The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-04

! SSy AA&t eASES sACsAhB h0NG otV04 nR | to the Democratic party. and 1t is to l the Democratic party that make this appeal We have had to do things in l the Black Belt. and as have said, even l the holier than thou gentleman from | North Alabama has never refused to | profit by these irregularities. We | have had to do those things for which | we have been commended. in a quiet way, and slandered in the North. MT. | President, we want relief. We want relief from those conditions. We plead with the Democrats of this Convention | for relief from a system that compels us to raise our boys up under sys- l tenn of elections that is bound to cor rupt. Mir. President. our boys are | being corrupted and we ask you in their names. to help us to reform the | suffrage. We ask this Convention to l give us the plan that . wise and able | committee have recommended to this | Convention, under which 1t may be possible to teach our boys to be honest in all things, and under. which we may teach our boys that tho laws l ought to be obeyed.
 The President--The gentleman's time has expired.
 Mir. beddow-I for ene, am tired of | this conglomerated mass of hetrogen- ous eioauence. There is no man who l obeys the laws that ought to be afraid of any hearing. and l move that the l motion of the gentleman from Dallas be laid on the table. | Upon a vote being taken. a division
 was called for. and by a vote of
 seventy-four ayes and twenty-three | noes the motion to reconsider was | tabled.
 MT. sentell-I desire t9 ask unanimous l consent to introduce a resolution. Resolution No. 21S.
 Whereas, as Tomorrow. July t4h. Is
 a National Holiday, and Whereas, many of the members of l this Convention desire to observe the same with their families and friends at home, therefore be 1t resolved that when this Convention adjourns at C | o'clock this afternoon 1t stands ad- journed until s:30 o'clock next FAday | morning.
 MT. Senteil--In order to get the sense | of this Convention upon the question of | adjournment, ask for c suspensisn of I the rules and that the resolution he
 put upon its passage.
 MT. Reese-I move to lay that on | the table. The PresidentA motion to suspend the rules cannot be laid upon the table. Mir. Reese-I call fer . yea and nay
 vote.
 The President-The question is. is the | call sustained.
 The requisite number did not rise and l the call was not sustained. Upon a vote being taken the rules
 were suspended.
 Mr. Beddow--I move to amend the | resolution by adjourning until Monday | at 12.
 MT. o,Neal-I move to lay that | amendment on the table. Mir. Sentell-I move that the amend ment of the gentleman from Jefferson l be laid on the table.
 The motion to table was carried. MT. Sentell-I move that the resolu- | ton be placed upon its final passage. Mr. Reese-I move to table the reso- lution.
 MT. Reese-I demand the ayes and
 noes.
 The President-The ayes and noes are demanded, the question is. is the call | sustained.
 The requisite number not rising the l call was declared to be not sustained. IA vote being taken. a division was | demanded. and by vote of thirty-nine ayes and sixty-four noes, the motion to
 
 | table was lost. The President-The question recurs | on the motion of the gentleman rom | Crenshaw.
 MT. cunningham Jefferson)-I desire | to offer an amendment. MT. Pettus-I move the previous question and the adoption of the reso- lution.
 The amendment was read as follows:
 Provided that no per diem be allow ed to the members or officers or enis | Convention" MT. Reese-I desire when I can be heard to say a word on the adoption of | this amendment to the resolution. There are 155 of us here, and douht whether there are five of us that
 observed the fourth of July last year. | We were working for ourselves. or probably for somebody else. we are now working for the State of Alabama, ! at the great compensation or $A aay' but we were all glad to get the job at that price. Now, Mir. President. the | Legislature thought we were going to | get through with our business here in | dfty days and they expected if we | could not do that, that we would do | the best we could, and l suoruit that
 it Is not in good faith for this conven- | ton to aQJOuFH. VIII uSh SHS S~S | retary to read the resolution, to see | the reasons that are given there. The resolution was read as foltowe: "Whereas, tomorrow, July 4th, is National Holiday. and whereas many | of the members of this Convention de- | sire to observe the same with their | families and friends at home. therefore | be 1t resolved that when this Conven- | ton adtourns at o'clock this after noon it stand adjourned until 9:30 | o'clock next Friday morning. The amendment was read as follows: Provided that no per diem be allow ed to the members or the officers of l this Convention"
 Mir. Reese-Now we are asked to ad- | journ this Convention, for what pur- | pose? In order that we may be per mitted to observe the fourth of July with our families at home. Gantle-
 men, I do not believe that there are one-tenth of the members of this Con- vcntion that ever have observed the | fourth of July with their families at home, and probably they were not | three blocks from their house either | Mir. President, if you are going to ad- | journ at all, lets put 1t on some higher ground than the one given there. The l courts in this country do not shut up on the fourth of July. If we have got | any private business to attend to, we
 never let the fourth of July interfere | with it. The people of Alabama are | getting impatient for this Convention l to do the work for which 1t was sent l bArn and I think we will make A rIia-