The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

who did not leave the city ''got busy"
 and accomplished a great deal of
 work. The Suffrage Article was com
 pleted and ordered engrossed, and nine
 sections of the Article on Judiciary were adopted.
 AS forecasted by The Advertiser, the
 substitute of Mir. Lowe of Jefferson, to
 the entire Suffrage Article. was laid | upon the table after MT. Lowe had addressed the Convention. The most important change made In | the Suffrage Article was the adoption. | of an amendment by General Sanford of Montgomery. fixing penalty Tor any person to pay q poll tax for the purpose of influencing . voter. An amendment by MT. Browne of Talla- dega authorizing the Legislature to ex- tend the age limit for payment Of poll
 taxes to SO years was also adopted. If the Convention dispatches business this week with the same degree as yes terday, the Judiciary Article will prob- ably be completed by Wednesday. The body was In session four hours yesterday and at 1 o'clock adjourned
 until Il o'clock Monday morning. Convention Proceedings. The Convention met at o'clock yes- terday morning with eighty-five dele
 gates present. and was opened with prayer by Rev. B. F. Marshall. Mir. Smith of Mobile. introduced an ordinance exempting maimed Confed- crate soldiers from taxes. Referred to
 Taxation Committee.
 MT. Mulkey of Geneva, sent up
 petition from citizens of Geneva that
 the suffrage Article be so amended as to extend the time of residence of cer- tain classes of citizens to qualify them as voters. It covers teachers and preachers who frequently change their residence.
 Mir, Stamford of Pike, moved that when the Convention adjourned at 1 o'clock 1t be until II o'clock Monday. MT. Pillans of Mobile, spoke against the motion.s He said the delegates are | here to work and he was tired of short sessions on Saturday,, The Sanford motion was adopted. l5 to 26. Mir. Boone of Mobile made the point of order that no quorum voted but the President ruled that the point was made too lato.
 The special order was the substitute
 to the entire suffrage article presented | Friday afternoon by Mir. Lowe of Jef- ferson and it was read by the Clerk. Mir. Lowe addressed the Convention | in support of his substitute and show | ed from his viewpoint its advantage over the article adopted by the com mittee. He declared twenty years from l today the majority of the men on the floor would be Republicans. North AL
 abama would go Republican and the Republicans of the State would have
 the black belt at their mercy.
 On motion of MT. Smith of Mobile the Lowe substitute was tabled. | MT. Blackwell of Morgan sent up an
 amendment to the suffrage article pro- viding a penalty of $250 for each Reg istrar who knowingly commits fraud,
 and addressed the Convention. 1 Judge Walker of Madison and MT. Chapman of Sumter spoke against the | Blackwell amendment and on motion | of Mr. Chapman 1t was tabled. l At this point MT. Williams of Ma
 rengo sent up an amendment Hprovid- | ing for the repeal of the ordinance
 repeating the Shelby County court
 court house act and submitting it to an
 election. Mir. Williams also sent up an ordi-
 nance in the nature of an amendment
 to Section 19 of the Judiciary article. MT. Williams also sent up an ordi- nance providing for an amendment to Section of the suffrage article so as | to make special residence limit for
 preacher-votens.
 Mir. Browne of Talladega then sent
 up an amendment to be known as Seo- ] ton 20 of the Suffrage article. It au-
 thorizes the Legislature to increase the
 age limit for payment of poll taxes to 60 years. MT. Browne addressed the | Convention.
 The amendment was accepted by the Suffrage Committee and was adopted. i Mir. Beddow sent up an amendment to the suffrage article providing that 'the best information and belief of | an applicant shall entltle him to regis ter. MT. Beddow addressed the Con vention.
 On motion of Mir. Hood of Etowah | the amendment was tabled. | MT. Kirk of Colbert presented an
 amendment to be known as Section 20
 which was the 1867 clause of the Louis
 lana Constitution. and addressed the
 Convention in an appeal for the white
 men of North Alabama. He wanted to
 make sure no white man would be dis ! franchised.
 On motion of Captain White, the
 Kirk amendment was tabled. Mr. Jenkins of Wilcox sent up an | amendment tc the good character
 clause" and addressed the Convention
 at some length. His amendment pro-
 vided that persons shoul1 be of good
 character as prescribed by the courts. On motion of MT. Dent of Barbour,
 the amendment was tabled. l General Sanford of Montgomery pre- sented an amendment that any person
 who pays the poll tax of voter for the purpose of influencing his vote, shall be disfranchised and shall be disqualified
 from holding an office. The amend
 ment of General Sanford was adopted. The Article on Suffrage was then or
 dered to be engrossed for third read ing.
 Article on Judiciary.
 Tho special order. which was the
 Article on Judiciary, was then taken
 up and the Convention agreed to con- slider it by sections.
 The clerk read Section 1. which vests the power of the Judiciary Department of the government.
 MT. Kirk of Colbert offered an amend
 ment to leave the section as in the
 present Constitution. and addressed
 the Convention.
 Mir. Watts of Montgomery opposed the Kirk amendment and moved to ta
 bie it. and the Watts motion prevailed. Section was then adopted.