The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-24
Lawmakers Made to Feel
 at Home.
Delightful Informal Reception-Pre. sent Plan is to Leave Mobile About Midnight Tuesday.
 Reaching Montgomery
 Wednesday Morning.

Mobile, Feb. 23-(staff Correspondence. ) The special train of six Pullman cars engaged by the Mobile Carnival Associa- tion to carry the members of the Legis- lature to Mobile, left Montgomery promptly at 9:35 Sunday night, and this morning more than 100 of the law makers, many of them accompanied by their wives, awoke in the Gulf City.
 The run was made practically without stopping and without mishap of any kind,
 The arrangements for the trip had been carefully made and when the train left the Union Depot all the members of the Legislature who had planned to go, as well as number from the official and clerical forces of the two Houses, were comfortably berthed.
 The early hours of the night were en- 1oyably spent in social entercourse, the presence in the partly of many ladies en- livening the occasion, while in the smok- Ing room of each sleeper were gathered groups of Senators and Representatives to while away an hour or two telling sto- ries. A little after 13 o'clock the last story was told, the berths were closed and all was silent save for an occasional lusty snore from sleeping law-maker,
 senator Smith of Clay. who was aboard ths train, did not stop in Mobile but con- tinued on to New Orleans, to take in the carnival at the Louisiana metropolis.
 A stop was made at Greenville for Sen ator Powell. but the Senatar from But Ter did not appear and the train pro- ceeded.
 It Is noteworthy that many of those. who. when the question of accepting the invitation tendered by the Carnival Asso- ciation was brought up in the Legisla- ture were opposed to the trip on the grounds of pressure of business and for other reasons were found aboard the train. Among these were Senators Jones of Wilcox and Rodgers of Sumter. Sena- tor Jones, when twitted by his friends. explained his presence ny saying he had business which called him to the Gulf City and since he had been out-voted and could not stop the trip he would enjoy it. Senator Hodges added to the pleasure by keeping coterie In one of the smoking rooms in good humor for a long time with droll stories
 The Legislative train was side-tracked on Commerce Street and in the early morning the legislators were escorted bv a committee from the Carnival Associa- tion' headed by a band, to the Battle House.
 The Senators and Representatives were late in getting breakfast, and soon after they had their morning meal, about 10 o'clock, President Harry Hartwell and Secretary Wilson of the Carnival Asso- ciation, with other members of the En- tertainment Committee, called at the Battle House with the Imperial Rand which was brought here from Sparta. III.
 After concert by the band in front of the hotel, the Legislators, the ladies fin the party and the local committee. march cd to the foot of Saint Anthony Street where they boarded the Bay Steamer Carney for trip on the river and hay.
 The boat steamed up the river two miles went about and traversed the route to the mouth of the river, returning to the wharf at 12 o'clock. This trip on the river opened the eyes of members who had not visited Mobile befope to the bust ness facilities and importance of Ala bamas seaport.
 Hundreds of vessels in tht harhor were gaily decorated in honor of the coming of Felix and many dipped their colors as the boat bearing the lawmakers pass ed.
 Members of the local committee pointed out places of interest and explained to the up-country solons the customs and usages of the port. When the party returned to the city the visitors went to the Bat tie House and Bienville Hotel to dinner