The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-11

M( Equalization to be elected by the peo-. pie.
 By Mir. Smith of Autauga-Providiny for election of Circuit Solicitors by the people. General Assembly shall provide for election of County Solicit ors.
 By Mir. Watts of Electromagnetic viding that ID corporation shall be or- ganized until three-fourths of the stock has been paid in.
 A Parliamentary Tangle. The business of the convention was concluded at 12:50 o'clock and Mir. Greer of Calhoun moved to adjourn. Before the motion was put Gen. San ford of Montgomery said that Miss Frances Griffin, whom he regarded as an intelligent woman, desired to ad- dress the Convention upon Woman's Suffrage. He said that she probably knew more about the subject than any member of the Convention and moved that she be invited to address the dele gates.
 MT. Reese of Dallas made the point of order that a motion to adjourn was before the house and insisted upon the point It was evident that there were members desirous of adjourniny and for a minute the convention be- came involved in a parliamentary. tan- gle.
 Finally Mr. Greer withdrew his mo- ton to adjourn, and General Sanford moved a suspension of the rules. This motion was adopted, number of the members voting against it. A demand was made for division, and those who voted against the proposition refused to stand up and be counted. This caused great laughter in the gallery at the expense of the delegates who op- posed the motion.
 The motion of General Sanford in- viting Miss Griffin to the floor of the convention was then adopted, Mir. Burns of Dallas being the only delegate to vote agairst it.
 President Knox appointed Messrs. Sanford of Montgomery, Burns of Dal- las and Wilson of Washington a com mittee to escort Miss Griffin to the floor of the convention, and there was another laugh at the expense of Mir. Burns. Speech of Miss Griffin.
 Miss Griffin was escorted to the Presidents desk and introduced by President Knox, who, in turn, present.
 
 at the Presidents desk while deliver ing her speech. At times Miss Grif- fin was very humorous. and her re- marks caused frequent laughter and applause. She said sine was accustom- ed to speaking extemporaneousiy. but this question was of such great im- portance that she had prepared her re- marks which she produced. suggesting to the convention that she would not ,s,~4xr tvattt Of it's time.
 Miss Griffin said that in the olden days a mans house was his castle and his wife was his property. He bought her clothes. directed what she would wear, what she should eat and where and when she should go. She declared that the government interferes with women as well as it interferes with men and for this reason, women had a right to have a voice in It's affairs. One or the stock arguments against Womans suffrage, said Miss Griffin, is that poli- tics is too corrupt for women. She an swered this argument by saying that politics is just what men make 1t. There are four departments, of politics State, society, religion and home. The affairs of State are the only affairs in which women are not allowed to inter fere, and Miss Griffin said 1t was con- ceded that there was nothing wrong with the other three departments In which women had a voice. She spoke of the temperance lives of women, and declared that they neither besteep themselves in tobacco nor besot them selves in whiskey' This pointed sug- gestion was received with laughter and applause by the women in the gallery.
 Why Women Want to Vote.
 "why do women want to vote" asked Miss Griffin. She answered the question with a number of reasons. 1T there was no other reason than that she objected to being classed with idi- ots, insane persons, criminals and chll- dren, it would be sufficient. She said she remembered the time when it was regarded as improper to speak of lady doctor or lady lawyer" in polite society and implied that it was an augury of better day for women that this time had passed away.
 In conclusion Miss Griffin created en- thusiasm, laughter and applause by telling the delegates that she was an whom she lived. So far as she knew. she said, there was no male person directly interested in them or their property. They employed a negro gardener who had been doiAg their voting for sev- eral years. She said 1t was pathetic to think that this Convention had as- sembled for the purpose of taking from them their lost prop-the vote of the negro gardener. She appealed to the delegates to at least let them have the "leavings' of the negro.
 The speech of Miss Griffin was capital and she was roundly applauded. It is published in full in the official pro- ceedings of the Convention,
 At 1:30 o'clock the Convention ad- journed until this morning at 10p'clock.
 The Committee on Suffrage.
 The Committee on Suffrage, of which Judge T. w. Coleman of Greene, is Chairman, has received communica- tions from Hon. Hillary A. Herbert and Senator B. R. Tillman, of South Car oIina, relating to the grandfather suffrage clause. It has also been learn ed that President Knox. of the Con- vention, addressed the Committee yes- terday and that his remarks have been reduced to writing for the ben eft of the Committee.
 Judge Coleman admitted last night when seen at his hotel by represent ative of The Advertiser that the Com mittee had received communications fro,,o MaSorS Herharf and TilInan hut