The age-herald., 1901-06-12

Cormick as general manager of the Ten nessee Company.
  have a lieutenant auditor or a lieutenant member of the legislature.
 MT Thompson of Bibb said he regretted to differ with the Proctor Knott of Ala bama (referring to MT. Long), and that he did not have the fear of the Hill ed the creation of the office and gave H. lustrations when it had been of advantage to the State.
 MT. Boone of Mobile favored creating the office of lieutenant governor. He said 1t was better to have a man presiding over the Senate elected by the people than one slated by seventeen members.
 Governor Oates spoke against MT. Long's motion. and in faypr of the office of lieutenant governor. He said it was twenty-six years ago when the Demo- cratic speakers opposed this. office and that men ought to learn by time and ex- I perience He then spoke of the situation in Alabama when Governor Stamford was very i'll before he was inaugurated, and 1t was daubtful who was to be his success sor. That the apprehension that the lieu tenant governors salary would be ex- Il orbitant was unfounded. It was to be fixed by the legislature and would proba-
 
 Senate now received. He spoke of the former carpet-bagger government in the State and said they were defeated largely by prejudice. That they instituted some good features-one, the commissioner of industries which the convention of 1875 abolished, and which experience had now demonstrated was necessary
 MT. Sollie of Dale spoke in favor of MT. Longs motion solely on the ground of economy. Governor Jones then said 1t would be agreeable to the committee to provide that the Lieutenant Cover nor's salary should not exceed that of the speaker of the House. MT. Sollie said this would remove his objections.
 MT. Case of DeKalb favored the creat- ing of the office.
 Judge Howze Favored lt. Judge Howze of Jefferson also favored the creating of the office. He said the people should have the right to say who should govern then in case the Governor became disqualified. That he had drawn the ordinance, and in doing so had put in the suggestion that the salary should be the same as that paid the speaker of the House.
 Mir. Merrill of Barbour favored MT. Long's motion. He didn't want to create any new offices.
 MT. Reese of Dallas favored the ordi- nance. He said 1t did not create a new office but merely changed the name of an officer we already had-the president of the Senate. He said the Senate might be evenly divided between two parties, and that it would not be wise to leave to mojority of nine men the right to elect a Governor in case of the Cover nor's death.
 He said the people favored electing every officer in the State from con- stable to United States Senator. and why not let them elect the Lieutenant Governor instead of leaving it to a few men in the Senate.
 MT. Wilson of Washington said he had learned in his few years of experience not to put too much trust in members of the Legislature when 1t came to fixing salaries or making appropriations, and he was opposed to the office, as the Leg islature was not prohibited from in creasing the salary.
 MT Dent Harbour favored the creat- ing of the office
 the office, especially so, as the Lieuten' ant-Governor was to be elected by the people.
 General Sanford of Montgomery spoke of the canvass of 1S75 He said it's object was to substitute @ constitution for one ordained by strangers who had never even seen the counties they claimed tc represent. That the superintendent oi education at that time was grossly ig norant, and it was on account of these facts, as well as others, that the cam paign of 1875 was conducted. He ther spoke in favor of the office saying 1t was better to have 1,sO0,OOO people choose g possible Governor than that seventeen men in the Senate should do so.
 Mir. Blackwell of Morgan said that ir his county he did not findl single mar in the hills or the valleys who was op posed to the creation of the office of Lieu tenant Governor when it's necessity wal explained to them. He cited the case o Kentucky which had lost a Governor un der such distressing circumstances bu whose Lieutenant Governor assumed tn, office without any friction. We are pro viding a constitution. he said. which in few years will cover over 6000,0O0 peopl, instead of 1,800.000.
 MT Martin of Calhoun favored the ere. ating of the office of Lieutenant Govern or. He especially favored the provision which allowed the people to elect him He emphasized the fact that the peopl, of the State had no voice in electing tn, president of the Senate, who as at presen might become Governor.
 MT. White Speaks.
 MT. White of Jefferson said the ques tion should be considered and determined on sound reason; that he had great con hdence in the people-so much so that h, was never afraid to do right believin, that they would approve it. We shoult select the Governor, he said, with nor, care, as the high executive, than any on, else, and 1t was therefore important tha he who might succeed the chief executiv, should be selected with equal care. B, extending the term to four years W, thereby increase the chance of the Cover Fl nors death, which makes 1t more i'm portant that his successor should be elect ed at the same time and in the same man ner as the Governor. He Illustrated tn , condition of Senate called upon to de eide on a successor in the case of tn death of Governor. We believe, he said | that the people of the whole State wer wiser and more conservative than an, one man in the Senate. How would 1t be he asked, if the Senate was of one politi cal party and the people in the State o another?
 MT. O'NeaI of Lauderdale moved tn previous question on MT. Long's motion MT LonR's motion was lost by a larg majority. The first section as amende by Governor Oates was then read an | adopted by the convention.
 Governor Jones moved the adoption 0 l 0 aI ba