The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-19
THREE SESSIONS OF HOUSE
 WHICHREACHED REVENUE BILL

| bers were present.
 Mr. McCrary of Lee presented reso- lution memorializing the Alabama dele gation in Congress to use its efforts to- ! wards having a Constitutional Conven- | ton called for the purpose of amending l the Federal Constitution so that United | States Senators should be elected by the | people.
 The resolution was referred to the Com | mittee on Rules.
 | MT. DuBose of Jefferson gave notice that several members of the House had | decided to object to all special orders as | they were great time consumers. l Messrs Cunningham and London made an unsuccessful attempt to get up the Senate child labor bill The bill in dupli- | cate passed both houses but the Senate | bill has not passed the House. The Jefferson representatives endeavor- ed to have the Senate child labor bill passed which is now on the calendar of | the House, but several objections defeat ed their purpose. r Normal School Appropriation. | The bill to increase the appropriations to the Troy and Florence Normal Schools came up as unfinished business. The ap- propriations to the two schools is increas- ed from $7.50O annually to s10,000 by the bill. t, | MT. Simpson of Lauderdale. the sponsor of the bill, took the floor in its defense and to make answer to the arguments | that had been submitted at Tuesdays afternoon session. He pointed out that | the aid which the Florence school had | been receiving would soon be withdrawn The school, he said. had been receiving 15O0 annually but the trustees of the | Peabody fund had decided to withdraw its aid to different schools and center the | fund in one gteat scaool. The notable improvement tn the com mon schools. Mir. Simpson said, was large- | ly due to the efficiency of the teachers. trained in the normal schools. He pointed out also that the appropriation to the common schools had been increased over 50 per cent.
 That "Barefooted Boy"
 "This bill," declared MT. Simpson, "is not taking the money from the barefooted boy, but when you make better teachers you are helping the barefooted boy" l Mir. Simpson said that the sympathy of some of the members seemed to be only | in favor of the barefooted boy, and mo- body seemed to care whether or not he was helped to anything better, or to pro- vide for those who are aspiring to somss thing higher.
 The bill, Mir. Simpson went on to say, did not take a dollar from the treasury. It only assigned the sum out of the money already appropriated from the pub lie school fund.
 'It is not" said MT Simpson, 'depriv- ing the masses of any money but it is spending the money where it wlli do the | masses the most good"
 He declared that MT. Thompson of Bibb. who wanted to abolish the Normal | hoh ind and pleaded with the House to foster and sustain all of Alabama's educational in- | terests.
 Supported by McCluskey.
 MT. McCluskey of Lamar supported the bill.
 The great question of education" said | MT. McCluskey, lis not divisible. It is like a great forest tree one symmetrical whole drawing it's sustenance from the | soil"
 So, he argued, the schools and col | leges of Alabama draw their sustenance from one common source, the children, the common schools at the base and the colleges the branch and the bloom. All should be sustained. MT. McCluskey said The Legislature, he said, should provide | that the barefooted boys might go on to | higher things. He should be able to finish his education in Alabama and not have to go to Virginia or any other State.
 MT. Wilkinson of Autauga, argued that it was of the greatest importance that the State should have competent teach | CTS.
 "A good teacher" said MT. Wilkinson. lis worth his weight in gold" '. He argued that there was something wrong with teaching in Alabama at pres ent It was the spirit of the times, he said, to develop teachers and the art of | teaching. The State, he declared, should l go forward to develop the three-fold na- | lures of the boys and girls. The spirit | Of the American people, and 1t was | greater people than the Anglo Saxon race, he said, was to build up. It would be fol- | ly to pursue a destructive policy in tear ing down the institutions which had been years in building. He was therefore in favor of the bill.
 Close Shave for the Bill.
 The Thompson amendment reducing the appropriation from $7,500 to $6,OOO was voted down, 75 to IS.
 The bill was then passed by the mar rowest possible margin. The vote at the | end of the roll call was a defeat of the measure. but several members who were out of the hall when the roll was called, came in before the result was announced and two who voted against the bill changed their votes to aye.
 The bill was then declared passed, ayes 46, nays. 45.
 The Senate amendment to the Rushton Sunday barroom bill was concurred in by the House.
 | MT. Goodwin of Montgomery made an unsuccessful effort to get up the White House bill. For the fifth time he asked that the bill be called up and either passed or killed and for the fifth time l objection was raised.
 Called Up White House Bill.
 Mir. Goodwin moved that the rules be suspended so that the bill could be called up but he could not get the necessary | votes.
 MT. Bennsrs of Jefferson moved that the general revenue bill be taken up, but this was opposed by MT Blackburn of Jefferson, who contended that the special order for the hour was consideration of the general stock law.
 There was some discussion as to the special order when Mir. Benners finally said as a way out of the difficulty he would move that the White House bill be | taken up with the understanding that there should be no speeches on the pas- sage of the bill. The bill was then put upon its passage.
 There was disposition on the part of some of the members to dodge the vote. Several left the hall and others sat In their seats without responding to their | names
 MT. Kelly of Choctaw claimed that the rules made 1t incumbent upon each mem