The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-20

stituents to pass upon his course when they read his record in the journal.
 Then a vote was taken on the passage of the bill, and it went through by vote of S1 to F.
 Afternoon Session.
 At the afternoon session the house adopted the joint resolution of MT. Me- Donald accepting the invitation of the Mobile Carnival association to attend Mardi Gras in that city. MT Reid from the committee on rules reported the reso- lutions favorably. It provides for ad- journment over the 23rd and 24th.
 MT. Lyons of Mobile made a very cor- dial speech, advocating the passage of the resolution, telling how glad Mobile and the carnival association would be to entertain the legislature.
 Major Handley said he would be glad to go, but the interests of the state de- mand that we stay here and work on the calendar.
 MT. Kelley advocated accepting the in- vitation. We pass too many bills any way. he said.
 MT Simpson said the loss of two days meant that the revenue bill cannot get through before recess. He moved sub- stitute thanking the Mobile Carnival as- sociatlon for its invitation and expressing regret.
 This was tabled 47 to 40.
 MT. Lusk protested against the action of the house. He would be glad to go but he believed the revenue bill could not pass if the house lost two days.
 MT. Edwards thought that two days could be proitably and even more pleasantly spent in Mobile than in listen ing here to certain gentlemen talking the hours away
 MT. Hoffman explained that the two days would not be lost, but would be added to the September session. Besides the clerks need time to catch up.
 The resolution was adopted and the in- vitation accepted by vote or 50 to 35
 Then the house went into committee Of the whole on the stock law The good natured wrangle of last night was re- sumed and the same division over the question of fencing in the .stricts made its appearance as the burning issue MT Mlnge was in the chair.
 Member after member indicated his de- sire to offer amendments and in order to cut the wrangle short, the matter was brought to an issue by a motion to rise and report the bill favorably to the house. This carried by a viva yoce vote
 motion was made to table the amend ments. but the house refused. The roll was then called on the amendments and they were adopted by vote or 59 to 26
 After refusing to indefinitely postpone the bill the house adjourned at 7:3O D. m
 Night Session of House.
 At the night session the house passed twenty-five bills. Among them were bills to fix the salaries of the mayors of Mo- bile and Birmingham at $2500; the senate child labor bill, being an exact duplicate of the house bill; to provide for dispen- sary at Carbon Hill; senate bill to reduce the fertilizer tax to 90 cents a ton; to abolish the Circuit court of Morgan coun- ty; to appropriate $25O0 to reimburse the two negroes whose houses were burned by the state troops in capturing the des- perado Will Reynolds at Tuscumbia: to include a portion of the corporate limits or Calera; to establish dispensary at Fell City; to alter and define the boun- daries of Woodlawn
 MT. Foster of Tuscaloosa introduced a joint resolution requesting the governor and state superintendent of education to take up with the trustees of the Peabody fund the matter of securing for Alabama the proposed Peabody institute and renort to the Legislature in September on what conditions 1t can be secured. That fund is to be consolidated soon into one great normal college, with several millions be- hind it.