The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-31
MAY ADJOURN NEXT TUESDAY Convention is Making
 Rapid Progress. FIVE ARTICLES ADOPTED No Important Changes Made
 in the Instrument. The suHrag> Article Completed Yes terday Afternoon-Governor Oates Presents Ordinance Providing
 for Two Ballots at Polls.
FIVE ARTICLES ADOPTED

The Constitutional Convention yes- terday continued to make good progress with it's work and 1t now seems highly nrobable that the body will adjourn not later than Tuesday.
 Articles on Suffrage, 1mpeachments' Taxation, Exemptions and Representa- tion were completed and when the Con- yention adjourned yesterday evening the Article on Municipal Corporations was under consideration.
 The delegates are in no humor to de- lay their work, and numerous amend ments were promptly tabled. No ma .erial changes were made in any of the Articles adopted.
 Proceedings of Convention.
 The Convention assembled at y o'clock yesterday morning with ninety one delegates present.
 Judge Cobb of Macon. moved to re- consider the vote by which the Deciar- ation of Rights was adopted Thursday. He wanted to offer an, amendment re- stricting the rights of foreigners.
 MT. Boone of Mobile. said that the Section under consideration was the same as the Section in the Constitu- tion of 1875, and on his motion the motion to reconside: was taDled.
 The Convention then took up the Article on the Judiciary and MT. Wh- son of Clarke, sent up an amendment n,ovidfng for mileage. for Judges and f,hancelIors. The amendment was ta- blec.
 Mr. Miller ot Wilcox, offered an amendment relating to Jurisdiction or Justices of the Peace.
 If was opposed by MT. Pillans of Mo- bile. on whose motion it was tabled
 An amendment by Governor Oates prohibiting judges of courts from en- gazing in partisan politics, was tabled on motion of Judge Walker of Madison. Several other minor amendments were presented and promptly tabled, and on motion of Mr. Spraggins of Madison, the Article on Judiciary was adopted.
 The Article on Impeachments was then read at length.
 Governor Jones sent up an amend ment providing that in case of trials for impeachment of the Governor or Lieutenant- Governor by the Senate, that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court preside over that body. The amendment was accepted by the Com mittee on Harmony, and 1t was adopted.
 A second amendment by Governor Jomes was also adopted after he had addressed the Convention. It provides for the calling of a special session of the Legislature in the event of inn peachment proceedings against the Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
 The Article on Impeachments was then adopted.
 The Clerk then read the Article on Suffrage and Elections at length.
 Mr. Freeman, the Republican dele :ate from Winston, read long amend nent providing that only white persons shall vote in the election for the rati- fication of the new instrument. It was tabled.
 MT. Burns of Dallas presented an amendment to withhold the franchise from illegitimate persons and address ed the Convention.
 The amendment of MT. Burns was tabled.
 Judge Coleman, Chairman of the Suf- frage Committee. desired to change the phraseology of Section 1S1, and it was recommitted to the Committee.
 An amendment by MT. Reynolds of Chiffon to the property clause was re- ferred to the Committee on Suffrage, and the Convention at 1 o'clock took recess until 3:30 o'clock.