The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-19
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MT. SAmLotu " my ton. Mir Hrooks--I rise to point of order. The vote has not been announced. MT Beddow--I make the point of or- | der that no quorum voted.
 The President pro tem.-Upon cast inc m the vote there are fifty-nine yeas and nineteen nays. exactly quo- rum.
 MT. BeddowI call for verihcation | of that vote.
 Mr samford (Pike)-I have the floor, ana I move to reconsider the vote. and then I move to table the motion for a reconsideration.
 MT. Wilson (washington,--I rise to | A point of order. The rules require a | two-thirds vote of the members pres ent to suspend the rules. The roll call | on the last vote showed about one hundred and thirty members present. To this there were loud expressions i of dissent. -5r.s The President pro tem.-The question racurs ,,pon a motion of the gentleman
 from pike 10 reconsider the vote | whereby Section 2s was adopted, and | the motion to table the motion to re-
 consider. | MT. Beddow-I make the point, of or
 der that he can't make two motions at | one time.
 MT. Reese--I move to table the mo-
 ton of the gentleman from Pike 10 re-
 consider the vote by which the section
 was adopted.
 MT. Oatee-The parliamentary rule of | procedure Is that a member can move to reconsider. and at the sane time
 move to table that motion. It is a means of settling the question so that it cannot be brought up thereafter. an''
 1t is taken on one vote.
 | The President pro tem.-The question recurs upon the motion of the gentle
 man from Pike to reconsider the vote
 by which Section cS was adopted. ana
 the gentleman from Dallas moves to
 lay that motion upon the table. | MT. Greer (Calhoun)-tIpon that ]
 call for the ayes and nees.
 The call was not sustained. and upon 1 a viva voce vote the motion to table | was carried. l Section 29 was read as fellows:
 Sec. 29 All bills for raising revenue
 shall originate In the House of Repre-
 sentatives: but the Governor. Auditor,
 Treasurer and Attorney General shall, l before each regular session Of the Leg
 isleture. repare general revenue bill to be submitted to the Legislature for
 its action. and .he Secretary of state
 shall have printed for the use of the
 Legislature a sufficient number of | copies If the bill so prepared which the
 Governor shall transmit to the House | of Representatives as soon as organ
 ized. The Senate may propose a:uend-
 ments to revenue bills. No appropria-
 ton or revenue bill shall be passed I l,,., Al rae Gx,A <l @f hsa l MT. Gates--My recollection Is that
 "the treasurer should not have been included in this section. and 1 there
 fore ask unanimous leave to amend
 by striking out the word "Treasnror"
 and leave i. reading The Governor. | Auditor and Attorney General" | There being no objection the amend ment was allowed.
 l MT. VauChan--I have substitute for 1 the section.
 | The substitute was read as follows; | All bills for raising revenue shall orig mate in the House of Represent. tives,
 but the Senate may propose amend
 ments as in other bills.
 | Mir. Vaughan--Section % as reported | by the committee. 1t seems to me, puts l it in the power or in the hands of the | Governor. Auditor and the several oth- | CT officials to draft the revenue law, to which the Senate may propose amend
 ments. but taking from the Rouse the
 power to originate the bill, or proposing
 amendments thereto. The substitut 1 I have offered Is simply the section of | the old Constitution on the subject. | and hope it will be adopted -r,.. .-'-
 Mir. Brooks-I was going to offer an
 amendment in line with what the sen
 tleman has already proposed and de- | sire to say in that connection that th2
 difference between the present Constf- | tuition and the one proposed by the committee Is found in the words just after the word representative" in tho | first line. "alb bills for raising revenue
 shall originate in the House of Repre- l sentatives." So much is in the present Constitution, and It goes on to say. l The Governor. Auditor and Attorney
 General shall. before each regular ses-
 sion of the Legislature, prepare a gen
 eral revenue bill to be submitted to the
 legislature for its action, and the Secre-
 tary of State shall have printed for the
 use of the Legislature sufficient
 number of copies of the bill St
 prepared, which the Governor shal
 transmit to the House of Represents tives as soon as organized" That is | the new part. Now. sir, l submit that
 we have already enlarged the power oi
 the Executive of this State sufficiently
 by constitutional amendments so far | l am one of those who believe that we
 ought to keep the three coordinate | branches of government-legisla | judicial and executive-as separate and distinct as possible. Now, this pro- posed amendme mt creates a sort of i'm l perium imperio. It creates a third l legislative house, the members of which
 will be influenced by desire to carry | through their ret measure on the sub ject of revenue. whatever it may be. | submit that RepIes in the | General Ass: mSly are able enough and | have suffici- mt knjwl dge of the wants | of the State to be able to formulate d
 revenue bill without the assistance of | this new board. As q matter of course | the Executive is expected, and at every
 session does :cnd in his message con 1 taining lis suggestions as to matters | of revenue, but # rcmains for the Rep
 resentatives of the people to formulate the bill. Those RcI resentatives have before the m ret orly the Auditors re- port and the Trcasrrer's report, but | they can go fiom time and consult with all the executive office g, and they are perfectly able, without any sug- gestions from this third house, who will be influenced, as ] say, by desire | to perpetuate or carry through their
 particular ideas, to fol mulatc such a hiu a C will be iec ccssary for the wanta | of their constituents Therefore. I ain opposed to the propo ition contained in tha section reported by the commit | tee.
 The President resumed the chair.