The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-23

no scandal attached to the off1ces in those days. He says that if an Inferior Court Is established 1t will require at least three judges, clerks and constables to manage the business. which, with off1ce rent, books, blanks, stationery. etc., will cost the tax payers of the city N2.o0o or y14,0Oo annually if the officers are placed on salaries. He holds that in these times of bankruptcy. exemptions and other modes of avoiding the payment of debts, the fes would not pay the salaries and expenses of the courts. and that the
 judge of an Inferior Court would be nothing more than a Justice of the Peace with . higher sounding titla
 A federation of officers of the Alabama Division of the United Mine Workers is in the city to look after legislation for | the benefit of the miners of Alabama The delegation is composed of Messrs. George Young, William Kirkpatrick and George Evans all residents of Jefferson County, The members of the delegation are especially interested in a mining bill | introduced by one of the members from i Jefferson in the House. The bill pro- l vides for better ventilation and more | safety appliances in the mines Of Ala ! bama The mine officials want every I safeguard thrown around the men in the
 mines. and they especially want pure | air for the underground workers. They | will. however. look after all legislation affecting mine workers.
 Daniel G. Cook of Wilcox County was yesterday afternoon appointed clerk Of | the House Committee on Commerce and Common Carriers by Representative George H. Parker of Cullman, chairman of that committee.
 MT. Cook has been an attendant upon the past four sessions of the Legislature and was clerk of the Committee on Or | der. Consistency and Harmony of the
 Whole Constitution during the Consti-
 tutional Convention. He is lawyer and | made a number of speeches for Governor Jelks during the last campaign.
 The appointment of Robert Arlington
 of Montgomery to be clerk of the Com
 mittee on Privileges and Elections of the
 House was announced yesterday. Hon.
 of the committee. Allen Roulhac of Shelf | field has been appointed clerk of the Ways and Means Committee of which
 Hon. R. T. Simpson of Lauderdale is | chairman.
 A resolution was introduced in the House yesterday providing the Commit
 tee on Claims and Fees with clerk. 
 Some anti-cigarette legislation is confi-
 dently expected at this session of the | Legislature. In the House, where a bill has already been introduced looking to
 the prohibition of the manufacture and | sale of cigarettes, sentiment appears to
 be pretty generally against the little roll | of tobacco, and even Senatorial dignity
 seems not to be above consideration of 8 | thing so small A number of Senators yesterday, speaking of the House anti- cigarette bill, expressed the hope that the measure would pass. The Committee on Municipal organiza- | tons of the House of Representatives of which Judge R. ". Walker of Madi-
 son is chairman, had a lengthy session yesterday afternoon and began the work
 of preparing a municipal code for the l State. The work was subdivided and
 placed in charge of sub-committees
 Hon. Alex T. London Of Jefferson and
 Hon. Francis O. Hoffman of Mobile were
 yesterday added to this committee.
 Hon. R. T. Goodwyn of Montgomery in- troduced in the House yesterday a bll
 authorizing the Board of Revenue of this
 county to increase the pay of the guards
 at the Montgomery jail. The bill pro-
 vides that the Board may raise the sal
 aries of the guards of the jail to $65.
 Dr. A. J. Morris of Newton, Q friend
 of Senator Acree. was in the city yester-
 day in the interests of a branch court
 house at Newton, for the establishment
 of which Senator Acres now has a bill
 before the Senate. .