The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-31
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF
 THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF ALABAMA

| there are amendments which VIII be
 Jffered and which will be acceptable tc
 the Convention. and we have discussed tne minority report tor several days, I and other amendments ought not to be cut off.
 l Mr. Oates-I want to say as to that
 particular part of that section that has l been under discussion, 1 have no ob-
 fection that this should apply at all.
 but as to some other parts gave no- tice before we entered on this discus.
 sion that have an amendment to of- fer to the first subdivision. and while
 do not wish to consume a great deal of time on that. perhaps ten minutes
 is pretty limited-but if it applies to see it modified.
 Mr. Cunningham here took the chair. Mir. Smith tMobile)-After conferring l with the Rules Committee again under the objection that has been made, the l Rules Committee will ask leave to
 withdraw the report which has been
 made
 No objection being made, and the re-
 port was withdrawn.
 Mir smith--The Rules Committee in- I structs me to make a report. Resolved. That hereafter the ses-
 sions of this Convention shall be as
 follows: Meet daily at g a. m., adjourn I at l:So D. m; meet at 3:30 p. m. and 1 adjourn at D. m.
 Mir. President-The question is upon l the adoption of the resolution. MT. Howze-I move to amend that
 by striking out 1:3o p. m. and inserting l p. m.
 Mir. Boone tMobile)--I move to lay l the amendment on the table. MT. Howze-T have the floor. and | lrAf fn The President pro tem-The gentle
 man from Jefferson has the floor. MT Reese-Mr. President I would | like to hear the resolution read. The Secretary again read the resolu-
 tion.
 | MT. Howze-It does seem to me that
 the time fixed for adjournment at 1
 o'clock is the most proper that we could
 have. I think it would suit the house.
 keepers and the families where we re-
 side.
 The President pro tem-Will the gen.
 tieman from Jefferson suspend for one 1 moment?
 tThe President here resumed the chair.)
 | MT. Howze-From the information I can gather, the dinner hours extends
 in large number of the boarding
 houses from 1 o'clock to 2:30, and It
 does seem to me that we should con l slider the convenience of the people
 with whom We live in that respect, and
 1t is only cutting of half an hour from
 this ionE time we are called upon to work here these hot days, and 1 think
 laborer anywhere should have at
 least two hours rest in the middle of
 the day these hot days, and hope the | amendment will be adopted and that we will adjourn at l o'clock instead of I 1:3D.
 Upon vote being taken the amend | ment was adopted.
 Mr. Sollie--I wish to amend the resolution as amended by making the afternoon session to commence at o'clock instead of 3:30, so as to have four hours session in the evening.
 Mir. Rogers (Sumter)-I move to lay that on the table.
 Upon a vote being taken the motion to table was carried.
 The President - The question is on the resolution as amended. Upon vote being taken the resolu- tion as amended was adopted. Mir. Fletcher-I move to suspend the caii or the roll of delegates for the in- troductton Of ordinances and resolu- tions and the regular call of the stand ing committees be dispensed with and that the Convention take up the spe- cial order which is under considera- tion.
 Upon vote being taken the motion was carried.
 The President-The special order this morning will be the consideration of the committee on Suffrage and Elec- tions.
 MT. Sentell-Mr. President and gen. tlemen of the Convention. did nor i,i- tend to make any remarks on this sub lect, and if had intended to make any lengthy remarks 1 would not do so now since the subject has been so thorough ly discussed from every standpoint. but as this is one of the most import ant subjects with which we have to deal. and as 1t is the one about which the people we represent are mostly in- terested. feel 1t would be my duty hot only to vote upon the question, but 10 express my views upon 1t as well. AS said. in the minds of the people. all other questions considered by this Convention fade into mere minor mat ters compared with the great question or suffrage and election. We were elected and sent here almost solely for the purpose of settling this one great question, and as there have been but few speeches upon this question from members representing that section of eho 0hotS AAoti WHICH l came, II might not be improper for me to say some thing as coming from what is known as the white counties of the State. or the Piney Woods of the State. Those counties are largely white counties, and they are largely in agriculture. but they are intensely interested in this great question of suffrage and elections. because the negro in tha: section has become a menace to good l government. He has become a drug upon the market, as was ably said by | one of the gentlemen upon this floor | the other day; it is a question in gen. eral election of buying the negro vote l in our section. Well, now. we want | relief. and we must have relief from | that condition of affairs. I believe | that the majority report of the com 1 mittee solves this question In my | Judgment 1t is the very best solution | of this question that could be gotten up. and while there are some features of it that l do not entirely agree with. | believe. that in the main 1t is the solution of the question. That 1t will | give what we want in the white coun- ties. that it will give what the people | in the Black Belt want. and will also | settle the question in the hill counties | of the State.
 Now I shall not undpel take to dis. | Cuss nor to prove the -constitutionality | of this act as was so ably and unan- | swerably done by the distinguished l President of this Convention. and other members on the floor sufficient for me |