The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-03

| We ind said State cnarged by Ten
 nilie Furniture Co.,. of Montgom. q, ~, We lind said state charged by R. | Wolff of Montgomery, Ala. ...... 12Ts
 L. Cobbs & Go. of Montgomery.
 We find f said State charged by ~
 Wolf & Loob of Montgomery,
 We find M said State charged by Eliis w | & Gay of Montgomery, Ala. iS C
 Your Committee has carefully "xan,, examination of each item named Tn saId | accounts. have come 70 the co1 ;l '..'nIl | that many of the charges are x,s15iye and we recommend that the foiiowin:' | named parties or flrms be paid the fol lowing amounts;
 l D. F. Gorrie .. ........ ......... .si7 R Jos. S Wing: ::.......:.. S.J, TenHIlls Wn;,r Furniture compsny.....'' ], l'se sS Jno. l.. .cobbs & CO. Co iO.V1 Wolff & Loeb ......................... t9.0 Mias Miss Mamie oifait .............. iS S.SS All of which Is respectfully submitted, -4 John T, Hefiin. Chairman. Committee on Schedule, Printing and In. Mir. Heftin-On behalf of the Commit | tee on Incidental Expenses l desire to amend report and make the amount to | will explain to the Convention that tha Committee after considering this amount carefully. decided that the charges wery. came bfore the Committee and made the m | explanation that he had bought all the articles charged to the State except two, and that there was no profit to hin, at all, and after having heard that statement. the Committee decided to | amend his account and make 1t $2915. As to the amount to be paid to Ellis to be used by the Secretary of thls Convention. that was for the rent of it. The Committee decided that that was too much d rent and cut his account down | to the Committee and having found out that the desk was needed at the State Capitol from 9 statement made by MT owens, the Historian, we decided to buy the desk and pay SIS for 1t, and 1 move that the report be also amended in that particular.
 you will not withdraw that motion for a | moment. in order to allow me to move | an amendment to your amendment. 1 am requested to do so by the door
 MT. Hehin-I will withdraw it for a moment.
 MT. Burns sought recognition. The President-The question before the Convention at this time is the report of the Committee on Schedule and Print ing; D., ,.,
 the proceedings and thought I would get through while we were waiting. It | Is a question of privilege, Mir: President, and 1 ask unanimous consent to mak,s | statement.
 The consent was given.
 I MT. BurnS-I just simply wanted to correct the journal. If it IS in order lo refer back to the votes, etc, want to | state
 MT. Reese-I would like to ask the gentleman if 1t refers to this Conven- ton or the one of 1875. Laughter) MT. Burns-I am recorded in the stem ographic report as absent or not voting on Saturday on the adoption of the Con slitution; My recollection Is that vot' the Convention, and then went to work | to try to. get an old friend of mine 10 vote like did. I stood there and voted, l thought, as loud as any respectable | man ought to vote, but I would have | voted one hundred times more and one thousand times louder if it was neces- sary for the adoption of the Constitu- 1 tion.
 MT. deGraffenreid-I offer this amend | ment to the amendment. The amendment by Mir. deGraffenreiG WAS read as follows
 Amend report by striking from tho report all Of the report. after the figure 5 $S and inserting in lieu thereof: It is recommended that the above amounts | be paid. |"
 The .President-The question will be 1 upon the amendment offered by the gen . ment to the amendment offered by the 1 Chairman of the Committee on SchA l. ules and Printing.
 Mir. deGraffenreid-I will state the ob- l 1ect of the amendment As understand ! II, the items that are contained in the nrst part of the report are items of in debtednees which have been contracted the orders of this Convention, and the report of the Committee recommends that something be paid to each party named Tn the report, but the amount has | been cut down below the sum which was recommended by MT. Hasson, and which MT Hasson, on behalf of the State un- der authority conferred upon him by ths Convention, contracted to pay. For in- stance. when the Convention first met 1t was ascertained that some delegates were not provided with desks and witlt seats; There were five or six members, who had no seats at all, and a resoIu- 7 ton was introduced and passed through the Convention authorizing the door pense of the State. From time to time, as l understand it, this Convention has ordered the doorkeeper to do certain things. to make certain contracts. to make certain purchases. and he has done so, and he nas furnished to the Conven- ton the accounts and the accounts that have been furnished to him. have gone 10 this Committee of which MT. Hefiln Is Chairman, and the Committee has cut down the amounts In other words they do not intend to allow the full amount ot accounts ss presented by MT. Hasson although he has contracted on behalf of the State. under authority conferred by
 
 As an illustration. I believe this mYn. D. F. Gorrie is a cabinet maker, and ht, made this desk. and furnished the mem Ders some tables or something of that sort, l do not know the details of it. That was done by Mir. Hasson under orders from this Convention and MT, Hasson agreed to pay $22. Now the Committee rec~nmends that the Conven ton pay $l7.5 because they do not think the work done was worth E22.
 MT. Hsflin tRaadolph)-May I ask the gentleman a question?
 Mir, deGraffenreid-C certainly.
 MT: Heflin-Do you think that desk Is worth $20?
 Mir. derGaffe nreid-I would not give s2D for it. but If had employed an agent and authorized him to go out and hvy a desk and he had bought that desk for me. and I had kept the desk, l would pay the S20 without question.
 MT. Heflin-Do you think the Conven- ton authorized the Door Keeper to pay three or four prices for things?
 Mir. deGraffenreid- T do not know any thing about that. but I know the gen tleman went out and made the contract He may have made contracts that you or I would not have made.
 MT. Heflin--I hold in my hand a key Are 100 keys like that worth S2S?
 Mir. degraffenreid-I don't know.
 MT. Heflin-I can show you that we can bnv them for 2 cents a dozen.
 Mir dAGraffenreld-As I am informed by the Door Keeper. he made these con tracts in good faith. The saving to the State amounts to $40 or $50. do not know whether Mir Hasson feels that If this allowance Is not made he will have to pay 1t out of his own pocket or not. do not know anything about #: take 1t he Is a gentleman who Is worthy to be trusted. He has made the contracts in good faith He has acted for us, under HnnzForaNnn nh