The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-18
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.

THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
 When the Convention reassembled at 3:30 o'clock IA delegates were present.
 MT. Hinson of Lowndes moved to sus- pend the rules. He said he desired to move to reconsider the vote by which the previous question was ordered on the amendments and Section 6. His purpose, he said, was to introduce an amendment to increase the per diem of members of the Legislature to s6.
 The Convention refused to suspend the rules.
 The question recurred to the substi- ute of Captain White making it a misdemeanor for a public official to accept railroad pass. By an aye and nay vote the substitute was lost. 51 to 72.
 Captain White then moved to sus- pend the rules for the purpose of mov- ing to reconsider the vote by which the previous question was ordered. He said he desired to introduce an amendment. The Convention refused to suspend the rules.
 The question recurred to the amend ment of MT. Murphree of Pike that no member of the Legislature, who rideS on a ailroad pass shall receive mile age.
  Section 6 was then adopted as re- ported by the committee. It is not changed from the existing Constitu- tion and relates to the pay and mile age of members of theLegislature. Section was then read. It provides for 100 members of the House of Rep- resentatives and B members of the Senate as under the present Constitu- tion.
 Representation is Increased. MT Pitts of Dallas, Chairman of the Committee on Representation, sent up an amendment providing for 105 mem- bers of the House and 35 Senators. He said this made the section correspond with the report of the Committee on Representation.
 member of the Committee on Repre- sentation and who dissented from the report submitted by the majority of the committet, argued against the amendment. In the course of his re- marks he said at the proper time he would insist that Madison and Mobile counties should be allowed one more representative each. MT. Long of Walker spoke in sup port of the Pitts amendment. Governor Oates, Chairman or the Committee, spoke against the adoption of the Pitts amendment. and at the conclusion of his remarks the Pitts amendment was adopted by viva Voce vote. Governor Jones then sent up an amendment that members of the Leg islature shall not accept passes of rail- road companies. It makes such ac- ceptance a misdemeanor and provides for a fine of $250 and forfeiture of office.
 Mr. Bulger of Tallapoosa, moved to lay the amendment on the table, and MT. O'Neal of Lauderdale, called for the ayes and nays. The call was sustained, and by a vote of 65 to 5S the Jones amendment was tabled.
 Governor Oates moved the previous question upon the Section as amended | and it was so ordered. By a further vote the amended Section was adopted.
 Section was then read. It provides for the election of a Speaker of the House and a President of the Senate who. shall preside in the absence of the Lieutenant-Governor.
 Section was adopted without di- vision.
 The Clerk read Section 9, which re- lates to a quorum of the two houses. It makes no change in the present Con- stitution, and was adopted without di- vision.
 Section 10 was read by the Clerk. It confers upon the Legislature the power to discipline it's members. There is no change from the existing Con- stitution and the Section was adopted without division.
 for corruption ineligible to hold office. was adopted without division. It is the same as the present Constitution.
 Effort to Prevent Fraud.
 Section F, requiring each House to keep 6 Journal of its proceedings, was read.
 General Sanford of Montgomery, sub mitted an amendment that the jour nals should not impart absolute verity and the courts shall have the power to enquire into the correctness of the journals.
 The Montgomery delegate appealed to the Convention to set aside the law that the courts "cannot go behind the Journal" He reminded the deiegates that that distinguished delegate While arguing the Shelby County matter the other day had said that bills were passed by the last legislature with not more than two dozen members present. And yet the journal showed that the passage compiled with the requisites of the Constitution. He said this matter was to him more important than suffrage reform.
 Governor Oates said that the matter was covered further in the report and moved to table the amendment. MT. Knight of Hale, refuted the statement that bills had been passed by the last legislature without a quo rum being present. He said he was d member of the last legislature. General SeNford replied that the statement had been made by the dele gate from Crenshaw (Mr. Sentell.) MT. Knight said he disputed the statement.
 That is a matter between you and Mir Sentell." replied General Sanford The amendment was then tabled and the section as reported. was adopted.
 Section B as reported by the Com mittee. was read and adopted. It pro- vides that members of the legislature CContinued on Page 12.)