The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-09

pie or that county might rise up anu say we do not want them to come lnto our hills and our homes nesting tnere, among our wives and children, because We want them free from this disease, end we do not want you officers 10 let these people come in here and run the risk of spreading disease in our coun- ". Under that amendment, there IS no power by which this can De regu- lated. The health officers can invite the city of Montgomery into Cnampers County, and five thousand voters m that county might rise up, but they have got no relief whatever under tnat amendment, and I am opposed 10 IL. do not think that 1t ought to pc m. corporated in this Constitution. III the gentlemen insist that there ought to be any further law upon this ques. ton, let them submit 1t to the General Assembly of this State. let them take 1t up with the legislative bodies. as 1t Is purely and wholly legislative ques- tion. We ought not to take up the time of this convention with the consid- eration of legislative questions, ana, Mir. President, in the hope that we VIII get through with this report this even ing. make the motion to lay the amendment upon the table.
 And upon a vote being taken, the motion to table was carried.
 The President-The question recurs upon the section as reported by the committee.
 MT. Cunningham-I move Its adop- tion.
 And. upon a vote being taken. the section was adopted.
 Section 32 was read as follows:
 32. That temporary absence from the State shall not cause a forfeiture or residence once obtained.
 MT. Sanford (Montgomery)-I desire to offer an amendment.
 The amendment was read as follows: Insert the words "or county after the wore State."
 MT. Heflin--I move the adoption of the amendment.
 MT. Lomax-T move to lay the amend ment on the table. The section IS Just as it was in the previous Constitution and as it ought to remain.
 MT. Sanford (Montgomery)-l oHer this amendment because the rignts or the man in a State depend upon ms residence. They depend upon his resi- dence in the county, and if 1t IS neces- sary to say that he shall not forfeit ms residence in the State, 1t snouio pe equally right to say he shall not TOT felt 1t in the county by temporary absence. His right to be sued oepenos upon his residence in the county Therefore. I say it is just as neces- sarv to say that a temporary absence shall not forfeit his residence in the county as that a temporary absence shall not forfeit his residence ID tne State. It is his residence in the county that enables him to exercise his ponti- cal right. and also the burdens or taxa- tion are imposed upon him by reason or such residence. He is taxed in the county where he lives, and he votes in the county where he lives.
 MT. Lomax-I move that the aiiiehu ment be laid upon the table!
 I1non A vote being taken, the motlon to table was carried. .. .e
 Mir LomaX-I move the dooP' the section as reported.
 IInon A vote being taken, the sectloh was adopted. u
 Section B was read as folloWs'
 23 That no form of slavery shaH ex- ist in. this State: and there shait ho' be any involuntary serVltuoe, otne wise than for the punishment Of crimes, of which the party shall have been ouiS convicted. ..,o ot the Section; it Is unchanged
 Upon a vote being taken the Sec'ioh was adopted. ..u
 section 34 was read as follows;
 2I The privilege of suffrage shall be nrotected by laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate pen alties, all undue influences from power bribery, tumult or other improper con- duct. ,rn.
 MT. Lomax-The only change, MT. President. made in that Section IS the striking out of the word rlgnt and inserting the word privilege the privilege of suffrage. instead or the right of suffrage.
 Mr. Heflin (Chambers)-I move the adoption of the Section.
 Upon a vote being taken the section was adopted.
 lMr. I,omax-Before the next Section is read in the Committees report, I de- sire to call the attention of the Con- vention to the fact that Section 35 in the Preamble and Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of 1875 Is stricken out by the Committee and does not ap- pear.
 Section 8 was read as follows:
 35. Foreigners who are, or who may hereafter become bona fide residents of this State shall enjoy the same rights in respect to the possession, enjoyment and inheritance of property, as natlVe- born citizens.
 M:. Sanford (Montgomery)-I have an amendment. The amendment was read as follows: Amend Section o5 by inserting in the first line the word "naturalized" before the word for eigner."
 MT. Sanford-The same reasons apply to that, that were offered in the ar gument the other day in regard to the suffrage question and to the individuals having declared bona fide, their inten- tions to become citizens. While We in vite emgrants to this state we want them to come as citizens. and not as transitory marauders. The amount Of real property that is owned in the United States today is astounding. In Teaxs, in Mississippi, in West Virginia in Tennessee, the amount of property is estimated at 27, 100000 of acres, near ly two thirds of the whole State Of Alabama, owned by foreigners, resi- dents of England, Germany and France, and therefore I say that if these people are to own our land. let them be citi- zens so they can bear the burdens of citizenship as well as enjoy the bene- fits of the rights of such a posi- tion. I will mention some of these that own lands in this country. Three mil lions of acres in Texas, to show you the character of that ownership, are owned by Earl Cardigan, Duke Buford, William Alexander. Louis Stephenson, Douglass Hamilton, Duke of Bowden, Duke of Rutland, and others of that character. So, in Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee and Texas. l say these peo-