The age-herald., 1899-05-03
The Fight in the House

 der at 12:O7 p. m. Rabbi Messing of Montgomery opened the session with beautiful and eloquent prayer. Eighty seven members answered roll call, four others coming in during the session. The absentees are Messrs. Dawes of Winston, Brown of Colbert. Foster of Tuscaloosa, Lavretta of Mobile and Jones of Lee.
 On motion of MT Carson of Dallas the house proceeded to the election of an sistant clerk expressing clerk, enrolling clerk and assistant doorkeeper. The old officers were unanimously elected, as fol- lows:
 Frank N. Julian of Colbert. assistant clerk; J. N Williams of Barbour, engross- ing clerk; Val Taylor of Perry, enrolling clerk; Thos. J. Fain of Dale, assistant doorkkeeper. The speaker announced that the same members of the standing com mittee would be reappointed. save in cases of death and resignations, which he would announce later. Ed Jones of Wilcox was reappointed doorkeeper of the gallery.
 Mir. Mitchell of Lauderdale offered joint resolution raising committee of three on the part of the house and two on the part of the senate to walt upon the governor and inform him of the organiza- tion of the general assembly. Messrs. Mitchell, Mcqueen and Vaughan were ap- pointed on the committee from the house. The house took an informal recess, await ing the report of the joint committee.
  governors message. The reading of the message required about twenty minutes and it was carefully studied by the members
 In a short time the committee returned and Chairman Mitchell reported that the governor would forthwith send in his mes sage. Private Secretary Cory brought the governors message and it was ordered read. The reading of the message required twenty minutes, and 1t was accorded close attention throughout. ,
 MT Brandon desired to introduce Dill, but he was ruled out of order. MT. Bulger said that many of the members desired to read and consider the governors message, and he therefore moved an adjournment until 10 o'clock tomorrow The house re- fused to adjourn by vote of 3s to oz. Ihe vote in detail is as follows:
 Ayes-Messrs Speaker, Address, Airing ion. Bayles, Brunner, Bulger, Cannon, Carson. Collier, Dameron, Dawes, Davld- son. George, Gibson, Godbold, HarWooo. Haynie, Hefin, of Chambers; He1in, o. Randolph: Jones, of Bullock; Jones, or Covineton: Jones, of Wilcox; Lee, Me Queen, McRee, Patterson, Pettus, Poole' Riggs. Rogers, Screws, Seymour, Stodghill' Tate. Tunstall, Vaughan, Wallace-os
 Nays-Bibb Box, Brandon, Burkhalter' Byars, Capps. Cheatham. Cornelius paws Delchamps, Doster, Edwards, Fleweilen' Forester, Fuller, Garner, Garrett Graves Green, Harris, Henry Hollis Hooa' Houston. Hubbard, Huey, Jarrett keny' Killen. Knight Long, Lyle MadduX, Mal- but, Mathews, Miller, Mitchell, MOODY Mccain, Mckee, Porter, Heyno.usA D ,aidvin h son, Rousseau, Sloan, Smith, or baiawli' smith. of Escambia; Spears, SturoiVan'' Sullivan, Thigpen. White-Sz. ,.,,a.s
 Ifnder the head of miscellaneous business' the following bills were introduceo'
 H. By MT. Mtchell-Io pay the ,ar,aas of inc general assembly of Alabama for the extra session called to meet on the ond dav of May 1899. Judiciary.
 IT a@By MT. Brandon-To repeal an act entitled "An act to provide for noioihs s' convention to revise and amend the COT stitution of this state, and for the suphils- s;on op inc ouestion-convention or no convention-to a vote of the electors or the staten approved December 16, 1SsS Judi ciary. ,,, ;tt the same title. accompanylng IL wltn a motion that the bill be referred to speciai committee composed of Messrs. Hubbard Moody. Flewellen, Graves, Burkhaiter' Rrandon. Smith of Baldwin, Reynolds, Harwood, Pettus, Robinson, Dameroh anu Miller. ,,,a have frs ito be acted on by the rules com mittee. long parliamentary wrangle h. sued and finally the chair was overruieo by vote of AS to 37. Several motions followed to have the piii referred to some other committee, put eae" of them were tabled.
 MT. Hefiin, of Chambers, made an able speech asking the democrats not to Joln the populists and republicans in tnelr CT fort to defeat the will of the organized democracy. MT. Tunstall followed on the same iine The question then recurred to the adoption of the Hubbard resolution to refer the repeal bill to the special commit tee named above. The motion prevailed by a vote of 50 to 30. Adournment was taken until noon to- morrow.