The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
GUARD BILL
 BECOMES LAW Passed Senate and Goes
 to Governor. IT APPRCoRIATES $60,OO0 Senator Hogue Stood Alone iu His Opposition. Upper House Passed Deficiency Bill and Cleared Its Calendar-En- dorsed Brownlow Bill Pending in Congress.


 of the Alabama National Guard. was the only bill before the Senate yesterday that occa stoned depate of any consequence, and the debate on this measure was of the hopeless sort where the Senate as a whole was arrayed against one lone fighter
 This obdurate individual was Senator Hogue of Perry. who has won some dis tinction as a moderator in the upper house. His plea was as usual for econ omy in the administration of the States affairs, and he opposed the proposed ap- propriation with the same determination he has shown on many other occasions. His was a lost cause here as with many others he has championed. but the Sena- tor from Perry Is not in the least daunt- ed by defeat. and Senators say he can be counted on to play up the nightmare of disaster for the State on occasions such as this to the end of the session ..
 The session was otherwise void of mo- table features The question of the con- stitutionality of bills making appropr!a- tions to meet a deficit in the appropria- tion for the expenses of the Legislature at Its last session caused a momentary stir. but only that. for it was shown that the measure was clearly within the provi- sions of the Constitution. Only four bills were passed. and aside from that in the interests of the Ma tional Guard. were not of great general interest.
 Text Book Bill Favored. What was perhaps the most important 1 transaction on the part of the Senate oc- | cured after adjournment, in the after | noon, when the Finance and Taxation | Committee voted an almost unanimous | approval of Senator Johnston's uniform I tN~~ L1~ ~lr Al. lIAt
 Der of upper house prophets who had
 secuted the idea of the measure ever get
 ting out of the hands of the committee. | The bill was read and discussed at some | length at the committee meeting, Senator | Johnston being present at the conference | and answering all inquiries and objections | that were raised.
 It is apparent now that the bill will go to the Senate not only with the en-
 dorsement of the committee, but with the
 support of a majority of the members | of the upper House. The measure as 1t | stands will probably be amended in some features, but the understanding now is | that uniform text book legislation is a | certainty.
 The Senate opened at 10:3O o'clock with | the usual formalities and. with twenty
 nine members present. The call of dis tricts brought eleven new bills, some of
 which are of considerable importance | One of these was introduced by Senator
 Norman of Chambers. It touches the rail- | roads in tender spot by requiring them | to pay demurrage on all goods shipped | in car lots after a reasonable time for
 their delivery at destination, just as the | railroads charge when goods remaia in cars more than two days after reaching destination
 To Distribute Convict Fund. Senator Hipp of Cullman introduced | bill providing for the disposition of the
 net income from the State convicts by | distributing 1t among tte several counties | of the State for the use of the fine and | forfeiture funds.
 measure presented by Senator Sprag- ! ins of Madison provides for the settlement | and adjustment of the bonded indebted
 ness of municipal corporations. "Time: How Computed" is the title of | bill introduced by Senator Castleberry | of Talladega The measure reads as fol- | lows
 "The time within which any act Is pro- | vided by law to be done must be com
 puted by excluding the first day and in- cluding the last: If the last day Is Sun day it must also be excluded. In des- | ignating the hours of the day the time
 used shall be that of the ninetieth degree n,
 known as Standard Railroad Central | Time"
 Senator Dunn of Clarke introduced two | bills, amending Sections 361O, 36l2 and 4l37 | of the Code of Alabama
 Senator Smith of Clay introduced A
 measure providing for the recovery of State lands not legally patented and the
 settlement of disputed titles, Also one
 to provide for the establishment of
 text book commission in each county of the State for the purpose of selecting and adopting text books for the schools. , Senator. Dunn introduced bill relating to the administration of the fertilizer ta9
 tax measure which recently passed the Senate.
 A bill amending Section 1263 of the Code
 of Alabama was presented by Senator
 Spragins of Madison.
 Four bills, s. 137, H. 47, S. s6 and H. 1as
 were reported favorably by committees and sent to the calendar. Brownlow Bill Endorsed.
 The following joint resolution. offered
 by Senator Spragins, was referred to the
 Rules Committee. reported favorably and adopted by the Senate:
 Resolved by the Senate of Alabama
 the House concurring. that our Repre-
 sentatives and Senators in the Congress
 of the United States are hereby urged to support the Brownlow bill now pending in | Congress pledging not only the technical engineering supervision of the work. but 1 the financial assistance of the national | Government in the building of good pub | lie roads. and to use all honorable and proper means to accomplish the passage | of said Brownlow bill"
 House bill 15s regulating conveyances | was the first measure to come up for third
 reading, It passed without opposition | The next measure to be considered was
 House bill 15S calling for an appropria I ton of $l5ooo yearly for the Alabama | National Guard.
 senator Hogue of Perry opposed the
 Dill with an amendment cutting the ap- propriation down to S1250O. pleading the
 necessity of economy on the part of the state, and declaring that the military spirit was getting too strong | senator Craig of Dallas held that
 though he had no interest in the National
 Guard, exceut as State institution he
 was opposed to the proposed amendment
 lie cited the fact that the members of
 thls organization had of their own ac-
 cora contributed to the expense of the en- | campments, for which the money now
 asked was to be applied, and had on va
 rious occasions. notably at the recent in- | auguration of the Governor of Alabama. volunteered their services without reward
 and even paying their own expenses. | Senetor Frazer of Bullock also defended