The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-22

blocks in the way of prohibition" MT. Davis described the fine school houses that had been erected on the proceeds from the sales of dispensartes, "monu- time would come in Alaba.na when the children who were educated in those school houses would remember that fact with feeling of shame and hu- initiation. But the bill was amended just the same
 It was evident when the Senate went into consideration of the bill that its an agreement. The friends of the measure as 1t came from the hands of it's authors, had been impressed by the opposition to the measure on the pre- vious day, and they were not anxious to challenge that opposition to do its wrost. On the other hand, the princi- pal opposition was from those Sena- tors who wanted to see dispensaries protected Amendments to protect dis rensarIes and to elinr mate the all ed unfair features of the bill were agreed upon. and on the final passage there was but sight opposition.
 Firesrms Bill Passed.
 Senator Hinsop yesterday, after a hard fight. had taken from the adverse calendar his ''Firearms bill" The bill provides as one feature of 1t, the licens- ms Ol yihS ihSdii tHa~A SihN'H conditions and it provides as another feature that no unlicensed person could carry a tirearm beyond the curtilsge of his dwelling It provides also for the restriction of the ownership of hre- arms by unauthorized parties. In the discussion of the bill Senator Hinson read a letter from a Lowndes County constituent telling of the negroes buy ing Winchester rifles.
 Senator Hinson said every Senator from the Black Belt knew that state ment was true. The bill was put upon the regular calendar, and Senator Hin son has strong hopes of its passage :, In the afternoon, the Senate finished its regular consideration of local bills and went into the passage of general measures. Before 6 o'clock had ar rived, the Senate had passed and dis posed of a number of special orders. Prime in importance among the bills passed was the bill providing for the revocation of the license of railroad If 1t should transfer case from State to a Federal Court. There was no outward opposition to the measure. Senator Lusk explained the bill only provided a contestee of a rate with the assurance that bond would be given for his indemnification when the case was taken to court. The bills, amending the general education law in reference to licensing of teachers were also passed without opposition.
 The bill of Senator Lusk to estab- fish d Judicial Commission of five mem- hers to rearrange the judicial system of the State. went in to a strong fight us soon as 1t was taken from the cal endar. The Senators were still arguing it when the hour of adjournment ar rived yesterday afternoon.
 Local Option Measure.
 rrfA aft Nr txaFN efforts. succeeded in having taken up the Lovelady local option bill. Baked in his first attempts Senator McWhor- teA manifested a patient determination to keep at it until he had the bill be- fore the Senate.
 The bill had been left in the air at the close of Wednesdays session. Sen ator Spragins had moved to re- commit the bill with the amend ments to the Temperance Committee MT. Gardner had moved to table the Spragins motion. Moth motions were withdrawn, and the way was opened for a discussion of the measure.
 Senator Thomas arose to a question of personal privilege. Senators on the floor, he said, had misunderstood what he said, and he desired to have his po- sition made clear. The Senator from Randolph had represented him as be- ing against the county unit and for the beat unit, That was an error.
 I inferred from your remarks that you were for the beat unit" said Sena- GOT Overton.
 Your inference was wrong, and 1t was not Justified by any words of mine. I thought I had made myhelf perfectly clear that I favored the county unit. That has been my position from the outset, and l shall support that feature of the bill l opposed the feature of the bill which provided that where dispensary is now located an election might be ordered in two years. had been told the bin would protect us from an election on the liquor question for four years. "
 Senator Gardner. as a member of the steering committee, in charge of the hlll, said an agreement had been reached to accept the amendment of Senator Reid.
 which provided that an election might be held in county that went dry" the same as in county which went wet" The amendment put the dry counties and the wet counties on the same basis. This provision of the orig ina1 bill had perhaps been subject to more criticism than any other feature of it
 MT. Reid explained that the
 
 in which prohibition now prevailed. It applied only to counties in which whis- key was now sold.
 Reid Urges Amendment.
 MT. Reid gave some reasons for the adoption of the amendment. He had had some experience in county where prohibition prevailed. The blind tiger had come to be such an evil it involved some of tlAe most prominent citizens in it. MT. Reid had assisted in the prosecution of some of the accused men and he knew of the bitterness that grew out of the evils of the blind ti ger.
 "The people of that county had the chance to vote out the blind tigers" said Senator Reid, and they voted it out to bring in the lesser evils. The amendment only provides that there shall be q way to get rid of the blind tiger evil when 1t becomes unbearable."
 Mir Reid's amendment was then adouted
 Mir. Moody offered another dispen- sary amendment to the bill. The amend meut provided that dispensaries which had been established, or which would be established by the present Legisla- ture, should remain undisturbed by an election for two years from January l., 1908 There was some objection to the amendment, but 1t went through with votes to spare.
 Senator Miller proposed an amend ment which set apart each city of Ala hama having more than 20,000 people, as a special unit to itself. It should not be prt with the county in an elec-