The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-27

cu 20 as tO read 0.oV ehiS MT. deGraffenreid-I rise to point of order.
 The President-The gentleman Will
 state his point of order. | Mir. deGraffenreid-The motion Of the | gentleman cannot be made without suspension of the rules for that pur- pose.
 The President-The Chair is advised that the rules were suspended. Mir Graham (Talladega)-The pend ing motion was to suspend the rules.
 The rules had not been suspended. MT. Heflin (Chambe"5)-l move TOT suspension of the rules. Mir. Proctor-I will ask the Secretary to read the Journal of this forenoon. think the rules were suspended. MT. deGraffenreid-There was a mo- tion to table, and a refusal to taple the motion.
 The President-The Chair under stands there was a motion 10 taDie, and the Convention voted it down, and
 the question would recur on the motion
 to supend the rules. Mir. Howze-I rise to a point of in- quiry. Is 1t necessary to supend the rules to fix the hour to vote upon a measure that is pending? There are J no rules that I know of requiring suspension of the rules to fix the time of voting and will ask If that is nec- essary?
 The President-The Chair will con- slider the question and amendment un- der the rule. It seems to the Chair that the Convention might, pending the consideration of the Ques- l tion before the Convention, decide on certain hour when the previous question l should be considered on this order, without a suspension of the rules. MT. Proctor-Then 1 make motion. MT. President, that the vote be taken | not later than 530 o'clock this after | noon.
 MT. Harrison--I move to amend that | by making it five o'clock. MT. Proctor-I accept the amend | ment.
 | The President-It is moved that at 5 o'clock this afternoon the previous | question shall be considered as ordered | on the pending question, MT. deGraffenreid-Is that motion debatable?
 The President-The Chair will be glad | to hear suggestions from the gentle | man from Hale.
 MT. deGraffenreid-I simply rise to | oppose the motion for one reason, MT. President, that when we took up this matter for d1ScuSSlon- | Mir. Proctor-I make the point of or | der. that motion for the previous | question is not debatable. Mr. Lowe (Jefferson)-I move to
 suspend the rules to allow the gentle man to continue his remarks. l MT. deGraffenreid-A point of in- | Quiry, MT. President. | The President-It would seem tfat ! the motion of the gentleman from | Jackson would be equivalent to mo- ton that the previous question be cr- | dered, which would not be debatable, but the Chair was glad to hear sug-
 gestion from the gentleman from Hale.
 which don't go to the extent of the de- | bate.
 | MT. deGraffenreid-I wanted to get | the ruling of the Chair. My recollec-
 tion is that the Committee on Rules- l MT. Cobb-If the gentleman will all l low me moment?
 | MT. deGraffenreid-I am addressing
 my remarks to the Chairman a mo-
 ment on a question of inquiry. My rec | ollection Is that the Committee on
 Rules reported a rule for this Conven-
 tion at the time the suffrage matter | was taken up, and that this Conven- | ton, so far as the suffrage matter was concerned, adopted a rule which was | in conflict with the general rule of the | Convention. namely, that the rules of | the Convention should be suspended l pending this discussion, and that every delegate should be allowed to address
 himself to the subject, and that he
 should be allowed thirty minutes with | in which to do so. That is my recol- | lection of the resolution that was re-
 ported and adopted by the Convention. The President-The Chair is ready to rule 0n the point In the opinion of | the Chair a majority of this Conven- | tion can close debate whenever they
 choose to do so. and the rule reported
 had no other effect than that to change
 the time of the debate from ten min- i utes to thirty minutes. and the Ques- i tion is for the Convention to decide. If
 the Convection wish to close the debate l it is within the province of the Con- vention to do so. l will submit The | question on the motion of the gentle
 man from Jackson. MT. Sollie-I rise to a question of | inquiry.
 The President-The Chair Is of the
 opinion that this question cannot be
 debated in the form of an inquiry.
 Does your inquiry relate to this ques- | tion?
 I IT..
 and the motion itself, as to whether or
 not the motion is in order. The President-The question Is in
 order.
 MT. Sanford (Montgomery)-It seems | to me a hard case. There are gentle
 men here desiring to speak, to be cut | off from speaking, when 1t was under | stood when the matter began that they should have thirty minutes. It is too
 important a matter, MT. President.
 The committee has had ample time | to discuss it and nobody else has. It | seems to me that other gentlemen | here should be heard who are desirous
 of speaking they ought to be given an | opportunity.
 MT. Lowe (Jefferson)-The motion l now as I understand it Is to take a vote at a certain hour. The PreSident-at five o'clock. MT Lowe-And that does not reQukre | a suspension of the rules? i The Presldent-Tha Chair thinks that | it would not.
 Mir. Lowe-Then 1 ask the Chair. I
 will inquire would another motion for | a different hour have precedence | as a motion to adjourn? The Presidential seems to the Chair
 that any member can move to amend.
 MT. Lowe-If I may be pardoned a
 moment. perhaps I am trespassing, bu:
 this is the mostfi important matter be
 fore the Convention, and there are oth- CTS who desire to be heard, and I | think if We can have a vote on ,he | question at noon on Monday we could | tYI t-it f