The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-25
CONVENTION IS PLEDGED
 TO SUBMIT INSTRUMENT

ECROItCL6 anu tnoS6 CbPCtAaAy AANttC4
 no one shall be permitted on the floor
 of the Convention: and the Door, Keep
 CT is instructed to enforce this resolu- tion."
 The resolution was referred to the
 Committee on Rules.
 The Journal of yesterday was read,
 corrected and approved.
 Mir. Jackson-I desire to offer a res
 olution.
 The resolution was read as follows:
 Resolved, That 500 copies of the platform adopted by the State Demo- cratic Convention of Alabama on April l9, 1901, be printed and placed on the
 desks of the members of this Conven- tion."
 The resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules.
 MT. Long (Walker)-I have a resolu- tion: The resolution was read as follows: Resolved. That 800 copies of the pres
 ent Constitution of the State of Ala. bama as annotated in the Code of Laws of Alabama, be printed in pamph- let form for the use of members of this Convention" The resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules.
 MT. Reese-I desire to offer a resolu- ton:
 The resolution was read as follows: Whereas, More than nine-tenths of the members of this Convention have prior to their election pledged the pea pie of Alabama that no new Consti- tuition would be adopted without first | submitting the same to the people for ratification. Now therefore be 1t Resolved, That such Constitution as may be adopted by this Convention
 shall be submitted to the qualified vot- CTS of Alabama for ratification" Mir. Reese-I move suspension of
 the rules and the adoption of that res olution.
 nays but immediately withdrew the call. MT. White-I think if the resolution were given as the sense of this Con vention it would be better. The suggestion was accepted. The President-Proceed with the roll call.
 MT. Reese-I withdraw the call for the ayes and nays.
 Mir. Pillans-I suggest that the gen. tleman should take off the preamble. The body of the resolution may be perfectly acceptable to many dele gates. It certainly Is to me, but the preamble is not at all. make the suggestion to the mover of the reso- iution.
 The President-Does the gentleman acquiesce in the suggestion of the gen. tleman from Mobile?
 MT. Reese-No. sir. A vote being taken the rules were suspended.
 The President-The question is now on the adoption of the resolution. MT Cunningham-I simply rise to ask for the ayes and noes on that res olution. Nothing will give greater em- phasis to the will of this Convention than an aye and no vote upon that question and nothing Is more needed today in the State of Alabama than
 a. declaration upon this question. I call for the ayes and noes.
 Mir. Wafts--I move to strike from that resolution the preamble. MT. Reese--We have been entrusted with extraordinary power by the peo- pie of Alabama. In order to secure
 this the Democratic party which sent us here made pledges for most of the
 men that are here today. That was done know for at least nine-tenths of them. The Democratic campaign com mittee that conducted the fight for this Convention permitted that to be done
 and if there is Democrat in this House that has ever denied the au- I4AOAAty OL IAdt lO QleQRS him, I have never heard of it. Let us not only deal with the people with the appearance of fairness and honesty but let us actually deal fairly and honestly with them. This is no place for demurrers or special pleas or legal bubbles. We are dealing with a plain,
 honest, straightforward people and let
 us deal with them in a straightforward manner. The preamble to the resoiu- tion is unquestionably true and I defy
 any gentleman to say 1t Is not. If it is
 truth, let us say it is a truth. Let
 us deal with the people fairly and | squarely and If there is any man in
 this Convention who does not think
 that the promises made to the people ought not and will not be carried out let him say so now and I for one am | ready to say that if the Convention
 refuses to adopt this resolution will
 vote for an immediate adjournment
 of the convention.
 MT. Watts-The gentleman totally
 miSapprehended the object of my mo.
 tion. I am here to keep every syllable
 of the provisions of the Democratic platform. I am here to vote to submit
 this to the people of Alabama for rati- fcation. I am not only pledged to it
 as a Democrat. but believe 1t is my outy as man because am sent here
 as an agent and 1t would be a new doctrine in law that an agent should refuse to submit to his principal the ratification of his acts and I am in favor of adopting this resolution, but do not think the preamble is neces-
 sary and I, therefore. move to strike
 1t out.
 MT. Dent-It seems to me that the question would come with better grace
 by not referring to the fact that our
 hands were tied by previous pledges.
 For one, I agree heartily with the gen.
 tlemen who have spoken in favor of
 the submission of whatever constitu-
 tion may be adopted by this body back
 to the people, but I want 1t to come
 as the voluntary expression of the dele
 gates of Alabama to the Convention without any reference to previous pledges and therefore I shall he con:=
 pelled to vote for the motion to strike
 out.
 MT. Jones Montgomery .)-If my
 friend from Dallas will permit me.
 there is just one suggestion up-
 on which I hope he will withdraw
 his preamble. am a partisan when
 partisan occasions demand it, but
 have regretted to hear in this conven-
 tion so many allusfons to the Demo-
 cratic party. We have among our membership some fifteen or twenty gen.
 tlemen who are Populists and Republi-
 cans. I don't want to put them in the
 attitude of voting for this resolution
 because the Democratic party has