The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-21
Senate Substitute Was COnCurred In. BOARD WILL EXAMINE House Continued C0nSidera- ti0n of Revenue Bill
 sAat Bill for Consolidation of Montgom- cry Courts Causes Division in the Delegation-Assessment of Railroad Property
 Is Criticised.
BOARD WILL EXAMINE

The long fight of the osteopaths for rec ogniton in Alabama ended in a complete triumph of the regular physicians in the House of Representatives yesterday after noon. The last rally of the friends of the osteopaths was an attempt to prevent the House from concurring in the Senate sub stitute which provides that the osteopaths can only practice in Alabama after stand ing the regular examination of the State Medical Board.
 Mir. Benners, the adroit parlia- mentarian from Jefferson. and the leader of the osteopathic forces in the House. rallied his weakening lines and used his every effort to prevent concur renee. There had been a change in the minds of several of the House members who had voted for the more liberal meas u-e passed by the House, and he was de- serted by a number of his followers. In the absence of a majority vote, he re- sorted at first to obstructive tactics. With his mastery of the rules of the House, he tangled the body in a parfia- mentary snarl and avoided direct vote on concurrence until the morning session was ended.
 At the afternoon session he acknowl- edged defeat. asking only that the entire matter be indefinitely postponed, promis-
 
 until September. but the victorious ma jority was not satisfied with this as they wanted the matter ended, and 1t was de- termined to concur in the Senate bill which was done-ayes. 50 and nays, 8.
 Slow With Revenue Bill.
 The House made but glow progress with the revenue bill at the morning session It went into the committee of the whole, and number of sections of the bill were disposed Of. but the House was blocked for some time by a proposition from Mr. Lusk of Marshall to charge the railroads of Alabama a privilege tax of S100 a mile.
 Mir. Lusk delivered an impassioned speech in favor of his amendment to the revenue bill. He declared that the faulty assessment of railroad property was re- sponsible for the impending deficit which threatened the State treasury. He asked why the property of all railroads shrank in value as soon as thsy crossed the State line.
 Why he asked Ifs the Louisville and Nashville Railroad assessed in Tennes- ser at &I,500 on its main stem and as soon 9. e line gets into Alabama the as- easement drops to SIS, S,5o0?'
 MT. Lusk was answered by Speaker Tunstall and MT. Foster of Tuscaloosa who claimed that MT. Lusk had made an unfair comparison in that the assessment in Tennessee was Jumped and made on each mile of the main line, while in Ala bama assessments were made on both the main lines, side tracks and other pron- erty.
 They asserted further that MT. Lusk had made some errors in his comparisons and part of their assertions was acknowl- edged by MT. Lusk. He still claimed however. that there was a discrepancy in fhA 70
 Alabama and in that of its sister States The amendment of MT. Lusk was de feated.
 Montgomery Delegation Divides. A division between the members of the Montgomery delegation on the Montgom cry court bill was the cause of both Mr. Goodwin and MT. Maner rising to a ques- ton of the highest personal privilege in the House yesterday.
 The bill which had been introduced bv Mir. Maner provided for the consolida- ton of the Montgomery Chancery and Circuit Courts with the City Court of Montgomery. The bill aboliahes the Chancery and Circuit Courts The bill was passed by the House at the session Thursday night After it's passage MT. Maner moved that the vote by which the bill was passed, be reconsidered and he then moved that his motion be tabled.
 At the afternoon session MT. WaddeI of Russell. moved that the motion to re- consider be taken from the table. This motion, which was supposed to have been made at the request of MT. Goodwin, gave opportunity to him to rise to a question of personal privilege on the bill which had been passed while he was absent from the House.
 Another court bill was pending which created the Pony Circuit composed of the counties of Montgomery, Elmore, Chiffon and Autauga counties.
 He had, MT. Goodwin said, entered into an agreement with his colleague, MT. Maner. that If the latter would hold up the consolidation bill until the Pony Cir cuit' bill had been disposed of he would withdraw his opposition to the measure His colleage. he said. had told him yes terday that the Judiciary Committee had recommitted the Pony Circuit" bill to the Joint Redistrictlng Committee and notified him that he proposed to call up hls consolidation bill.
 Mir. Goodwin said that he had asked his colleague not to call up the bill until the Pony Circuit bill had been either adversed or favorably reported. He had understood his colleague to agree to that although he said he might have been mis- taken.
 Maner Explains Matter.
 At the night session Mir. Maner rose to a question of the highest personal privilege and stated that he did not want his fellow members to rest under the impression that he had taken advantage of his colleagues absence to pass a local bill.
 As to his agreement with Mir. Goodwin he said that he was not to call up his bill until the Judiciary Committee had acted upon the Pony Circuit bill A member of the Judiciary Committee he said had told him that the committee had acted upon the Pony Circuit bill by referring it to the Redistricting Com mlttee He then went immediately to MT. Goodwin, he said and stated to him that he would call the bill up Thursday but Mr. Goodwin said that he told him nlnt fn call the Dill up until the last com