The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-14


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 M. Lowe-I ask leave to Introduce q resolution instructtng that Commit tee to report It.
 MT. Watts What ordinance does the gentleman refer to? <,
 The President-,That providing for a quadrennial session of the legislature. The gentleman asks leave to introduce a resolution. Is there objection?
 Mir. Lowe-I was misinformed as to the number. If I can move verbally. move that the Committee on Judi ciary be instructed to report the ords- nance before them to amend the sec- ton on the Judiciary report relative to sheriffs.
 Mir. Gfaham-I make the point of or der that the motion is now in order because, the Article on Judiciary has just been tabled, and therefore Is not before this Convention.
 MT. Lowell there is objection, I shall not insist upon it. My only pur- pose was to assist the action of the convention upon the Judiciary report.
 MT. Wilson (Clarke)-Before this matter is gone into. I have a privt- legged motion pending. which is the or der now. and 1 want to call 1t up. On Friday. moved to reconsider the vote by which the Article on Municipal Cor porations was ordered to a third read ing and engrossment, and by consent the motion was set down for today. have been waiting all day to call 1t up. and make the motion now,
 Mir. Long (Walker)-I make the point of order that the motion goes over to the head of unfinished business. l do not care to displace the gentleman. but 1t was displaced by the special order set for a certain hour and therefore 1t goes over,
 MT. wilson-rhis. MT. President. had precedence of that.
 The President-The Chair has been in some difficuity in reaching a conclu- sion on the motion made by the gentle man from Clarke. but the Chair has reached the conclusion that when the gentleman obtains the floor and makes his motion. 1t would be in order to move to make 1t a. special order. That was the motion that was made by the the gentleman and the Chair Is in- clined to make the same ruling with reference to this motion made by the gentleman from Jefferson. As the question is up. might as well decide on 1t. Rule 43 says: Any ordinance or resolution may be recalled from a Committee by . vote of the majority of the whole number of delegates elect cd to the Convention"
 That motion might be made the spe- cial order by a vote of the Convention; otherwise. the Chair is unable to see how any delegate would get the ben eft of this rule recalling any matter from the Committee. A motion, how ever. of that kind would not displace the regular order, unless 1t was dis placed by a majority vote of the Con vention, but 1t seems to the Chair that any delegate who gets recognition may enter his motion. and then if he pieases move to make 1t a special order. MT. Ashcraft-I desire to call the at- tention of the Chair to the rule which provides that every morning the roll of the Convention shall be called 70 allow delegates to introduce any res olution they may see fit. NOW, now can the gentleman
 The President--The Chair heard the gentleman from Lauderdale and the gentleman from Clarke very patiently on this motion. and took the matter under advisement. and the opinion the Chair reached is that the motion may be entered. and 1t would go over as unfinished business. unless the ConVen- l ton directs otherwise.
 MT. Wiison--I do not think 1t would | be necessary to reach 1t by motion l to set this matter as special order. l think if the Convention will listen to me to moment, we can dispose of this matter in the time It would take for setting a special order. l first move | that the reconsideration of the Section which has just been placed on the ta- ble be made the special order imme- diately after the reconsideraton oi this article. Then make the motion | he Unta hv WhiCn tNlS | Article was ordered to third read ing. That motion Is now up. If that motion is carried, then to accomplish what I want, would ask to make the motion to reconsider Section speciai order. but the Chairman Of the com mittee which acted on this matter, and tbe gentlemen who introduoed the. ors dinance originally and who pressed It's adoption on this floor has agreed With
 me and those who think as do, on a substitute to this section. and do not think there will De any op- lection whatever to the substitute ,,non which we have agreed, and there fore shall ask after brieflys taat'ng the reasons. that this substitute be accept ed bv unanimous consent h lieu or Section 6 as 1t now is in the report or the Committee on Municipal Corpora | tions. l., | The President-The Chair Is unaple to understand how the gentleman Is go- ing to displace the special order which Is the pending question. the motion to reconsider. unless he does so by vote of the House. or by unanimous con- sent.
 Mir. Wilson-This matter was made special order for today. The reconsid- eration was the first order of business 1 after the reading of the Journal on sat urday. but by consent. it went over un- til today. It Is a reconsideration, ana that g.ves 1t preference to other ousi- | ness.
 The President-Does the gentleman i recollect if there was any vote or the Convention of the kind? The Chair does not recollect that IL was submit ted to the Convention. l MT. Wilson-It does not require a vote to make that the special order. l entered the motion and under the rules it goes over until the next morning. The President-Then the gentleman gave notice that he would move, or did make a motion to make # the special order.
 Mr. Wilson-Not that, but the Sec ton. q motion to reconsider, which had been laid upon the table. l wanted. in the first place, to reconsider the vote whereby the Article was ordered to third reading. That would have been useless unless l could also have recon | sidered the vote whereby the Section was after was adopted. The motion to reconsider that Section has been laid on the table. In order to get at that