The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-31

the Committee. The pending question
 Is upon the substitute reported by the Committee for the entire subdivision, | and upon that the gentleman from Greene demands the previous question. The question is shall the main Ques-
 tion be now put. | MT. Hefiin (Chambers)-I desire to make motion to table the report of | the Committee and do it for the pur- pose of making another motion to re- call the amendment from the Commit
 tee and take 1t up for the constdera- ton. lVsi z The President-The pending amend | ment relates to an entirely different matter as the Chair understands it, MT. Hefiin-Then I want to make my motion at the proper time. The President-Does the gentleman move to table the substitute reported by the Committee? It is a different subdivision to that referred to by the amendment offered by the gentleman from Chiffon.
 MT. Henin-I ask for a division of | the question.
 MT. Harrison-Would it not be in or I der after we have acted on the report of the Commi,tee to then offer an amendment to the Section | The Presidential seems to the Chair it would be.
 MT Harrison-There will be no ob- | jection if that is the ruling. The President-The Chair feels grat- | flied. Uaughter) The question is | shall the main question be now put. Upon a vote being taken the main question was ordered. The President-The question now will be upon the adoption of the substitute | reported by the Committee for the first | subdivision.
 Upon a vote being taken the substi- ute reported by the Committee was | adopted.
 The President-The question is on the adoption of the subdivision as amended.
 Upon a vote being taken the subdi- visions as amended was adopted. Mir. Harrison-I offer an amendment to the second subdivision of Section 1S1 The amendment was read as follows: Amend Section 1S1. second subdi- | vision. by adding in line nine after the word property and before the words
 in this State the words or of real | and personal property" The President-The question will be | upon the amendment offered by the gentleman from Lee. MT. Harrison-In support of that amendment I desire to say it is in ef- feet the same as the amendment off, fered by the delegate from Chiffon. but it comes in more appropriately, I think, there. and makes less change and cov- CTS exactly the same grounds. The simple effect of it is that a party may be entitled to vote who owns and pays taxes upon three hundred dollars worth of property whether 1t be real, per Sonal or mixed.
 The section as amended will read3 "Second-The owner in good faith, in his own right, or the husband of a wo- man who is the owner in good faith, in her own right, of forty acres of land situate in this State, upon which they reside; or the owner in good faith, in his own right, or the husband of any woman who is the owner in good faith, in her own right, of real estate, situate in this State assessed for taxation at the value of three hundred dollars or more, or the owner in good faith, in his own right, or the husband of a wo- man who is the owner in good faith, iD her own right of personal property or of real and personal property in this State assessed for taxation at three hundred dollars or more; provided, that the taxes due upon such real or per- sonal property for the year next pre- ceding the year in which he offers to register shall have been paid, unless the assessment shall have been legally contested and is undetermined. I offer that because it appears to be fair and just.
 Mir. Grant-Don't your amendment relate only to the husband of a wife who owns that property?
 MT. Harrison-No, sir.
 MT. Grant-Husband of a woman
 Mir. Harrison-The original report hn think, MT. President, that the matter has been fully discussed If it is not right, we do not want it. We cannot justify any such proposition. It has been demonstrated by the question pro- pounded by the delegate from Mobile and others. It is so simple, the Con- vention ought to understand it. This whole matter is a question of right and wrong, and I do not wish to be put in the position of subscribing to it. If it ought to be larger, the Committee ought to say so, and I do not see how we can justify going before the people, and if one man own part real estate and part personal property, and say he is disqualified. He may own double the amount and yet be disqualified. It is so unjust on it's face, that 1 trust the Convention, notwithstanding the tendency not to make amendments, will correct this. because I do not feel that we can sustain our position with any such proposition as has been incor- porated in this part of the report.
 MT. Hefin CChambers)-I move the previous question upon the adoption of the amendment.
 MT deGraffenreid-I move to lay the amendment upon the table.
 MT. Pillans-I call for the ayes and noes
 Upon a call of the roll, the vote re- suited as follows:
 AYES. Messrs President Knight. Altman Macdonald.
 Bareield. McM1llan tWllcox)' Carnathon. Miller (Wilcox).
 Chapman. Norwood.
 Cobb. . Neal (Lauueroale), coleman. of Greene. Parker (Cullman). Coleman, of Walker. Reese.
 deGraffenreid, Sanders. Glover. smith. Mac. A.,
 Graham. of Mont Sorrell.
 gomery. Stewart
 c nf Perry VauRhan.