The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-20
HOUSE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Resolution Accepting Mobiles Invita-
 tion is Adopted.

favorably the resolution of MT. Mo Donald of Barbour accepting the invita- ton of the Mobile Carnival Association for the Legislature to attend the Mardi Gras festivities at Mobile.
 The resolution provides that the Legis- lature shall adjourn February g and "A and spend those days in Mobile
 MT. Lyons of Mobile on the part of the Mobile delegation warmly seconded the invitation of the Carnival Association. It had been in the past he said. the custom of the General Assembly to attend the Mardi Gras festivities. Mobile and the Carnival Association had always been proud to entertain the Legislators. partial program of entertainment. he said, had already been prepared and he felt sure that no member would Tgret going to Mobile if the invitation was accepted.
 MT. Handley of Randolph said he would be delighted to accept the cordial Invita- ton of Mobile, but 1t could not be done except upon a sacrifice of the States business.
 There are now" said Mir. Handley 'on the calendar 300 bills and we have only seven or eight working days. If we lose two days we will not be able to pass bills that would otherwise be pass ed."
 Mobile Suits Kelly.
 Mir. Kelly of Choctaw said that he was in favor of the resolution first, last and all the hme.
 ''The trouble with us gentlemen" he said, with customary good humor, Ifs that we have too many bills, not too few. The members will find that out when they go home. We have been here working day and night for thirty days and we | ought to have little recreation" Does the gentleman from Choctaw, | think he can get buttermilk in Moblle?" | asked MT. Searcy of Henry. "Yes, I can get anything I want in | Mobile" answered MT. Kelly, amid laughter.
 Mir. Simpson of Lauderdale. said that he felt he was depriving himself of a great personal pleasure in not being able to go to Mobile, but the interest of the State demanded that the members of the House should remain and complete their work The revenue bill, he said, could l not be passed before the recess if two of the remaining days were taken away.
 He introduced a substitute resolution thanking the Mobile Carnival Association for its courtesy but regretfully declining | to accept the invitation.
 The substitute was tabled, ayes, A; nays, 40
 | LuSk Protests Against IL.
 Mir. Lusk of Marshall protested against the action of the House. The time of the members. he said. belonged to their constituents and to the State He be- lieved with Mir. Simpson that the revenue | bill could not be passed If two days were lost.
 "Mr. Speaker" exclaimed Mir. Edwards of Pike looking pointedly at MT. Lusk, 'T believe that two days could be as | proftably and much more pleasantly spent in Mobile than in sitting here listen ing to some members talking the hours away"
 This sally produced a burst of laughter and applause.
 MT. Hoffman of Mobile explained that two legislative days would not be lost The days. he said, would be added to the September session. Monday he pointed out was a legal holiday, being Washing toms birthday. The two days were moreover, necessary for the clerks to catch up with the record. | Mir. Benners, of Jefferson, opposed the resolution. The House could i'll afford | he said, to lose two days. The members would undoubtedly have good time. he | said. and they would come back feeling dull and also feeling the need of appoll- | naris and ice-water. | The resolution was then put upon its passage. It was adopted, ayes 50. nays 30.
 Parliamentary Play of Mobilians. | Before the result was announced MT. Lusk changed his vote from nay to aye, saying he did so for the purpose of moving reconsideration to-day. He was forestalled. however. by MT. Lyons, of Mobile. who. as soon as the | result was announced. cried: q move that the vote be reconsidered | and I demand immediate consideration of my motion"
 | 'I move." said MT. Hoffman. of Mobile, that the motion to reconsider be laid on the table"
 "I accept my colleagues motion," said MT. Lyon, smiling. The House then adopted the Houfrman motion and this | parliamentary play clinched the vote. On the joint committee created by the resolution the Speaker named Messrs- | Mcdonald. Hoffman and Kelly. The House then resolved itself into the committee of the whole to again take up the consideration of the general stock law bill. MT. Minge, of Marengo, was called to the chair
 Mir. Deloney, of Colbert, offered an amendment providing that the petition to the Commissioners Court asking for stock law should name the stock which 1t was desired should be prevented from running at large.
 The amendment was accepted by the au- thor of the bill Mir. Thomas. and was adopted by the House.
 Mir. Slglin. of Cherokee, proposed an amendment fixing the number of free holders who should petition the County Commissioners at 26 instead of 10. Mir. Scale, of Sumter, submitted an amendment allowing a liner on the stock law district to come into the dis trIet If he desired to do 50. The amend ment was voted down.
 Curry Wanted to Kill It. MT. Curry. of Pickens. offered an amendment striking out everything in the | bill, including the amendments after the enacting clause
 MT. Curry said that it was evident that the bill was not satisfactory and 1t ought to be killed. His amendment was de- | feated.
 The committee of the whole on motion of MT. Wood of Macon, rose and re- ported the bill back to the House with all amendments, as one amendment. The amendments proposed by the com mittee of the whole were adopted. ayes g. nays 2e.
 A motion to indefinitely postpone the |