The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-02

ing session. And then the Senate sd- journsd without taking Anal action on 1t.
 Yet when the Senate mot in tho af- ternoon for the sole purpose of passing local bills, 1t did more work than at any time during the entire session. In the first place every focal bin that Q Senator wanted passed was passed. The roll was called and called in vain. for the Senators had passed all their
 local bills.
 On top of that the Senate suddenly
 vent, to passing general bills. and 1t
 passed one general bill right after the
 other until . dozen of these measures
 were passed. Each bill. too, was passed
 under a suspension fthe rules.
 There were twefty-six Senators pres- ent at the morning session. Prayer was offered by Rev. Brooks Lawrence of the Anti Saloon League.
 In the absence of Leutenant-0over- nor Henry B. Gray. Senator Overton presided during the morning session ' President Pro Tenn Thomas was in the Senate chamber. but he had not fully recovered from the effects of slight illness. members of the State Board of Exam iners from its present fee basis to . salary basis was favorably reported from the Committee on Education. Against Court nt sylacauxa. As the Senate began Its morning work after the roll calls. Senator Boyles reopened the old Court House hght between ralladega and sylacau- sn. A House bill had come over to the Senate establishing rules of prac- tice for the branch court which was established by the Legislature at its winter session. The bill was under the adverse action of the Senate Commit tee and the fight was begun on Sen- ator Boyles' motion to take 1t from the adverse calendar.
 He was helped in his contest by Sen- ator Green of Clarke.
 Senator Heacock made his longest speech of the session in opposition to the bill. He took the grounds that a branch court at Sylacauga was useless | and unnecessary expense.
 He pointed out that Talladega County was a small county. containing only s75 square miles of. territory. The city of Talladega, the county seat was l centraly located and 1t was reached by trunk railroad lines radiating to every section of the county. The city was of easier access than any town of the county.
 Senator McWhorter also took the floor to help Senator Heacock in his fight. | The motion of Senator Heacock to table the motion to take from the ad-
 verse calendar was carried. 15 to 9. For Running Coninission. An echo of the defeat of the mining l bill in the House wAs contained in . resolution offered by Senator Reynolds. l of Bibb County. The resolution pro- vided that a Mining Commission should be created which should investigate mining conditions in Alabama and re- 1 port at the next special or regular session of the Alabama Legislature. | .. The commission is to embody the re- forms 1t deems desirable into a re- port which 1t is believed will be form- ed into a law Under the resolution. | two members of the commission are to be practical miners, who must come l from separate counties. Two members must represent the mine owners. one of
 whom must be what is known as a
 commercial operator" The mine owners must also come from separate counties. The fifth man will be the Chief Mine Inspector. The others are
 to be named by the Governor. The resolution was adopted and sent over to the House.
 | The Kirby bill. for expert super
 vision of schools, came over from the
 House where 1t had just passed and was reIeEEou to tHe NoHimitsoo oh Go'
 ucation.
 statue for Jefferson Davis. | By an appeal to the patriotism o
 his fellow Senators, Senator Moody SC
 cured the passage of the bill for thu | erection of a statue in front of thu State Capitol of Jefferson Davis, thu first and only President of the Confed l crate States.
 l Senator Lusk was inclined to objec | tn ho the UrnnndI
 of it's being a general bill. But ht
 yielded on a personal appeal from Sen
 ator Moody With fhis objection with drawn. the bill was unanimousl,
 passed. The bill creates a commission for thu
 erection of the statue. The commis
 sion is to consist of Governor B. B | Conner, State Auditor W. W. Brandon
 Director Thomas M. owen of the State
 Department of Archives and History
 Senator w. c. Jones and Speaker A l H. Carmichael.
 The bill on it's introduction carried
 an appropriation of $10.000 and de | clared that the statue should be erect l ed in front of the Capitol
 The Senate Committee on Finance l and Taxation changed the amount oi
 the appropriation to $15.000. The Com.
 mittee further provided that the ap.
 proach to the Capitol should be wid.
 ened until 1t was as broad as Dexter i Avenue. in the middle of this ap-
 proach a plaza will be constructed and | the statue will be erected. The bill
 was sent over to the House without l engrossment Honor to Senator Morgan. In the same way Senator Reese bided | his time and at an opportune moment l secured the passage of the bill placing l a statue of Senator John T. Morgan in | the National Hall of Statuary at Wash ington.