The age-herald., 1901-02-26
NR. TUNSTALL
 MADE SPEAKER
 :. PRO-TENPORE House HOnOrs Distinguished
 Member from Hale ELECTION WAS UNANIMOUS Busy Day With the Lawmakers
 at Montgomery IMPORTANT MEASURES PASSED Substitute for Revenue Bill Introduceo In the House--The Long Bill Special Order-The s. A Senate.
Busy Day With theLawmakers
 at Montgomery
IMPORTANT MEASURES PASSED

Age-Herald Bureau, Clancey's HoteIs : Montgomery, February 25. - Especially = The lower house of the General Asseu- bly of Alabama today elected new pre- siding officer pro tempore, Speaker Pet-f tus remaining too i'll to perform the dull ties of the office.
 Hon. Alfred M Tunstall of Hale won the honor of speaker pro tempore with out an opposing vote. This was a very great honor for the brilliant young statesman from Hale, who Is not only one of the most popular members of ths House, but who Is also one of the brainiest. It has been often asserted that his personal strength was greater than that of any other single member
 When Speaker Pettus sent communio cation to the House this morning ana nouncing that he was still too unweli to attend the sessions and suggesting tho election of a speaker pro tempore, there were soon two announced candidates for the position, MT. Tunstall of Hale and MT. Wilson of Clarke.
 The two members are both very popu-s lar in the House, and they number their friends almost the same. During thd morning there was a conference among the supporters of each of the asplrants. with the result that MT. Wilson with drew from the contest. When the late ter's name was presented to the House he very gracefully announced his with drawal, thanking his friends for offers of support and asking them to suppors MT. Tunstall
 A Busy Day.
 This has been a busy day with both houses, and several measures of general importance were passed. The most im- portant action in the House was that taken on the revenue bill. When tha House resolved itself into the commits tee of the whole for the consideration of the measure, MT Oliver of Chambera proposed a substitute, which he said em- braced all of the changes made in ths old bill
 Mir O'Brien attempted to have this substitute tabled, but the effort failed
 MT. Whitson then proposed commits tee of five to consider the substitute. and report it back to the House. This mos ton prevailed, and the chair appointed as members of the committee, Messrs, Whitson, Oliver, O'Brien, Woolf and Clark. The committee may report the bill back tomorrow.
 The Long bill to prohibit pools, trusts. monopolies and conspiracies to control the business of fire. life and lightning in- surance in Alabama reached the House calendar today, and is a special order for tomorrow immediately after the read ing of the Journal.
 Mir Long created a sensation in the House during his speech in opposition to the recommittal of the bill, which had haAn tQd IHrt tee on banking and insurance. He said that a strong Birmingham lobby had ap- peared before the committee favorable to the bill, and the very nex day the South eastern Tariff Association had reduced Birmingham rates one-third and all of the Birmingham lobbyists had returned home. The House refused to recommtt the bill by a vote of 47 to G.
 The fight on the measure promises to be exciting.
 The House.
 The House was called to order this morning by Clerk Adams, in the absence of Speaker Pettus. who was still con- fined to his room by sickness. MT. Troup of Morgan was designated by the Sneaker to preside during the day
 The Speaker also sent a communica t;o,, to the House advising the election of a Speaker pro tempore, stating that it might be several days before he would be able to assume the duties The com munication was permitted to temporarilv lay upon the table.
 There were seventy-thres members present at roll call, Rev. A. L. Andrews opening the session with prayer.
 The unfinished business was called which was s. 3C9 to amend the laws providing for the examination of crn- federate pensioners. The bill was passea by vote of 51 to O.
 H. 1201-To make appropriation for th. expenses of encampment of the Alabama National Guard for the years 1901 and 1902 was taken up and passed The bill appropriates s12,50o annually for two years.
 H. 6SS-To fix the compensation and provide for the payment thereof to the electors for President and Vice Presi- dent who attended at MontEomery on Wednesday. December 5, 1900, purauant to section 1857 of the Code of 1896 waa called up and passed. This bill Is in- tended to reimburse the electors for the expenses of their trip to Montgomery before it was ascertained that the State and Federal Codes were in complaint as to the time for the meeting of the Stafe electors.
 The following bills were also passed. S. 335-To amend subdivision ( Of an act, entitled an act to amend section 6z7 of the Code of Alabama. of 1896. approved the 5th day of December, 1900.
 H. 14S1-To amend section 4e93 of the Code.
 IL 12S7-To better regulate proceed1nxs for the condemnation of lands for p,r1i5c uses where soldiers, sailors or marines