The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-18

representative of an agricultural county except some in the black belt. which have stock laws already covering their whole territory The matter was made the spe- cial order at a special session called for tomorrow night for that purpose and no other
 Among the important bills reported fav- orably from committees today was the fruir Dil1 framed by the state horticultu- ral society, and the Arlington pool bill Messrs Lusk,' Waddell and Fucker from the committee on commerce and common carriers, brought in a minority report against the pool bill Also the senate bill increasing the annual appropriation of the Girls Industrial school by SloOOO.
 Afternoon Session.
 The house, at the afternoon session.. passed the bill authorizing the governor and convict inspectors to employ the convicts in mining coal on state account. Also to ratify the contracts already made for mining coal on state account with the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail- road company, and the Sloss-SheffeSd company
 The election bill came on and the house adopted amendments as reported from the committee on elections, being those adopted last week in committee of the whole including the election of railroad commissioners and county solc- itors by the people. There was only one negative vote cast on these amendments, that of Speaker Tunstall.
 Mir Goldsmith offered an amendment providing that voter deprived of his legal right to vote by the act of an inspector shall be entitled to recover s1O0O damages from such inspector by suit MT Benners moved to table the amendment and it prevailed.
 Reynolds Explains.
 MT. Reynolds, the well known populist from Chiffon, explained his vote on the bill. He said there were some small mat ters he would change but on the whole it was the best bill of the kind he had ever seeen and 1t gave him pleasure to vote for it.
 The bill passed by vote of S4 to 1.
 H. B. 35l-To regulate the registration, branding, sale, tagging and analysis of commercial fertilizers, acid phosphates, fertilizer materials and chemicals, was passed without opposition.
 H. R. 2sg-To increase the appropriation for the Florence and Troy Normal col leges from S750o each to S1o,OOO each per annum.
 MT. Simpson of Lauderdale made an argument for the bill, showing the work of the school at Florence, the number of teachers it contributes to the public schools, the average attendance of over 300 pupils. and the inadequacy of the present appropriation of $7500 to meet the increased needs. The purpose of the in- crease is to supply more teaching force. MT Foster of Pike spoke for the bill on behalf of the Troy college. He showed that the state has never given the college a cent for buildings. The citizens of Troy have expended $20,0O0 and are expending many thousands more al this time. Two additional departments have been recent ly added. normal training and domestic science. It is for the support of these enIargements that this additional s2500 is needed and is asked.
 MT. Iusk opposed the bill. He opposed increasing appropriations for these favor ed schools This bill means $50 per pupil. The children in the common schools get 1 4O His line of argument brought out applause from sundry members. He was for the little boy in the rear, back in the hills and hollows.
 Due the Common Schools.
 Mir. Rushton opposed the bill on the ground that all the money ought now to go to the common schools. Under the con stitution we require voter to read and write and we ought to teach them to read and write He stood there and plead ed for the little boys and girls who will never see a normal college.
 Mir. Thompson offered an amendment to reduce the appropriation from sl0,000 to s5oOO He was opposed to all normal schools and the nine agricultural schools. There were high schools Tor the benefit of localities.
 MT. Arnold could hardly believe but that MT. Thompson was joking. He showed how the normal schools are ad- iuncts of the common school system and the small draft they make on the school fund. He moved to table the Thompson amendment and it was tabled 59 to 23.
 Mr. Thompson moved to amend by re- ducing the appropriation to $60c0.
 Pending discussion the house adjourned. after reading a cordial invitation from