The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07

CTS, and in the few instances where | wrong is done by reason of not having a stenographer, will be nothing in com- | parison with the wrong imposed upon these parties. Something has been said about the difficulty of getting bills of exception. As far as That is concerned, it is a reflection upon your judges who try cases, but there Is ample provision in this State for establishing a bill of exceptions and there is no lawyer here who will say that he went to the Su- preme Court to establish bill of ex- captions and was refused when he has had the evidence to establish his bill. Time and again it has been done.
 MT. Pitts (Dallas)-Isnt that rather expensive, establishing a bill of ex- captions?
 MT. Coleman-I don't know, not near ly so much SO as a stenographer would be. and if so. 1t is upon the litigant and not upon all the people. If there is any particular expense about it l don't know. He takes his testimony, if 1t is not agreed upon by the opposite side. and the parties cannot reconcile them selves, all he has to do Is to prepare his testimony as in any other case.
 MT. Watts-What would be the prob atle cost of these stenographers-abou fifteen hundred or two thousand dol lars?
 MT. Coleman--I have no idea.
 MT. Watts-Don't they charge S.50 a day, at least?
 MT. Smith (Mobile)-Ten dollars a day while engaged in a trial.
 MT. Colemsn--Seventy-fi officers at ten dollars per day when at work. These are questions upon the merits. and I move to lay the amendment upon the table.
 nx rraa.- /T,h.c.hore> v,,oLa the point of order that the gentleman from Greene was arguing that the amend ment of the gentleman from Clarke is not before the Convention; therefore, the other amendment stands as 1t was. The other was to table, and the Con- vention declined to table.
 The President-What was the motion of the gentleman from Greene?
 MT. Coleman-To lay upon the table. If that is not in order, I move the pre- vious question and call for the ayes and noes.
 Mir. Wilson-Before the vote is put on that, to get 1t before the Convention. I ask leave to withdraw the verbal amendment and substitute the amend ment which I set out in writing.
 The President-The gentleman from Clarke asks leave to withdraw the first amendment and substitute the second.
 MT. Coleman-I have no objection; am willing to meet the question upon it's merits. I move the. previous ques- tion and call for the ayes and noes upon that.
 The President-There Is no objection: the gentleman will substitute the amendment and the clerk will read the amendment as offered.
 The Secretary read the amendment as follows:
 Ut shall be the duty of the Legisla- ture to provide for the taking down and preserving verbatim reports of the evil dence in criminal and civil cases in Cir cult Courts and courts of like jurisdc tion."
 MT. Coleman (Greene)-I now renew my motion to lay the amendment on the table and call for the ayes and noes.
 The call was sustained. MT. Watts-That includes the whole amendment doesn't 1t? The Presidential includes the last ! amendment offered. There is only one amendment offered. The gentleman has withdrawn the other amendment, as the Chair understands. MT. Pettus-I would like to amend the motion by including the substitute If the second is amended. The President-There is no section, i simply an additional section offered | by the gentleman from Clarke. Mir. Wilson, withdraw the verbal amendment and offered the amendment which is in writing.
 The President-Does the Chair under stand that the gentleman from Clarke asks unanimous consent to incorporate the last amendment that he offered in the first?
 MT. Wilson-Yes sir. Mir. Sanford Pike)-I object to that. Mir Coleman-What was the original? MT. Wilson, offered that awhile ago as an amendment. I first offered that the amendment be amended so as to add the words courts of record" Some one objected to that, and I subsequently, sent up an amendment in writing to add the words "in Circuit Courts and courts of like jurisdiction.' That was the pending question, and I then asked leave to withdraw the verbal amend ment which I offered, that is adding l the words courts of record" and then the pending question was on my amend ment which was sent up fin writing, adding at the end in Circuit Courts and courts of like Jurisdiction" l The President-The Convention re- | fuses unanimous consent to incorporate the latter amendment in the former. The question will be on the amendment l last offered
 MT. Cobb-I rise to a question of par liamentary inquiry. Is it not true that when a delegate makes verbal amend ment and he Is required by the Chair to put it in writing, that that writing is the amendment and the verbal mo- tion amounts to nothing?
 The President-Well, that point has been crossed by unanimous consent, and the gentleman has written out his amendment and it Is now proposed to the Convention in the form in which he wrete it. .-"
 MT. Coleman (Greene)-I want to hear the section read now as amended.
 The President-The Secretary will read the original amendment and the amendment to the amendment.
 The Clerk read as follows:
 Section -. It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the talk ing down and preserving verbatim re- ports of the evidence in civil and crim- inal cases.'
 "'Amend by adding at the end there of in Circuit Courts or courts of like jurisdiction
 Mir. Coleman (Greene)-My motion now is to lay the amendment and the section on the table.
 MT deGraffenreid-I rise to point of order The motion to lay the section unon the table has been voted upon and the house refused to lay it upon the table.
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