The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-12
Rules Committee Reaches COn- promise and Senate and
 House Confirm IL
ORATORS IN THE HOUSE
 SPEAK 10 THE GALLERIES
Rnl Appropriatine $2o,5oo for Boys In- dustriaI School at East Lake Is Passed, While Ladies Wig
 erously Applaud.

Montgomery, February 11.-GSpeclal.)- Both houses of the legislature of Alabama today voted for a recess after the rules committee had agreed upon a compromise. It has now determined that the present session will recess on February 2S to re- convene on the first Tuesday in Septem- Der, which will be the first day in the month.
 The opponents of the recess secured two concessions. It was the original plan of the joint recess committee to report in favor of recess on the Fist of Feb ruary and to reconvene again about twelve months thereafter. It became ap- parent that this suggestion could not be adopted and the substitute as reported was agreed upon
 It Is believed that practically all of the urgency bills can be acted upon within the limit fixed for adjournment and that the recess will give a special committee sufficient time to prepare with more care some very necessary bills to make the statutes of the state conform to the re- quirements of the new constitution.
 There was considerable opposition to any attempt at adjournment in both houses but the compromise measure was sufficiently strong to resist the pres- sure.
 Spectacular Session of House.
 The lower house had it's most spectac- ular session today. The special order for the morning session was the consideration of the Walker bill to appropriate s2o,500 for the Industrial school for white boys at East Lake and to fix per capita sup DOT. of S11o for limited number of boys.
 The measure had the support of the State Federation of Woman's clubs and the gallery was not more than half large enough to accommodate the women who. were at the capitol to cheer and applaud every word that was spoken in behalf of the measure Many of these women were delegates to the state convention or the federation now in session here and among the most prominent personages seen in the gallery were Mrs. c. P. Orr, president of the state federation; Mrs. R D. Johnston, chairman of the board of control of the Industrial school, and Mrs Thomas M. Owen, who is member of the board.
 The orators of the house were free to
  measure and indeed there was not one so brave as to speak in opposition. There was a single little incident, however, which tended to mar the hour,
 A Hiss From the Gallery.
 When the final vote was being taken, MT. Davis of Etowah cast the single neg ative vote and there was some one in the gallery so thoughtless as to hiss his no" It required many raps from the speaker to quell the applause when the vote was announced Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Owen, especially, were overWhelmed with congratulations for the splendid vic- tory Both have worked unceasingly and with great energy to see the bill become a law, and they deserve the praise ac- corded them.
 MT Hickman of Jefferson presented very important bill to the house today. It provides for Repositories for all state funds, and names the governor auditor and treasurer as a board of depositors. The purpose of the bill is to have estab- lished in each of sixty-seven counties Of the state a depository. These Repositories are to deposit with the state treasurer Alabama or United States bonds, and they. may receive as deposits 90 per cent of the face value of such bonds. The Hickman bill to provide for the better working and maintenance of the public roads of Jefferson county win come up in the house for passage tomorrow. The meas ure was prepared by the board of revenue of Jefferson county
 The senate did not take up the Johnston text book bill today, but It went over as the special order for Friday.