The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-08

 | which Alabama's s sister State, Mississippi. | had built Capitol. When the move ment was first started, he said, its pro- | motors were met with the same cry that had been raised kere:
 Where are you going to get the mon- ey?"
 Yet, continued MT. Hoffman, the State | had erected q magnificent building, and | not odllar's worth of bonds was out standing against 1t.
 He noted, he said, that the barefooted boys had been dragged out before the Legislature for the first time. He wanted | to call attention of the House that the State had provided in the Constitution for the barefooted boys, and not one dol | lar of their money could be touched by | the Legislature.
 | MT. Callahan of Morgan spoke humof- l ously but effectively for a larger appro- priation. He said that the applause of | the galleries seemed to be dsagreeable to the gentleman from Marshall. but the same gentleman seemed pleased with the | applause that came from his supporters | on the floor. The gentleman from Mar shall. he said, had told the House that the men with the blows and the picks could not come to Montgomery. He ask ed. then. what difference did 1t make to | them if the Capitol was or was not re- paired. The attempt to merely patch the Capitol, MT. Callahan said, was ridicu- | lous as business proposition. It was l like the man who wolld patch his fence with one good rail one year and have to | come back next year and replace the whole fence.
 The House of the Plowman. | The State Capitol, MT. Callahan declar- | ed, was as much the house of the plow- man as it was the house of the doctor or the lawyer. He described the chairmen of committees scouting around town to find place for their committees to meet. The time had come, he said. when the Capitol could and should be enlarged.
 MT. Glover of Greene contended that nc answer had been made to his question as to where the money was coming from The House, he said. was in the dark as to where the funds for enlarging the Capitol were coming from.
 Does not" asked MT Wood of Macon ''the bill provide that the money is mol to be expended until it is in the treas ury?"
 MT. Arlington of Montgomery also ask ed MT. Glover if it was not left discre tionary with the board as to the spend ing of the money.
 Mir. Glover still contended that no satis factory statement had been made as tC where the money was coming from.
 On motion of Mir. Maner of Montgomery the Lusk amendment making the appro priation 1000 was tabled by d vote of , to 34.
 Callahan Amendment Adopted.
 MT. Callahan then offered an amend ment providing that the appropriation should be s15O.OOO The amendment Wa. adopted by a standing vote of 5l ayes ant 2 nays.
 The London amendment adding tho members of the Supreme Court to tho Building Commission in case the cour was to occupy any part of the structure was adopted without opposition.
 MT. Lusk moved that the bill be recon mitted to the committee with instruction: to report back plans and specifications.
 MT. Benners of Jefferson made the poin of order that the motion was out of order in that it instructed the committee. ThC point of order was ruled as well taken.
 MT. Goldsmith of Lowndes offered ar amendment providing that no part of tho money was to be expended for the cree ton of Governors mansion and the amendment was adopted by a vote of 5 ayes to 3s nays.
 The Vote in Detail.
 The decisive vote was then taken on tht substitute as amended. The vote was as follows:
 Ayes-Messrs. Speaker. Almon, Airing ton, Arnold, Bankhead, Blackburn Barnes, Benners, Bogart. Brown of St Clair, Callahan, Crum, Cunningham, Du Bose, Espy, Fletcher, Foster of Pike Foster of Tuscaloosa, Goldsmith, Good. wyn. Haley, Hall. handley, Hickman Hoffman, Jay, Johnson of Russell, Joiner Lanier, Leigh, London, Lyman, Maner Minge, Mcdonald. Parker, Pilley. Poole Posey, Powell, Preston, Pugh, Reynolds Fucker, Schuessler, Scale, Searcy Shafer Simpson, Starr, Thach, Thomas. Werner Waddell Walker Ward, Wiggins, Wood Total 59
 Nays-Ballard. Brown of Cleburne Byrne, Curry. Davis. Deloney, Edwards Elliott, Frazier. Glover, Hammer, James Johnson of Coosa. Johnson oi Perry. Killen. Lusk. McCrary. McTyer Peters. Rushton, Siglin, Strother. Walden Warren. Watts. Wireless. Williams of Calhoun Williams of Marengo-Total %
 The final vote on the passage of the bill was ayes 55 nays B.
 MT. Goodwin of Montgomery moved to | reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed and then moved to table his own motion. This was done In order to fore stall an effort which might be made at l tomorroW'S session of the House to get the House to undo it's own work. His motion prevailed.
 Routine of the House.
 The House met al 10:SO o'clock the ses- l sion beginning with prayer by Rev. E.. l C. Nave of Montgomery. The roll call showed that S6 members were present.
 MT. Haley of Jefferson asked leave to have House bill l52 to prevent the dis | charge of convicts in counties of moro | than 50000 inhabitants made the special order for February 10 at Il a. m. and the 1 House granted the request. l An important communication was read | from the Southern Book Publishing Com pany of Atlanta. Ga. offering to furnish text books to the Alabama schools al l half the price now charged. The com | munication stated further that the hooks would be revised and edited by Southern men and that the books would be histor- | ically accurate. and at the same time In keeping with Southern sentiment. The company further agreed in its letter that 1t would furnish a sufficient bond for its faithful performance of any contract il might make
 Before the reading of the communica' tion had been completed motion wai made that 1t be referred to the Commit nl f