The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03
SQUABBLE ON ANTI-PASS BILL Longs Street Car Meas ure Goes Through. POINT OF ORDER IS SPRUNG Goodwin Moves to Reconsider and
 Asks It to Go Over. Rules Under Which House Had Been Working Are Overturned, and
 Members TabIe Motion that
 Would Have Killed Bill.
POINT OF ORDER IS SPRUNG

Fighting on a question of rules cc- cupied much of the time of the House yesterday. Under the ruling made at the early part of the session. motion to reconsider . bill must lay over for one day before being acted upon. un- less immediate consideration were de- manded.
 It was under this ruling that Mir. Goodwin of Mont gomery nearly sue ceeded in putting out of commission bill that had been passed by the House prohibiting street railways from issu- ing passes.
 There had been some opposition to the bill but 1t went through on yea and nay vote. Mir. Goodwin immedi- ately moved to reconsider the vote. This motion caused consternation among the ardent supporters of the bill by reason of the fact that had the rules of the House been sustained. the consideration of the vote would have gone over until next Tuesdays session. and 1t would have been 2 matter of impossibility for the bill to So through the Senate after that time.
 No sooner had Mr. Goodwyn's motion been made. therefore. than those who are best posted on parliamentary usage quickly got together to defeat his pur- pose Time was gained by interposinS several motions. and thus the Speaker was kept from announcing his decis- ion.
 Finally a motion was made to table the motion to reconsider, and vote was taken. the Speaker announcing there was no vote because there was not quorum present and voting. A call of the roll was demanded. and members went scurrying into the lobby and over into the Senate chamber af- ter other members who had left their seats.
 In this way the presence of sufficient members was obtained to make more than a quorum. and the Speaker again put the motion to table. holding that as there was a quorum present and as 1t seemed to be the desire of the House that the matter be immediately set tied, he would call for yea and nay vote.
 MT. Goodwyn's motion was. therefore, tabled over his protest that the pro- cecdjngs had not been In order. The close shave that this bill had had from being killed set the Rules Committee to thinking. It quietly met without making any announcement Of its purpose. When the afternoon ses- sion convened. the committee made It's report changing the rule so as to per- U | if 1t were called for by the members. The House had hardly settled down l when this announcement was made, and as there Is seldom an objection 10 A report of the committee. no one paid any particular attention to this report. and 1t was adopted without opposition. At tho close of the afternoon session there was another motion to reconsidsr the vote by which a bill had passed anrnriSa of most or tbesmembers of the House. they leane1 for the first time that they. by their vote. had changed the rules SO that an immediate reconsideration could be had.
 The House succeeded in disposinS or A number of bills, few going down to defeat. but the majority or them passing without opposition.
 The anti-street car pass bill occu- pied the most attention. Several times Mir. Long had attempted to get this matter before the House, but had failed. Yesterday morning he succeed ed As soon as 1t had been read. there was q motion to table 1t. This was voted down.
 MT. Pitts of Dallas offered an amend ment to the bill excluding from its Ie- quirements all attorneys. officers and employees If the road and their faini-
 
 mail carriers when on duty. This amendment was adopted.
 The bill. as amended. was then passed-yeas, 5s; nays. 8.
 It was at this point that MT. Good wyn made his effort to put the bill out of commission.
 By unanimous consent, MT. Hoffman managed to call up MT. Cooper,s bill, which makes 1t misdemeanor to ok, per month for short loans.
 MT. Hoffman offered an amendment making it a misdemeanor to add extra charges for making out papers. This amendment was subsequently, with drawn and the bill passed.
 Bond for Convict Bureau.
 After failing in two attempts Thurs day to bring up his bill to require the President of the Convict Board to give bond to the amount of $20.000, Mir. Pitts of Dallas succeeded in having the House give 1t consideration. He said the President of the Convict Board frequently had as much as $100.00o Tn his possession, and he thought he ought to be placed under bond.
 An attempt was made to raise the amount to $50 900, but this failed. The original bill was passed.
 The following resolution was of fered by MT. Sherrod and caused much merr ment in the House:
 "Aesolved, That the Rules Commit tee of the House Is hereby enjoined from demanding the special order on the calendar as the same now stands. and should said committee in any man ner violate thIs restraining order. that It's charter be revoked and it be no, permitted to transact any further busi- ness in the State of Alabama"
 bill introduced by MT. Lindsay. to require tax collectors and tax asses- sors to keep their offices in the court houses of the several counties was called and passed.
 Mir. Rice had his bill called to assist anDIicapts for pension as Confederate