The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-03

| The senate and House Judlcldry Sofii-
 mittees met in joint session yesterday In
 the Supreme Court Library with view | to outlining a plan of procedure in the
 matter of a general revision and codifi- | cation of the laws of Alabama. This is | task of no small dimensions, and 1t is | expected that two years or more Will have elapsed before the work is com | pleted and the resulting new Code Is published.
 A subcommittee representing both | Houses will probably be appointed soon. 1 and later Code Commission. which will | be charged with the completion of the revision after a preliminary compilation has been made. This compilation will l probably be entrusted to some publishing | house, and in view of the contract that
 is to be awarded for this and the publi- cation of the completed Code, Homer P. | Clarke representing a publishing com pany of St. Paul, Minn.. was invited to appear before the committees and give such information as he might as to the probable length of time that would neces- sarily be consumed in the work of com- pilation and publication of the Code. and
 the probable cost of the same.
 | MT. Clarke was of opinion that his house could have the compilation conn pleted and ready for the Code Commits
 
 | the entire work could be done in about | two years. He would not venture any statement as to the probable cost of the | undertaking, there being so many cir cumstances involved with which he was not familiar He suggested taking the matter up with the subcommittee so as | to determine approximately how much
 matter Is to be gone over and what will be the requirements of the State in a number of particulars before submitting any figures as to what the work is likely to cost.
 If there is any member of the upper house who could be said to be more than any other. a friend of the poor man, it is Senator Rodgers of Sumter. His action | on every matter that has come up in the l Senate involving the interests of the l workingman has put him on record as a | fighting friend of the laborer. Though an employer of labor in large way him. | self, and sufferer from the inconsistency of certain elements of labor, he holds | that labor, capricious though 1t be at times, must not be hedged about by re- strictive laws contrived to protect or yield an advantage to employers. It was | he who fought the bill introduced by | Senator Spencer of Hale providing pun | ishment for contract violations by labor
 CTS, and who fired a parting shot yester- | day when that bill passed the Senate, de-
 claring it an iniquitous measure and one
 that made possible a continued serfdom
 for the poor and ignorant element, a pro- | lection for no one and measure of in-
 justice to the men who toll.
 l Senator Screws of Montgomery and the
 Montgomery Representatives have come together on the Police Commission bill
 which passed the Senate several days ago. The five Commissioners are to be
 elected by the next City Council instead
 of by the people. Two are to hold for
 two years. two for four years. and one | for six years. the entire police force | from Chief down, are to be elected by
 the Commission. which will have gen
 sral supervision of the Police Depart
 ment as provided in the original Senate
 bill.
 | The Council may say what salary. if
 any, shall be paid the Commissioners,
 When these amendments are adopted by
 the House they will probably be con
 cured in by the Senate.
 The House Committee on Local Legis-
 lation agreed last night to the substitute
 for the Police Commission bill and it will
 be favorably reported this morning
 Senator Lynne the youthful legislator
 of Morgan. says he is one of the perse-
 cuted members of the upper House. and not for any misdeed of his either. He IS 1 receiving from six to a dozen letters daily from his constituents. couched Tn rather forcible terms, and protesting
 against a bill recently introduced In the
 Senate relating to the garnishment of the
 wages of laborers. which he Is credited
 with having presented. Recent press re-
 ports to papers outside of Montgomery,
 1t appears, make him the father of the
 measure, while in fact he has had noth-
 ing to do with it. All praise or blame for
 this measure rightfully belongs to Sem
 ator Norman of Chambers.
 "The passage of these bills will make
 another New Jersey of Alabama" said a
 Senator last evning while discussing with