The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-04
Suggested by Representa-
 tive Goodwin. BILL WAS EASILY PASSED POpulist Mills of Geneva Raised Voice Against It. Territory to Come from Henry, Dale and Geneva-Names of Semmes 
 and R. E. Rodes Presented
 osteopathy Bill Re- ported.
BILL WAS EASILY PASSED

Tn honor of George s. Houston, who at the head of the Democratic hosts or Ala bama redeemed the State rom the eVil . and iniquities of negro domination ana who was for years in war and peace ois- tinguished for his services to nls State' the Alabama House of Representatives named yesterday the new county In the wiregrass section.
 The naming of the new county for the Governor whose entry into the Chief FIX ecutive office ended the unhappy era or reconstruction. was a personal victory for Hon. R. T. Goodwin of Montgomery who suggested and advocated it in an eloquent speech
 That the county should be named TOT George S. Houston is all the higher honor to his memory in that his name was chosen over that of the famous sea cap tain, Raphael Semmes, and Of the heroic soldier, Robert E. Rodes, whose brilliant career ended gloriously ea the pattie field. There were admirers Of botn the naval and the military heroes of Alabama in the House, but the tide of sentiment was for Houston whose services were civic rather than martial
 One or two names of other famous AL abamians would no doubt nave been proposed but for the storm of approving applause that followed the address or Mir. Goodwin urging, the Legislature to fttingly honor the memory of the man who at the head of the fighting Democrats of the State wrested Alabama from the blighting control of black oatfalions'@
 Location of New County.
 The new county is to be carved out or the counties of Henry, Dale and Geneva The bill makes provisions for four coun- ties where there are now only three.
 The new county bill was far down on the calendar but Hon. Thomas M Espy, a member of the House from Henry, ana chairman of the Committee on Counties and County Boundaries, secured unani- nous consent to have 1t read a enird time and put upon it's final passage. The bill as called up provided that the ne" county was to be called Liberty" MT. Fsnv. the author and sponsor for the bill, explained that the friends of the measure were not welded to any particular name.
 50 you give us the new county you may name 1t what you please" he told the House.
 MT. Mcdonald of Barbour offered res olution striking out the word Liberty wherever it occurred and substituting therefor the name "Semmes
 Representative Fulton of DeKalb pre- sented an amendment to the amendment. ! "Rodes.'
 semmes and Rodes Eulogized.
 It was hardly necessary. said MT. Full ton. to give any reasons for his amend ment, which contemplated the naming of the new county for one of the most dis tinguished soldiers that Alabama contrib uted to the Confederacy. MT Fulton briefly reviewed the military services of General Rodes front he time he went out from Tuscaloosa as Captain of the Warrior Guards He spoke of his rapid rise in the service, first as Colonel of the 5th Alabama, then as Brigadier Gen eral and later as Major General and the DeKalb Representative spoke eloquently of his death upon the battle field.
 The memory of Semmes, MT. Fulton said. had already been cared for. In Mo bile handsome statue of him had been erected The speaker declared that the State could not afford to ignore the mem ory of such a soldier as Rodes
 MT. Mcdonald said he hardly deemed 1t necessary to discuss the question. but in view of the address of the gentleman from DeKalb he would, he said. submit A few remarks for his amendment. He would not, he said, detract one atom from the glory of the name of Rodes, but he would add one more wreath to the imperishable name of Raphael Semmes He would. he declared. carve deep into the soil of Alabama the name of the great sea captain who carried the glorious flag of the Confectionery into nearly every civilized part of the world, "the Stonewall Jackson of the seas"
 The Fulton amendment was tabled on motion of MT. Mcdonald by vote of AT to g.
 Houston's Name Applauded.
 of ognized by the Speaker for the intro duction of an amendment which propos- ed for the new county the name Of Houston. The mention of the name by the Reading Clerk of the House brought forth round of applause, not only from the members but from the gallery.
 Mir. Goodwin supported his amendment in an eloquent speech in which he said:
 We are all proud MT. Speaker. of the glorious record made by the intrepid Rodes ;our hearts bound with pride when yye read of the magnificent daring and success of Admiral Semmes, and all the people of the great Commonwealth. as do all the people of the South, cherish and revere the memory of those two gallant and chivarous off1cersiof the Confederacy but. Mir Speaker. VI en Houston in 1874 fin the front of the fl thting white Demo- crats of Alabama wfksted the State and its institutions from tthe blighting con- trol of the black ba talions, he won a victory more beneficit to the people than was ever fought witll muskets and can non.'
 The frequent appla' Be that interrupted the Montgomery Representative showed plainly what was the will of the House long befors , ie vote on the amendment was taken. N
 The vote. on the Goodwin amendment was. ayes 3 q Id nays 26.
 The naming f the new County about which centered chief general interest in the bill was oni the preliminary to the adoption of the measure. There was no difficulty in pasa hg 1t. A
 Voice of Mills Protests.
 The voice of MT. Mills. the Popuist member from Gsnsyas Eaiasd in protest