The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-13
THINGS ALABAMA SOLONS MIGHT CONSIDER WHEN
 EXTRA SESSIONS CALLED
BY HERvEY w. LAIRD.

I should be held to give the accused quick nearing and the community swift ven- geahce Tor the outrage. it is believed that the governor should be allowed to order the Judge to hold a special session and that he will be forced to do so As it is now, the executive can only suggest and the judge can do as he pleases. as some have seen fit to do in the last fifteen months.
 Administration Record.
 The record of the present adminis- tration has been notable in the matter of lynchings. Since Governor Jelks took the office there have been five negroes ] lynched and 1t is generally conceded that l there was no real proof that three of the five committed the crimes for which they were killed. The other two may have been guilty; no doubt were Some time ago newspaper in a neighborng state took occasion to apologize for the crime of lynching for certain unmention- 1 able offenses, holding that they are so l horrible and revolting there Is no req i son for giving the perpetrators even a trial. Governor Jelks has answered this view by the assertion that the giving 1 way to this feeling soon leads to lynehing for every crime and without evidence that the victims are in the least guilty
 
 cut by the cases in Alabama referred to. wherein Is expressed the opinion that three of the, five never committed the offense for which they died Like all other reflections of the law and right 1 principles it is progressive and those who practice it will soon be holding the statutes in such supreme contempt that they will take life for almost any of fense, or for no offense at all.
 Capitol Improvement.
 It is not at all impossible that the governor would take into consideration the controversy now on concerning the improvement and extension of the capitol especially as it seems that there Is lit- tie prospect for the sides against each otLer to get together It is we'll known that the capitol commission proper will not agree, unless there is a great change of heart, on any plan that involves a two-story building, and 1t seems as cer- tain that the members of the supreme court will not agree to three-story plan. Thus the improvement is tied up. or ap- pears to be, until there is some way de- vised by which one faction may outwit the other or a new set of rules estab- lished for the whole.
 The legsa ture could easily make a change and say that the building should be built thus and so, or do away with the old ideas altogether and provide for an entirely new building The temper of the people is not we'll known on the sub ject. There are many partisans on both sides of the controversy and the strength oe each Is hard to determine.
 Little Sentiment for 1t.
 There is very little sentiment at this time for an extra session of the legisla- ture, outside of that which would fall in line with the governor in most any suggestion. This Is not due to any special opposition, but simply to that feeling that mid-season meetings of the law makers are always loaded. They are hard to control, and no telling where they will go if once they get the reins off. There is a lot of money in the treasury, and the men who make up the general assembly like to spend it whenever they get a chance. This much was demonstrated at the last session when the governor had to keep after them with message and protest all the time to prevent more ap- propriations being made than the taxes would stand for. The wisdom of the ex- ecutive is found in the full strong box at this time. It has money to take care of anything that will come up and more, and the governor sees no reason why 1t should not be taken out and applied to bond redemption and relieve the state of a large interest account 1t is now carry ing.
 Pension Matters.
 It is just possible that if the legisla- ture were assembled the governor would ask it to take up the laws governing the npnqion distribution to tha old Con-