand that.
 Mir Harrison-Not only the Chair man of the Committee. but all of the Committee who have been consult ed. are perfectly willing to the pro- posed amendment prepared by the gentleman from Macon and the gentle