The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
FATE OF THE BANKING BILL
 NATTER OF GRAVE DOUBT
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econtlnued from First Pagel 1 e>s>7~-~~~-~>>-~~>~-~-~ ed 1t indefinitely postponed, had substi- l ute Tn his pocket for the bill. Why oon ne present It. and If the house judges It good, let 1t be adopted" declared NIT. Callahan. He then went after Mir. Lusk In sarcastic manner which caused | some laughter. He could see nothing | wrong Tn the provision for state officials to correct wrongs in the banks that might pc olseovered by the examiner. The con- | sutution makes the passage of a bill man. uatory. Why then postpone this bill? DO It's opponents lack courage? They should not shirk this duty. He said that an argument had gone to very distressing l point when 1t was narrowed down to the proposition that the men interested with the operation of a law were all grand rascale.
 Rushton Opposes It.
 MT. Rushton of Crenshaw was opposed to the bill, for he said 1t would place all the state banks into the hands of one l man.
 1 MT. Blackman: 'Is not the gentleman from Crenshaw interested in a bank?" | I am,' replied MT. Rushton. "and does the gentleman want the house to judge my remarks by what personal interest may have in the pending measure?" 1 Mrs Blackburn disclaimed this, but said rather that his purpose was to call the gentlemans attention to the constitu- tional provision that when a member of the legislature had a personal interest in a pending bill he should disclose the same to the house and decline to vote upon 1t. MT. Rushton spoke at some length upon the wrongs which he fancied that the bill would work upon the localities where the small banks were located. He thought the bill drastic and beyond what the constitution intended.
 Blackburn Speaks. MT. Blackburn of Jefferson said the members had sworn to obey the constltu- | tion, and the constitution said that the legislature shall pass a bank examiners bill He reminded the members of their oaths of office. This bill merely placed all. banks upon the same level. Are we legis- latins for the small banks or are we legis- lating for the people?" asked MT. Black burn. He paid his respects to the members | on the floor personally interested in the bill who were declaring '1t Is too drastic" He submitted that all members who were stockholders or officers should consult their consciences before they voted uporlz the measure in violation of the constitu- 1 tion
 MT. Hammer of Etowah again spoke
 
 gotten on his feet we'll before MT. Thomp- son asked him if he was not interested In county bank, and an affirmative reply was received. MT. Hammer said he favored Dill providing for the examination of banks, but the burden of his remarks was to the effect that the house did not have time to pass a just and equitable bill. MT. Simpson of Lauderdale answered the proposition of lack of time. The legisla- ture had been granted sixty days and commanded 10 pass a bill providing for bank examinations. When will we have mUe time? asked MT. Simpson. If We refuse to pass this bill we do one of two things-disobey the conStitution or &C., knowledge that we did hot have sense enough to pass the bill" He did not be- lieve the house would pass a bill that would hurt the interest.
 The house declined to indefinitely post pone the Glover amendment and bill by a vote of 42 to s3, and motion was then made to indefinitely postpone the Glover motion. MT. Glover again asked the house to sustain him in his motion, but the house declined by 8 vote of 50 to A.
 Written Protest MT. Glover then sent written protest to the desk which he asked to have spread upon the minutes
 Afternoon Session.
 A resolution providing for adjournment on Friday night was adopted The. report of the conference committee on the general election bill was received MT. Bankhead explained the bill. Both sides had made concessions, and the house had gained the point of no booths and markers, except In cities and towns of more than three thousand inhabitants, where booths are to be used. The two houses had been unable to agree on the matter of the election of a solicitor for Montgomery county, and MT. Bankhead asked for a division of the question which was granted. Mir. Bankhead then asked that the house insist upon its original provision that all county solci- tors be elected by the people. MT. Waddell moved, as substitute, that the house concur in the senate amendment, but the house tabled the amendment.
 MT. Hoffman spoke on the amendment.
 MT. Lusk did not believe this question should have been injected into the gen eral election bill. He wanted the house to respectfully inform the senate that it would insist upon it's original provision
 MT. Maner explained that he had an- nounced in his candidacy that he would favor the appointment of the solicitor, and he would stand firm for the pro- vision.
 MT. Goodwin of Montgomery, who is generally understood to be a candidate for the solctorship in case 1t is made elective, earnestly urged that members from other counties should not meddle with matters which did not concern them He favored the Bankhead motion to non concur in the senate amendment. The house voted with MT. Goodwin, and further conference on the bill was thus rendered necessary.
 Banking Bill Again.
 The banking bill was again taken up and MT. Lusk offered a substitute for the bill MT. Lusk explained the provis- ions of his substitute which, in the main, provides for two examinations and two publications annually, the publications to be made in newspaper published near est the place of business of the bank. Mir. Lusk said his bill covered all that was demanded by the constitution. He again gave his views on the measure.
 MT. Simpson of Lauderdale offered a substitute which he explained was the result of conference between those who had been opposing the bill, and It's friends. The changes made In the bill were discussed by several members, and MT. Iusk moved to table Mir. Simpsons substitute. The house refused to table the amendment by vote of 46 to 45.
 MT. Lusk thereupon moved the indef- nite postponement of the Simpson amend ment and undertook to show wherein the amendment offered by himself was pre- ferable to the Simpson substitute.