The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
That The Present Method Of Selecting
Police Should Cease.
SOME DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
Proposals to Increase Salary of Convict
Inspectors and to Require All
Liquor License Money to be
Paid Into Treasury.

| Montgomery, November 25-tSpecial)-
| Thanksgiving dissipation was discernible
on almost all the legislators today. The
sessions did no. begin until late hour this
morning. But few bills were introduced
| and Il lesser number ere passed.
| The senate had its usual dignilied session
Senator Rathers joint resolution in favor
! of the Nicaragua canal was the only busi-
ness outside the reading and passing of a
few bills. The Rather resolution is found
to be very popular, and will be adopted
when reported back by the rules commit
lee. Senator Cunningham will probably in
troduce his police conirlls sion bill for Bir-
mingham tomorrow. hitch in this ques-
TN Is imminent. Ike Jefferson delegation
III tie house want the Huey bill and it is
very doubtful If the Cunningh ham bill would
be accepted by them All agreed that the
present board should be abolished but if
the houses fail 10 agree on a method for
birmingham to select her Cops" the final
outcome can not be predicted. The educa-
tional biils nave been made a special order
fr Tuesday in the senate.
Two questions caused some debate in the
mousse. One was to increase the salary of
the state convict inspectors and the other
was the bill to require all monies collected
from slate liquor licenses to be paid into
the treasury. This latter bill refers to Mo-
biie where all of the license money amount
ing to $4,000 in round figures, goes to the
school fund of that county. This question
mas peen before every session of the assem-
biy for the past ten years or longer, but
the Mobile schools have each time won,
and from indications of today's session they
viii win this session. One member re-
marked today that he should be glad to
vote for general bill giving to each cea:.t
ty for school purposes its liquor License
mope., ana that he would probably intro
duee such measure. This bill could not
pass, however. as it would bankrupt the
treasury
Ihe bill to increase the salaries of the
convict inspectors found little opposition
and VIII not be again considered until Tues
day. Unless there is change of senti-
ment, however, it will pass. The salary as
fixed in this bill is $500 for the president
and $500 for the assistant and physician
This is one of two increases in salary sug-
gested by the governor In his message The
reason for this increase is that the present
board has by hard work, very materially
increased the states revenue from the con-
vict fund, and their labors are too arduous
for the small salaries they have heretofore
been paid. 1t is also suggested that
board of state prison inspectors will be
created by this legislature, the convict in
spectors to serve as such board. This is
good suggestion, as some prisons in the
state are in horrible sanitary conditions.
The house today voted to increase the
auditors salary from $1,SOO to 1900 per an
mum. The bill to increase the salary as in
troduced, fixed the salary to be paid the
auditor at S2,700, but the appropriations
committee amended to read as 1t was pass
ed.
After Building and Loan Associations
The following is the full text of Repre-
sentative Houston's bill to fix the rate of
interest to be charged in this state by build
ing and loan associations. The bill has
drawn to the capital number of the attor-
neys for such associations who are making
hard fight against the passage of the
bill:
"A Bill. to be entitled "An Act to amend
Section 1874 of the Code of Alabama"
Section /. Be Ii enacted by the gen.
eraI assembly OF Alabama, That section
1134 of the code of Alabama be amended
so as to read as follows: (Relating to
premiums and interest charged by build
ing and loan associations)
tSection 1874. Premiums upon loans
must be fixed by bylaws not to exceed
eight per cent, including interest. The
premium to be charged upon any loan
must be fixed by the bylaws, but such
premium and the interest the loan
taken together shall not exceed eight
per cent. per annum on the account act
ually loaned or advanced and any loan
made by suchrorppration whereby more
than eight per cent. per annum is
charged or reserved for such premium
and interest taken together, shall be
void as to such premium and interest
in law and equity"
Normal Schools in Danger
The normal school and district agricul-
tural schools are in imminent danger of
having their appropriations cut down by the
present assembly. The first note was
sounded against them in the house today.
While arguing the injustice of the Mobile
schools getting all the money derived from
the liquor license, Mr.. Seymour, of Sumter,
was reminded that he had a school in his
home town. the livingston Normal coll
lege, of which that good and noble woman,
Miss Julia Tutwiler, is president, which was
drawing an annual appropriation of about
81 500 from the state.
THAT is true" said Mr.. Seymour "but
will vote to discontinue this appropria-
ton, along with that of the other normal
and district agricultural schools of the
state
This sentiment has large following In
the present assembly, and 1t promises to
be one of the very livest fights of this ses-
ion.
The governor todoy pardored E 8. VIII
Hams, OF Washington, who was convicted of
The governors Endorsement
on this pardon is decidedly more interest
ing than the pardon itself 1t reads: This |
man was convicted of manslaughter and