The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-04
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

pay this? We'll. he said, they have tc wait so long. they always make the Stat, sked more s thst fsn else ssa He they have to wait so long. He was asked if the credit Of the State was not as good as that of an individual. and h,
 Mir. Barefield-ln that statement. didf't he say the reason was they expected the committee to cut down their bills? ',
 MT. Fletcher-Did the committee think there was any fraud in the transaction so far as Mir. Hasson was concerned? whatever I want to say further to this Convention that Mir. Hasson Is not res ponsible for this debt. It is charged to gentlemen who were not here yesterday should know, and 1 call attention to one item for keys charged to the State of k.abama. tive enty-T!ve cents for each key and delegate to this Convention, MT Malone. went down town and got prices and he was offered tho same key at twenty-five cents per 'lozen, while the State of Alabama is charged threo dollars purchased for twenty-five cents. Gentle men of the Convention 1t Is not so much tho amount, but the principle involved treasury. You might as well open the door sand say. walk in and help your selves
 MT. deGraffenried-was not a part oi the twcntv-hve cents for fitting the keys to the various locKs?
 MT; Hefiln-You will find eighty-nine fitted on one day.
 lock?
 MT Hcfiin->No SIT. not exactly. but most of them will unlock any desk. say to you, gentlemen, that 1T each one ol that key, If you would not do that, you ought not to make the State of Alabama pay 1t. We allowed ten cents for each
 MT. Piilans-I would like to ask the gentleman A question. Will 1t not be well to move the previous question, and save the State perhaps eight hundred and session and close this debate?
 Mir. Hefiin (Randolph)-Yes. Just a word more. One gentleman said some Committee on Schedules and Incidental Expenses had nothing to do with that. If we had, we would have cut that short and saved the State of Alabama some our jurisdictoin. Uaughter.) Now 1 want to ask you to take this mater up. Have no man fin view; have nothing in view but the facts and right and justice. This committee does not know these parties. We presume that all of them are good men, and we want nothing but what Is right and it Is for us to deal with the the pictured this and that and the other thing, but 1t is the policy of the law to deal with facts. and not with fiction ed Der it's fragrant leaves. lies poisoned dew. eW ask you to be honest. Now, MT. President. believing that every man understands the question ard is ready to vote. l move to lay the motion to re- consider. on the table.
 MT. Graham (Talladega) took the Chair
 Mir. de- .-.-enried-Before that motion is put. I move to suspend the rules in order that Mr Ha4ann he allowed The President pro tem-That Is not in order at this time.
 MT. Gilmore-I call for the ayes and noes on the motion.
 The call was not sustained.
 Upon q vote being taken, a division was ayes and 45 noes, the mouon to rec On- slider was tabled.
 MT. deGraffenried-I move that we pro- ceed with the regular order.
 President pro tem-The special order for this hour Is the calling of the roll of the Convention.
 MT. Waddell-I ask the gentleman to withdraw moment. will renew the
 President pro tem-The Chair will state to the gentleman from Russell there is special order for this hour Is the calling of the roll in order to allow those to vote who were not present the other day, and the Convention will proceed unless there
 
 MT. Waddell-I ask uanimous consent to intEoduce a short resolution.
 Objection was made.
 President pro tem-Nothing Is in order but the regular order at this hour.
 MT. Grayson-I move that the call of the roll
 President pro tem-The gentleman Is not in order.
 Mir Grayson-I move to postpone the calling of the roll until F o'clock.
 President pro tem-The motion is not in order.
 The Secretary will call the roll.
 Mir. Waddell-The objection has been withdrawn.
 President pro tem-The gentleman is not in order
 President pro tem-The Clerk will call the roll of those who were absent on last Saturday, for the purpose of enabling those delegates to vote aye or no, on the question of adopting the whole Consti- tuition.
 The Clerk proceeded with the roll call