The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-23
RACE PROBLEM
 IN LEGISLATURE

institute, Hale county refunding bonds, Clay county school fund, repeating Marion license tax, Conecuh- road law, Elmore road law, Jackson road law, Cullman ap- propriation law, Demopolls Inferior court.
 The House.
 The house was opened with prayer by MT. Starr of the house. Ninety members were present.
 Mir Goodwin of Montgomery introduced a resolution which was passed to invite Senator John T. Morgan who is in the city to address the legislature.
 MT. Thompson moved that senate bill 344 which is known as the bill to provide for the examination of state banks, be made a special order for tomorrow.
 M. Benners of Jefferson offered a reso- lution providing that bills to be made spe- cial orders be endorsed by the chairman of the committee and the motion be made in writing.
 MT. Thompson offered an amendment to the resolution striking out that part that required the endorsement of the chairman of the committee and explained that he did not believe 1t was right to leave it with the chairman, whether or not bill should be made a special order.
 MT. Lusk offered an amendment that a bin could be made a special order on the endorsement of the chairman or a majority of the members of the commit tee.
 MT. Lusk and MT. Thompson withdrew their amendments in favor of an amend ment offered by MT. Benners which pro- Vfded that when a chairman refused to endorse a bill for a special order, that a majority Of the committee could make endor eInent for a special order. The resolution was passed.
 MT Hoffman made a nOff0n IT R h12 commonly known as the ant-boycott bill, be made special order for tomorrew, and that 300 copies of the bill be printed.
 MT. Benners opposed the motion.
 MT. Hoffmans motion was ruled out of order on @ point of order raised by MT. Bankhead.
 The speaker signed the vagrancy bill this morning.
 The house went Into committee of the whole to consider senate bill 210. To provide for the redistricting of the public schools of the state, and for the manage ment and control of the same
 MT. Benners Is chairman of the com mittee.
 Mir. Arnold explained the bill. He said that there would be TO friction In select ing the teachers There would be no favorites to get the position as teacher and there would be no breakup in the township.
 MT. Curry, from Pickens, said he agreed with Mr. Arnold that something should be done along this line.
 MT DuBose of Jefferson said he thought this bill if 1t was understood would pass without any speech-making at all.
 The committee of the whole arose and reported progress, but asked for fur ther time to consider the bill.
 Afternoon Session.
 At the afternoon session the house went into the committee of the whole to further consider the bill to provide for the redis- trictng of the public schools of the state. MT. DuBose again offered support for the measure and thought the bill would work wisely Messrs. Rushton and Kelly op- posed the idea for a county board to con- trol the schools
 MT. Lusks amendment to strike out the provision for a county board was defeat ed by vote of 37 to 30. An amendment by MT. Curry was defeated.
 MT. Lusk offered an amendment to per init county boards to sue and be sued and to contract and be contracted with. The amendment was adopted. A further amendment providing for published notice for three weeks for the election to deter mine the school lines, was also adopted. The committee then arose and reported the bill and amendments favorabiy.
 MT. Bankhead offered an amendment to permit the precinct or district boards to select teachers in lieu of the county board as provided. Mir. Arnold moved to table the amendment, but the house seemed afraid of the proposition, declining to ta- ble by vote of 45 to a. The amendment was carried by vote of 52 to 37.
 The bill was passed by a vote of 62 to 3.
 The general election bill was by resolu- ton recommitted to the senate for amend ment. The amendment was to have the clerk and register of the City court of Birmingham elected by the people
 The house took up as a special order the bill to increase the appropriation for the State Normal school for colored stu dents located at Montgomery. and Mir. Wood of Macon opposed the measure. MT. Wood opposed the bill on the ground that the state was already doing enough for the negro, and he did not oppose this measure any more than he had a similar bill for the Booker Washington school, located in his home town. He spoke gen orally on the race question and declared that he did not know a single student of either the Montgomery or Tuskegee school now in Macon county who was working honestly for a living Mir. Wood declared that Principal Washington had boasted that not a single one of his stu dents had ever broken into congress or the penitentiary, and he wanted to assert that a bigger lie had never been told The only legal hangings, occurring in Macon were two of the Tuskegee students, con victed for rape he asserted. Professor Washington. he said. had prosecuted his own students for different crimes.
 Mir Simpson of Lauderdale took quite a different view from the Macon repre- sentative. The history of the world had recognized that education was the great est thing to promote the interest and elevation of any race. He was not afraid of social equality, but he wanted all citizens to have a chance for an educa- ton.
 Mir Goodwin defended the bill. saying that every dollar set apart for Professor Pattersons school was spend under the directions of an Alabama board of trus- tees He pleaded earnestly for the ex- pendture of the money for the education of the negro where it would be most ad- vantageously used.
 MT. Goldsmith thought the title of the bill a very unique one to "flim-flam'' the legislators. He liked the negro In his place-the corn and cotton fields. New England seemed the self-constituted guardian of the negro. Let them have him. He sent a pretty hot shot at Mir. Goodwin for the position assumed
 MT Arnold of Calhoun supported the bill stating that the appropriation car ried would not take a single dollar from the white fund. Several rather hot ques- lions were fired at MT Arnold, that were for the most part evaded as irrelevant MT. Wood again spoke in opposition to inc bill. being followed by Mir. Werner in a. general argument for fair treatment