The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-19
REARRANGES
 JUDICIAL CIRCUITS
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(Continued from Page one.) ever. was made in the time of the old | circuits. but dates for courts for the new circuits were fixed. The Williams amendment was tabled The amendment offered by Mir. Lusk was adopted.
 Thach Offered Amendment.
 MT. Thach of Limestone offered an amendment. ~ changing his county from the Eighth judicial circuit. He entered protest. he said, | to the placing of his county in the cir l cult with Madison, Madison, he said. had SO much larger voting strength that Limestone county would be dominated by it. His protest was. he said, endors- , ed unanimously by the county officials and bar of the county.
 MT. Walker of Madison replied to MT. Thach He said he had no desire to in sist on the retention of any county in the circuit with Madison. The House, he said, could take Limestone and put in another county. He would raise no ob- tection. The question was not a local one. It was a question of an equal dis tribution of the burden of public du- ties.
 Mir. Rich of Mobile, from the Commit tee on Rules, at this juncture favorably ICPOI tEu lHS AlIHOU EeSOlutlDH for a recess Saturday. The resolution was put upon its passage and adopted by the House.
 Consideration of the judiciary bill was resumed and MT. Goodwin offered his amendment relative to the Montgomery circuit The amendment provided that the bill so far as 1t related to the Mont gomery circuit should become operative at once. The amendment provided for the immediate appointment of the judge and solicitor of the new circuit. The amendment set the time for the holding of the court in all the counties of the circuit.
 The Goodwin amendment was adopted.
 The bill was then passed, ayes 55, nays 15.
 To Permit Pool Selling.
 The bill to permit book-making and selling and buying of pools on horse races in counties having more than 600O0 inhabitants came up as the next special order. The bill was accompanied by a substitute declaring that 1t should not become operative until an election had been held, the corporation petitioning for an election to bear its expense. MT. Lusk of Marshall attacked the bill declaring that 1t should be entitled an act to legalize gambling. to debaueh the boys and young men of the State.
 MT. Goodwin explained the provision of the bill and emphasized the election feature of the substitute. He pointed out the benefits it would be to the stock raising and agricultural interests in the State.
 MT. McCrary of Lee declared 1t was a damnable measure. The House, he said, was facing a crucial test.
 If the House votes 70 legaliZe this damnable practice will shudder to hear my name mentioned in connection with 1t" exclaimed Mir. McCrary.
 MT. Hickman of Jefferson entered an earnest protest against the bill. It was fraught with evil, he said. It was of far greater importance to raise men in Alabama than to raise horses.
 MT. Rushton of Crenshaw declared that the bill was unconstitutional, being a local measure which had not been legal ly advertised. He was opposed to the bill from moral standpoint
 MT. Hoffman of MoOiIe said that he had before this made the remark that the man who couldn't raise a constitu- tional point against a biii wasn't worth "a hill of beans." He had no doubt Of the constitutionality of the bill which he favored He saw no great evil in the measure. It allowed the people of three counties of the State to vote on the ques- tion It was a little inconsistent for some of the members to tolerate gam bling on cotton futures and find so much horror in the present bill. The bill and pending amendments were tabled. ayes 47. nays B. and the House adjourned at 5:3o o'clock.