The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-19

to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of providing for the election of United States senators by the people.
 Dubose Will object.
 MT. DuBose then gave notice that number of gentlemen had agreed that they were going to object to all motions for making special orders which dis placed other bills just as important. He and they were going to see that the prac- tce was stopped
 MT. Cunningham and MT. London made an intellectual attempt to get up the sem ate child labor bill. It seems that the house passed one bill and the senate the same bill which had been introduced In the senate. One house must therefore, adopt the bill of the other. Objection was made however, and the bill must wait.
 Then the revenue bill came on as the special order, but MT. Goodwin asked that 1t give way to the White House bill, which would take only few minutes, it having been agreed that no speeches would be made on 1t either way, MT. Simpson, in charge of the revenue bill, said he had no objection, but MT London. MT. Lusk and MT. Hickman objected and then MT. Goodwyn moved a suspension of the rules. This was lost, and MT. Ben ners moved to go into committee of the whole on the revenue bill. Mir. Black burn raised the point of order that the White House bill was a continuing spe- cial order and had the right or way. He said there had been a ruling yesterday that one special order could not shove an other off. The speaker said he did not re call the ruling and sent upstairs for tho journal. Then MT Benners withdrew his motion for going into committee of the whole and announced that the revenue bill gave way to the White House bill, and the speaker called out that bill.
 Objections Came Too Late.
 The clerk took it up, and then objec- tions were interposed, and the speaker ruled that they came too late, as he had called the bill. Let us get rid of it." said the speaker. The trouble with the White House bill has been to get 1t 10 vote, and the play by the minority has been for delay The tactics by which it was gotten to a vote this morning were very largely by the rule do It," but the house was anxious to get it off the calender and passed it by vote of 6S to 2. There was applause from the ladies In the gallery and the bill went to the senate without engrossment.
 Then the house went into committee of the whole on the revenue bill and MT. Hoffman moved an amendment exempting from taxation the buildings of Masonic OTutfS,. hIlBHlS LII fylDlIS anu otIeT benevolent organizations. This was lost.
 Mir. London moved to strike out the section which exempts agricultural pro- ducts and pig iron in the hands of the producer or a purchaser for prompt ship ment, and pig iron for twelve months after its production. He was speaking to this amendment when the house ad- journed for dinner and the bill went over. He said the exemption had been made by q combination between the farmers and the furnacemen The farmers had got nothing. because the bill does not really affect them one way or the other to amount to anything. As to them 1t is mere shadow. But the pig iron exemption relieves from taxation product that Is the best able to bear 1t and which ought to he taxed. He recognized the import ance of pig iron to his section and to Alabama but the iron makers are making great fort tunes. and there is no reason for this special favor to them.
 Afternoon Session.
 | At the afternoon session the Starr Waddel compromise substitute for the Starr railroad commission bill came on as | the special order. and the reading con sumed three-quarters of an hour.
 | Mir Hoffman offered an amendment pro- viding for nine commissioners, one from | -------->---~~------~~- l (contlnued on Second Page)