The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-28

, l charge it makes on the treasury, which. from the present outlook, 1t cannot afford to bear.
 The Boys Industrial school has bean getting $7500 year for the last two years. The amendment suggested carries ss000 a year, an increase of $500. The original bill carries an appropriation In fo'r years of something like s70,000.
 I will probably determine to carry other
 bills providing for large appropriations,
 over until after the recess that I may better know the possibilities of the treaa-
 ury, which I will then make known to you. There Is no present likelihood that
 the state will be able to meet any of these
 s~-~-~%-%%~~>-~>~-<~ experience as a member of a deliberative body. It seemed to him it deiberated but little. He said now is the time to con- sider this measure, and laid special stress
 on the fact that the majority was over- running report from a regular commit
 tee He opposed the cast-iron rule of us- ing the same books for five years. He claimed that the Judgment and wishes of the teacher should be respected. DuBose Speaks.
 MT. DuBose of Jefferson, who is teach
 CT by profession, followed against state
 uniformity. The disposition of gentle
 men to slight this subject and throw it aside as a matter unworthy of consid- eration strikes him with horror. If the
 time ever comes when he would not lis- ten to men who know most about sub ject and shut himself up in his own orig inality, he hoped his tongue would cleave
 to the roof of his mouth MT. DuBose
 made an eloquent protest against the commercial spirit of the age, and alluded
 to Greece, her rise glory and fall as H. frustrating the situation here today. The teachers are against this bill and they are the persons to be consulted He said even the governor, regardless Of the ! wishes of the teachers and without con-
 sulting the state superintendent, sent in a message for the bill. The governor has never taught and he is informed the gov- 1 ernor Is opposed to teaching geography,
 and such views would begin to creep into
 a board appointed By him.
 l MT. DuBose said this whole thing was l based on the idea of saving a dollar.
 My God, are we to have this proposed cancer salved with a dollar?" He con- 1 tended that this bill was a shackle on l thought. He characterized the ideas pre- valent in the house as mere shutting up
 of the mlnd Members seem not to wish
 to know. The educators and the country 1 are nearly all against it. He desired to
 enter his protest and not to consume time, and concluded by saying he had re- ceived request from Jefferson to vote l for the blll saying the county superin- tendent was for 1t. He had written back
 and said to get the teachers O. the coun- l ty together, and If they declared for the bill, he would send his resignation 1 to the governor before he would vote for this damnable measure.
 Embarrassing Question. Mir London asked If President Aber- l crombe of the university did not indorse state uniformity.
 MT. DuBose said he was embarrassed l by the question. He had hoped it would not be asked, but he would answer 1t. He did not wish to say an unkind word. He | loved Mr. Abercrombie, but he was com
 pelled to say. loveable as he Is, he had
 never received the advantage of a uni- versity training nor come in close contact
 with university thought of the best kind. He wished members to know that in voting for this bill they were putting a blight upon the state.
 | MT Goldsmith of Lowndes said he had been mostly in the minority and he found himself now in the majority. The fact l that the teachers do not want the bill cut no figure with him. The people do want 1t, the rank and file. and that was | the thing with him, and we ought to give | it to them.
 | On motion of MT. Bankhead the com
 mittee rose. The house decided to re- l Indln III SeSSlOn unlll the committee con 1 cluded on the bill. It then went back into
 committee of the whole, and MT. Rich
 moved to amend by providing that the state board may select separate books 1 for cities of 5000 and over
 MT. London Speaks.
 MT. London spoke for the bill A feat | ure of his speech was his reference to 1 President Abercrombie of the university. 1 He read from his report as state superin-
 tendent to show that he was for state
 uniformity and his reasons therefor. He
 had written him to know if he is still of
 that opinicn. MT. Abercrombie had an-
 swered that he is. He would go further
 than the Rich amendment and except all l cities which keep their schools open, l without regard to size.
 l MT. Benners moved that at five minutes l to o'clock vote be taken on the amend
 ments and the bill The motion was 1 adopted 61 to s.
 MT. Hoffman offered an amendment ex-
 cepting all cities and towns of 5000 and 1 over from the operation of the bill.
 MT. Hoffman spoke to his amendment. He would go further than his colleague,
 under whose amendment there would be
 disturbance in a number of cities. He would take cities out of the bill alto-
 gether, and said at present the situation
 in Mobile is entirely satisfactory to the people.
 MT. Rushton raised the point of consti-
 tutionality on the amendment. If cities
 are excluded the bill becomes local law, and therefore unconstitutional 1 The Hoffman amendment was lost 1 The Rich amendment was adopted | MT. London's amendment, excluding all l towns that make appropriations for
 schools that are kept open six months,
 but providing that they may take advant- 1 age of the contracts for books if they desire, was adopted.
 1 The committee then rose, reported the
 bill favorably and 1t went on the calendar l for passage tomorrow.
 Afternoon Session. | At the afternoon session the house | passed the Hall senate bill regulating the l increase of the capital stock of street | railway companies
 The bill appropriating s25.o00 to the building fund of the Girls Industrial school and increasing the annual appro- (confiNa1Ad An QArand n.uaN