The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-01

way they iHtenueu 70 Notes Tetorteo General Sanford.
 was. tabled and by a further vote the
 subdivision as reported by the commit tee was adopted. 4;s MT. Sollie of Dale sent up an inde- pendent subdivision increasing the time limit of the temporary plan to January 1, 1905, and addressed the Convention. MT. Smith of Mobile opposed tn, amendment and was speaking when the Convention at i o'clock recessed
 until 3:3o o'clock.
 THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
 The Convention reassembled at s:sl o'clock; 107 delegates present. Mir. Glover of Choctaw sent up g protest from citizens of his section against public officials using free rail road passes.
 The Rules Committee reported ia. vorably a resolution confining speeches on amendments to ten minutes and the resolution was adopted
 Mir. Smith of Mobile continued his remarks in opposition to the Sollis amendment to the third subdivision oi Section 5 which extends the temporary plan to 1905. The Sollie amendment was defeated and the subdivision was then adopted.
 Section was read as follows: Sec. 6. The following persons shall be disqualified both from registering and voting. namely:
 All idiots and insane persons; those who shall by reason of conviction of crime, be disqualified from voting at the time of the ratification of this Con- stitution; and those who shall be con- victed of treason. murder, arson, em- bezzlement, malfeasance in office, lar ceny. receiving stolen property, obtain ing property or money under false pre- lenses. perjury, subornation of perjury, robbery. assault with intent to rob. burglary, forgery, bribery, assault and battery on the wife, bigamy living in adultery, sodomy, incest, rape, mis- cegenation, crime against nature or crime involving moral turpitude; also any person who shall be convicted as vagrant or tramp, or of selling or of- fering to sell his vote or the vote of another, or making or offering to make false returns of any election by the people or in any primary election or to procure the nomination or election of any person to any office, or of suborn- ing any witness or registrar to secure the registration of any person as an elector."
 An amendment by MT. Porter of Coo sa. seeking to provide against fraud by registrars was lost.
 An amendment by General Sanford, making the section apply to conven- tions as we'll as primary elections was defeated.
 An amendment by Mir. Proctor of Jackson. making the section apply to persons convicted of making false re- turns of elections, was adopted, and the amended section was adopted.
 Mr. O'Neal of Lauderdale gave mo- ,tice that he would move to reconsider the vote by which the Proctor amend ment was adopted.
 At this point. MT. Long sent up an ordinance making it the duty of the Legislature to provide for the regis tration of young men who become 21 years old between 1903 and 1905. The ordinance was referred to the Com mittee on Suffrage and Elections, and Mir. Long gave notice that he would ask the Committee to report the ordi- nance favorably or unfavorably.
 The special order was reconsidera- tion of the vote by which the Beddow amendment, to Section 1 of the Stuff rage ArticleSwas adopted. The Beddow amendment extends the privilege of suffrage to all foreign citizens who have declared their intention of be- coming citizens of the United States.
 Judge Walker of Madison, spoke in support of the original report of the Committee. He said the Committee had deliberately left out this part of the old Constitution. This, he said, is our country and we have a right to protect it from the ignorant foreigner who knows nothing of our system of government.
 MT Beddow defended his amend ment and spoke against reconsidera- tion. He dwelt upon the pledges of the Democratic party to disfranchise no white man and showed that his amendment is the same as the Con- stitution of 1875.
 MT. Sanford of Pike, argued against the amendment of MT. Beddow. He hoped the section would be reconsid cred and the amendment would be stricken out.
 MT. Boone of Mobile. spoke for re- consideration. He pictured an ignorant citizen of a foreign country coming into the port of Mobile on a ship, de- claring his intention through the me dium of an interpreter and going out and voting the same day. He was ut terly opposed to the Beddow amend ment and hoped 1t would be stricken out.
 Dr. Cunningham moved to table the motion to reconsider the vote by which Section 1 was adopted and by vote of 53 to 69 the Convention refused to table the motion to reconsider.
 Judge Coleman closed the debate. He said he had no fault to find with the gentlemen from Jefferson who proba- bly, represented constituents who were not citizens of the United States. but other delegates represented constitu ents who are citizens of the United CTS who declared their intention of be- coming citizens at each election and were paid for so doing. If delegates really wanted to reform suffrage in Alabama they should strike out the Beddow amendment.
 By a viva voce vote the vote by which Section 1 was adopted was re- considered.
 Dr. Cunningham of Jefferson. then got the floor and made an eloquent ad- dress in opposition to disfranchising certsin classes of foreigners. He said that under the Constitution of 1875 ev- cry foreigner in Alabama can qualify and vote against the new Constitution. He wanted to be able to look every white man in Ala bama in the face and be able to say that no white man had been disfranchised by the Convention.
 Mir. Jenkins of Wilcox. addressed the in support of the Beddow amendment. He characterized the ef- fort to strike out the Beddow amend
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