The age-herald., 1901-08-14

uous fight here. We have already taken four votes on this question and we will be here till frost If we reject the judi ciary article and have to begin and build it up again.
 MT Pettus of Limestone said one of the tenets of the Democratic party was local self government There was no guaran- tee that the Legislature would be Dent ocratic twenty years hence, and he thought the system of county solicitors should be retained.
 He was a Democrat, but not one who distrusted the people. He opposed recon- sideration.
 MT Opp of Covington protested against what he considered a piece of mid-sum- mer madness. He did not wish to change the time-honored custom of electing so- lictors. If the Democracy of Covington had understood that this was to be done by the votes of the Populists and Re- publicans they would to a man have voted against the convention. He begged the delegates not to let the Republicans rule them. The vote had been 30 to 90. a clear Democratic majority and the tie was caused by the solid Republican and PopuIist vote voting for this new-fan- gled method If we go ahead and prac- tice these innovations evil times await
  tice at the time of the election for the convention of these proposed changes. We thought we were called together to re- form the suffrage. I nmy opinion this new method will produce a crop of scally and measley solicitors. I protest against allowing the Republicans and Populists to dictate the course of the Democrats.
 A Warm Speech.
 MT. Graham of Talladega, who has led the fight for county solicitors, said he re- gretted to have to made personal statement. He had been Democrat and spoke for them since he was 20 years old It was true he had been defeated for so- licitor. but it was by a clean victory and an able man. He was not candidate for solicitor and had no relatives who were. (Applause.)
 Judge Coleman here asked MT. Graham if he had not tried to have a solicitor promoted judge that he might be ap- pointed solicitor in his place. MT. Graham replied that he had done so at the re- quest of the solicitor himself. who want ed the judgeship.
 Continuing, he spoke of nine circuit so- licitors and four county solicitors who had been here almost continuously in the interest of defeating this question. The gentleman from Covington (Opp) had re- ferred to these county solicitors as 61t not He then gave some statistics show ing the greater number of convictions by county instead of circuit solicitors. He appealed to the convention to stand by thair original vote on this question. which was largely in favor of the new system. He hoped they had not been influenced by this lobby of solicitors. these "uninvit- ed trespasses upon the floor of this con vention." He moved the previous ques- tiOn. which was ordered.
 An aye and nay vote was demanded on the motion to reconsider, which prevailed by vote of to 5O
 MT. Stamford of Pike moved to recom- nit the article to the committee on Judiciary. This was ruled out of order on objection being made.
 MT. Ashcraft then raised the point of order that when a motion to reconsider was adopted the subject matter imme- diat9ly took its place in the regular order or business The chair sustained this po- sition and the regular order of business this morning was the consideration of the article on education.
 Made Special Order.
 MT. Hefin of Chambers then moved that the consideration of the article on iudiciary be made special order of busi- ness for 12 o'clock tomorrow Wednes- dav). MT Sanford of Pike moved to amend by making it the special roder Tor 
 O cleok today.
 MT. Graham moved to lay on the table the motion and amendment. An aye and nav vote was demanded on this motion, which was lost by vote of 50 to 5l. yerification of the vote was demand ed which showed the same result The Sanford amendment was then adopted by a vote of 55 to 53. (Applause) An ave and nay vote was demanded on the Hefiin motion as thus amended. rms was adopted by a vote of 56 to oz
 Governor Oates, chairman of the com mittee on legislative department. by con sent then made a report that the commit tee had decided to postpone action on MT. Lomax's ordinance to abolish the Quaoren- nial sessions of the Legislature and have them biennial. A minority of the commit tee reported in it's favor.
 Tho Sheriff Question.
 MT. Long of Walker then moved to re- consider the vote whereby section of the article on impeachments was adopted yesterday. He spoke against allowing g Governor to remove from office a sher1n who had been impeached and pending his impeachment trial. Some men, he said, might think it was the duty of sheriff to die in defense of a dog. The section was intended to prevent lynching, but if lynching was ever stopped for a certain nameless crime this crime would increase hundred-fold. It might take two years