The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-11
RIGHT OF WOMEN TO VOTE
No Committee Reports We're
 Received Yesterday.
President Knox Addresses Suffrage Committee Which Has Received Letters from Senator Tillman
 and Hon. H. A. Herbert.

The main feature of the sixteenth days session of the Constitutional Con- vention was a thirty y-minute address to the Convention in advocacy of extend ing the right of suffrage to the white women of Alabama by Miss Frances Grimm of Montgomery. The gallery was packed with women and when Miss Griffin began to speak several women who could not get in the gal lery were invited to seats in the rear of the Convention hall. Miss Grimm made several good points from her viewpoint of the suffrage question and was repeatedly applauded by the dele gates. The women in the gallery clapped their hands and waved their dainty handkerchiefs in approval of her remarks.
 The Convention was in working ses- sion exactly fifty minutes yesterday and during that time fifteen new ordi- nances were introduced, the Execu- tive Committee made some minor amendments to its report, heretofore published, and the committee on Print ing reported favorably a resolution by MT. Grayson of Madison, pledging the Convention not to pass any resolution or ordinance appropriating money with out an aye and nay vote being taken.
 Owing to the fact that several dele gates were out of town Sunday and returned on late morning trains the Convention did not meet yesterday un- til 12 o'clock. The body was opened with prayer by Rev. William D. Gay, pastor of the Adams Street Baptist Church, who will pray for the Con vention during this week.
 A number of leaves of absence were granted. MT. Malone of Henry, who gave notice Saturday that he wouid object to further leaves of absence, had nothing to say while numerous dele gates applied for leave to visit their ~ Worked Fifty Minutes.
 The calling of the roll for the intro duction of ordinances and resolutions and the calling of the Committees for reports consumed less than thirty min utes ard the order of business was concluded at 12:50 o'clock. It was then that General Sanford of Montgomery, moved to invite Miss Griffin to address the Convention.
 Soon after the Convention met yes terday morning Judge Coleman, Chair man of the Committee on SufIraSe' said -yhat he saw in the newspapers that Miss Griffin was to address ms Committee. He said that this was mistake. By request or Governor Oates. Judge Coleman added that the suffrage Committee had something else to do. Later in the day MT. Williams of Marengo, sent forward and had read a resolution which declared that the Convention sympathized with the Ia dies in the gallery who were to De oe- briyed of the pleasure of hearing cer- tain speech making. when the reso- lution had been read by the ClerK II was carefully scrutinized py fresluen. iit Knox. who announced that It was out of order. .. ,o
 General Sanford of Montgomery sle- s,res that foreigners shall not own property in Alabama. He presented an ordinance yesterday which caused considerable comment. It provides that no person who owes allegiance to any foreign power, potentate or gov ernment, shall be permitted to pur- chase. hold, inherit or own any real estate in Alabama. The ordinance was referred to the Committee on Legisla- tkye Department.
 Ordinances by Gen. Oates.
 Two important ordinances were pre- sented by Governor Oates. The first nrovides that no new debt shall be in cured by the State except to repel in- vssion or suppress insurrection and then by only two-thirds of the mem hers of each house of the General As sembly; provided that the Governor may be authorized to IWgotiate tempo rary loans which shall never exceed S20O. .OO0 and until the same is paid no new loan shall be negotiated. The second ordinance provides that the bonded indebtedness of the State shall never exceel $9, 100000. It also author izas' the General Assembly, at It's next session. to empower the Governor to issue and sell to the best bidder SAP. 400 of bonds bearing 3 1-2 per cent. inter est The proceeds of this bond issue are to be used in extending the two front wings of the State Capitol dis tance of from thirty to forty feet each, improvement of the halls and re-cov erins of the room. It also provides for inc purchase of the remainder of the block on which the Capitol IS located by private sale or condemnation.
 Some Important Measures.
 Other important ordinances were submitted yesterday as follows:
 Rv MT. Davis of Etowah-Limiting waivers of exemptions of homesteads.
 By MT. Eyster of Morgan-Limiting taxation of building and loan asso- cations in their home counties.
 By MT. Haley of Winston--Amend- ing the Constitution relative to ex- emptions.
 Also-Making area of counties 400 square miles.
 By MT. Harrison of Lee-Limiting municipal taxation to per cent. of taxable values.
 By Mir. Long of Walker-Restraining Judges from remitting fines under cer- tain conditions.
 By MT. O'Neill of Jefferson-Relating to special taxes by cities.
 Also-Requiring municipal corpora lions to accept the same assessment as the State on personal as well as real property.
 AIao-Creating State Board of