The age-herald., 1901-06-15

 l attorney general. the secretary of state,
 and all the judges and members of the l Legislature.
 MT Henderson of Pike offered an 1 amendment to strike out the words
 "'Lieutenant Governor" This, on motion, 1 was tabled.
 Favors Majority Report. MT. O'Neal of Lauderdale favored the majority report. He said various small | CT officials like clerks and sheriffs re- | ceived more compensation than the Gov ernor. Only the rich, old bachelors and | those content to live in Montgomery ho- tels he said, could afford to accept the position. He said the Legislature never had time to pass such legislation, giving the Governor a fair salary; it was too
 much occupied in local legislation. He de-
 nied that the people of Alabama were op-
 posed to this just but tardy amend ment.
 Judge Howze of Jefferson offered an
 amendment to the minority report to fix the Lieutenant Governors salary the
 same as that of the speaker of the House, except when serving as Cover nor.
 MT. Reese of Dallas favored Judge Howze's amendment, but did not think it went far enough. He wanted the Leg islature to be prohibited from increasing his salary He said the title of Lieuten- | ant Governor was of itself sufficient com pensation. that in a land where every
 man was born a colonel the Lieutenant | Governor would shortly be called Gov l ernor.
 Judge Howze's amendment to the mil l nority report was adopted, and it was
 then moved to lay the minority report l on the table This motion was lost by | vote of 90 to g.
 | MT. Pettus of Limestone then offered an amendment to include the Superintendent of Education within the provisions of the minority report. This was adopted. | The previous question as to the adop- | tion of the minority report was then call ed for.
 Governor Jones' Appeal. Before a vote was taken Governor Jones made an earnest and feeling appeal to the | convention to fix the Governors salary at 5000 as recommended by the majority | report. He said the office of Governor | was becoming daily less attractive to the | ablest men in the State, who were seek 1 ing offices in Congress and under the federal government. He alluded to some of his own experiences when his salary had been inadequate to his expenses. He spoke of the numerous calls on Cover nor for charity and the expenses he was put to for the honor of bis State In en- tertaining distinguished visitors which he could i'll afford to do. He appealed to the pride of the people of Alabama, and said no one would condemn them for putting thAr Governor in a position above want. He said they had given their Governor s, 900 in the days of their poverty and now when they were rich and growing richer they could afford to give him more.
 Governor Oates said that during his two years as Governor he had had similar ex perience. That in 1861 when there was HoIf f,. the State they had given their Governor $4, 000, which had been reduced in 1875 to 5000 on account of the poverty of the people and the effects of carpet-bagger rule We were more than three times rich now than In 1861, yet 1t was only s5, 900 we proposed to give. It had been said there were numbers of people who would accept the office at the present salary. This was true; in fact he could find thous- ands who would take the office at $500. If this was to be the rule the office had better be let to the lowest bidder. Vir- ginia, which was not as rich as Alabama, gave it's Governor s5, 900, and a mansion beside. The legislature, he said, would not do it. They had had twenty-five years in which to increase the Governors salary but they had not done it.
 The Minority Report.
 Mir Blackwell of Morgan said he was
 
 l ernor $5000 but 1t was a measure which had not been brought to the attention of 1 the people and he thought 1t advisable to put as few things in the Constitution as possible which might endanger its success.
 The previous question was then called for on the adoption of the minority re- port, and on an aye and nay vote 1t was adopted by a vote of SS to 41. The minority report which therefore became section seven. reads as follows: Secton T. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor. Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor Attorney General, Superinten- dent of Education and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries shall receive compensation for their services which shall be fixed by law, and which shall not 1 be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected, and shall, except the Lieutenant Governor, reside at the State Capital dur ing the time they continue in office, ex- | cept in cases of epidemic.
 Section was then taken up and adopted. This reads as follows: Section 8. The Governor shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. MT. Reese of Dallas, by consent, offered a resolution that members coming in the hall after roll call could bring the matter l to the secretary's attention without Inter- rupting the convenion's proceedings The convention then, on motion of Gov ernor Jones, adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow. Convention Notes. The committee on suffrage is still peg ging away on a suffrage clause. They have daily secret sessions, and the mem- bers are like clans in regard to keep ing mum as to their proceedings. This committee for the past week has been excused from attending the sessions of the convention, and has been devoting all it's time to considering the question before 1t.
 While nothing definite is given out 1t is understood that the report of the oom- | SYRy;sP@,, y