The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-25
LAW MAKERS
 RETURNING Will Arrive from Mobile
 Today. LIVELY TIMES EXPECTED Fight Against Railroad Com
 mission Bill. At Conference in the Gulf City It Was Determined to Prevent, If Possible, the Measure's Be-
 coming Law.
LIVELY TIMES EXPECTED

Mobile, Feb. A.-(Staff Correspondence.) On the authority of Senator who is in close touch with the workings of the upper House 1t can be said that deter mined light will be maae to prevent ac- ton by the Senate on the RaiITpad Com mission bill now pending Dskore that body. It appears that e conference of representative railroad men was held in this city today and that a plan of pro- ceedure was outlined for the few days that remain before the recess.
 In accordance with this plan those mem- hers of the upper House who are credited with friendly feeling for the railroads are expeoked to fight for adherence to the calendar and the regular order of busi- ness.
 If their will prevails and no special or ders are permitted it Is a clear case of defeat for the Railroad Commission bill before recess for the calendar in spite of the slashing 1t met with during the past two weeks is still a thing of big propor- tions and cannot possibly be finished be- fore the day set for adjournment.
 The Senator who disclosed the plan for action adopted by the pre-railroad people declared positively that the light made for the regular order in the upper House last Saturday In which Senator Black mon of Calhoun figured prominently and for the time won his point, had no other purpose than defeat of the Railroad Com mission bill.
 Some Lively Times Expected.
 Tn view of the fact that one element in the Senate Is determined to secure action on the bill in question before the Legis- lature adjourns and another element InkA A. matter, 1t is probable that the few days that remain before recess will be marked by some decidedly lively parliamentary and political passages
 | Another Senator ventured the predic- , 9, n that practically nothing beyond the passage of the revenue bill would be ac- complished this week that the remainder of the present sitting would be consumed | in wrangie over the order of business members contending one against another for precedence of certain measures and thereby defeating legiSiation altogether. The members of the Legislature will board their sjecial train at 12:30 tonight for Montgomery and expect to reach the Capital City about daylight.
 The lawmakers spent the day in much the same manner as did the thousands of other guests of the superbly hospitable Gulf city, that is in the completest en- joyment of the pleasures provided for them and for all within the city. Some special consideration was shown here and there and a few dinner parties were given in honor of some of the visiting legislators, but these on the whole dis ported themselves in quite the same fashion as did all the rest. The Carnival is democratic and 1t appeals to all. and Mobiles hospitality Is too prodigal to permit of drawing many lines or enforc- Ing many restrictions.
 A Day of Enjoyment.
 The day was one of keenest enjoyment for the highest as we'll as the humblest and the carnival spirit was dominant throughout the day and far into the night, when the revelry of Mardi Gras reached a sort of climax and the festivities came to an end. The legislators for the time put aside the dignity that appertains to of flee and entered into the merrlment of the occasion as thoroughly and with zest as great as ever characterized a parlia- mentary battle on the bills at Montgom- cry and but for their yellow badges their legislative status would never have been known to observers generally.
 Nearly all the lawmakers were present at the presentation ceremony at the Mo-
 
 the splendid silver service was rendered to the officers of the battleship Alabama At the close of the exercises the lawmak- CTS went their various ways; some to take in the multitude of sights the city afford ed; others to various social functions; but all on pleasure bent and If the legisla- tive temper that manifested itself in the evening at the various hotel Hobbies was at all indicative every solon had such a time as only Mobile and Mobiles Carnival affords.
 Senator and Mrs. Goldsby entertained a party of legislators at dinner at their home in the evening. Among those lres- ent were Senator and Mrs. Hall of Bald win and Senators Hipp of Cullman and Craig of Dallas and Miss Maidee Skinner of Atmore. member of the State party. Capt. J. M. Falkner and George w. Jones are here in a private car.
 W. E. Bates.