The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-06


 Jonathan Williams. J. E. French. F. l '. Bass, Ii. r.. Isriffin, H. Fra (. Inn. ] Q. D. Stephens. Fax French, l.. A.
 Butter. A. $. DtckeTson, W. Il. bolger, N. W. Galloway, Jasper Johnson, J. ii. Cnilders, W. R. Plerson, James O.. Ramsey. Joseph shepherd, L. c. Blick- inson, j. M. conner. M. Llghttout. l Ordinance No. 40. by Mir. Reese: Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama. in Convention assembled:
 Sec. -. In all prosecutions for rape. adultery. forncalIon, sodomy or crime | against nature, the court, may in it's discretion. exclude from the court room | all persons except such as may be ne- cessary in the conduct of the trial. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. | Ordinance No. All. by Mir. Reese: | Be 1t ordained by the people of Ala bama. in Convention assembled: Article ".
 Sec. -. The Legislature shall enact penal statutes to suppress the evil habit of using obscene and profane lan- guage in the hearing of children. Referred to Committee on Legislative Department.
 | Resolution No. 222. by MT. Reese: Whereas. the chief and most import | was called. was and is the revision of the provisions relating to Suffrage and | Election and
 Whereas. more than 46 days have passed since the assemblage of this | Convention without any consideration by 1t of said provisions. therefore l Be it resolved. that immediately after the conclusion of the consideration of the report of the Committee on Taxa ton. the report of the Committee on 1 Suffrage and Elections be and the same is hereby made the special order of the l Convention. and former orders and | resolutions of the Convention to the contrary are herepy revoked.
 Resolution No. 223, by MT. MacA. | Smith:
 | Resolved. by the people of Alabama. in Convention assembled, that it is the sense of this Convention that the Gen. eral Assembly should, as early as prac- ticable. so amend the laws of said State as to more certainly punish the onense of vagrancy, which Is becoming such a common and alarming evil in many sections of Alabama. MT. Spragins-I wish to offer this pe- tition. and move that it be read and re- ferred to the Committee on Corpora tions.
 The motion was carried.
 The petition was read ss follows:
 Petition No. l2. by MT. Spragins:
 Huntsville. Ala. June 13. 1901
 To the Honorables A. S. Fletcher, R.
 W. Walker and R. E. Spragins. Em-
 melt o'Neal and John W. Grayson,
 Members of Constitutional Conyen-
 tion. Montgomery. Ala: l Dear Sirs-This is to say to you that at the meeting here this evening of the | Chamber of Commerce of this city the Following resolution was introduced and passed unanimously, which expresses | the wishes and views of our body on the question of having a Railroad Com | missioner elected and paid for by the | people. and you are hereby respectfully requested. as our representatives in the | Constitutional Convention, to give this | matter a thorough investigation and use your influence both inside and out side of the Convention, to secure passage of an ordinance as will give us such commission as we desire. We | believe that after Investigating the | matter you will find that the relief | which we seek from unjust taxations that are now being imposed upon us by the railroads of this State. could best be relieved by a Railroad Commission elected and paid by the people. We herewith beg to give you the resolution
 
 l ferred to:
 we respectfully represent that whereas the Railroad Commission ap- | pointed by the Governor and paid by l the railroad has proven an entire fail | ure. and whereas the shipper and con- ! sumer should have some representation in the l-cming of rates and making | rules by what is otherwise alien and arbitrary power. That whereas. the express, telephone, telegraph and rail- road franchises are given by the State, the power of these franchises to tax should be limited by the State. We therefore request that your honorable body will give the State Commission, elected and paid by the people, and place all franchises. which have power to tax. within their review" We. the undersigned, are authorized to transmit you the above, which is re- spectfully submitted.
 R. k. Pettus, President. F. J. Thompson. Secretary. On the call Of the standing commit tees:
 Mir. Coleman (Greene)-I understand the report of the Suffrage Committee has been printed and is ready for dis tribution. desire to state that in the first line on page two of the report, not part of the ordinance, but the report of the committee, the word spent" has been used inEtead of the word "spare" That is about the only defect I find in this copy, and l do not think it is sufficient to delay the distri- button of the printed report.
 The President-The Chair will call the attention of the delegates to the er- TOT in the printing of the report of the Committee on Suffrage. on the first line on page two. where the word spent" is used instead of the word Spare"
 The Executive Department
 MT. Jones (Montgomery)-Su a report for the Committee on the Exc cptive Department as follows:
 MT. President. the Committee on Executive Department direct me to re- turn Resolution No. 200. with the re- commendation that if do not pass. In view of the extensive and protracted debate over the matter to which 1t re- lates. the committee deems 1t entirely unnecessary to make any argument in support of their adverse report.
 Thomas c. Jones. Chairman.
 Resolution No. 200. by MT. Burns (Dallas):
 Whereas. this Convention has seen proper to reject all amendments to Article V. looking to the relief of Sher- ifs. and whereas the Supreme Court has already been burdened with suffi- cient labOrS: and
 Whereas. local government should be maintained and for other valid reas- ons.