The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-23

| port at the time agreed upon, and we | had to send for 1t, and when he sent 1t | back to us without and comments
 whatever, we took 1t for granted that he had no comments to make, and there was no reason why we should not l make our report.
 Now in reference to the suggestion made my Mir. weatherly and also by | the distinguished gentleman from Montgomery. that their commit tee should report upon matters of local
 legislation, I respectfully submit that | the Committee on Local Legislation was established by this convention for | the purpose of considering matters Of local legislation, or it has no functions whatever. If the Committee on Local l Legislation has jurisdiction ot this | subject, then the Committe on Legis-
 lative Department has not. There can- | not be two committees with concurrep1 | Jurisdiction in this convention, and with all due respect to the learned
 gentleman from Montgomery. the Chairman of the Committee MT. Hefiin (Chambers)-I rise to a point of order. A motion to suspend | the rules is not debatable.
 The President-The point Of order Is
 well taken.
 | 1T. l objected to my remarks.
 l MT. Heiin-I did not so understand | 1t.
 Mir. Watts-The gentleman is unfor- l tunate in not so understanding it.. | Leave was granted. I asked leave a1d no objection was made.
 MT. Hefiin (Chambers)-I insist Lb- on the point of order
 The President-The proposition was | not stated to the convention, the Char | will suggest, but the Chair by indui- gence was allowing the gentleman to l proceed, in reply to the remarks made | by the gentleman from Montgomery, by common consent, but the question was not put to the conventionu. MT. Watts-I insist that if other gen. | tlemen have discussed this matter. il | is not fair to cut off the committee. The committee always have the rignt Fto close any discussion affecting tneIr report.
 The President-That is a matter with
 the gentleman from Chambers. who
 makes the point of order.
 Mir. Watts-I merely want to state | the position of the committee, in reply | to the gentleman from Jefferson and | the gentleman from Montgomery. The President-The Chair will state | when the gentleman from Montgomery
 commenced to discuss the matter. 1t
 was not debatable, but the Char simp- ! ly allowed some debate by indulgence. l because no point had been made | against it. If the gentleman from 1 Chambers insists upon his point of or | der the Chair will sustain it. Mir. Hefini (Chamhersl-I will with | draw it. thought we were consum- I dnol If time this
 tion, but if the gentleman will be brief l in his remarks I will withdraw. The President-The gentleman will
 proceed.
 MT. Watts-I was about remark, MT.
 President that it seems to me that If i by inadvertence any ordinance introS | duced into this Convention was re- | ferred to the Committee on .Leglsla- l tive Department. which related to the subject of local legislation. 1t was their | duty, istead of considering 1t to report
 it back to the convention, and have it
 referred to the proper committed. the | Committee on Local Legislation, and l 1 do not think that the Committee on
 Legislative Department should have | gone on and considered this question.
 unless they had first come into the | convention and asked that the Com
 mitee on Local Legislation he dis charged. and think that If the gentle man has objections to the report of the | Committee on Local Legislation. he can | make them by offering to amend the | report, ia the various and sundry par ticulars but 1 do not think we should
 he subservient to that committee, any
 more than we should be subservient to
 any other
 MT. Brooks-I would like the indul-
 gence of the Chair and of the gentle
 man, to make a suggestion to the gen. | tleman from Lauderdale. who offers the
 report of the committee.
 It is this: suppose he lets this ques- | tion go over. After we get through with the discussion on the report of the | Committee on Executive. Department. there is the report of the Committee
 on Taxation. and after that the report
 of the Committee on Preamble and Declaration of Rights, and it will not prejudice the gentleman's case. if he | will wait day or two, until the-report | of the Committee on Legislative De- partment is in and then a special order
 can be applied for. for both reports, one after the other and In that way the Convention will have the opportunity | and advantage of having both reports
 before them to read. before they come up for consideration as a special order.
 I would therefore suggest to the gen. tleman from Lauderdale that he with draw the motion for a suspension of rules and let the matter go over. It
 will be without prejudice to his ease The President-The Chair expresses
 hope that the different Chairmen Of
 the Committees will get together and | come to some agreement.
 MT. O'Neal-Other committees have
 m ade their reports and they have been l assigned as special orders by this Con- vention. I see no reason why the Com
 mittee on Local Legislation should not enjoy the same privilege. Therefore,
 cannot assent to the proposition of
 the gentleman from Mobile. We have
 made our report and I know of no req son why this report should not be
 made g special order by this Conven-
 ticn and l cannot assent to the propo-
 sItion that our report should be made subordinate to the report of any other
 Committee.
 MT. Cunningham-I rise to the point
 of order that under the rules the re-
 port of the Committee on Legislative
 Department will take its regular place
 on the Calendar which will be follow
 ing the report of the Committee on
 Preamble and Declaration of Rights.
 Therefore the motion to make 1t a spe-
 cial order succeeding that is out of or
 der.
 Mir. O'Neal-If that point of order is
 well taken. I withdraw the motion.
 The Presidential the opinion of the
 Chair the report of the Committee will
 lie upon the table and be printed. and,
 under the rules. will come up for con