The age-herald., 1901-06-16
All Relate to the Executive Department and Terms
 of Office
MANY DIFFICULT PROBLEMS
Constitutional Convention May Not Be Able to Complete Its Work In the Time Fixed by the En.
 abIing Act.
BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.


 close of business today the convention had consumed three weeks of its time. In the twenty-one days in which 1t has been at work it has adopted eleven sec tions of the new constitution. These all relate to the executive department, and the chief changes made in this article are the creation of the office of lieutenant governor, fixing the terms of the Governor and other State officials at four years and making them ineligible to succeed them selves, and creating a board of pardons to consist of the attorney general, secre- tary of state and auditor. There are nineteen more section of this article alone to be considered, while none of the other articles have yet bt n touched upon and only one other has been reported that on taxation. At the present rate it becomes apparent that he convention will never complete it's work within the fifty days named in the act authorizing it. The convention of 1875 on it's twenty-first day had finished a large part of its work, but then times and conditions are different now from what they were then. It is the difference between destruction and recon struction It takes longer to build up and new clauses in a constitution must be full ly considered. The committee on suffrage have not yet agreed on a plan, and as they have been at it for three weeks, some idea may be obtained of the length of time it will take the convention to "get together on this subject.
 r. Today's session opened with Tom Long prepared to hurl a bomb in, the shape of 8 red hot resolution at the Montgomery Advertiser on account of an editorial criticsing the convention. MT. Long was ruled out of order by the chair. from result that the presidents ruling was sustained by an almost unanimous vote. This was the first case since the conven- i tion opened that an appeal has been taken from the presidents ruling.
 MT. Long had arisen to a question of personal privilege, and then sought to introduce his resolution. He afterwards introduced it when the proper time came to "resolute." Mir. Long, by the way, Is somewhat of dynamiter. Besides be- ing the wit of the house, he is always ready for a parliamentary scrap, and doesn't hesitate to say what he thinks.
 Another womans suffrage ordinance was introduced today. MT. Craig of Dal- las is its author and he wants all women over twenty-one to vote without any re- gard to any race, color or previous condi- tion of servitude business.
 MT. Cofer of Cullman evidently has a poor idea of what Lieutenant Governor should be, for he introduced an ordi- nance today to make him serve as the Governors private secretary.
 There was some little debate this morn ing over a proposition to put the treas urer on the board of pardons, instead of the attorney general, but the report of the committee, which had made the board consist of the attorney general, the secre- tary of state and the auditor, was finally adopted.
 The convention was discussing that part of section thirteen of the committee's s report which authorized the Governor to return a bill to the Legislature which he disapproved, with a suggested amend ment which, if adopted, would remove his objections. when the convention ed- journed.
 Convention Opens.
 The twenty-first days session of the constitutional convention was called to order by President Knox at 10 o'clock A prayer was offered by Rev. MT. Gay
 Roll call showed 10S members present. Several leaves of absence was asked for and granted.
 Mr. Hef1n of Randolph arose to correct an error of his vote as reported in the stenographic report.
 MT. Long of Walker arose to a ques- tion of personal privilege. He stated the Montgomery Advertiser had insulted the majority of the convention in an editorial today, and that he wanted to offer a resolution. The point of order was made that MT. Long was not addressing him. self to a question of personal privilege | and the chair sustained the point of or der. MT. Long took an appeal from the decision of the chair, but the president s decision was sustained by an almost unanimous vote
 MT DeGraffenried of Hale, by consent, introduced a resolution to fix the meet ing of the convention after next Monday from a. m. to D. m. and from D. m. to D. m
 Mir Long of Walker, by consent, then offered the resolution which he had not been allowed to offer under question of privilege This was that the convention condemn as unjust and unfair the editor ial in today's Montgomery Advertiser criticislng the action of the convention in refusing to increase the Governors sal ary. On motion the rules were suspended and this resolution laid on the table by a vote of 54 to 37. A verification of this vote was called for, and a long parlia- mentary wrangle and discussion fol- lowed as to how 1t could be done, the chair having ruled that it was too late to call for the ayes and noes. The clair finally held to his first ruling, and the business proceeded.
 General Harrison of Lee then, by con- sent offered a resolution that when the house adjourn today 1t adjourn to meet at l o'clock Monday This was carried
 Mir. Eyster of Morgan offered a resoiu- tion that the privileges of the floor be extended to Hon. William D. Jelks. The rules were suspended and the motion adopted. The privileges of the floor were also extended to Hon. Charles E. Waller and Hon. E. M. Robins9n.
 MT Hefiin of Chambers arose to correct the stenographic report which he said had in announcing a vote put his brother, MT. Heiin of Randolph. in his place Mir. He1n of Randolph arose and said that he objected to being put in his brothers s