Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-13
YESTERDAY IN MONTGOMERY
Marked Business in House and
Senate.
SENATORIAL CONTEST HOT
With the Odds Slightly in Favor of Mr..
Pettus.
Gov ELECT J0HNSTON'S INAUGURAL
Win Be Simple and Without Civil or Mil
itary Display. at His Request
General News From the
Legislature.
GOV. ELECT JoHNsToN's INAUGURAL

Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 12.-(Staff Cor
respondence.) 1.-THE house of representa-
tives convened this morning at 10 o'clock
with prayer by Rev. DIR. Davis. Ninety
two members answered to roll call and
the body proceeded at once to business.
The journal of yesterday was read and
approved.
The speaker announced that he had re-
ceived papers in the contest case of Jere
Dennis and j. A. Smith, of Tallapoosa
county The matter was referred to the
committee on privileges and elections.
The speaker then announced that he
had, after two nights of dillgent study,
prepared a list of the various commit
tees of the house and that in so doing
he had endeavored to distribute the hon.
ors in such a manner as to best serve the
interests of the respective branches of
legislation
The list of committees was read by the
clerk as follows:
Judiciary Committee-Ceci Brown of
Talladega, chairman; Waller, Altman,
Davis, Wiley, Barnes, Pitts, Stansel Mer-
rill Robinson, Hill, Bauldin, Tunstall,
Lavender.
Revision of Laws Committee-O Kyle,
of Morgan, chairman; Hibbard Appling,
Hef1in, Brandan, Wood, of Macon; Cofer,
McCollum, Smith, Lipseomb, Sheldon,
Green Longshore.
Ways and Means Committee-D. ].
Meadows of Marengo chairman, Barnes,
Merrill Hunt, Glover Tmberlake, Bar
ron, Dale. Troup, Dreyspring, Mitchell,
Kennamer, Wood, of Henry.
Education Committee-E. M. Robinson,
of Mobile, chairman; Hibbard, Cofer,
Brown, of Jefferson; DelChamps, Cole
man, Jenkins, Mcclellan, Joseph, Perry,
Henson, Beason, Abercrombie.
Privileges and Elections-Reed B.
Barnes, of Lee, chairman; Davis, Wood,
of Macon; Coleman, Hefiin, Waller, of
Montgomery; Flewelen, Brandon. Nc
Guire, Killen, CASTOR, Campbell, Conant.
Penitentiary and Criminal Adminstra-
tion--A. A. Wiley, of Montgomery, CHAIR
man; Lipscomb, Wood of Macon, Cav
ender, Love, Ovens, Poole, Smith, of Tai
lapoosa; Mills, Newman, Turner, Sham
blin, Simons.
Mining and Manufacturing Committee
John Harkins, of Jefferson, chairman
Caper Hibbard, Ne Smith, Appling,
Brothers, Killen, Lipscomb, Rodgers,
Killebrew, Lawson.
Appropriations Committee-C. Smith,
of Dallas, chairman; Sheldon, Mitchell,
Lavender, Prowell, Henson, Barrow Jo-
seph, Knowles, Huddleston.
Corporations Committee-C. r. Waller,
of Hale, chairman; Brown, of Colbert,
Hibbard, Kyle, Lavender, Greene, Hunt,
Mitchell, Stewart, Drayspring, Town
send.
Temperance Committee-D. M. Prowell,
of Marengo, chairman; McCollum, Tur-
ner,, Cameron, Knowles. Dale, Stewart
Flewelen, Darby, Hearn, Yarbrough.
Agriculture Committee--E. Graves, of
Barbour, chairman; Glover, Bennis
Hampton, Mills. CASTOR, Harris, New
man, Brown, of Jefferson; Eiland, Lewis
Reynolds, Espy.
Banking and Insurance--M. s. Stansel
of Pickens, chairman; Merrill, Wiley,
Pitts. Brown, of Talladega, Altman,
Brandon Brown, of Colbert, Mcclure,
Hunt Robinson, Perry, Longshore.
Commerce and Common Carriers-W.
w. Hill, of Montgomery, chairman;
Wood, of Macon, Cater, Rogers, Bouldin,
Turner Dale, Smith, of Tallapoosa; Hef-
lin, Kenwamer, Wood of Henry.
Public Health-M. B. Cameron, of Sum-
ter, chairman; Hampton Brothers, Har-
riS Love, Long, Poole, Ovens, Huddles-
ton, Carmichael, Palmer.
Counties and Boundaries-D. p. Hunt,
of Madison chairman Greene McCollum,
Timberlake, Knowles, Baker, Jenkins,
Tunstall, Troup, Lawson, Henley
Local Legislation Committee-J. j.
Altman, of Jefferson, chairman; Pitts
Appling, Coleman, Sheldon, Ne Smith,
Long. Rodgers, Graves, Yarbrough Beas-
ley.
Public Roads and Highways Commit
tee-J. Thomas Hef1in, of Chambers,
chairman; Long, Killins, Brown of JEFF
ferson, Weller of Montgomery, Porter.
Federal Relations Committee-B. L.
Hibbard, of Monroe; Appling. Baker,
Troup, Lloyd, MCGUIRE, Meadows.
Public Buildings and Institutions-A.
Y. Glover, of Greene, chairman; Waller
of Montgomery, Hinson, Joseph, Poole,
Mcclellan, Darby.
Military Committee-W. W. Brandon.
of Tuscaloosa chairman; Burns, Robin
son, Greene, Dreyspring, Franklin. Ell
land.
Claims and Fees committee--W. c. Per-
ry, of Perry, chairman: Mills, Stewart,
Ovens, Smith of Tailapoosa, Love, Espy.
Public Printing Cemmittee--John
Burns, of Dallas. chairman; Lloyd, Cam
eron, Hampton, Timberlake, Flewellen,
CAST.
Engrossed Bills Committee-virgil
Bauldin of Jackson, chairman; Barrow,
Browne of Jefferson, -Delchaps. Aber-
crombie
Enrolled Bills Committed. P. Troup,
of Morgan, chairman: Lavender, McClel-
Ian, Coulburn, Cast.
Rules Committee-Speaker Clements.
chairman; Waller of Hale, Altman,
Brown of Talladega, Wiley.
Messenger-Wert Thompson.
Pages-M. Screws. Ed Jones and Nc
Mahon.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
On call of counties the following bills
were introduced:
House Bill, by Mr. Reynolds to
amend section 3739 of code of Alabama.
Revision of laws.
ply Mr.. Reynolds--To authorize the
commissioners court Of Chiffon county to
lay off said county into four commission
aru' djstricfe and proyf6a the manner of