The age-herald., 1901-08-18
Convention Adopts Report OfthG
 Committee on Militia With One Change
LAST ARTICLE IS TAKEN UP
Report of Committee on Corporations Will Be Passed Upon Monday Final Adjournment Follows
 In Few Days- ,~
BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.

BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.
 Montgomery, August 17.-(SpeciaL l-The convention adopted today the report of the committee on militia The only change recommended from the present law was to conflne the militia to white citizens. After much debate this question was left to the Legislature.
 The report of the committee on corpo- rations was then taken up and several sections adopted.
 This is the last article remaining to be adopted. It will be completed Monday. when the convention will have to ad- journ few days to await the report of the committee on harmony.
 Convention Opens.
 The seventy-fourth days session of the constitutional convention was called to order by President Knox at o'clock. Roll call showed 1O6 delegates present.
 MT. Sanford, chairman of the commit tee on engrossments, reported that the ordinance authorizing a new court house in St. Clair county had been correctly engrossed. It was then read third time and adopted.
 MT. Knight of Hale offered resolution that when the conventions adjourns at i o'clock 1t adjourn until 12 o'clock Monday. This was defeated.
 Captain White offered resolution re- citing the delay in the printing of the articles and authorizing the chairman of the committee on printing s5 cans sise contract and have the printing done else where The rules were suspended and the resolution adopted.
 Several delegates arose and corrected errors in the stenographic report.
 On motion of Mir. Reese the privileges of the floor were extended to Dr. Hefiin of Randolph, and on motion of MT. Gres- ham of Talladega the privileges were ex- tended to Hon. Carson Whitson.
 The committee on amending the consti- tuition reported a substitute to resolu- tion of General Sanford This was that the Legislature should reduce the amount of the fertilizer tag tax to the reasonable cost of inspection. This was tapieo py u vote of A to 43.
 A 1,erffcation was demanded, and the vote resulted in a tie of A to A. The pres- ident then voted no, and the motion to table was lost
 Tt was then moved to adopt the resolu- tion. An aye and nay vote was demanded on this question:
 MT. wilson of Clarke moved to post none the vote until after the article on corporations had been disposed ot
 MT. Duke of Chambers moved to table this motion, which was done by a vote of 54 to A.
 Juare Coleman moved to amend the res- olution by fixing the cost a' N' This was tabled
 The previous question was then ordered ana on an aye and nay vote the resoIu- tion was adopted by vote Of 7s to ~.
 erhe committee on journal then reported .hot 1T was correct, and it's report was adopted. .,,,.
 Tbe roll call for resolutions and ordin- ances was dispensed with.
 Severa, Ordinances.
 MT. Burns of Dallas, by consent. intro- duced an ordinance to pronipit pas'aroS MT Murphree of Pike, by consent, intro- duced an ordinance to direct the Legisia- ture to appropriate for the Conieueraeo soldiers such amounts as they may sec fit, and that such approprlatioii siit'i' '" precedence of all others.
 resolution of MT. Beddow to have union labor do all the printing Of the con vantion. and that the union label De put or ,ta nriuting. was then taken up.
 Mr Raddow said he had introduced the resolution at the request or iarse mass os voters. It had been r1dlculed anu ne ua haer snoken of as the leader or the ,ahor element in the convention, ana it had also been said that he constftutso ms oun following Qaughter) lie proceeueu ~ sneak of the great battle now soiis ~. between capital and lapor III .he . pSS'N@r- xuO1ild be a RTdC- ions thing for the convention .o el0o the efforts of united labor 'no nSr panks of Russell said organized
 ,,tai made organized labor and that ne sv,nna thized with labor, but we were ho' osaembled here to express sympathy ol take any partisan action. Noh-uhloi iabor was entitled to as much consioera- tion at the hands of this conVeneIoii as union labor and he Wouio 'hei support the resolution.
 Iudee Coleman said the resolution nao ,o niace in a constitutional conventioh' and he moved to tabe 1t, which was oohe-
 Tba convention then took up the con s;deration of the article on militia. The only changes made in this article over that in the present constitution are tha. the militia is confined to white citizens and he Legislature IS authorizes eo oseaD fish a naval malitia.
 MT. Wilson of Clarke, chairman or the committee, explained that he had not Individually favored the change by Emit ing the militia to white citizens, but nao yielded to the majority of the commit tee. ~
 Section 1, Militia.
 Section was then read as follows:
 1. All able bodied white male inifapl- tants of the State between the ages or eighteen years and forty-fve years who arc citizens of the United States or have declared their intentions to become such citizens, shall be liable to military duty in the militia of the State; and the Gen eraI Assembly may provide for the or ganization from among such citizens of a State naval militia *.t
 Governor Jones moved to amend by striking out the word white. He said that the federal constitution gave Con gress authority to regulate the militia and tha Congress had defined who were subjec- to military duty. Congress made