The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-01

another plan and put aside our mature
 thoughts of three months. We had bet rter pause. The only objection that has i, been raised that 1 have heard upon
 this matter of changing from the plan | originally adopted. and that adopted f yesterdy. rests upon the idea of justice and equity. 1t Is not equitable. 1t Is not just.
 Mir. Pillans-May ask question. i MT. Cobb--No. sir, cannot yield. Mir. Pillans-Do you think 1t Is log | ical--
 MT. Cobb-If the gentleman has any
 logic he has yet to display 1t. The only objection that has been made is | that 1t would not be just or equitable | and in advancing these arguments so
 pertinently as the gentleman claimed. and with eloquence and power they | forget all together the consideration Of what suffrage means and upon what it
 Is founded. It is not a right that be- longs to any citizen or to any man. It
 Is pure privilege which the State ex-
 tends to certain men in the interest not Of the man. but of the State itself That is all about 1t and when you conle to attempt to adjust great question like this. upon the little narrow views | that would control us in entering into
 contract for the purchase and sale of | horse you would degrade the question and put 1t far below that elevation to
 which 1t ought to be. raised. There is | more or less arbitrarfness in this mat ter. We all recognize that. We would
 like to be fair to everybody and that Is what we came here for. We, the | representatives of the people of Ala bama believe two things; one is that the white men in Alabama should rule its destinies and control them, and the other is that the other class of our citizens whom We respect in their place, are, not fit men to exercise the right of suffrage, and my friend from Lee over there (Mr. Harrison) in his great liberality and fairness, is Not in accord either with the people ot AL abama or the delegates upon this floor (Applause.) Now then I repeat that we cannot adjust this matter upon this
 little narrow basis. We are to do the
 best we can for the purpose of &C., complaining the next in view and that
 is the control of the State by the white
 people of the State and not upon the idea that We are making the contract
 with each individual citizen. That is
 the view wanted to present. Now then I have not time to go into the
 reasons why it is better to stand upon
 the report of the committee. There are
 many reasons. None of us would like
 to put this qualification in at all if we could avoid 1t. There is something to a certain extent obnoxious to us all to
 have the qualification for the right of suffrage rest on property. but am ar- going about the right, for the justice and equity to the individual. that is all. why if you want to be exceed ingly fair, If you want to be exceed ingly just, strike out the whole thing and have no property qualification at and that is where I would like to go, but we cannot do it on account of the conditions that surround us. We all understand that very well. Now this thing, has it been adjusted so as to se- cure in the best possible way in our power the end we have In view, to give the suffrage to the white people of the country, the control of the government to the white people of the country and to them alone? I think we havs. 1 think this reconsideration ought 10 be had and let us go back to that mlIEre | plan that We have thought over and | spoken over here for three months.
 I yield the balance of my time to | General Jones.
 The President-The motion is to- re- | consider the vote whereby the article | on suffrage was adopted.
 Mir. Harrison-I call for the ayes and l noes.
 The call was sustained.
 Upon call of the roll the vote re- suited as follows.