The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-06

| Governors amendment reuucing the ao'
 ditional appropriation for needy Confed'
 crates. their wives and children, to $5o.-
 GOO. was deferred yesterday by the Senate
 until noon Wednesday. when 1t will come
 up as a special order.
 | The postponement caused a lively de-
 bate in which Senators Rogers of Sum-
 ter, Spragins of Madison. and Johnston
 of Tuscaloosa. participated. l The Governors message, announcing to
 the Senate his amendment to the bill
 making the appropriation $50,Ooo. instead
 of $100.0 had been on the table of the Senate since Thursday.
 After the devotional exercises. lead by Rev. E. c. Nave of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Church. call of roll. and read | ing of the journal of yesterday. message | from the House was received. announc- ing that the House had concurred in the Governors amendment.
 Johnston Opposes Governor. Senator Johnston of Tuscaloosa imme- diately moved that the Senate refuse to concur with the House in its action. Senator Powell of Butler. rose to the point that the senators had never heard the message. and in justice to the Cover | nor it should be read in their presence. | It was so ordered. A messenger was sent | to the House for the bill. In the mean | time. the Senate proceeded with the call | of districts for the introduction of new bills.
 On the return of the messenger. the
 message was immediately read and the
 motion of Senator Johnston to refuse to concur with the House was taken up as a special order.
 Senator Rogers said that on account
 of the absence of several of the sena- tors, he thought 1t wise that no action be taken until full session could be had. He therefore moved that the mo- ton of Senator Johnston be set down as a special order for Wednesday at noon.
 and in case the Senate should subsequent
 ly decide to hold no session Wednesday. 1t
 be made a special order for the same
 hour on Thursday.
 Senator Johnston spoke at length and |eloquently against postponement of ac- tion. He said that the meeting was well attended and that no reason existed why | the matter should not be considered inn mediately
 Eulogizes the Veterans. The gentleman from Tuscaloosa spoke feelingly of the soldiers of '61-'65, and their sacrifices for Alabama and how lit-
 tie Alabama had done to support them | in their hour of need. He said he want ed 1t to be understood that he did not | reflect on Governor Jelks. He said he | admired the chief executive and was sure l that his motives in reducing the appro- priation were the purest. He believed, | however. that the Governor had erred in judgment. Senator Johnston said that
 he believed it would be the proper thing
 for Alabama to do if 1t was necessary
 to borrow the additional 0,O00 and ap-
 propriate 1t to the old soldiers. Senator Spragins made the point that the subject under discussion was not
 whether or not the Senate should concur with the House in its action in sustain ing the Governor, but whether or not the
 senators should postpone action until
 Wednesday. He was frank to admit, he said. that when he voted for the appro-
 prlation. he did not know the exact con
 dition of the States finances. He knew,
 however. that when the appropriations
 became too large the Governor would call a halt That halt had been called and he, for one. wished to have time to in- vestigate the finances of the State per sonally. in order that he might vote in- tellgently. when the matter came up. The Senate announced ready to consid-
 CT the question of postponement. The
 ayes and nays were called for by Sena-
 tor Johnston. The motion of Senator
 Rogers carried. 19 ayes. Il nays. Twenty New Bills. The call of districts then proceeded.
 Twenty new bills were introduced. On the call of committees a number of bills were reported favorably and went on the
 calendar for third reading. Privileges of the floor were extended
 Hon. J. c. Eyster of Morgan and Hon.
 Hugh Mcconnell of Calhoun.
 Two bills of a local nature were passed
 and the bill of Senator Thomas, provid- ing that the date of the filing of each cause before the Supreme Court and the date of the decision be affixed to the re- ports in the future, met with the unani- nous concurrence of the Senate.
 Senator Norwood was granted unani- nous leave of absence for the day.
 The vagrancy bill of Senator Harrison of Lee, founded on the new Georgia law, was called up for third reading. The senators seemed unanimous in reference to the advisability of passing the bill.
 but asked that the matter be postponed until Thursday morning after the reading of the journal. when the matter will be
 taken up as a special order. The sena-
 tors asked for time in order that they
 might carefully consider the language of the bill
 A message was received from the House
 stating that that body had concurred in
 the amendment of the Senate to the
 House resolution providing that the Leg
 islature recess on Labor Day and meet at 10:30 o'clock, Tuesday morning. On motion of Senator Bostick of Jack
 son, the Senate adjourned until that time.
 House Begins Session.
 Rev A. L. Andrews of the Dexter Ave nue Methodist Church opened the House proceedings with prayer, The call of the roll showed that eighty-four mem bers were present.
 Leaves of absence were granted Messrs Elliott Espy, Brown of St. Clair, Barnes Edwards. Fucker and Wilkinson.
 communication from Division 156 of at Birmingham. inviting the Legislature to a Labor Day celebration at Birming- ham, was read. The feature of the cele- bration. it was stated. would be a head end collision between two engines The proceeds of the entertainment. 1t was explained would go to the sick fund of the division.
 MT, Lusk, of Marshall. said that he mittee to move that 500 copies of House bill 763 be printed. and distributed. The bill, he explained, was for the pur- of the State. The House voted to make the order.
 The roll of counties was then called for the introduction of bills. In all 53 bills were sent up to the clerks desk.
 The resolution sent in by Mir. Walden requesting information from the auditor the State from the lease of the convicts under the new system was favorably re-