The age-herald., 1900-11-17
he House.

He I1OuS6 was Cdll6u u oIuST Dy SpedkeF Pettus at the usual hour, and after dispos- ing of routine business it settled down to work
 Mr. Lacey of Jefferson brought the new county question before the body by the in- troduction of a bill to create Bessemer County out of portion of Jefferson, Walk. CT, Tuscaloosa, Bibb and Shelby Counties. The speaker referred the bill to the com mittee On counties and county boundaries. MT Long of Walker arose and asked that the bill be referred to a special committee composed of a member from each of the counties interested. This motion provoked the first debate in the House. Mr. Lacey opposed such reference, claiming that t was unfair; that he realized that he stood alone among the members from the inter- ested counties in advocating tie bill. Messrs. Brandon and Long insisted upon the adoption of MT. Longs motion, and when a vote was taken but a single no was heard in opposition to it.
 MT. Whitson, of Talladega, offered in the house a joint resolution patitionng the Secretary of State of the United States to use his good offices to prevent any action by the allied powers that would cause a close of the Chinese market against the United States. The resolution sets fourth the importanceSto the south of this move ment, and requests the Senators from Ala bama to bring the matter before Secretary Hay. The resolution was adopted.
 In the Senate the old question of Uni versity trustees was brought to the front to by message from the Governor convey ing the nominations of Messrs. Mcclellan, of Limestone, and Foster, of Tuscaloosa, for confrmatio as trustees. The Senate received the message in executive session, and it is said that rather lively debate occurred over matter Because of the of bl of a tc now being in the courts many mem- bers favor postponement of the matter until the courts shall have rendered some decision. The matter was postponed tor further consideration until next Wednes- day.
 Senator Thompson introduced a bill into the Senate to-day seeking an appropriation of $100,0O0 for the Girls Industrial School at Montevallo; $500O0 of this amount is to be paid back to State when the Monteyal- 10 school bonds shall have been sold.
 House Committees.
 Speaker Pettus announced the following standing committees
 Judiciary-Clark, Chapman, Tunstal Foster, Harwood, Bulger, Haralson, Bran don, Wallace, Wilson, of Clarke; Dill, Whitson, Pettus, Fuller, Bdnkhead Ben ners, Merrill.
 Revision of Laws-Hogue, Heflin Woolf Arnold, Almon Long, of Henry; Baldwin, Sentell, OllVer, Hammond, simpson, Baker, Griffln forter, of Washington; Kennedy.
 Ways and Means-O Brien, Brooks, Craig, Hardie, Powell, Knight, Jones. of Wilcox; Jones, of Conecuh Goldsmith. Simpson, De- Lony, Arnold, Heacock, Leath, Deans.
 Revision of the Cons stitution-Harwood, Oliver, Woolf, Merrill, Whitson, Screws, Craig, Buger, Bankhead, Clarke, Tunstall. Dill, Pettus, Chapman, O'Brien.
 State and Federal Appontment-Craig, Woolf, Haralson, Tunstall, Dill, Chapman, Amon. Screws Wallace, Long of Walker, McMillian, Merrill, Stringfellow.
 Agriculture-Woolf, Hardie, Jones of Will cox Graves of Barbour Williams of Ma rengo, Young, Harris, Williams of Coving- ton, Poole of Clarke, Knight, McMillan,