The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-10
MUCH DEBATE IN THE SENATE Innocent Local Bill Stirred |. Senators. ACTION WAS POSTPONED Measure to Punish Bribery
 Was Passed. Extension of Terms of County Off, cers Caused Discussion-vag-
 rancy Bill Special Order
 for Today.

The House bill of Representative Wood of Maccn, authorizing the manufacture and sale of wine made from the juice of grapes in quantities of not less than a gallon by any person in the county of Macon, without taking out a license therefor. was the subject of lively de- bate in the Senate.
 The Wood will was called up by sena. tor Frazer. There seemed to be no ob. lection to the passage of the original ofH, but when Senator Blackmon of Cal noun introduced an amendment changing the bill to a general law. Senators were at once alive.
 Before the Blackmon amendment could De discussed. Senator Bostick of Jackson moved to table the amendment. The mo- ton to table was lost. When the amend ment came up for passage, a technicality was discovered in the amendment which made 1t illegal for a person to give a friend glass of wine. if the wine was not made by the giver.
 senator Castleberry of TaIladega then offered an amendment, which he thought would settle the matter.
 At the point Senator Frazer of Bullock said that he would like to informally pass the bill. He had not consulted MT. Wood as to the several amendments, and on account of the absence of MT. Wood, he could not say whether the amendments would meet with his favor. The request of Senator Frazer was granted.
 The Senate Opens.
 The Senate met at 10:30 o'clock, Lieu tenant-Governor Cunningham presiding. The devotional exercises were conducted by Senator Norman of Chambers. Twen- ty-seven Senators answered to roll call
 Senator Spragins of Madison drew the attention of the Senate to the bill passed Tuesday. giving the Knights of Pythias of Alabama the authority to lend the sur plus moneys in their treasury. The Madi- son County Senator was of the opinion that the bill was unconstitutional He cited section of the Constitution which prevented the Legislature from confer ring additional powers on corporations, and he was under the impression that the Knights of Pythias bill came under this head.
 Senator Castleberry, who introduced the bill. said that he, too, since his attention had been called to the matter, doubted thhe constitutionality of the bill, but moved that the Senators be given time to look more closely into the law, and that the motion of Senator Spragins to TccohSiuer De Set OoWn as special order for Monday after roll call. The motion of Senator .Casfleberry prevailed. A Lively Debate. The first bill called in the Senate the measure of Senator Rogers of Sumter, to extend the terms of office of the Tax Assessors, Tax Collectors, County Super intendents of Education and County Treasurers until August 1, 1907, was the subject of lively and protracted de- bate.
 Tn calling up the bill, Senator Rogers said that a substitute had been offered, which conformed to a degree with the original bill. button account of the su- perior handwriting of the Senator who had framed the substitute, it had been accepted.
 He explained that the bill provided that the terms of office of tfie named officials be extended until 1907 in order that the time of the elections might conform with the time of the elections for sheriffs, as fixed by the Constitution.
 The objection. which would be raised by the opponents of the bill, he said, would be a claim by them that the bill legislated men into office. The bill. how ever, he averred, does not have this eff. feet. It extends the terms of office of men who were the choice of a majority of the voters in their respective counties, and who, In all probability, are still the choice for these offices. No one, he de-