The age-herald., 1901-06-28
He Opposed the War With Spain But Would Retain InSu-
 lar Possessions

Washington, June N.-(Special)-Ex- Senator Pugh of Alabama was at the White House today.
 Speaking of the insular possessions he said:
 %~%<~<~%%-~<<<>< tary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Super intendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and industries, the Attorney General and all the judges and county officers, including sheriffs be elected at the general election in 1904 to serve for four years, or, in case of the judges, said judges to serve for eight years, should 1t be deemed advisable to lengthen their terms
 Quadrennial Elections.
 Section is changed so as to provide for quadrennial instead of biennial sessions of the legislature. In view of the prohibit tions to be placed on the legislative power to pass local laws, there will be hereafter neither demand nor a necessity for bi- ennial sessions. The change Is recom- mended on the additional grounds that it | will prevent nasty and ill-advised att tempts to repeal general laws before they have been long enough in force to admit l of a fair test of their merits. and 1t will
  ] ty for repeal to mature and careful de- | liberation by the legislature. The ten dency to permanency of the legislative en- actments will be greatly increased, and much expense saved to the State.
 Section 8 is amended so as to add to it's i present requirements that the House as well as the Senate shall elect one of it's members speaker at such times, other than the beginning of the session as may lzl f,,-t t1.Ck 4.. | of temporary disability of either presid- | ing officer, the House to which he be- longs may elect, from among its mem l bers, a temporary presiding officer to take the place of the regular one during the latters disability, and to receive during such time, only the compensation to which the permanent officer is en- l titled.
 Section g of the present article, except the portion transferred to section as hereinbefore indicated, Is omitted from | the new article.
 To Prevent Lobbying.
 To prevent lobbying, section 15 Is amended so as to con1ne the privileges of the floor of either or both houses to mem bers of the Legislature. officers and em- ployes of each House. the Governor and 1 his secretaries, representatives of the press, and such other persons as to whom | either house, by unanimous vote, may ex- tend the privilege of its floor.
 Section 1T, of the new article, all off cers, military as we'll as civil, are in- cluded in the prohibition against appoint ment of Senators and Representatives during the term for which they were elected, to an office created or receiving added emoluments during such term
 To section 20 are added the require ments, that the reference of bills there in provided for must be to standing committee of each house. that the action of such committees thereon must be had in session, and that the facts of refer ence, action in session and return must affirmatively appear on the journal of each house.
 | For section 22 the committee reports a substitute, embodying the requirements of the present section, and extending them to all amendments In either house. with the added requirement. that every amendment must be entered at length on the Journal of the House in which the same Is adopted
 The matters embraced fin sections 2S and 24 are fully covered by the report Of the committee on local legislation and the re- port supplementary thereto heretofore made by this committee.
 To section N are added the requirements that immediately before being signed by the respective presiding officers, every bill shall be read at length. and the fact of such reading and signing entered or the journals, but that the reading may be dispensed with by two-thirds of a quo rum present, which shall be entered or the journal.
 Can't Increase Pay.
 The operation of section 29 is enlarged to expressly prohibit any county or mu- | ,,icinali lity from increasing the nav of of ficers. employees, or contractors, after service rendered or contract made.
 To section 31, relating to the origin of | revenue bills, Is added a requirement that at the beginning of each regular session the Governor, auditor, treasurer and at- torney general shall have prepared gen. eral revenue bill to be printed by the secretary of state, and by the Governor laid before the House as soon as organ ized. This is deemed advisable in aid of the Legislature. prohibition is added that no revenue bill Is to passed during the last five days of the session, the ob- ject being to avoid nasty legislation on matters of such moment, and allow the Governor ample time to consider such bills.
 By the amendation of section 32. no sal ary is to be increased by the general ap- preparation bill, and no appropriation | made for any officer or empIoye, unless his employment and the amount of his salary have already been provided fol by law.
 I To section s7 is added provision. that | by a two-thirds vote of each house the Legislature, when convened in extra ses sion. may legislate upon subjects other than those designated in the calling proc lamation of the Governor.
 To the existing provisions of section {