The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-27
THE HOUSE.

Much routine business was transacted yesterday by the House in session or one hour.
 The House did not meet until noon in order that the members who spent Sun day with their families might return on the morning trains.
 The harvest of introduced bills for the short session was large. No less than twenty-six bills were introduced on the call of counties.
 Tbe bill making the Alabama Railroad Commission elective by the people was introduced by Mir. Starr of Dallas. The chief interest in the days session cen- tered about the introduction of this meas : iure which is expected to be one Of the live wires of the session, as 1t was campaign issue of absorbing interest.
 MT Mills of Geneva introduced a bill of special importance to the people Of Dale. Geneva and Henry Counties; the section of the State vitally interested In the creation of the new county, with Do- than as it's capital. MT. Mills's measure requires an election by the qualified vot- CTS of the interested section on the ques- .tion of the new county. The bill provides that a majority of the voters of the coun- ties affected must vote for the new county.
 Wants a Pension Committee.
 Representative Walden of Morgan, the champion of Confederate soldiers In the House. wants new committee created to he known as the Committee on Pensions and Confederate Home. 1t is MT. Wal den's idea that all pension legislation and all Legislation for home for helpless Confederate soldiers should be passed upon by this committee.
 The new committee proposition is con
 av4ka- Walden which provides that the commit tee shall consist of hfteen memoers to po named by the Speaker.
 Between the close of Saturdays session and the beginning of Mondays session, the committees of the House did but It- He work. But two bills were favorably repcrted yesterday to go on the calen- dar for third reading today. One of the hills favorably reported is by MT. Hon- man of Mobile. It provides for the care and maintenance by the State of the monument recently erected on the site of Fort Louis de la Mobile.
 Routine of the House.
 The House was called to order on the stroke of noon by Speaker Tunstall.
 Rev. W. T. Preston, a member Of the House. from Clay, offered a prayer.
 The roll call showed the presence of s6 members.
 Leaves of absence were asked for and granted Messrs.i Curry of Pickens, Young of Dallas, Goldsmith of Lowndes and Rich of Mobile.
 MT. Benners of Jefferson reported fa- vorably a resolution from the Committee on Rules providing that the House, unless otherwise ordered, should meet each day at 0:S0 a. m. and adjourn at p. m. The hours were satisfactory and the reso- lution was unanimously adopted.
 The Speaker announced that the Clerk would read communications to the House. A letter was read from Mrs. Francis l.. Pettus of Selma to Clerk Frank N. Julian acknowledging receipt of the resolutions adopted by the House in honor of her late husband. who was Speaker of the last General Assembly. The letter which was written from the home of Mrs. Pettus in Selma, expressed her keen appreciation of the respect and honor shown her hus- band in the resolutions which she had received. In her letter she said 1t was a source of consolation to her in her griet l and loneliness to be assured that her nus band lived in the hearts of his comrades. A communication relative to the Dill permitting osteopaths to practice in Ala bama was referred to the Committee on Public Health without being read As to Local Legislation. Mir. McCluskey of Eamar introduced joint resolution drawing attention to Dr. vision 1O4 of the Constitution which Tor bids special, private or local legislation | The resolution declared that there were