The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-31

adopted Section 4 of the Sunrage AT ticle which embraces the quaht,ex tions for electors including .ne grandfather clause" The mlnorley eart in onnosition to "the grandfather Clause, was tabled by a vote of los 10 23 This brought to a close the grea. est battle of the Convention, altnousns the fipht is expected on the Boaro ol Resistrars clause of the Article.
 Governor Oates made an unsuccess full attempt to exclude deserters au descendants of deserters rom .ns , h',, the amendment was deieateo os large majority. soo- Ths Convention was considering sec t;on < of the Article when the hour ot Adjournment arrived yesteroay ai'e noon. . .ess,on was a sensational speech py MT S.u.e G of Jefferson. Chairman oL .m Ere Democratic Executive ComHiIte charqed that the deliberate purpose oi she Somnittee on Suffrage was to per natuate fraud in Alabama electlo,s snd declared that the majority Wouio need the minority before the Cohs'- tuition was ratified. .,., vii, Q Beginning today the ConVen,iv" aa meet each morning at oclocn ntii n .v;l, not adjourn in the evening uh.H . a,oiock This resolution was aoop.- es aa result of compromise w..n the delegates who favored noluln'S njebt sessions and the Conventloh VII haraafter work one hour and hah longer each day.
 The Convention opens.
 The convention began its fifty-eightn Ssv with rrayer by Rev. B. F. Ma.- shau NiIety-eight delegates 'eepohu- ed to the call of the roll. s,,--
 The Rules Committee feporteo lhV" ably a resolution limiting speecnes suffrage during the mornlns. .o '.e . af the ures and that one represehtaliNe a, r,a;oritv, and minority reports pc
 in,.ca twenty-five minutes to close ,he Saheta The resolution vas aoopteu.
 rr,s RuIes Committe also repor.eu .s,,,,,, resolution providing tna' ..saster the sessions of the Conssh ssa.s t.ss,n at a a. sna. and adjourn ~ Tn and from s:so p. m. 70 r .he This resoiutionsSwas aaaptsu nc,,r daily sessions are increas',u iss,iI be sud half No nisat se''S'9"s held. ..,o,, 4 of the Suf- ..sa rticle was resumed ana Mr. S5E .tn af cyenshaw addressed the |on ..,a, As a representative oi 'hq .s'r H,oods of Alabama. he salu, no p.t,,y endorsed the majority repo. rp, Corditions in his section, were at,o, erabie and it had come to be a1l,. ,. . of buying the negro vote @ os tbe -,h,ta mans country and It Was '4e os the Convention to save U to hi,a men. Educated negroes were tme ...n,st class of negroes the people naNs
 aa.I with. This great ouestiou tau @ toan solved by the committeee "ieh r,';sdom. patriotism and intei'lsenc
 Wr Murphree. the venerable delegate
 s.. from Pike. had reduced his remaiAs S Y. wrjting and by consent they "e,e a.a by the Clerk. He said ne wou.u VIZ ne Sor the minority report because nc tboueht the majority report was uii- constitutional. He argued that the committee apparently feared the plan S.ould he overthrown by the Feoerai sunreme Court as the committee nao nrovided for the Legislature patchlng st m in this event. He feared IL was cunning a great risk to adopt report that might be overthrown. MT NUT phree said, however. that II ne couiu not get the passage of the minority re- port he would De coh'ens "'e" ''
 3ority report.
 Mir Winn of Barbour spoke for the maIority report. He championed the caiIse of the Confederate soldier ana said if was right that no prescription should be placed upon him or his de- scedants. ~
 Mir. Greer, the eul,oi- . gate from Perry spoke h sunport of the Committee report. lie dweIt at some length upon methods employed by the Black Belt counties to carry elections and repudiated state noents that the Suffrage Committee had left an opening for the perpetua- tion of fraud by these counties. Ihe whole State had depended upon the Black Belt counties in bygone days' Thev never knew anything but to obey eraers and if was unjust to accuse them of infidelity. If the Convention endorsed the report of the majority, Mr Greer said his county and his sec tion would rally to its support.
 MT. Bulger of Tallapoosa, made an earnest appeal for the grandfather clause. It was white supremacy nronosition. His people, he said, were t,,a5 oS huvine the negro vote. The negro had proved himself incapable of self government.
 Mr. Lomax Speaks.
 MT. L.omax of Montgomery, made an excellent argument in support ot the majority report and "the grandra-her cIause" which he declared waG tonstl- tutional. without any douot. me mi nority of the Committee struck ehe grandfather clause" from the report but gave nothing III ltS piN' ,,N been said that the plan was Biack Belt scheme. This was hl-ttn'i. The first cry for a reform of the suffrage came from the Black Belt. The peo- ple could rule the negro in years 10 come. but they had grown tired or wrongdoing. They had grown tired CT rearing their children in an atmos- phere of fraud. The new Constitution would have a tendency to improve ev- erv condition in Alabama and he ap- healed to the delegates to stand by the renort of the Committee.
 Mir. M. A. Smith of Antauga, spoke In support of the majority report and dwelt upon the evils of the negro in political life
 Judge Coleman then closed the de- hate for the Committee, and was ac- corded marked attention. He devoted most of his time to showing the con sIitutionauty of the plan of the Com- n,ittee and quoted from legal authori- tiss to sustain his position. Turning his attention to the speech Of Mr. snasre Saturday. Judge Coleman said that Mir Spears thought the Fifteenth Amendment was the brightest jewel in the crown of the Goddess of Liberty.