The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-16
PD0GRESS IN UPPER
 < HOUSE HAS BEEN SLOW
Only Four Senators Vote Against Classification Measure.
Discussion of Three Days Is Concluded --Msin Fight Was On The De- feat of The TeasIey Amend
  ment For Court Re-

The Senate last night wearily passed the General Classification Bill. per g haps the most important of the batch of administration measures presented to the extra session. The bill was the first of the railroad measures to be passed in the Senate, which Is at present clogged with practically all the pro posed legislation of the administration.
 The administrators measures at the Beginning of the extra session were roughly divided into two classes. first the Penalty Bills" and second the .Rate Bills"
 The House was given the Penalty Bills and the Rate Bills were commit ted to the Senate. The House hurried ", and willingly passed its bills and sent them over to the Senate.
 But the Senate was not made up Of such willing workers. The Senators displayed a penetrating curiosity as to the contents of the bills. The minority Senators all wanted to know what was in them. And they Studied them, too.
 This was shown in the debates of yesterday and of the two preceding days. Both sides had gone into the merits of the measures and the debates showed a knowledge of the contents of 2 the measures that was missing from the hurried consideration of the rail- road legislation of the winter and the July session.
 The majority Senators appeared dis posed to give every opportunity for debate and discussion. They might possibly have been able to shut off all discussion. but they did not. The bills had ample discussion. circumstanosi which was different from that which, surrounded the passage of the anti railroad measures at the two previous sessions .f
 Ftght on Amendment.
 The flight of three days was ended last utNht by the passage of the big adHniAistfation bilI. with plenty ot 5 is or. was not pn tnc bill itssif buf on the Teasfey amendnsent providing Tor s R court review.
 The TeasIey amendment was in prae-9 ticaliy the same words as the court review provisions of the railroad acts passed by the two previous sessions. But the Senate would not have 1t that Way The Senate was informed there was a House bill coming over which would give a court review according to the way the administration want ed 1t given.
 Tn inc midst of a forcefuI speech in advocacy of the Governors bill, 5ena- tor Miller, of Birmingham, paid tribute to the great work done by President Milton H. Smith in the development of the Birmingham District, which was something in the nature of surprise.
 But Senator Miller announced that he differed from the Governor. who held that MT. Smith had no right to come to Montgomery during the ses- sion. He believed that Mir. Smith had every right to look after tho property committed to his care.
 He said furthermpre that Mir. Smith had been a steady friend to the Birm- ingham district and his policy had as- sisted materially in the wonderful development of that section of Ala bama. His generous policy had been an important factor in the districts advance, although the policy was not adopted as an eleemosynary work.
 Senator Reese in the debate also re- called the joy of the big banquet in Selma, given to celebrate the comple- ton of the Myrtlewood branch of the Louisville and Nashville.
 And some men whose votes were raised in laudation of the developing policy of Milton H. Smith and the Louisville and Nashville have raised their voices to denounce those same agencies of development" said Sena- tor Reese.
 Senator John J. King. who has been engaged number of years in build ing and developing work in brief but strong speech warned his fellow Senators of the evil effects that fn- variably followed agitation against capital.
 Damaged by Agitation.
 "A few years ago the cry was .sf3ryan and Free Silver" said Senator King i've were told that our only salvation was Bryanism and Free Sil- yer. We did not get either. But the country was not ruined as the loud mouthed agitators predicted. It's greatest prosperity soon followed
 But during that senseless agita- tion. the hands of every man who wanted to do something, who wanted to build up, were tied. Because or that craze, because of that senseless agita- tion lost six Of the pest years oI my
 And warn you that the same re- suIts will inevitably follow this agtta- tion. The effects of our war on capi- tai. on development, are upon Us and we will continue to feel them.
 we have attacked capital. ask vou what corporation is now coming into Alabama to build 1t up and develop it? Would any sensible man spend his money In developing when this war is on? Would any of you do it?'
 On the final vote only four Senators voted against the bill, They were Senators Moody, King, Teasley and Rlacknon. Senator Jones was against +he hill but he was paired with Senator Wimberly. who was absent
 The bill in question establishes four classes of the railroads of Ala bama and divides commodities Into different groups. In the first class az named in the bill. the Louisville an0 Nashville and it's allied lines are placed.
 The bill lowers the Alabama Great Southern from the first in the old act to the third class in the new bill.
 The protracted debate on the rail- road legislation was resumed at 12 o'clock Senator Strother reopened the discussion. He took his place as q supporter of the Governors bg x. and in doing so delivered an exten~ sive argument urging that the Senate hold up the hands of the Governor.
 The measure under consideration was House Bin 34. and the Teasley amendment both of which came over