The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-02


 ole. and they pay no more taxes tllsp Jefferson. Take the tier Of counties west of Jefferson and north of Ma sengo. they have population of S65. .QW. Jefferson mas ltO.DvJ. and the disparity
 is even greater than that wheA you
 come to estimating upon the number of children, because the number Of ed- ucated in Jefferson k less Tn propor-
 tion to the whole population than any other county in the State. because of the fact that there are thousands of men in Jefferson who have no fam- tlies. Remember that in Jefferson coua-
 ty we pay taxes upon millions and
 million . of dollars that do not represent any popnla tion at all in Ala
 bama. yet in justice and right that
 property should contribute to the up-
 building and the uplifting of tho entire populat ton of the State. Can you men
 sno come from the poor counties, from .he white counties of Alabama, refuse
 to take from the great county or Jet-
 terson this boon, or rather can you rv-
 fuse 10 allow Jefferson to make
 her contribution to the common
 soodf know, and you Know.
 that when the times comes tne
 common schools of Alabama wil N,
 ceive the blow that this reduction vii
 give. when riots are running
 pant in the land cash must ne
 yanced to pay for their suppression'
 when epldemics sweep over the coun-
 t,y when we are scourged with yellow
 ever and smallpox, cash must be sd-
 vanced to meet the bills. You dare
 not vote down the old soldier tax, oe.
 cause there Is sentiment behind
 that win never allow you to do !ts put
 this blow that you do today you are
 deeltn4 at the pale-faced children of
 Alabama that live in the hills.
 MT. Long (Walkerb--Bare-t tootedf MT White~-Yes, bare-footed. bare
 headed, barely receiving the necessi-
 ties of life and without any or tne
 means of education. Remember asasn'
 that the earning power of a people oe-
 bends upon their education. Consult
 inc statistics of this country and you
 win see in Massachusetts that the peo' ple of that State earn more money per capita than any other State in the Union, because of her educational ad- vantases. You men from the poorer counties. the sons of whom must gather around the great industrial plants in my section. remember if your children are not educated, they must be the hewers of wood and drawers of water. If you want them to participate in that great development. and receive their share of the wage that Will pc paid. educate them in order that tney may be enabled to take the bsst po- sitions that this industrial develop ment affords. Think over thls, you men who represent . white constitu- ency, whose lands are too poor. and whose property Is too scarce, to pro vide them by local tsxaticn with pub lic schools. Remember that your hopes and the hopes of your children are Linked to the great industrial section, and that you must keep the chain that binds you to us together, when you break 1t you fall back and we leap forward, you will be left far behind. | ask you today. for one time in your lives, to be selfish. I think it Is bet ter for the whole State. and even pet ter for my county, to pay an undue proportion of this money, than to ale low the people of Alabama to continus in their illiteracy. I tell you, gentle men of the Convention, that llliteracy has cast its shadow upon the indus trial, political and the sccial life os Alabama long enough. l warm you. now, against what you are doing. MT. Williams (Marengc)--I think the Convention is ready for a vote on this question. It has been discussed fully enough. and I therefore call for the previous question on the Section as reported by the Committee and on the amendment thereto.
 The President-The gentleman from Marengo moves the previous question on the amendment to the Section re- ported by the Committee.
 MT. Which order that the amend \ AA rn 1 Talladega (Mr. Graham) which was laid on the table may be recalled, move to table the amendment offered by the gentleman from Hale.
 The President-The gentleman from Jefferson moves that the amendment ol the gentleman from Hale be laid upon the table?
 A vote being taken the amendment was tabled. -. MT. Williams (Marengo)-I havs moved the previous question on ths | section as reported by the Committee MT. White--In order that we maS re call from the table the amendment or fered by the gentleman from TaHadsga (Mr. Graham) l move to lay the sec ton as reported by the Committee or the table.
 Mir. ,Browne-And on that call for the ayes and noes. Mir, whlte--And l join in the call. MT. Browne-All right, we will ot with you. =. The call for the ayes and noes wal sustained by the rising of the requisits number and the result of the roll call on the motion to table the Section ss reported by the Committee was as fol lows: AYES.
 n Jones. of Bibb. Locklin.
 BanHas. Lowe (Jeferson), aSUm Murphree,
 peuu""' Norwoo0A
 SoDn. S ot Tctowah O'Neal Uauderdale). Da~t opp.