The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-09

amendment. He said it would simply serve to make business for the ninety six lawyers of the Convention. He said that if 1t was adopted, no more street railroads would be built in Ala bama.
 Judge Walker of Madison said the matter coptained in the amendment was already the law.
 Captain White of Jefferson said that Judge Walker was mistaken. and ar gued in support of the Whiteside amendment.
 MT. Hood spoke against the amend ment. He said it was purely legisla- tive matter.
 MT. Hood moved to lay the amend nent on the table. By a vote of 20 to 47, the Convention refused to table.
 The whiteside amendment was then adopted
 The Committee on Municipal Cor porations then reported Section ' of the article which had been recomnlt- ted. It provides that no city or polit- ical subdivision shall issue new bonds without submitting the question to a vote of the people affected. It pro- yides however that the section shall rot apply to assessments aginst abut- ting property for improvements 10 sidewalks, streets or sewers.
 The committee also reported faVor- ably an indepe ndent section that no assessment against abutting property shall exceed the value of the improve ment.
 Judge Coleman said he desired Sec ton and the independent section corr bined. This was acceoted by ;he committee.
 Question of Woman Suffrage. MT. Craig Of Dallas sent up an amendment providing that women tax payers shall Vcte on the question or bond issues and fixing taxes ana ad- dressed the Convention. He declared that in property matters women had the same rights as men. He shoWeo as an example a Montgomery woman wno came near losing her property because of an increased property tax. she hao no one to vote for her. Mir. Fitts of Tuscaloosa spoae in sup | port of the Craig amendment. He ad- mitted there is a strong prejudice in Alabama against women voting, but common and even-handed justice de- | manded that women should nave d right to vote when the property of women was to be voted away | Mir. Boone of Mobile moved the pre- vious question and it was ordered.
 Mir. ONeal of Lauderdale moved to table the Craig amendment. \ call for the ayes and nays py MT | Fitts was sustained.
 As the roll call proceeded MT. Boone of Mobile voted aye. aye, aye" in loud voice.
 MT. ONeal of Lauderdale made the point of order that Mir. Boone had vot- ed three times.
 | The presiding officer. Dr. Cunning ham of Jefferson. amid applause, in structed the Clerk to count MT. Boone one time-
 MT. Greer of Calhoun explained his vote by saying that he wished he could vote a thoustand times to table the proposition.
 By vote of As to 5a the Convention refused to table the amendment. The vote was received with applause.
 By a viva voce vote of 65 to 9the Craig amendment allowing women tax payers to vote on the question of levy ing taxes was then adopted. The an- nouncement of the result of the vote was received with wild applause and for few minutes the Convention was 1 thrown into disorder.
 MT. Boone of Mobile moved that the amended amendment be adopted and called for the ayes and nays.
 The call was sustained and by q vote of 65 to 46 the amended amend ment was adopted.
 Judge Coleman of Greene and MT Greer of Calhoun gave notice that they would move to reconsider.
 MT. Boone of Mobile sent up ar amendment as an independent section If provides that the Legislature may by a general law provide that cities existing under special charter may bt incorporated
 Judge Coleman said there was nt doubt the Legislature had this power and moved to table the Boone amend ment
 Ry a viva voce vote the amendmen Was taeled.
 Mir. Vaughn of Dallas, sent up al independent Section as an amendment If authorizes the Legislature to chang boundaries of cities or towns, but pub lication of such intention shal be mad twenty days before the introduction of such bill.
 General Sanford of Montgomery, sen up an amendment providing that n city shall annex suburban propert without consent of the people so an nexed, which consent is 10 be secure' by special election. ,1 Mir. O'Neal of Lauderdale, oppose | the amendments on tue Blouilu tlItl they were legislative. and on his mo tion the pending amendments wer tabled.
 Restrictions Upon Women. Judge Cobb of Macon, sent up al amendment as an independent Sectiol that women taxpayers may vote ol elections held to determine the issu ance of bonds, providing that they pos sess the educational, property and goo character qualifications contained il the Article on Suffrage.
 Mr. deGraffenreid of Hale, offered a amendment providing that women tax payers must live in the city or tow affec: ed she shall own $500 worth O ; real estate. and shall nos be under years old before she can vote on bon
 issues or mourning obligations. Thi amendment was accepted by JudS , Cobb.
 MT. Greer of Calhoun, spoke agains the whole proposition. He said tn
 Convention was travelling too fast an
 was making itself ridiculous. No re strictlons had been placed upon it Negro men had been diJfranchised an
 their wifes had been enfranchise this thing must he done he appealed ; the Convention to do it in order. women were to be allowed to Vo;e should he restricted to white womel
 unmarried women and women who re sided in the locality to be affected.
 MT. Greer concluded his remarks b moving 70 adjourn, but the Conver
 tion refused 10 adjourn by vote ( Il to 49.
 Judpa Coleman then discussed tn