The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-21
LONDON REFUSES TO ANSWER
 ROLL CALL AND CREATES SCENE

 to openly violate the rules, don't charge me with 1t. The responsibility Is upon them and 1t should be placed where 1t be- longs. If you do not want me to enforce the rules say so and I will not do It. If you do want the rules enforced say so and I promise ou that they shall be en- forced regardless of whom 1t cuts or whom 1t hurts"
 London Gives His Reasons.
 Why don't you want to vote?" asked Mir. Shafer of Dallas or MT. London
 Because I don't want to- was the answer quick as flash.
 Continuing Mir. London said:
 'T want 1t understood that my refusal to vote Is not based on anything per- sonal between me and the Speaker want the Speaker and the members of the House to understand that I believe that tn Speaker has presided over the House and enforced its rules fairly and impar- tially. do not throw any imputation upon the Speaker of the House am only standing upon my constitutional right to refuse to vote.''
 MT. Walker of Madison offered a solu- ton of the difficulty.
 This controversy" he said, has arisen over misapprehension. The rules of the AlOuoe leQuilo that d LuciiUeT Sndu VOte upon every question before it, but the rules do not require that a member shall answer to his name at roll call.'' Mfr Hoffman of Mobile declared that it was not question of voting either on a bill or motion. The gentleman from Jefferson, he declared, was attempting to thwart the will of the House "I Answer Here"-London, At that moment Mir London called out: T answer hera" and the incident ended The stormy scene was preceded by sev- eral disorderly scenes. The House pro- ceeded about Its business in an unconven- tional manner and good humored disre- gard of the proprfeties was apparent
 Speaker Tunstall. who had been on the noor the greater part of the session, final ly had to resume the gavel and compel every member to take his seat and re- quire that he should stay in 1t. In this way only was order maintained.
 At the night session there were present sixty-three members of the House.
 Revenue Bill Displaced.
 Speaker Tunstall. with Mir. Goodwin in the chair, suggested that the considera- ton of the general revenue bill which was the special order for the hour be displaced so that local bills should be taken up. The revenue bill, he said could not possibly reach the Senate before today. On the other hand. be said, there were a num- Der of members who had local measures that they were anxious to get passed by the House. In this way, he said, the members could get their local bills before the Senate and have them passed
 The consideration of the general reve- nue bill, he said could be continued until it was completed and sent to the Senate.
 He moved therefore that the special order be displaced and that local bills be taken up. He further moved that the general revenue bill be made the special order for the morning session and that no motion of any sort should be allowed to displace 1t.
 London Looks for Wrath.
 Mir. London of Jefferson earnestly op- posed the motion. For two nights he said, he had allowed the revenue bill dis placed He would consent. he said. to no further delay. The Constitution. he said. declared that the revenue bill should be introduced at the beginning of the session.
 "When we met here on January B, ,' said MT. London, did We find a revenue bill? No; one was sent in on the 21st of January, and on the first page there were two ungrammatical sentences and a clause of exemptions. We owe duty to the people of Alabama and the present duty Is the passage of the revenue bill. If we dodge thfs duty, the day of wrath will come. There is no longer one party in Alabama, but two. We are endanger- ing the success of the Democratic party in Alabama
 "A point of order" exclaimed Speaker Turstall. The gentleman is not address ing himself to the question before the House."
 The point of order is well taken" ruled MT. Goodwin in the chair
 Tunstall's Motion Adopted.
 The Tunstall motion was then adopt sd and the House took up local bills.
 During the passage of local bils Mr Rich of Mobile arose to a question of peisonal privilege. When he called up the bill providing for clerical assistance to the Secretary of State at the afternoon session, he had, he said, in response to question stated that the bill did not carry an in- ciease of salary. He had learned since then the amount named in the bill was an increase. He wanted that statement made, he said. so that any member whom he had unwittingiy misled might make a motion to reconsider.
 No member, however, moved to recon sider the bill.
 MT. Benners of Jefferson by unanimous consent, called up House bill 264, which he said was a general measure but one of great importance to the State. It pro- vlded. he said, for the extension of bank charters. The banks in Alabama, he said, had been organized under charters grant ing them twenty years of life. Some of fhar ha caf1 had in fifteen to nineteen years and the bill should be passed to enable them to re new their charters.
 The bill was then passed.
 MT. Mcdonald of Barbour also secured unanimous consent to call up his bill reg ulating the summoning of witnesses in civil proceedings.
 The bill was passed.
 London's Point of Order.
 At 9:S0 o'clock with Mir. Goodwin in the chair, MT. London made the point of order that a quorum of the House was not present.
 The roll call was ordered, but Mir. Lon don did not respond when his name was called although he was in his seat.
 The Speaker instructed the clerk to record him present.
 Does Czar Reeds rules prevail here ?'' asked MT. London.
 They do for the present." responded MT. Goodwin.
 After Speaker Tunstall had assumed the gavel MT. Goodwin on the floor asked unanimous consent to call up his bill amending the act regulating the volunteer military forces of the State. The bill, he explained. which was introduced at the request of well known officers of the Alabar,a National Guard increased the