The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-07

ton bill would only intensity the evil which they sought to cure, while the Hinson bill would eradicate the evil. The white county Senators were im- pressed by tte arguments of Senators Hinson and Reese, and the other Sena- tors from the Black Belt.
 The Hinson bill, as a substitute for the Rushton bill, was ordered by Sena- tor spragins. Senator Reese tmme- diateiy took the floor to make an elo- quent plea for the bill The bill offer ed more remedy for conditions exist ing in the Black Belt than any meas ure yet presented.
 He was followed by Senator King, who said if the white county Senators understood Black Belt conditions, the bill would be immediately passed. Sem ator Merritt was not sure that the substitute would be all that its friends predicted for it. The substitute was heartily favored by Senator Reynolds.
 Senator Teasley attacaed the Rush. ton bill. It would, he said, arm every negro in the Black Belt while the Him. son bill would cure the evil.
 The vote on the adoption of the sub stitute was ayes, 20; nays, 8.
 The Hinson bill, as 1t passed, makes 1t unlawful for any person to carry pistol beyond the cur.ilage of his dwelling" A license to carry pistol can be secured by the payment of s1o. and by the submission proof that the applicant is man of peaceable char acter and has never been convicted of felony. If the applicant makes a bond of $500 to keep the peace. he can carry the pistol unconceaied. The senate met as early as s:15 o'clock, but the morning was far gone before the senators achieved some tangi ble results for their work. Tha Araawx~1a hfIfn and the dOp tax law were the two questions which staved of definite action by the Senate. Both measures were earnestlp support ed by the Black Belt senators and op- posed by a majority of the senators from the white counties. The two questions were thrased out during the morning hours, and both bills passed in some form.
 The Arnold bill making an amend ment to the Rural School House bill, which came over from the House was called up and passed.
 In the absence of Senator Lusk, his bill regulating the Jurisdiction of suits against non-residents or foreign cor porattons upon causes of action arising outside of tho State, came up as a special order. There was no discussion of the measure. Senator Lusk came in the Senate in time for the vote on the measure. The bill was passed. ayes 1s' nays 12.
 New Counties Amendment.
 At this juncture the bill proposing an amendment to the constitution, for the purpose of forming and establish- ing new counties came up.
 It was known that the bill at this time was being pushed and urged by Bessemer and the lower portion of Jef- ferson county. That section of the County of Jefferson at this term is the only place which the bill is an issue.
 Senator Miller made an earnest ap- neal for the defeat of the bill. Under the provisions of the constitution, even if the bill was passed. only three sec- tfons of the State could be affected, part of Jefferson and Tuscaloosa coun- ties, a part of Madison and Jackson and a part of Dallas. Perry and Ma rengo.
 brought up and pushed by the City of Bessemer He explained conditions In Jefferson county as they now exist and as they would exist in the new coun- ty. The line of the new county. he said would have to be seven miles from Birmingham and five miles from Bessemer The whole fight, he said. was an effort to boost the local self pride of the people of Bessemer at the expense of the county.
 Senator White, a friend of the meas ure, spoke favorably for the bill AS A part of his remarks, he read com muuIcation from the members of the Board of Revenue of Jefferson county. As one man they favored the bill.
 Senator Reid opposed the measure He did not oppose 1t simply because if involved a change in the constitu- tiou. He was not one of those who considered the constitution too sacred to be touched.
 He opposed the bill through a patri- otic feeling that when a man repre- sented an Alabama county he repre- scented an empire, and not little hand ful of people around a court house, as they did in Georgia. He felt pride in the fact that he represented one or tbe big counties in Alabama, county fast forging to the front in wealth and population, and he did not want to see his county made any smaller.
 Senator Wilson did not consider the constitution too sacred to be touched. and he did not take much stock in the talk of the bitterness of the court house Aght. He came from a county where there had been more court house nshtS than in any other county of the State. Still Blount county continued to live and prosper He saw no reason why the people should not be given chance to vote on the provision.
 Favored the Delegation.
 The measure was favored by Senator Reese According to the statement of inc Senator from Jefferson. he repre- sented one of the five Senatorial Dis tricts affected by the bill if it went in to effect. Notwithstanding that, he favored the measure.
 He understood, too, that three out of the five Senators in question favored