The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-21

WililnS LO let my pUsltiou Auu A<Mar ment pe Judged by their merits. have felt it due myself to have this state meht and explanation appear in the records of these proceedings.
 1 feel quite exhausted physically. and need ress and ask to. be further ex- cused from attendance upon the dshb- erallons or tnis, Conyensi0n@
 The request was granted
 The President--The Clerk will. take up. the next regular order on the cal endar.
 MT. Reese-I think that ordinance 40 was made a special order on yes terday, Immediately after the special order existing at this time.
 President pro tem-There lis no rec ord of 1t at the Clerks desk. The Chair will allow this ordinances to be taken up, while the records are Icing searched. The Clerk has sent to the office for the records. Until 1t arr rives. we do not know of any special order. so the Chair will take up this matter.
 Ordinance A was read as follows.
 An ordinance to provide for the sue cession in the office of Governor Tn event of his death. resignation. re- moxal from office. disability or ab- seiiee from the State occurring prior to the next election of a President of the Senate and Speaker of the House.
 Section 1. Be 1t ordained by the peo- ple of Alabama in Convention assem- bled. That in event the Governor dies, rcsign5. is removed or under disabilttys or absent from the state for more than twenty days prior to the next elecefon of the President of the Senate ana Speaker of the House the powers. aed duties of the office shall devolye In the order named, upon Hon. D.. J. Mead or. the last President pro tenn of the Senate; next. upon the Hon. A. A. Tunstall the last Speaker pro tenn or the. House; next upon the Attorney General; next upon the Auditor; next upon the Secretary of State; next upon the Treasurer; but the power and dii- ties of the person exercising the on1cs of Governor In lieu of the Governor shall cease and terminate whenever q President of the Senate and a Speaker of the House shall be elected at the next meeting of any General Assembly.
 Sec. 2. Be 1t further ordained. that this ordinance shall go into enect fm- rnediateiy.
 The President pro tem-rhe question Is on the passage of the ordinance as reported by the Committee on the Fix ecutive Department.
 Mir. watts-Governo Jones, the | and as I had the honor of introducing the ordinance. for which that Is sub stitute. l will briefly explain to the Convention why that ordinance should be adopted. Under the provisions of the present Constitution, there is no provision for filling the Governors Chair. if misfortune should oyertako our present Executive, and there should be a vacancy in that office, and this ordinance Is simply to all the vacancy in the interim. until the next legisla- ture meets, when the President Of the Senate is elected and 1t is for the. pur- pose of preventing anything like, c complication in the States anairs ny a. vacancy in the Governors Ofbee. It ought therefore to be adopted. MT. Oates-It seems to me that the ordinance ought to be amended so ss not to call any persons by name. Sup pose that person should die, 1t would not operate. and it ought to be desis- mated by office.
 The President-The ordinance Is sub ject to amendment. if the gentleman will propose an amendment. Mir Sanford (Pike)--If the gentleman will permit me I will suggest why 1t was that the names of the officers were put in. It is because they were tens porary officers. You see that the ls,st Senate. MT. Meador was elected as President pro tenn, and Mir. Tunstall. by reason of the death of the Speaker of the House was elected Speaker pro tenn, There had already arisen some | question, as to thsesvalidity of che Speak | CT pro tenn of the House, and for that | reason the Committee on Executive Department decided 1t was best to put 1t beyond any question. It is only Co meet an emergency. and to recognize the two temporary officers of the two Houses.
 MT. Oates-I did not understand its reading. that there was any limitation on it.
 MT. Samford-Yes. sir; you observe that 1t is until the next legislature, when tho next legislature meets, and new officers are elected. the whole thing ceases to have any operation. MT. Jones (Montgomery)--Mr. Fresh dent. in order that there may be no misunderstanding about this q was ab- sent when 1t was called upl the reason that the names wera mentioned are these: MT. Meador was elected Prest- dent pro tenn. when President Jelks be- came Acting Governor. When he TO- turned to his duties in. the Senate. that ended his office as- President pro tenn: the same way with the Speaker pro tenn of the House. The Speaker of the House died after adjournment. and we were fearful that there might possibly become dispute as to who was the last Speaker pro tenn, and the last President pro tenn. and for that req son. to save any doubt about 1t, we named the individual who was the last President pro tenn of the Senate. and the last Speaker pro tenn of the House. This is a temporary provision, ana N expires by limitation when the Iesls- lature meets or this. Constitution 10. adopted,
 MT. Oates-The explanation is satia- factory to me, though if the double contingency should occur-but l SUD- pose there is no probability or It.
 MT. Jones-We have. provided IF all three die, by taking up the omcers as named in Executive Department.
 Mir. Oates-That Is all right.
 The President here resumed the Chair
 The President-The question Is upon the adoption of the ordinance. The ordinance is now upon the second read ina, and wll be ordered to the third reading tomorrow.
 MT. Jones (MontgomeEy)-It has had two readings. I move a suspension or the rules, and
 The President-The Chair was misin- formed. This is the third reading. The ordinance is upon .ts final passage.
 Upon a call oI the roll the vote re- suited as follows:
 AYES.
 AasreasIS AsreTIS Lowe (JeHerson9.
 .Ia,Il,tf macdonald.