The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-04
SEVERAL BILLS DEFEATED
Appropriation Measures Will
 Not Sail Smoothly.
Many New Bills Were Presented and Body Agrees to Adjourn on ,' Labor Day-Morning and Afternoon Sessions
 Were Held.

Appropriation bills fared badly in the i first days consideration Of caienoar measures in the House of Representa-. , tiyes. Short shift was made or all measures which made drafts on the State Treasury.
 The results of yesterdays work Tn the House aroused the apprehension or the IerisIators and spectators who are inter- ested in appropriation measures which will be put upon their passage in the remaining twenty days of the September session. The net results of the day gave rise to the belief that the legislators, af- ter spending the summer with their con- stituents, had come back to finish out the session of 1903 with more rigid pol icy of economy.
 Evidence of Economy.
 The House first of all, upon tine sug- gestion of the Governor, cut the addi- tional appropriation of $1Oo,0OO to the pen sion fund for Confederate soldiers to s5O.0O0. The bill to increase the powers and pay of the State land commissioners was killed by an indefinite postpone ment, The same method was used in finally disposing of the bill authorizing the Governor to contract with the west Publishing Company of Minneapolis for l the reprint of certain volumes of the re- i ports of the Supreme Court of the Unit i ed States, & bill which carried a suo- stantial appropriation. The bill to ena- 1 ble the Alabama Girls Industrial School to pay for the schools new buildings was all but beaten. Although the $5O.OOO appropriated is to come from the pro- ceeds of the sale of the lands beonging to the school the measure got through the House by the narrow margin or one vote. It was saved onl yby the alert ] ness of it's friends who, while the clerks were tabulating and verifying the vote discovered that the bill yas probably beaten on the original vote and hurried out in the fohbies ssp4fefe tilreB siofss votes for the hill were secured. The bill final- Ky passed, ayes 45, nays A.,
 Sharp Fight in House.
 A sharp fight was made on the Gov Arnor's proposition to cut the additional tension appropriation in half. Never be- fore has pension legislation for Confed- crate soldiers, in augurated by Confed- crate veterans met with any serious or outward opposition in either House, but the Governors retrenchment recommen- dation was needed. It was the sever est possible test that could be put upon the Governors economical policy and the policy that Is apparently receiving the support of the House.
 The defeat of the Arnold bill for the reprint of the Supreme Court reports was sudden and unexpected. The bill carried on it's face an approprTatioh for the car rying out of the contract which the Gov ernor was authorized to make. The friends of the bill figured out with the credits the State would receive from the sale of the reprinted volumes by the Sec retary of State that the appropriation would be about $21,OOO. the payment of which would extend over a period of four years. The bill was generally favor ed by the lawyers of the House who bore testimony as to the need of the volumes in question by the State judiciary and bar.
 The bill got a nexcellent start. It was well on its way to the goal of passage. It was on the legislation ways, and nov ing rapidly, when suddenly something happened. An unexpected switch, a sud- den withdrawal of support and the bill was wrecked beyond redemption With every fair prospect of passage 1t went the destructive indefinitely postponed route.
 Both Houses decided to adjourn Mon- day which it labor day. Under the reso- lution providing for regular sittings of the Legislature on alternate days. Mon- day was one of the busy days. A reso- lution to suspend in honor of Labor Day originated in and passed the House. to receive the endorsement of the Senate.
 Both Houses will convene Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.