The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-18

Montgomery.
 The President-The right to conclude is with the gentleman from Montsom- cry as the chairman of the committee.
 Mr.> Oates-well l yield to the gen tleman from Montgomery. T..
 Mr.; Jones (Montgomery)-l am ln hearty sympathy with the purpose ol this substitute. do not speak nere lor any railroad, or in any other "a pacity except as plain representative of the people. The trouble apout put ting this question off is that we may not get to 1t hereafter. If We put u in now. and we come to more ap- propriate place, and pass something that applies to everybody, why, then we can take 1t out here. Inere VIII De no trouble about that.
 My experience has been' ana l have had great deal of experience, that the railroads as rule are more sinned against than shining. l do not think that the men who take these passes, take them as bribes, put a pau habit has grown up. Members say otn- CTS receive them and they should, too' and the railroads are afraid to reIuse' 1 have known a Judge with a pass ih his pocket, who was So afraid that some one would think he was lnnu- enced, that he would rule against me, when in his normal condition he would have probably ruled otherwise. On the other hand I have argued cases before Judges that I believed before my God were deciding against me in favor or a corporation because they had re- ceived its favors.
 Now If this Constitutional C0nven- tion cannot put a self executing pro- vision in the Constitution that will stop this evil we had better adjourn at once. We can stop it. It has been stopped in the State of New York. It has been stopped in Kentucky, and 1t has been stopped in Louisiana. and 1t has been stopped everywhere they have made a real bona fide effort to do it. I desire to get in an amendment re- garding cases which 1 do not be- lieve comes within the evil. where the man was an officer or employee at the time of his election. but it seems mem bers don't want that, and l am Will ing to take the substitute just as 1t is The evil Is great scandal as 1t is. It will be a great step in aid or official purity, and will elevate our people. 1T we take decided steps now to punish a breach of the Constitution which has been a reproach to our good name for twenty-five years past.
 The President-The question Is on the adoption of the substitute of the gen. tleman from Montgomery, which was accepted by the gentleman from Jef- ferson. by unanimous consent of the Convention.
 Mir. white-I call for the ayes and noes.
 The call was sustained. and a reading oF rHCNik k,,ka an- tien called for. The same was read.
 Mir. Samford-I rise to a point of in- quiry.
 MT. Burns-I rise to a point of priv ilege.
 The clock struck one.
 MT Samford-The original section reads with reference to the pay of members of the Legislature, and then the gentleman from Pike, Mir Mur- phree, offers an amendment to that, and the gentleman from Jefferson of- fers a substitute to that.
 Mir. Waddell-I rise to point of or der This Convention is now adjourned.
 MT. white-I move that the Conven- tion remain in session until the vote is taken.
 The President-The gentleman from Pike has the floor; the delegates will please be in order
 MT. Sanford (Pike)-I would like to know if the substitute of the gentle man from Jefferson in case of its adop- tion does away with the amendment of fered by the gentleman from Pike?
 The Presidential adopted as a sub stitute 1t would take the place of that amendment.
 MT. White-I move that this Conven- tion remain in session until after the vote Is taken.
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-I make the point of order that we cannot adjourn when a vote is about to be taken. The previous question has been ordered. The Chair decided against me that way yesterday.
 The President-The Chair will rule upon the point of order. A motion to adjourn Is not in orler while a vote is being taken, but if the hour of ad- journment arrives, as 1t has today, pending the discussion of the question, the Convention will stand adjourned, and it does stand adjourned under the rules until 3:30 o'clock this afternoon.
 The Convention thereupon adjourned.