The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-11

Jackson. Lauderdale, Lee. LOWnoes. Madison. Marengo, Morgan. Perry, Pike. Russell. Sumter. Talladega. Tal- lapoosa. Tuscaloosa. Walker and Wil- cox shall each have two representa- tives: the counties of Dallas and Mo- bile shall each have three representa- tiyes; and the county of Jefferson shall have seven representatives.
 MT. Pftts-I move the adoption Of Section 6.
 Upon a vote being taken the section was adopted.
 Section z was read as follows:
 Sec, [. Until the General Assembly shall divide the State into Senatoriai districts, as herein provided. the Sen atorial districts shall be as foliows' Firts District, Lauderdale and Lime stone: Second District. Lawrence and Morgan; Third District. BIount. Cull- man and Winston: Fourth District. Madison; Fifth District. Jackson and Marshall: Sixth District. Etowah and St. Clair; Seventh District. Calhoun Eighth District, Talladega; Ninth DIS trict, Chambers and Randolph; Tenth District. Tallapoosa and Fillmore: Eiev- en.h District. Tuscaloosa: Twelfth District, Fayette, Lamar and Walker; Thirteenth District. Jefferson; Four tenth District, Pickens and Sumter; Fifteenth District, .Autauga and Chill ton and Shelby: Sixteenth District, Lowndes; Seventeenth District. Butler, Conecuh and Covington: Eighteenth District, Bibb and Perry; Nineteenth District, Choctaw, Clarke and Wash ington; Twentieth District, Marengo; Twenty-first District, Baldwin. Escam- ibia and Monroe: Twenty-Second Dis trict, Wilcox: Twenty-third District, Henry; Twenty-fourth District Bar bour; Twenty-fifth District. Coffee, Crenshaw and Pike: Twenty-sixth Dis- trivt, Bullock and Macon; Twenty-sev- enth District, Lee and Russell: Twen- ty-Eighth District. Montgomery; Twenty-ninth District. Cherokee and DeKalb: Thirtieth District, Dallas; Thirty-first District. Colbert, Franklin and Marion; Thirty-second District. trict. Mobile; Thirty fourth district. Cleburhe. Clay and Coosa; Thirty fifth District. Dale and Geneva. MT. 'Pitts-I move the adoption of the section.
 MT. Jenkins-I would call the atten- tion of the Chairman to line twelve. We have the twenty-third district Henry County and in the last line we have the thirty-fifth district Dale and Geneva. The Senator from the twen- ty-third district lives in Dale County, and he Is hold-over Senator. He was elected as Senator from the twenty third district and if it Is passed like it is. he will be legislated out of office. I suggest this amendment, that we strike out in line twelve the word Henry" and insert in lieu thereof, the words Dale and Geneva" That would keep him in the district. and insert in the last line the word Henry"
 MT. Pitts-We will accept that and ask unanimous consent.
 MT. Jenkins-I desire to amend the amendment.
 The President-The question has not been submitted to the Convention. You may alter it.
 Mir. Stamford (Pike)-Mr. President. under the former ruling of the Chair. as I understand it. in discussing this matter, I would have to address my self to the amendment.
 The President-Incidental the Chair thinks the gentleman may speak to the section.
 Mir. Samford-I desire to say to the Convention that the report of this Committee does the senatorial district that I have the honor to represent. a gross injustice. The twenty fifth sen- atorial district is composed of the coun- ties of Pike. Coffee ana Crenshaw and the population of those three counties approximate 70.00e. Upon the other hand. the report of the Committee takes the County of Henry with about 35, 900 or 36.000 and. gives it two repre- sentatives and one Senator. The coun- ty of Barbour with about 3o.0OO has two representatives and one Senator.
 Mir. Jenkins-we have nearly 36.000 MT Samford-Weli, nearly 36,000. The County of Hale has thirty odd thou sand with two representatives and one Senator.
 MT. Rogers-Hale and Greene are to- gether.
 MT. samford-well Hale and Greene together. The county of Calhoun, as I understand. has a Senator and two Representatives and some thirty-odd thousand. I am informed as to that by the gentleman from Montgomery. I have not looked into the county of Calhoun. but at any rate. MT. Presi- dent. 1t seems to me that this Com mittee should not leave the counties in a condition like that. In the first place. I contend that this Constitu- tional Convention is no place to fix representation; that it, is a matter which should be left to the General As sembly. but when I made that sug- gestion I am confronted with the proposition that the Constitutional Convention of 1875 did embody it in their Article but the circumstances are entirely different.
 At that time we were reforming the State government: we were adjusting ourselves to the circumstances of re- construction: we were beginning anew to build a house for our people tc abide in. and that being the case. II was necessary that we should form as many parts of it as possible. We were evolving from Republican rule anc coming into Democratic rule. and that Constitutional Convention admitted that 1t was legislative by providinf | that 1t should continue no longer thar | the next legislature or the next ses' sion of the legislature. Now. then there is no necessity for this Convention changing its representation at all. Le, the matter go over until the Genera Assembly meets. and let the Genera Assembly handle this matter. It i' entirely within their province: 1t l' entirely within their Jurisdiction. MT. AImon-Isn't it a fact that this report also provides that 1t shall re. main until the next census is taken
 MT. Sanford (Pike)-Yes. sir. that i' all true. but there Is no necessity fol this Convention taking hold of this
 matter. The next General AssemolS meets next year
 | Mir. Hinson-I rise to point or or der the gentleman is not speaking tc q question before the House. This