The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
HOUSE FORCES COMMIycE
 TO RETURN TEXT Ps*JOK BILL

speaking z .Amember of the Committee on Educ {, |. he favored the bill. The commit he said. had been delayed in meetip f various reasons. He was in and dng it.
 Chairman Arnold of the Committee on Education protested against the proposed action. He recounted the difficulties the Committee had experienced in having a meeting of the committee to pass the bill. There were several important text book bills before the committee which it had not been able to consider. The bill in question was the subject of great opposi- tion from all parts of the State. The subject, he said was a stupendous one. The committee would. he said, report in due time, but that 1t Nas improbable that the important measure would pass before the recess.
 Thompson Wants Action.
 MT Thompson of Bibb declared that the had had before 1t for six weeks bills relating to uniform text books and none had been reported back to the House:
 What we want is action," said MT Thompson, We want the bill reported at the afternoon session and we want the bill passed, but above all else we want the committee to do something with the bill"
 MT. Thompson argued that if the bill went over until September 1t would put
 
 of the book trust for another year.
 The previous question having been ordered MT. Blackburn as author of the bill closed the discussion. He desired, mittee to force the committee to hold a meeting with quorum. something the committee, appeared to be unable to do. This particular bill he said, had been before the committee since Febuary IS. ! Blackburn Criticises Committee. Ma born in wind storm in the Senate. It rode safely the waves of diversity and now for ten days 1t has been lying with the Committee on Education and for ten days 1t has received no attention and no nourishment.
 Mir. Arnold asked that the committee be given further time, saying that the committee would meet in the afternoon and pass upon the bill
 MT. Blackburn agreed to withdraw his motion if MT. Arnold would promise to have the bill reported at the afternoon session.
 Mir Arnold declined to give the promise and MT. Blackburn insisted on his mo- Hon. He wanted 1t understood. he said that the people wanted uniform text book bill and the House intended to give 1t them before recess.
 The Blackburn motion was carried by a vote of 49 to 24 the committee being instructed to report the bill at the after 
 Money for Talladega School.
 The special order for the hourt was called for by MT. Joiner of Talladega This was the consideration of the Senate bill appropriating $45,000 to the Talladega Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind The bill was passed eyes 50 and nays E.
 By unanimous consent MT. Rich of Mobile called up and had passed the bill reducing the tax rate to 65 cents in ac- cordance with the provisions of the con- stltuption.
 The bill providing for elections for the removal of county seats by election by the qualified voters was taken up It provides that an election may be had upon the petition of 500 electors. The bill further provides that no elections shall be held in counties in which court houses had been built in the past twenty years.
 MT. Lusk attempted to amend the bill by reducing the limit to ten years, but the amendment was voted down. The bill was then passed.
 Mir. Rich of Mobile from the Committee on Rules reported favorably resolution declaring that only general bills should be called up at the two remaining day sessions and only local bills at the night session. The resolution was adopted.
 Salary of Private Secretary.
 Speaker Tunstall asked for unanimous consent to call up Senate bill 16S, increas- ing the salary of the Secretary of the Governor. The bill increases the salary to $2,400 annually.
 The consent was given and the bill was passed. ayes 51; nays. 21.
 MT. Brown of St. Clair called up the bill rahfying and confirming the elections Commissioners who were elected in 1902. The bill was passed and was sent to the Senate without engrossment.
 MT. Shafer of Dallas, introduced a resolution thanking the people of Mobile and the Mobile delegation for the cour- tesy and cordialfty shown the members of the Legislature on their recent trip to Mobile.
 The resolution was adopted under a suspension of the rules and sent to the Senate without engrossment
 The House then recessed until 3:SO clock.