The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-07

DVheor rogue moved to reeomfhit 'ne bill but failed
 | of the amendment was secured on motion
 of Senator Goldsby of Mobile. Senator Smith regarded the permission
 secured by the bill for the forma ton oi | corporations as dangerous and spoke al ! some length of the perils confronting the State in the form uf corporate az | gression.
 Senator Hall contended that the bill con.
 templated the creation of no unlawful or
 sanizationse and insisted that since the
 measure had been orawn to conform ir every way with those accompanying it. ' IL should stand as 1t was
 Senator Smiths amendment was tabled | and the bill was passed. Senators Bost-
 ick. Hogue. Johnston, Norman. Oliver, Poweli, Smith and, Spragins voting in the negative. ! The Hall bill rela ating to the organisa- | ton of corporations passed without de- ! bate. the vote being B to O. change of Heart on Roll Call. The Hall bill conferring additional pow CTS upon corporations organized or re- newed under general laws came near be- ing lost. only fifteen voting for the meas lure. not quorum. A roll call was de-
 manded. however, and the friends of the bill rallied to its support and it passed.
 Senators Hogue, Norman. Powell, Spra- gins, Johnston and NeSmith voting against the measure
 The debate of the session came when
 the bill authorizing the consolidation of corporations was called up Senator Smith moved that the bill be
 indefinitely postponed. but a motion by
 Senator Hall to table the motion pre- vailed.
 Senator Spragins called the attention of the Senator from Clay to the fact that
 he should have shown fight on the corpo- ration measures the day before; that he was coming over to the minority a day
 too late to be of service
 Johnston Warns Senate.
 Senator Johnston of Tuscaloosa, in op-
 posing the measure, stated that he had no
 wish to pose as an obstructionist, and
 that he believed all the Senators were acting in accordance with their convic-
 tions. He believed, however, that the bills under consideration were not sufficiently well understood, and held that the Sem ate should not be asked to vote on measure that was not clear in every way. With reference to the present bill it ap- peared to him that the Alabama Senate. instead of taking steps to curb fhe pow CT of the trusts, was actually going over to them and endeavoring to put the peo- pie more completely in their grasp. In- stead of carrying the Consultation into effect the present tendency of the Senate appeared to him, he said. to be directly
 to the contrary.
 Senator Oliver of Chiffon held that the
 bill was something entirely new and was
 tantamount to legalizing monopolies of
 every sort. As native Of Alabama he
 declared he must oppose the measure as
 one calculated to cast stigma upon the
 fair fame of the State.
 Defended by Morrow. Senator Morrow of Jefferson defended the bill, contending that an erroneous impression of the provisions of the meas ure was what was troubling the minor- ity. He held that there was nothing in the bill legalizing anything that was un- lawful.
 The bill was passed with Senators Hogue, Johnston, Hurst, Norman, Oliver, Smith and spragins voting against it. Number 24 of the series, amended by Senator Blackmon. was passed without discussion. This bill limits the capital stock of corporations to a maximum of 10000. 900. and prescribes how the stock shall be increased and decreased. Bills 9 and 26 providing that no two corporations shall bear the same name, and providing that the Secretary of State shall keep a list of all the corporations doing business within the State, was pass ed unanimously.
 Senate bill 52, to regulate the collection and disbursement of the proceeds of the hire of convicts of the several counties
 was called up and debate cnsued, In the
 midst of which q motion to adjourn pre-
 vailed and the disposition of the measure
 was deferred until today.