The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-31


 The President-wdll the gentleman state the question of personal privilege?
 Mir. Lowell is. sir, that 1t has been charged upon the floor that I have ac- cused the Black Belt, and desire to answer that proposition. I ask the gentleman to withhold his motion and will yield to him to renew 1t. | Mr. Coleman-The gentleman is not speaking to question of personal privilege.
 The President-7t seems that the question to which the gentleman de-} sires to speak Is not question of per- sonal privilege. It would be legfti- mate argument upon the question be- fore the Convention.
 MT. Lowell has been charged against the speaker as. Chairman of the Democratic State Committee. and I hope the gentlemen from Greene will not insist on his motion.
 MT. Coleman--I think, MP. Chairman, that the question of personal privilege can be made at almost, any time, but it seems to me that it has no perti- nency to the amendment proposed here.
 MT. Lowe-I will yield to the gentle- man to renew his motion and will not consume more than three minutes of time of the Convention.
 The President-The gentleman says ut VIII uOt coiiSuEue Sut tWO or Lnfso minutes. Does the gentleman yield?
 Mir. ColemsS-Yes sir.
 MT. Lowe-I was about to say that ask no further indulgence. The dispo- been made plain. think when we are dealing together, the majority of this Convention wil need the minority. The majority of white people in Alabama always need tv,os sr,i,> AsiA,. l. Al. President, when discussions will arise when the limit of debate will be merely the patience of the people. There win be time when the discussion will not be arbitrarily limited as to one man, and unlimited time accorded to an- other
 MT. Weatherly-I arise to a point of order. The gentleman is not address, ing himself to the question of personal privilege to which he arose. l The President-The gentleman does not seem to be addressing himself to the proposition before the Convention. Mir. Weatherly-It is merely by the | indulgence of the gentleman who moved l the previous question.
 | MT. Lowe--And the gentleman with drew it. I am reminded again Nof the allusion Rafdolph of Roanoke made to I the man who sat in one of the early | General Assemblies and was demand ling the previous question and making points of order, and he said it reminded | him of MT Coleman-I yielded simply on the statement that the gentleman arose on | a question of personal privilege and would consume only few minutes or time in making 1t.
 | Mir. Lowe-The gentleman displays l his usual generosity, and will confine myself to the question of personal priv l ilege.
 Mir. Rurnett->I rise to a point of order. When the gentleman from Greene yields | to the gentleman from Jefferson to dis | cuss this matter, he has no power to limit the discussion or to direct what I the gentleman from Jefferson snouid l say.
 1 MT, Lowe-The gentleman from | Greene withdrew his demand for the
 previous question
 l The President-And yielded three | minutes to the gentleman from Jef- ferson at his own suggestion to discuss ! a question of personsl privilege | MT. Lowe-The chair and the gentle l man from Greene have consumed a | Considerable part of that three min | utes. and I should like to consume the | remainder of the three minutes. | want to say that there is no man wno | sit a on the floor of this Convention ~no has a higher regard for the Democracy | of the Black Belt than l have say | when any man has accused me on the I floor of this Convention, wnether II ps | ,ha President of this Convention or any member of this Convention, or as. | saiiinr the Black Belt, that he has saio | what is untrue, unjust and unjustin- | abfe, and I am willing to stand uPon | inc remarks have made on that ques- tion. I deny the right of the black Relt to assume a monopoly on all or the rascality in Alabama. Ihefe mas been more rascality in primary eiec- I tions and in other elections in the wnlte | .nrrties of Alabama, than has ever been contemplated in the Black pen counties. The supremacy of the wnite | man has never been in danger m Ala- hama except in these counties Wnere the negro was in the minority and the hone of contention. It has oniy peeh when the white men divided and "hen there was a scramble for ana puIT
 chase of negro votes that Wniee l nremacy has ever been in danger III any county in Alabama. and you pro-
 nose now to eliminate not all the ne-
 rroeS for there will be at least 3o per
 cent of the negro vote registered Tn the
 first wear. and there will be an increas- ing number registered every year
 thereafter and you provide for elec-
 tions so that it will absolutely neces-
 sary to
 MT. CoIeman-I insist upon the point
 of order. The gentleman is not ad-
 dressing himself to the question or per
 sonal privilege.
 MT. Lowe-I assume I have right to speak to the main question. The
 gentleman seems to be sore about thls
 matter. But all of us remember that
 there have been counties in Alabama
 that wherever men who claim to be
 good Democrats have lead the negro
 cohorts against the white people
 The President-The gentleman from Greene yielded three minutes to the
 gentleman from Jefferson. The gem
 tleman from Jefferson has the fioor'
 and it is a matter of honor with the
 gentleman from Jefferson whether ne
 consumes more than three minutes. IL
 seems to the chair that he cannot dls-
 place the gentleman under thirty mn
 utes.
 Mir. Lowe-I certainly shall not yieid
 my sense of honor to the President or
 this Convention. He has shown an un !.
 fairness to me in the past, and shan
 be the judge and keeper of my own
 conscience under the rules of the house;
 I wish to say. MT. President that
 have devoted several of the best years
 of my life working for this Convention
 merely for the purpose of securing 1air
 elections in Alabama.
 | Ar,,st thai the day when | have