The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-19
SENATE PROVIDES FOR
 NUMBERING OF BALLOTS
ed by Rev. L. H. s. chappen of Green

led by Rev. L. H. s. chappell of Green vile.
 Senator Rogers of Sumter. introduced a resolution that the vote by which the Senate on Thursday provided that one of the nichee assigned for the statues ol famous Alabamians be filled with the statue of pr. Jabez L. M. Curry,' be re- considered.
 Sunday Baseball Again.
 Senator Johnston of Tuscaloosa, moved that the House Sunday baseball bill be recalled from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and another ref erence be made. In speaking to his mo- tion, Mir. Johnston said that he was of the opinion that the Committee had either decided to report unfavorably on the bill or had pigeon-holed 1t for the rest of the session. The moral sentiment of Ala bama, he declared. was crying out against this proclamation of the Sabbath and he thought it should be a matter which should not lie in the discretion of Com mittee but should repose in majority of the members of the Senate. Senator Johnston did not wish that the bill risk getting three-hfths vote of the Senate to recall 1t from the adverse calendar, and he urged that the bill be recalled before any action was taken by the Com mittes.
 Senator Frazer of Bullock. objected. He said that he was a member of the Com mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds and that as a member of this Committee he thought that a reflection. had been cast on the integrity of the entire mem bership of the Committee by the motion of Senator Johnston. He declared him. self an advocate of the bill, and said he would vote for the measure both in the committee and in the Senate Chamber but he strenuously objected to the bill being withdrawn without giving the Com mittee chance to act on 1t.
 Senator Johnston said he did not wish to reflect on the integrity of any one nor did he wish to seem discourteous to any member of the Senate, but. owing to the importance he attached to the measure. he would insist on a vote being taken on his motion.
 Senator Backmon of Calhoun. took the floor against the Johnston motion. He said that the action was unprecedented in the Senate The bill had been in the Committee little more than twelve hours and the Committee had been given no chance to meet and still the Senator from Tuscaloosa wanted the matter withdrawn from the Committee. He thought 1t was a bad predicate.
 Acree Makes a Speech.
 Senator Acree of Dale, then spoke on the bill He is the father of a similar measure. He said that although the Com mittee had taken no action on the mat ter. he had the statement of majority of the members that the bill would be killed in the Committee. He spoke at length of the importance of the measure. He said that on the day previous he had conferred with Senator Screws of Mont gomery, who was leading the opposI- tion to the bill. and attempted to agree on some Committee to which the meas ure could be referred. He had suggested the Committee on Constitutional Revision. while Senator Screws wanted it to go to the Committee on Temperance. They agreed to leave it to the discretion of the chair Relying on this agreement, he was not in the chamber when the matter came