The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-23

2haIl receive six dollars per diem. !. air. Rogers (Sumter,--That has. Just Geen voted down.
 ar. Burns--I have the floor, and < VIII ask the distinguished Chairman fl
 lhere is any provision for paying the
 bpeaker of the House and the Presiden
 If the Senate any more than an ordi- nary member.
 MT. Oates--Not in the Constitution
 but the Legislature does that for their Z pfficial services. In addition to their
 being members of the house and get
 tig the regular pay as members, there
 is an additional allowance for their
 bff1ciai work. and I think it best to leave 1t as 1t is.
 MT. Burns-The Legislature might
 make it twenty-five dollars or two
 aeliare and a half. insist on the
 Amendment, and they may vote 1t down.
 2 MT. Ashcraft--I rise to the point Of
 order that the same amendment has
 been voted on before and has been < tabled, and this amendment Is not
 remnant to the amendment offered Dy
 the gentleman from Mobile.
 The President pro tem.-The point of order is sustained. The amendment is
 put of order.
 Mr. Burns-I rise to a point of order. The other article 1 sent up there, or instrument, was an independent sec
 ton, and not an amendment, and this . not verbatim.
 The President pro tem-The Chair has ruled on the point of order.
 Mir. Oates-The amendment offered y the delegate from Mobile. as sep. Srate section, think. might be well kaken in connection with Section D. which has already been passed upon. md I presume the Committee of liar monies can do that. It ought not to De scattered about. but ought to be q part of Section 5. if adopted at all. thall interpose no objection to it, if the Convention desires to adopt it.
 MT. Heflin (Chambers)-I move its adoption, MT. President.
 Upon vote being taken the amend ment offered by the gentleman from Mobile (Mr. Smith) was adopted.
 Mir. Smith (Mobile)-I desire to move Co reconsider the vote whereby Section s9 was adopted. I endeavored to offer m amendment to the section at the time 1t was under consideration. but did not catch the eye of the Chair.
 The President pro tem-Under the rule of the Convention the motion will 70 over until tomorrow.
 MT. Beddow-I have an amendment.
 MT. Burns-That motion to lreconsid- CT will have to go over until tomorrow morning.
 The President pro tem-The Chair has Just made that announcement. r..
 The amendment offered by MT. Bed How was read as follows:
 Section 66. All printing and station bry furnished under Section 2S of this A~ -r- -la>rr lal~ .f he Typographical Union, provided the printing establishment having in their kmpioyment union labor is the lowest responsible bidder. at the lowest prices.
 Mir. Beddew-If the Convention de- yires to adjourn, I will address myself to that amendment in the morning.
 MT. Heflin (Chambers)-I move that we adjeura.
 The President pro tem-The gentle Enan from Jefferson has the floor.
 MT. Beddow-That amendment is one that have been making an e6ort to get before this Convention in some shape or other for the last twenty days offered a resolution on that subject, that was assigned to a certain hole, from which it can never recover, if left to stand as 1t is. did this at the re- quest of numerous citizens and voters of the State of Alabama, those whose interests we were sent here to look af- ter. and who are looking to this Con- vention for some aid and some support along the lines of union labor. We have had numerous petitions from the Typographical Unions of Huntsville, of Birmingham, of Mobile and of Montgomery. from the United Iron Workers of America, the leading Trade Councils all over the State, and in the aggregate I do not think 1t is an exaggeration to say that this re- quest comes from twenty-five to thirty thousand white voters in the State of Alabama. Matters like this cannot be turned lightly down. and must say that have been surprised that on every occasion that have attempted to get this question before this house, a manner little short of ridicule has met my effort, but am glad to say that have got 1t before the house at last. and If there are thirty men in this house who favor this class of our oiti- Eens. I want to call for an aye and no vote. to show how we stand upon this proposition. In every department of this life where success is attained, 4here must be a unien of action. The great capitalists all over the country, when they seek to decrease their ex- penses and increase their field of ope- ration. unite their capital and their in tellect. All things are unsuccessful, unless they have a head under whom they can work together as one man. In ether words in union there is strength, and in division there is weakness.
 The leading newspapers of this State, with but one exception, believe, carry at their mastheads the union label of the Typographical Union, The Age-He ald at Birmingham. Birmingham News, Birmingham Ledger, The Mobile Reg lister and The Montgomery Journal, all carry at their mastheads this union la bel. and they are the leading newspa- pers of the State of Alabama. The ob- 5ect of this organization Is not for the purposes that some people charge to them. They are not a set of NihilistS, they are not a set of Anarchists. They are men that are bound, together for upbuilding the rights of labor in this country. not by illegal means. but just along the same lines that bind other organizations together for the good of ali. You can look over the whole field, and among these men are not those who fill the poor houses and the jails of your country. They are the men who do the best work along the lines of business that they are engaged in In my county 1t has worked wonders Ten years ago in Jefferson County the man dared not let 1t be known that he belonged to union organization: today q man is proud to say that he is a member of such an organization. They meet with their employers, and they consult with them. and they demand and command their respect. The re-