The age-herald., 1901-07-17
Ordinances Once Adopted Must Stick Now the Policy
 of Delegates DATE FOR SUFFRAGE REPORT
lt VIII Be Taken Up On July 23 In Accordance With Agreement of Democratic caueus-Date of
 State Elections.
BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.

BY FRANK HARVEY MILLER.
 Montgomery, July 1e.-(Special.) )-The convention is working faster these days than 1t has been heretofore When 1t adopts section now it is adopted to stay and motions to reconsider are voted down. Efforts were made this morning to have reconsidered the votes whereby sections and of the article on banks and banking were adopted Section six was the section settling the Shelby coun- ty court house matter aud section was the section providing for the inspection of State banks. The convention refused to reconsider either
 President Knox as chairman of the committee on rules reported a resolution this mornig fixing Tuesday, July 23, as the day on which the suffrage report was to be considered. This was in pur- suance of the action of last nights cau- GUS. The rules were suspended and the suffrage article fixed as special order of business for that day.
 The most important action of the con- vention was changing the date of the state elections from August to Novem- Der, the same day as the Federal elec- ton, and fixing the terms of Senators and Representatives at four years. The Legislative is to meet only once every four years.
 Strange to say this radical innovation in the State government so far as elec- tions occurring every four years was adopted almost unanimously and with very little debate. There was not even division called for on the vote. There was more opposition on quadriennial ses- sions of the Legislature.
 Several days ago resolution was adopted to have a committee appointed to Investigate and report to what extent the employees of the convention could be redpced and expenses thereby curtailed. This lommittee on economics reported today advising that most of the commit tee clerks the two messengers and five of the ten pages be discharged. The pages, however, have been at work lob bying in their interests and today mi nority report of this committee was adopted recommending that the messen- gers and pages be retained. Only a few
 
 The article on legislative department, of which Governor Oates Is chairman, was taken up today and sections l, 2, 3, and as set out below were adopted.
 The first appeal taken from the ruling of the chair during the sessions of the convention was that of MT. Beddow, who this morning appealed from ruling of Judge Robinson of Chambers, who was temporarily occupying the chair. The convention sustained the chairman. Al the afternoon session MT. Lowe of Jef- ferson appealed from a ruling of Presi- dent Knox on point of order raised by MT Lowe. The convention unanimously sustained the ruling of the president.
 Convention Opens.
 The forty-sixth days session of the constitutional convention was called tc order at 9:30 o'clock by President Knox A prayer was offered by Rev. MT. Nc Daniel. Roll call showed 12o members present Several leaves of absence were asked for and granted.
 MT Sanford of Pike introduced a res olution to instruct the General Assem- bly at its next session to reduce the tag tax on fertilizers to an amount not ex- ceeding 10 cents a ton.
 President Knox here resigned the chair to Judge Cobb and as chairman of the committee on rules reported resolution to take up the suffrage question on Tuesday, July 23. He moved to suspend the rules and adopt the report, which was done.
 Mr. Long of Butler arose to correct an error in the stenographic report. He said he was reported as having voted when ha It nf Ob1ppta1 q the stenographer's voting him without his knowledge and consent MT. Malone of Henry also corrected an error in the report.
 MT. Rogers of Sumter then moved a reconsideration of section 8 of the arti- cle on banks and banking. This was the section adopted yesterday providing for the inspection of banks by some State of. ficial
 MT. Rogers of Sumter said that because there was a system of examination of na- tional banks in Alabama this proposition bore on it's face some semblance of right but that the examination of State banks would be a different thing, as it gave the Governor power if he chose to do so to submit the report to the tax collectors of the different counties who would bounce on the deposits of individuals for taxes. It would result in forcing all the State banks into national banks. There Hre HO BeIeIdl pdIhllS faWS m AIaDama and what is the sense of making this one provision without a general system oi banking laws. MT. Barefield then asked Mir. Rogers why should man with sixty acres be taxed and the man with 5000 in the bank escape taxation. MT. Rogers said he thought the gentleman was play. ing to the gallery. Continuing he said that this State inspection would force every depositor in State bank to with. draw his deposit and place 1t in a ma. tional bank.
 MT. O'Neal Speaks.
 MT. O'Neal of Lauderdale said that fo, over a quarter of century there had been no inspection of state banks in Ala. bama and that this was the reason why they had not prospered. This would not be unpopular or array interests agains rher constitution. On the contrary ht thought it would meet the approval of the Apeople. It was matter of principle and W would let the people understand that IN were here to protect the masses of the
 Sple and the small depositors. Are we
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