The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-06


 | that there is hereby appropriated a 1, sum sufficient to pay whatsoever shall be due said stenographer according 10 | said contract, and the auditor Is here by authorized and empowered 70 oraw | his warrant on the treasurer in favor | of said stenographer for such sums as | shall from time to time be certified to be due for such purpose by the Presi- | dent and Secretary of the Convention. The Committee reports back tn the | Convention resolution nuE:ber S3, in- troduced by MT. Pettus O: Limestone, | without recommendation tn it's part, | for the action of the Convention. Tho Committee reports back to the | Convention resolution number S7, in- l troduced by Mir. Vaughan of Dallas, | without recommendation on its rart, | for the action of the Committe.. The Committee reports back to the Convention resolution humber 16e, in- troduced by MT. Henderson of Pike, | without recommendation on its part, | for the action of tte Convention. The Committee reports as substi- l tute for resolution number 97. intro | duced by Mir. Winn of Barbour, the 1 following resolution, and recommends | its adoption by the Convention: Resolved. That 1t is the sense of | this Convention that each ordinance | offered shall contain but one subject | matter. which shall be clearly ex- pressed in the title. so that the same may be properly referred to the aprro- priate committed.
 The Committee reports adversely to resolution number 1o1, introduced by MT. Watts of Montgomery, and recom- mends that it be not adopted by the Convention, for the reason that its purpose is covered by rule number H. Said resolution reads as follows Resolved. That whenever either of | the committees hereafter appointed, except the Committee on Rules, on Journal. and procuring ministers, is ready to report. the chairman thereof | shall hand the said report to the Sec retary of this Convention, who shall cause the said report to Q. printed and | a copy thereof placed upon the desk of | each member of the Convention beft re | the said report Is considered. 2. That when any sucn report comes up for consideration by the Conven- | tion, each section or paragraph of said report shall be considered separs tely. The Committee herewith returns to the Convention the resolutions herein | above referred 10.
 My MT. Smith-In connection with | the report, I call attention to Rule No. 47. I desire by way of explanation to read that rule:
 Rule 4T-When any ordinance Is in l troduced 1t shall be read at length and be referred by the President without | a vote being taken, unless otherwise ordered by a two-thirds vote of the | Convention, to the appropriate con- mittee. No ordinance shall be report ed back from any committee until af- | ter the lapse of one entire legislative l hol | reported to this Convention any arti- cle or section of the proposed consti- | tuition, said article or section shall again be read at length and three hun | dred copies thereof printed for the use | of delegates; and such article or sec- tion shall lie on the table at least one day and until in regular order 1t shall
 be taken up for consideration by the
 Convention.
 I now move the adoption of the re-
 port of the Committee.
 Mir Reese-Mr. President, desire to
 ask the gentleman from Mobile a ques-
 tion. Does that rule provide what shal
 be done in case there is a minority re-
 port?
 By MT deGraffenreid-There is an.
 other rule that does.
 The President-There is a rule that
 requires that to be printed also. The
 Chair will call the attention of the gen
 tleman to rule 5l which covers thai
 point.
 By MT. Watts-I admit that Rule 47
 covers almost all of the gist. of my res
 olution but there is one part of it that
 Rule 47 does not cover, and that Is
 that when those reports are made and
 read, they shall be considered section
 by section, and it seems to me that
 unless there is some other rule Ic
 which the Committee can refer me
 this Convention ought to adopt a rule
 which will require the reports of Com
 mittees to be considered section by
 section and not as a whole. If there
 is such a resolution, of course the
 Committee is right.
 Without yielding the floor I woulc
 like to ask in regard to the resolution
 offered by myself, what effect does tho
 adoption of the report have on the res olution introduced by me? Under rule
 A. does 1t have any regard to an ad-
 verse report.
 By MT. Smith (Mobile)-My under
 standing is the report would simply
 carry that resolution to the Conven- ton. That is the recommendation of the Rules Committee. It was of course
 adversely reported.
 MT. Long (Walker)-Does it lay tho
 adverse report over one day or indef-
 initely?
 MT. Smith (Mobile)-The adoption oi the report, I take it, would be concur
 ring in the report of the Committee that it be not adopted.
 MT. Lcng (Walker)-Mr. President, move that the report of the Committed uron the resolution introduced by my.
 self. No. S6, which seeks to abolish the contract for a stenographic report, be taken up and that the resolution bt
 put upon its passage, if I can meet
 with a second the Committee on Rule:
 to the contrary notwithstanding.
 The motion was seconded.
 MT. Oates-I do not see how that
 motion is in order whsn the report oi
 the Committee is before the House and involves that very identical ques' tion.
 The President-The question befor
 the House is on the motion to adopt
 the report.
 MT. Long CWalker) T offer this as ; substitute and have met with a sec ond. I think have the floor. The President-The gentleman iron
 Walker has the floor. What was tn motion? The Chair has not heard the motion.
 Mir Long (Walker)-I move. and of fer the motion as a substitute for thu 7 motion made by the Chairman of thu
 Committee on Rules, that the report Q the Committee on Resolution No. be taken up, and the resolution be pu
 upon it's passage, the report of th 5 Committee on Rules to the contrar! notwithstanding.