The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-24
HOUSE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Cocaine Bill Recommitted to Correct
 an Error.

eS4 &sA4O4s
 The House reconyened at 3:3O o'clock.
 MT. Lyons of Mobile,- offered a reso- lution extending the sympathy of his fei- low members to Representative C. j.. Searcy upon the death of his younger brother. The resolution was unanimous ly adopted under suspension of the rules.
 Representative Starr of Dallas. moved to recommit to the Health Committee the bill forbidding the sale of cocaine. error in the bill The motion was adopt ed.
 General Election Bill. The General Election bill with the Sem ate amendments. was then taken up. MT. Bankhead of Walker, the author of the bill, explained the amendments. They were not, he said, fully satisfac- tory, but he felt 1t was his duty to move concurrence in the Senate amendments. Mir. Lusk of Marshall, was opposed to concurrence. There was in Alabama a | booth system" If the House refused to | concur he proposed to offer some amend ments.
 MT. Goodwin of Montgomery. express ed the hope that the House would re- | fuse to concur. Accompanying the bill, he said. was an amendment making the Solicitor of Montgomery County appoint i've.
 Objection of Goodwyn.
 That provision was put in the bill in the interest of one man." declared Mir. Goodwin, "a good man, and my friend The provision was put in the bill in oppo- sition to the wishes of three of the four members of the House and the Senator | from Montgomery. We ask for the right of local self-government, the privilege to | the people of Montgomery to elect their Solicitor. It is a right secured to all counties In the State except Mobile and Calhoun. The people of Montgomery are | as capable of electing their solicitors as | are those of any county in the State and I ask non-concurrence,"
 Messrs. Kelly of Choctaw, Handley of Roanoke. Parker of Cullman, Reynolds of Chiffon and Byars of Blount, spoke | briefly against concurrence. The House declined to concur in the amendment by a vote of S5 to 6. MT. Bankheads motion to have ap- the amendments was adopted and the i Speaker named on the Committee Messrs. Bankhead. Lusk and Rich.
 Regulations of Whiskey Sellers. Mr. Newman of Winston, called up House bill 93S changing the law in refer ence to the issuance of licenses for the sale of whiskey. The bill provides that | in incorporated towns the Judge of Pro- | bate shall not issue a whiskey license until he receives from an applicant for such a license. an application or petition | signed by twenty freeholders, certifying to the applicants good character. The bill further provides that outside of in- corporated towns a majority of the free holders of the beat should sign the pe- tition. The bill was passed with but few l dissenting votes.
 MT. Hoffman of Mobile, immediately served notice that he would today move to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed.
 Boycott Bill Today. l MT. Benners of Jefferson, sent up a ! written motion to make the anti boycott bill the special order for today immedi- ately after the approval of the Journal The motion was opposed by Messrs. Ly- ons and Hoffman of Mobile, and support. ed by Mir. Byars of Blount. l The motion of MT. Benners was adopt. ed. ayes 52. nays 70.
 MT. Walker of Madison, succeeded ir ealing up House bill S39. appropriaatins SIG, ,OO0 for the erection of an additiona building for the use of the Alabama In dustrial School. the reform school at East ] Lake. Mir. Walker explained the need for the appropriation. There was no dis cussion of the bill. The bill was passed | ayes G6. nays 6.
 New Supreme Court Justices.
 The bill to better provide for the work of the Supreme Court of Alabama came up as the next special order. The bil increases the number of Supreme Cour Justices by two, who are to be appointed by the Governor at once.
 MT. Lusk proposed an amendment post poning the operation of the bill until af
 ter the next general election. He opposed the appointment of the new justices a this time. He had he said, as soon SCI
 Governor Jelks appoint the justices a, any Chief Executive. The appointment
 would influence the approaching election
 and he was opposed to 1t.
 MT. Maner of Montgomery. supporte,
 the bill in it's entirety. He went into tn
 details of thA contested docket of the Su
 preme Court. There could be no doubt
 he said, of the need of the law He req,
 a list of State Supreme Court Justice
 who were appointed and those who wer
 elected. The appointed justices, he said
 were of as high order of ability as an
 that ever sat upon the bench. He wa
 perfectly wiling to have the justices ap
 pointed by the Governor
 MT. Bankhead supported the Lus IamendmRnf Thara UaS crying naA