The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-17

| HI othCE CoultlCS- knG keullGIItdl
 desires to provide that where there is
 no circuit court held. and only county courts or city courts held, see no ob- | Jection to such an amendment.
 would not make an objection myself. | What l desire is to have the wishes of | the people consulted in that matter | and that we do no injustice to that | faithful band of Democrats who have stood by us so long, and been so true, | 1 am not made any other way, 1 can not get my consent at this time of our | power. when we are in convention as- l semoled. to do any act by which they will be deprived of all participation in their county affairs, in the election Of county solicitor. It IS unjust to them. and l appeal to the Convention 1 that We should not go before the peo- pie with any such provision as the {. The gentleman has asked me about subdivisions. l have no objection in the world. All desire in this matter is. that we do fair and right by all the Democrats. and for the best interests of the State. I know of no other rule Dy which this Convention can ue har- inonized, except in this manner, which
 have intimated, but whatever is done. above all things. retain that pro- vision in there which authorizes the ] legislature to prescribe how the SC lic- itor for county or subdivision of a | county shall be elected, whether by ap- | pointment of the Governor, or whether by election of the people-they wall without any doubt in the world secure | that plan which is best for the interest I of the people. Now Mir. President l have been requested by those who are much wiser than am in these matters | that as there has been so much discus cfn hot t4 previous question upon the adoption of the amendment. or substitute as of fered.
 MT. Graham (Talladega)-I desire to know if a gentleman has a right to hold the floor after his ten minutes have expired. and shut off amend ments?
 The President-The Chair thinks not. MT. Reese-Will the Chair inform me how many amendments are already pending?
 The President-Two.
 MT. Walker-Mr. President and gen. tlemen of the Convention. I understand that while the gentleman from Greene had the floor the matter was put in such a situation that it Is not open now for me to offer an amendment or substitute for these provisions. but l desire to call the attention of this Con- vention-
 MT. Lowe (Jefferson)-I rise to a point of information. Has the gentle man from Greene the floor. or the gen. tleman from Madison?
 The President-The gentleman from Madison has the floor. MT. Lowe-HaS the gentleman from | Greene yielded the floor? The President-The gentleman from | Greene took his seat and the Chair rec ognized the gentleman from Madison. Mir Lowe-I understood that the statement of the gentleman from Mad ison was that the gentleman from Greene had yielded.
 The President-The statement was that while the gentleman was on the floor it was put in such shape that he could not offer an amendment. That happened from the fact that the gen. tleman from Washington offered an amendment to the amendment
 MT. Coleman-Mr. President. the Convention of course has
 The President-The gentleman Is not in order.
 MT. Coleman-I am going to explain to the Convention and take the respon- sibilty-
 The President-will the gentleman from Madison yield to the gentleman from Greene?
 Mir Coleman (Greene). and Walker held a conference.
 MT. Walker-If it Is not taken out of my time.
 MT. Lowe-I rise to offer resolu- tion. MT. President
 The President-The gentleman from Madison has the floor, and the Chair cannot recognize the gentleman from Jefferson at this time.
 Mir Fitts-Then I move the gentle man from Madison go ahead and use the floor.
 The President-The gentleman from Madison will proceed un- less he yields to the gentleman from Greene.
 MT. Walker-I desire to call the at tention of the Convention to the atti- tude that the substitute presented by gentleman from Greene as amended by the gentleman from Washington. would put this matter in. It would require the election in every circuit in this State of a Solicitor. although every county in that circuit was provided with county solicitor. Now is this Convention ready to do that thing? There are counties in this State now parts of judicial circuits. they have separate and distinct solicitors, and in those count es the Circuit Solicitor has no more to do with the public prose cution than the man in the moon. Now is that right, will this Convention un- dertake to perpetuate upon the people of this State the necessity of electing in every circuit in this State a Solicitor for that circuit, although in every county of that circuit there is a sepa rate Solicitor so that there is abso- luely no necessity for a Circuit Solici- tor there. The question is, could be be abolished in such case? He could not and obey the provision of the gentle man from Greene. You must continue to elect Circuit Solicitors. Counties which have no more to do with that Circuit Solicitor than with the man in the moon, must continue to vote up- on 1t. Is it right Are you ready to do that? Why are the words stricken out from the report as put in here by the majority authorizing the selection by the people of solicitors for each Judicial Circuit, or other territorial sub divisions prescribed by the Legislature?
 Mr. Plllans-Wll the gentleman suf- fer an interruption?
 Mr. Walker-Yes sir. ..
 Mr. Pillans-I would ask if in many places as in the Thirteenth Circuit, it is not a fact that the Solicitor is a res ident of a county in which he practi- cally never tried q case?
 MT. Walker-I do not know about the Thirteenth Circuit, but I do know about the Eighth Circuit, and that is the fact. Is that the kind of thing that is going O be perpetuated here by this ('nnVenfion1