The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
HOUSE AFTERNOON SESSION.
School Bill Continued in Committee of Whole,

The House met few minutes after 3 o'clock to again take up the billl redis- tricting the school districts of the State The House went into the Committee of the Whole to consider the bill
 MT. DuBose renewed his remarks upon the bill. He supported the measure. As to the charge that the system outlined in the bill was an experiment, he said, it had been tried already in several coun- ties of the State with success. Upon the motion of MI. Haley of Jef- ferson, speeches upon the bill were Him. ited to three minutes each.
 MT. Kelly of Choctaw, opposed the county board idea. He said that the same evils that existed now in the county schools would continue to exist. The same favoritism would exist as exists now
 MT Rushton of Crenshaw was also op- posed to the county board It was not democratic in his opinion.
 The Lusk amendment striking out the county board section was voted down by the close vote of 35 to 37. MT. Lusk offered an amendment to the l bill giving the County Board of Educa- | ton authority to sue and be sued and de- | claring that the board should make no | contract without a formal resolution be- | ing spread upon the minutes of the board. The amendment was adopted. The Committee of the Whole rose upon motion of MT. Haley and reported the bill to the House.
 MT. Bankhead of Walker proposed to amend the bill authorizing the local board of trustees to employ teachers instead of the County Board of Education. The House refused to table Che amendment, | The Bankhead amendment was then adopted ayes 52, nays 37. The bill was then passed. ayes 62. nayss4.
 Money for Negro Schools.
 House bill 552 was the next special or der. It was entitled a bill to amend an act for the removal of the State Normal School from Marion.
 ! MT. Woods of Marion said that he un- 1 derstood that the bill carried an addi- tional appropriation of s2.5OO for the ben eft of the negro school at Montgomery. He was opposed to the bill. he said. or any other appropriation for such a pur- pose. He opposed that sort of negro ed ucation He had had opportunities. he said. for observing the workings of the negro normal college at Tuskegee. That very observance had convinced him of the futiiity of that sort of neglo educa- tion.
 1 Why do you want to ducate them? T asked MT. Wood. Tt units them for what they were intended Why what's the result of Roosevelt's negro policy? The first campaign button shows the Presi. dent dining at the same table with a ne. gro, over which is written 'Complete equality.
 He declared that the students of the Tuskegee Normal Institute had beer prosecuted for every crime against the law The negro. he said, was unfitted fo, any duty for which nature fitted him after he had secured an idea of highe, education.
 Simpson Criticises Wood | MT. Simpson of Lauderdale said that he didn't believe that MT. Wood repre- sented the sentimc mt of the people oi Alaba ma.
 He was unwilling to believe that the people of Alabama wanted to keep down an inferior race. He was in favor of giv- ing them q fair opportunity for education He wasn't afraid of social equality. That would regulate itself The negro could never attain that.
 We don't want any such campaign as they had in Mississippi" concluded MT Simpson.
 Mir. Goodwin of Montgomery pointed out that there was a great difference be- tween the conditions at the State Norma School and the school at Tuskegee as de scrlbed by Mir Wood. The Tuskegee IT, stitute he said. was dependent upon East ern and Northern money and influence The State Normal School at Montgomery
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