The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-17

means by Wnicn tnls convention can go on with Its. work and complete the work that the people sent them here to do. S Mir. Curningham-Has any one of the majority who are for this question, asked unanimous consent to offer an amendment?
 MT. Lomax-No sir. don't know that they have.
 MT. Cunningham-They have failed to ask. which they can do under the ! rules. to have the rules suspended whereby an amendment would be in order?
 MT. Lomax-Not in that form, no sir. MT. Cunn!ngham-Then has the ma jority of one on this floor Exhausted their parliamentary privilege? Mir. Lomax-They have not done any, thing the gentleman from Jefferson sug gests. but when a member of that Committee has introduced a resolution that this Article be taken up and amended and that has gone to the Rules Committee, the Rules Committee, find ing this House almost at a standstill on that question. had reported 1t. These gentlemen that talk about fair ness and throttling things within the Committee are with the same voce standing here and trying to prevent this Convention from debating the means the Rules Committee have pro- vided for solving this vexed question. We want to go through With this Con- vention. We cannot go through with it and leave a coordinate branch of the government absolutely unprovided for. And the Rules Committee has proposed to this Convention not to stop debate, no, to shut off anybody. but a means by which a majority of this Con- vention can accompl sh the will of the people who have sent them here. - MT. Watts-You are member of the Rules Committee? -'ao ,:ng cir Mr. Lcmax--Yes sir. Inamrnom | MT. Watts-Hasn't your Committee indefinitely postponed an ordinance for the appointment of Committee on Pension, fo: Confederate Soldiers, for .he appointment of three other stand reference to
 MT. Lomax-Don't take up all of my time, please.
 Mir. watts-I am not going to. l am just going to ask you about these things. And didn't 1t indefinitely post pone discussion about the call of the roll and another Resolution 65, anoth- CT Resolution 43. another Resolution s. another Resolution 100. another 6l. an other 20, another 20, another 10s, another 162, another 12l and another No. 16? Hasn't your Commit tee indefinitely postponed those and not given this Convention an opportun- ity to pass on them. and can't other committees exercise the sam rights as the Rules Committee?
 Mir. Lomax--I have not the marvellous recollection of my friend from Mont gomery go as to enable me to know what a resolution Is by the calling of Its number. If the Rules Committee have indefinitely postponed matters. every man on that Committee will bear me out in the assertion that have all ways said that we ought not to indefin- itely postpone, but ought to report Ia vorably or adversely on every proposi- ton. I notice that my friend from Montgomery was furnished with his in formation by the distinguished acting Chairman of the Committee on Rules, Mr. Smith of Mobile. and my dis t!nguished friend from Mobile called the attention of the Convention to the fact that there were fifteen ordinances and resolutions now pending before the Committee on Rules and not acted up- on. Why? If the President of this Convention, the Chairman of the Com mittec on Rules, was too busy in the performance of h!s duty. to call that Committee together why didn't the Act ing Chairman of that Committee, the gentleman from Mobile. call that Com mittee together and get action upon these resolutions? MT. Smith (Moblle)--Is 1t not a fact that on Friday last, while this matter was up, this partisan matter, a meet ing of the Committee on Rules was called, and that the acting Chairman was not even notified of that meeting ;?
 MT. Lomax-I have been so informed by the Acting Chairman, but sitting in my place on this Convention on last Friday. I heard the President of this Convention announce that a.meeting of the Committee on Rules would be held at 8 or S:30 o'clock on last Friday, and If the Acting Chairman had been using hls ears. he would have gotten the same information that I got.
 Now, Mir. President, all the Commit tee on Rules has done. is to bring in here a proposition winch will enable this Convention to finally act upon an important matter, and to relnstate in It's proper place the Article that pro- vides for one of the coordinate branch es of this Government. Th.s Conven- ton need not adopt that rule unless it wants to, but if it wants to do busi- iSSS' II II "LIlS lO Scl lHTOu&n WOI and If 1t doesn't want to spend its life with me in Montgomery, 1t ought to adopt this rule and go on with the work of this Convention.
 MT. Opp-Speaking of partisanship, Is 1t not a fact that that side of thls question which includes the eminent gentleman fl om Tuscaloosa (Mr. Fitts) and the pre-eminent gentleman from Mobile (Mr. Smith). would be in hope less minority with the Democratic par ty on this fioor but for the solid aid of the opposition to the Democratic party?
 MT Lomax-The gentleman Is emil nently correct in his statement. Now, do not wish to cut off debate, but un- greatly to discuss this question, move ton.
 Upon vote being taken. the main question was ordered.
 Mir. Harrison--I have not intended to say anything upon this question:
 MT. Pettus-I make the point of order that the previous question has been or dered.
 MT. Hehin (Chambers)-The gentle man representing the Committee has a right to conclude.
 Mir Pettus-I thought the Chairman of the Committee had the fight to close.
 Mir. Smith (Mobile)-I think s'the gentleman is acting Chairman of the Committee and would have the right to conclude. ''' .."
 The President-Regularly. the gentle man from Mobile would be entitled to anaoL for the Cnmnnitteo hut aa he tS