The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-19

wisdom of the Legislature. IT conoi- tions arise such as the gentleman from Mobile contends for. the Legislature in Its intelligence and wisdom can pro- vide for 1t. That body may perhaps have made some mistake in recent
 printing of the Acts. but we all make
 mistakes. Mir. President. l am afraid , that even this Convention before 1t shall have adjourned. will be charged with having made some mistakes. and I believe we will make a mistake now, If we hamper down the Legislature | with details which may be inconveni- ent and expensive to the State in the future. now move the previous ques- tion on the pending amendment and | the Section as reported by the .Com- mittee. | MT. Beddow-I ask the gentleman to | withdraw that just one moment. The President pro tem-Does the gen
 tleman yield?
 Mir Reese--I have made my motion. Upon a vote being taken, a division
 was called for. and by vote of 4s ayes and SS noes the main question was ordered.
 MT. Beddow--I desire to offer a sub stitutc.
 MT. sanford tPike)--I object. rise to a point of order. The previous Ques-
 
 previous question is ordered no sub
 stitute or amendment can be offered.
 The President pro tem-The point of | order is sustained. &
 MT. O'Neal-r would likg to ask the Chairman of the CommitteA a question | for information. As I understand it
 this Section reported by the Committee | is the exact Section found in the Con-
 stitution of 1875, Is 1t not? MT. Oates-It is. Mir. O'Neal--word for word, isn't it. MT. Oates-Yes. sir, and I will state | in that connection in my absence, that | it Is So reported- Mir. Waddell-A point of order. The previous question has been ordered. MT. OrNeal-Some gentlemen never
 want anybody to tel, in this Conven- | tion but themselves. MT. Fitts--I make the point of order
 that there is nothing in order. but a | vote on the main question. The President pro tem-The point of order is well taken. Mir. Samrord Pike)-I make the | point of order that the Chairman of the
 Committee is entitled to close on this
 matter after the previous question is ordered.
 Mir. Long (Walker)--I make the point of order that the Chair itself has | decided that the motion for the previ-
 ous question was called.
 Mir. Fitts-No he didn't. The pre- | vious question was ordered. The President pro tem-The point of l order made by the gentleman from Pike is well taken. Mir. -O'Neal--I rise to a point of order
 The Chairman of the Committee has the right to close this debate after the nreyiouQ oifesfl0n Ia ordered The President pro tem-That Is what the Chair has decided. MT. Bulger-A parliamentary fn- quiry. 1 would like to know if the mo- tion TOT a previous question extended further than the substitute. The President pro tem-Only to the substitute.
 MT. Reese--The previous question
 was called on the Section and substi- tute.
 To which there were expressions of l dissent.
 The President pro tem-The Chair | understood the previous question to apply only to the substitute. | MT. Reese-The motion applied to the pending amendment and the Section.
 The President pro tem-The gentle
 man from Montgomery has the floor. Mir Greer (Calhoun)-A point of or | der. The Chairman of the Committee has a right to speak to the main ques-
 tion after the previous question is l called. but not to the substitute. MT. Reese-I ask for a reading or
 the stenographer's notes. . MT. Jones (Montgomery)-I desire to | ask the Chairman a question, which
 he can answer later on, as l do not
 want to interrupt him. Is this Section
 not in the exact language of the Coll
 stitution. and under that did not the State have to send its printing to Florida because the Floridian was the l lowest bidder?
 Mir. Uates-In reply to that question l I will state
 MT. chapman-A parliamentary in-
 duiry: Is the gentleman from Mont
 gomery who is Chairman of the Com
 mittee, now speaking upon the amend
 ment or on his right to close me de-
 bate on this question? MT. Reese-I rise to a question of
 information. What Is the ruling Of the Chair?
 ] The President pro tem-In the opinion
 of the Chair the previous question was
 rdereI upon the substitute.
 Mir. Reese-I ask TOT the reading of the stenographic report, as 1t will show what my motion was. MT. Beddow--I opJect. | The Pres ident pro tem.-We will be | governed by the reading of the Journal. | MT. Reese-I ask for a reading of the | Journal.
 MT. Oates--I think you will find that l the delegate from Dallas moved the
 m mevious question on the section and | pending amendment. | The Journal was read, stating the
 rotion to be for the previous question on the section and amendment.
 MT. Oates-I have but little to say
 on this section, and by way of answer
 to the question of my colleague from | Montgomery, if printing had not been | given to a house in Jacksonville. Flor- | ida, not long since? I will say that
 such is my information. and further l mere I heard d good deal of complaint | about its being unsatisfactory But the
 section requires not the letting of print ing of acts and Journals. etc. to any l Lideer, but to the lowest responSible | bidder. Now. If those who have
 charge of the letting out of the printing | do their duty they should have proper | bonds and obligations from the lowest l responsible bidder insurinG that inc
 work will 5e well done. and done in | accordance with the law. l oppose Tor 1be committee the amendment offered
 by the delegate from Mobile. only for l the reason that the gentlemen who ex- l anime this will find that it leaves the
 power in the Legislature to regulate | this matter It is unnecessary to add
 any amendme at. It s the section which | we find in the existing Constitution,