The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-03


 ed amid great applause.
 Section IS as adopted, provides for poll tax of $l.50 to be paid by male inhabitants between the ages of q years and 45 years who are not now exempt by law. The poll tax is to be- come due and payable on October 1st of each year.
 Section 1e Considered.
 The Convention then took up the pending amendments to Section 19. The section provided for the legisla- ture remedying defects in the Consti- tuition found by courts of competent jurisdiction. The amendments of Mir Sorrell of Tallapoosa and General San ford of Montgomery, providing for sub mission of such enactment by the leg- election. were laid upon the table.
 The Suffrage Committee sent up a substitute for Section 19. which struck out the clause providing for the leg islature remedying defects in the Con- stitution as found by the courts and fixing 1t so that if any section of the Article be declared imperative by the courts such decision shall not affect the remainder of the Article. General Harrison of Lee, spoke against the substitute. He said he had opposed the Section in the Committee room. It was unwise and was bad policy. He showed its effect upon the registration clause and said it might leave the entire voting population of Alabama upon an educational and | property qualification. He said he de- sired to enter his protest against the | indecision of the Committee as lndl- cated by the section.
 General Harrison concluded by send | ing up an amendment that the Board of Registrars should prepare three lists of voters showing those registered un- der the different subdivisions of the Article.
 On motion of MT. Weatherly of Jeff ferson the Harrison amendment was tabled
 MT, Sanders of Limestone, sent up a substitute for the substitute. It de- clares that the separate sections and subdivisions of the Suffrage Article shall be divisible and shall be inder pendent. t
 President Knox argued in support of | the substitute reported by the Committee. He answered the argument made by General Harrison. He showed that if the Supreme Court overthrows one clause the entire article would not fall He said the substitute did | not snow a ldCk OI COAAiloShSo '~ .AAN | article. It was merely a conservative safeguard. He declared deliberately | that under tine substitute he did not believe that the whole article would be l effected by a decision of the Supreme | Court.
 On motion of President Knox the | Sanders substitute was tabled by a
 vote of S to 2l.
 | Mir Sanders moved to table the sub- l stitute of the committee and the Con-
 vention refused to table the substitute | The Convention then by viva voce
 vote of 64 to 22 a1opted the substitute
 offered by the committee.
 The original section as amended by
 the substitute was then adopted.
 General Sanford of Montgomery sent
 up an amendment to the entire article
 to be known as Section 20. It provided
 for the recording of names of electors
 as they vote.
 On motion of MT. Weatherly of Jef- l ferson the Sanford amendment was ta- | bled.
 MT Lowe of Jefferson sent Ep his in-
 dependent article on suffrage which i:
 familiar to the reading public. It was
 offered as a substitute to the article
 At this point the Convention at 6:5(
 o'clock adjourned until g o'clock this | morning.