The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-03
PITTS TURNED DOWN
HOUSE PASSES LOCAL MEASURE
 OVER tffs PROTEST.
Refuses te Grant Courtesy to Repre- sentaffve in Matter Pertaining to Own C0unty---secures Only
 Three votes

Three votes we're all that Hepresen- tative W. L.. Pitts of Perry county could secure last night, upon a mo- ton to defer action until after the re- cess on 2 bill affecting only Perry county, although he appealed for such postponement as q matter of personal courtesy
 The incident was one of the inter- estihE ones that occasionally come up at the evening sessions Of the House, which are devoted to local lesislation. Some fifteen measures of various kinds and descriptions had been passed dur ing the evening when Mir. White Of Perry called up Senate Bill No. S32, by Senator Reynolds. which authorized the commissioners of Perry county to appropriate annually from the county funds the suin of s250 to be used by the county board of education flor the sole and only purpose. of advancing the interests of the public schools of said county"
 Mir, Pitts immediately assumed the floor and appealed to the members not to pass the bill. He had known nothing of 1t, he said, until if came over from the Senate, where It had originated. and he wished the bill to 20 over till after the recess, that he might have opportunity to go home and investigate, the bill.
 Mr. White or Perry. in reply to his colleague, said the pill was an en- tirely proper one: It provided that the money was to be used for the ber- eft of the schools. ''for the blue eyed Susans and the straight paired John nies." as had often been referred to by his colleague. There was no 0prosi- ton at home, and he wanted the bill passed.
 Mir. Pitts resumed the floor. in an earnest manner appealed to the mem- bers not to pass the bill over his head. He might not oppose 1t. he. said, after he had gone home and looked into It, but he did not understand it. and wanted an opportunity to investigate. :. He appealed to the members, as personal request, to postpone action. i.
 Mr. White took the floor second time. and declared that merely because he had not been consulted in advance, his colleague was seeking to postpone action As far as he tMr. Whitel was concerned. he wanted the bill passed. and passed at once.
 Mir. Pitts took the floor for third time to appeal for postpore'rs'.. until afted the recess. He was asking for nothing. he said. but what he would be willing to grant himself, and had granted to his colleague. He was stili speaking when the point of order was raised, first by Mir. Kirby of Madi- son and then by Mr. King of Jefferson. that he had already spoken twice upon the subject, and 1t was against the rules for a member to speak 1hree
 
 though very visib1y affected blythe point that was raised, after moving that action be postponed until after the recess. 4..t...
 Upon the first vote on this question, there were but one or two affirmative voices heard, and Mir. Pitts demanoea division. On the rising vote, only three members of the House voted af- firmativeiy, a big majority voting Tor immediate action. The bill was lnei,
 ,.S e,, its third reading. and passed hy vote of fifty to nine.
 Fifty mine members of the House re- sponded to their names at the evening roll call. s..,.,,. ,ha, The senate resolution providing that the joint committee to prepare gen eral municipal bill during the reeess must complete it's work at least sixty days before the Legislature reconvenes ana mail each member two copies or the printed bill was adopted
 The House concurred without oppo- sition. in the Senate amendment to the Jamestown Exposition blH' Which