The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-25
HOUSE MORNING SESSION.
Anti Boycott Bill Came Up as Special - Order.

Eighty-two members of the House were present at the beginning of the morning session Prayer was offered by Repre- sentative Searcy of Henry.
 MT. Rich of Mobile obtained unanimous consent to call up the bill fixing the compensation of the State chemist at $50 for analysing the stomach of any poisoned person upon the direction of the judge of probate. The bill was passed without opposition.
 MT. Curry of Pickens, had called up the bill making the appropriation for the necessary expenses of the doorkeepers of the House and Senate. The bill was passed.
 The special order for the House was then taken up, the consideration of the bill forbidding boycotting. picketing and unfair lists.
 MT. Hoffman of Mobile. objected to the bill as special order, but he was ruled out of order.
 MT Starr of Dallas delivered a carefully prepared speech in oposition to the bill He read from a number of authorities to show that man had the right to strike and to give advice to another as to where he should work or trade. The bill, he said was roundabout way of securing i'm prisonment for debt. He felt sure that the members of the House did not de- sire to run the laboring man out of Ala bama either by law or by force.
 Nothing to Hurt Good Man.
 MT. Scale of Sumter. declared that there was nothing in the bill which would hurt any good man. The bill was not drawn against labor unions, he declared. but members of labor unions had no more rights than other people. He was not a member of any organization, he said. and he could not be forced to join any or ganization.
 That the bill was a bad one was the opinion of MT. Kelly. of Choctaw. He said that it was gotten up by the Citi- zens Alliance, an organization equally as bad as any labor union and with an oath worse than any since the days of the ku kiuX It restricted personal liberty and was therefore in opposition to the constitution of the United States.
 Mir Hoffman of Mobile said that the bill restricted the rights of citizen of Alabama to work for or trade with whom he pleased. He was opposed to the bill and asked the House if it was it's purpose to deprive the laboring men of the right of free speech.
 Damnabie, Says Hammer.
 The bill Was, MT. Hammer of Etowah. declared the most unfair the most dam nable measure presented to the Legisla- ture. It was direct thrust at labor or ganizations, he declared. which were made up of patriotic, intelligent and hon. est men.
 MT. Mcdonald of Barbour, said that if a man wants to join an organization he should have that privilege. if he wanted to strike. let him have that privilege but let every other man have the same privileges. The right of any man to work should be secure to him, without inter ference. He was an earnest advocate of the bill. labor to oppose the bill. MT. Blackburn of Jefferson declared. The bill involved the question of freedom. It involved the right of a man to labor when and for whom 1t pleased
 If my vote writes my political epitaph, then 1t is written" declared Mir. Black burn.
 MT Hall of Montgomery. said that for the first time in the history of Alabama, the Democratic party was called upon to strike down the class which had been as true as the needle to the pole. He read the decision of a St. Louis judge endors- ing the legality of the boycott, He de- clared that $l6, 900 had been raised to pay the taxes of the laboring men in the district
 Opposed by Cunningham. MT. Cunningham of Jefferson, said that he was recognized as the 'ep- resentative of organized labor, he would stand for the rights of all classes of citi-