The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20

der this to a third reading. We have had no second reading of this ordi- nance. and under the rules that is re- quired.
 Mir. Smith (MobileJ-Our idea was that it should be drawn and submitted to the Convention for its action. want to state that the resolution Is a reiteration of the language of the En- abling Act, except that the limitation Is omitted and the provision for pay is expressly extended indefinitely. The Attorney General stated that he would
 prefer that 1t should be put in that
 language, and the committee adopted his suggestion. His views upon the subject were that 1t would be sufficient
 whether provided for by ordinance or resolution, but he suggested that it be put in the form of an ordinance.
 MT. White-I ask for a reading of the ordinance.
 Mir. Fitts-I demand the previous question on the adoption of the ordi- nance by an aye and no vote. Under the Constitution of 1875 1t takes an aye and no vote.
 The President-win the gentleman from Tuscaloosa yield to the gentleman from Jefferson.
 Mr. Fitts-No. sir.
 The President-The question will be
 upon the motion of the gentleman from Tuscaloosa for the previous question, amendment.
 MT. White-I thought had the floor.
 MT. Fitts--I decline to yield. Mir. Harrison-I submit that the delegate from Jefferson was on the floor and had secured the recognition of the chair before the gentleman from Tuscaloosa made the motion. MT. White-I understood the chair recognized me.
 The President-The chair did not in- tend to cut off the gentleman from Jeff ferson.
 MT. Pttus-I rise to a point of order. The motion for the previous question
 is not debatable.
 1 The President-The attention of the
 chair was diverted for moment. and
 the chair possibly failed to recognize | the gentleman from Jefferson. This | was unintentional, and there was an- other matter in the mind of the chair about which he was conferring with several delegates.
 | Mfr. White-I had not heard the chair call the name of the gentleman from Tuscaloosa, and I make the point that when my name was called and I was | recognized. that I had the floor. MT. Fitts-I understood that the gentleman never was recognized. de- manded the previous question upon the ordinance, and asked for yea and nay vote in accordance with the Con stitutipn of 1875.
 The President-The chair is in doubt for the reason there was another mat ter in the mind of the chair just at the time, and the chair was speaking to the gentleman from Talladega, and for that reason is not clear upon the sub- ject. The chair will rule that the gen. ltleman from Jefferson was entitled to | the floor.
 MT. Fitts-I call for the reading of | the journal, and make a point of order 1 that was recognized by the chair. MT White-I make the point of order | that the chair has ruled upon the ques- l tion.
 MT. Fitts-I call for the reading of
 the stenographic report. Mir. White-I make the point of order
 that the only way open to the gentle
 man is to appeal from the decision of the chair.
 The Presidential seems to the chair
 that the gentleman from Jefferson was
 on the floor, and the chair cannot rec | ollect whether he was recognized or
 not, but gentlemen in whom the chair has confidence, state that he was rec ognized, and it would not be proper in the opinion of the chair, for the gentle
 man to be deprived of the privilege of offering his amendment simply because
 the mind of the chair was detracted by another subject.
 MT. Fitts-I make the motion, then, that we remain in session until this pending motion Is disposed of. <. MT White-I have the floor, as understand 1t.
 MT. Fitts-I insist upon my motion and call for a suspension of the rules The President-The gentleman will send up his amendment, and the chair will submit the question of suspen- sion of the rules to the Convention.
 Upon a vote being taken, the rules were suspended.
 MT. Fitts-I move that we remain in
 session until the pending matter is dis posed Of
 Upon a vote being taken, the vote | was carried. The amendment offered by the gentleman from Jefferson (Mr. White) was read as follows: Amend | by striking out all of said ordinance after the words by law allowed | MT. White-I am not quite sure that the amendment strikes out the exact ] words that I want stricken out or not, because had to gather the
 substance of the ordinance by
 simply hearing it read rather | hurriedly, the purpose of the amend
 ment is to strike out that part which allows pay to the members of this Convention. The purpose of the amend
 ment is to allow the officers of the Convention pay for their services, but not to allow the members of the Con- vention pay for their services. do not know of anything that would commend itself so much to the peo- | pie of Alabama as for the delegates of l this Convention to show their patriot | ism upon this occasion. We all know I that the members of this Convention, generally speaking, are sacrificing very much more than the per diem which | they receive. The man who came to this Convention for the purpose of be- | ing compensated by the per diem which | Is allowed by law could hardly be of that type that would be to the best | interest of the State to send. very
 large majority of this Convention are
 losing every day very much more than
 the per diem, and if we could convince
 the people of Alabama and convince
 them thoroughly of the fact that we
 are acting slowly from patriotic mo-
 tives. it would go far indeed towards
 ratifying the work which we will sub
 init to them, and I do hope that this
 amendment will be adopted.
 MT. Fitts-I do not think the people
 of this State desire to be fed on gush
 or bosh in respect to this matter. (Ap- plauSe) l do not suppose there is a