The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-18
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Afternoon Paper.


Montgomery, May 17.-(special.)-Th end
has come. After being in session fourteen
days the legislature has adjourned.
RESULT-Repeal of the constitutional
convention call. Cost to the people for
this single piece of legislation, $13, ,O66.3S.
The house this morning adopted the
senate joint resolution to adjourn this az
ternoon at o'clock, and the house went
to pieces, taking recess until $3.50 p. m.
The senate tabled the primary election
bill and indefinitely postponed the consid-
Grafton of the pending amendments, clear
ing the way for final adjournment at 8
o'clock, then taking a recess until $3.50 p. IN.
At $3.50 p. m. the senate met and the
house also met few minutes afterward,
and after waiting on the governor, final
adjournment was had.
Seymour Protested Against Adjournment
The afternoon sessions of the senate and
house were merely formal, and nothing was
attempted in the way of business
Mr. Seymour protested against adjourn
ing without some legislation along the line
of his school amendment, placing Mobile on
equal footing with other counties, and for
| other shortcomings The protest of Mr.. Sey-
mour was presented to the house. 1t was
| signed alSO py h1eSSrS. ttaynle OF ElmOre,
| Cofer of Cullman, Killen of Lauderdale,
| Kyle of Madison and Mccain of Calhoun 1t
| recited the failure of the legislature to en-
| act bills submitting amendments to the con-
| stituton, and that final adjournment was
"a confession of incapacity or insincerty.
whereupon reproach will be brought upon
1t Ghe legisature) and its members -
Mr. Golfer of Culman wanted the protest
read, which the clerk proceeded to do, but
was interrupted by a message from the
senate recommending that a committee of
two from the senate and three from the
house be appointed to wait upon the gov
ernor TO see If he had any further business
for them to transact.
The message was concurred in and the
speaker appointed Messrs Hood, Tunstall
and Graves.
The reading of the protest was finished
and the same filed.
To Correct Statements
Mr.. Tunstall arose to point of personal
| privilege in order to correct certain state
| ment made in a report published in the
Montgomery Journal this afternoon. Mr..
| Tunstall said he made no such statements
| as therein contained, but he did say he
| favored constitutional convention
for the purpose of having a white mans
| government and to eliminate the negro
| from politics in this state. Mr.. Tunstall
| said there were some present before him
| then who heard him and they knew that
| he made no such statement as the pubica-
| ton in the Journal put forth.
Mr.. Cofer wanted an aye and nay vote
on whether or not the house should ad-
journ.
Mr.. Hehin thought that the house was
adjourned now under the joint resolutions.
as it was then sos o'clock. The speaker
thought the house should not adjourn until
they heard from the governor. Mr.. Cofer
insisted on his motion, but was ruled out
of order. Mr.. Cofer said the speaker had
no right to rule a member out of order
unless he knew what the question was.
The chair ruled that any gentleman was
out Of order after o'clock, and the house
would not adjourn until it heard from the
governor, and the only gentleman he
would recognize would be the chairman Of
the committee to walt on the governor.
Wished Them a Pleasant Summer
The chairman of the committee then
stated that he had no further business
for them, but wished them one and all
pleasant summer. Mr. Heflin moved that
the thanks of the house be extended to
Speaker Waller for his fair and impartial
rulings, and to the clerk and other officers
for faithful discharge of duty; adopted.
The speaker then declared the house ad-
journed sine die.
In the senate at the afternoon session
the government nominated for trustees Of
the Montevallo School for Girls, o P. Fitz-
simmons for the state-at-large, and A ii.
Aston, Third district; c. w. Thompson,
Fifth district and r. Fl. Thatch, Ninth
district, and they were confirmed. Messrs
Brown and Grant were appointed to waie
on the governor, and in few minutes
. informed the senate that he had no fups
ther communications to make, and tho
senate was declared adjourned sine de-
Repeal the Only Work
Ths repeal bill is absolutely the only
work Of the season. The figures of the en-
tire cost have been made up and exactly
s13, O66.sS for mileage and per diem and the
pay Of officers has been disbursed. Tho
secretary and clerk get SIS each for prepar.
ing and filling their respective journals
and papers, and then there is the expense
of printing the journals of the extra ses-
sion to be added, which will make the cost
in round numbers about s1350o. There were
sixteen days for which pay was drawn,
giving senators and members s6i each. the
president and speaker, secretary and clerk,
50 a day, and the door keepers and en-
rolling and engrossing clerks IS day. the
former getting 500 and the latter $50 for tho
session.
Secrets of the Caueuses
There was great deal of talk about the