The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-01
SENATOR'S
 OBSTINATE Upper House in Session
 Until Ia. m. DID VERY LITTLE WORK Had Judicial Circuit Bill Be-
 fore Them. Reoorted to Dilatory Tactics and Finally Made the Measure Special Order for Next
 Saturday.

l Dilatory tactics were pursued in the Alabama Senate last night until after o'clock this morning while considering the Lusk bill redistricting the State into seventeen judicial circuits. l For the first time in years the door keepers were required to hunt Senators on the streets of Montgomery in order to secure a quorum. When the Senators were hroufht into the chamber in many cases they refused to vote. holding that after midnight the legislative day had closed and they could not be required to vote.
 On motion of Senator Goldsby of Mobile the names of Senators Bostick of Jack son, Frazer of Bullock, Powell of Butler, Hipp of Cullman and Thomas of Bar bour were entered on the journal as in contempt of the Senate for refusing to vote after receiving instructions from the Senate to vote.
 Senator Thomas made retaliatory mo- ton that Senator Goldsby's name be sim ilarly entered on the journal for failure 1 to sign warrants of Mrs. Lula Ward | Francis. expressing clerk, after he had received instructions from the Senate to do so.
 The motion was ruled out of order by /, the chair.
 A number of Senators expressed the opinion that the action of the Senators in resorting to dilatory tactics to the extent employed last night was unbecom- ing the dignity of Senators. This senti. ment was expressed by Senator Rogers on the floor of the Senate.
 No action was ever taken on the bill. It was finally set down as a special order for Saturday immediately after roll call in order that the body might adjourn.
 Senators Eang in Corridor. l lat In Q last night. Senators gathered In a group | near the Chamber and sang a number Of soul-stirring songs The President joined in the singing and for that reason the meeting was tardy
 On reasserlbling Mir. Rogers of Sumter, called up the bills and they were passed.
 They were:
 H. S55. To prevent the sale or purchase of any COW or animal of the cow kind between the hours of sunrise and sunset.
 H. S56. To require every butcher to kep in book to be kept by him for that purpose a record of each and every COW or animal of the COW Kind, killed, show ing the color, ear marks and brand of each COW, or anil ! of the COW kind, killed or butchered, and from whom pur- chased, if purchased. and when.
 MT. Hogue of Perry called up H. 343. to amend Section 5522 of the Code. (relat- ing to substitute for Solictor.) The bill was passed.
 The following bills were passed
 H. 911. To amend Sections 1904 and 1915 of the Code.
 H. SOS. To require the deputy solicitor of Fayette County, to keep the acts. re- ports and digests furnished by the State to the county in his office.
 H. 1O1S. To amend an act to provide for working the public roads in Talla- poosa and Coosa counties. | H. 3TS. To amend Section 4099 of the Code, (purchaser not liable for rents or redemption: exception.)
 H. 6S4-For the relief of Probate Judge stolenworth of Monroe County
 H. 695-To protect deer in the county of Etowah
 H. S2-To authorize and empower the Board of Mayor and Aldermen or the governing power of cities having over 20,0O0 population to make appropriations for the care of the sick or wounded per sons unable to provide for themselves in any hospital maintained exclusively as such, within the limits of such city. H. 40S-To provide for supplying addi- tional copies of all printed records of the executive legislative and Judicial depart ments of the State to the several coun- ties having more than one place of hold ing courts of record therein.
 H. 520-Requiring the giving of notice by tax collectors before charging fees for collection.
 H. S24-To provide for punishment of quarantine and health laws not otherwise l provided for.
 The President signed the primary cleo ton bill, which regulates primary cleo tons of political parties held for the nomination of candidates.
 Notice was received from the House that 1t had not concurred in the Senate amendments to the bill to fix the times , of holding courts in the Seventh district. | and asked a committee of conference . thereon, which was granted. Circuit Court Bill. Mir. Spragins of Madison endeavored to get up the Lusk redistricting or new cir cult court bill and moved to take 1t from the table
 The motion provoked much discussion and Mir Frazer of Bullock asked that the bill be not taken up in the absence of the senator from Lee, who was very much interested in it. It was ruled out under the rules.
 ! The House joint resolution in reference t to annuling the commissions of Justices ] of the peace in Jefferson county was con cured in.
 2 large number of House and Senate r bills were signed by the president of the n Senate.
 @ MT. Spragins introduced a resolution . providing that when senator's name | calendar or from the table. He was after
 getting the new court bill from the ta- ble. and got the rule changed to suit e him. When his name was called he nov ed to take the bill from the table, and the chairman ruled that the bill was be-
 fore the Senate.
 V The senator from Barbour. MT Thom- t as, contended that the question was in y taking the bill from the table. The president ruled that the Dill was
 already before the Senate. having been
 taken from the table by the rule.
 Mir. Thomas appealed for the decision
 of the chair. The chair was sustained
 ayes IS. nays 5.
 Il MT. Fraser raised the point ot no quo 2 . rum, and the doors were closed ana or ' calling the roll. twenty-four senators an : swered to their names. e Mir. Spragins said he notified the sen Q ator from Lee before he left that h' = would endeavor to call up the Dill. He ', did not think 1t necessary to present t any other argument in favor or tnis pll t as they had all about been presented tC - the Senate. and 1t was evident to every one who was acquainted with the sltua
 tion that there were many counties II
 need of this relief.
 MT. Rogers moved to reconsider th'
 motion by which the Senate amendmen was adopted.
 q MT. Thomas made the point or oroe o that the motion to reconsider was to' nos rnadA by noon IO