The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-19
The Solons Wax Over
 enthusiastic.
INCREASE TUNsTAIL BILL
Raise Amount Originally Proposed
 to Extent of $l00,000.
After Adjournment, Report Goss 0ss Th-t Leaders Are Made To Feel D,rpiea.ure Of tn. Aa-
 snsnistratien.

The champions of the common schools hoisted their standard in the House yesterday. and in the enthusiasm that followed the House voted an increased appropriation to the common schools of s4oo.ooo. When the excitement was over. the Representatives were made ia realize that they had overshot the ap- propriation mark set by the adminis- tration and that. In all probabiIity. the appropriation would be cut down td ssoo,ooo. the amount favored hy the new Governor. before the. bill finally became law.
 While the advocates of great big appropriation had their way in the House, the leaders. shortly after ad- journment. were not long in learning that the appropriation was sfoo.0oo too high for executive favor According to a report which spread through the capitol shortly after the House had ad- journed, the leaders were given plainly to understand the views of the new ex- ecutive. If this report is true. and ie was believed at the Capitol that is was. the situation is that the appro- priation will be cut down by a re- consideration in the House. or the Sem ate will pull the House ehestnuts out of the fire.
 It is an open secret that Governor Conner favors making the large ins creased appropriation of ssoo,Opo to ths common schools, but that he Is opposed to jeopardizing other interests hyEtr- ing the entire surplus to the schooIz in addition to what they arc getting.
 The appropriation bill. which was introduced by former Speaker A. Nj. Tunstall was the subject of much eloauenee. oratory being given free reign for a time. even the customary hour of adjournment being overlooked to allow the members the privilege of speaking their minds upon the subject.
 The TunstaIi ineasure was adopted,g at, the close of- the discussion. but moi until two important changes. proposed by pr. Arnold of Calhoun County. had been adopted. one of these changes raised the amount of the appropriation from sso0.0 900 to sl0e.000. and the other made 1t a continuing appropriation. that amount to be given the schools an- nuaily until the law Is repealed by some subsequent Legislature, The time limit of the appropriation does not even expire with the next session of the Legislature.
 When the House was called to order at II o'clock. Speaker Martin present. ed Dr. F. c, Railey. pastor of ehe First Presbyterian Church of Mont- gomery, who invoked Divine bIessipg.i The roll call showed ninety-eight meme bers present.
 Leave of absence for the day was granted Mir. Powell of covington. Leave was granted Mir. Kirby Of Mad-i ison. for yesterday and Monday.
 Concur in Four NleasAres.
 Notice was received that the Senata had concurred in four joint resolu~ tions adopted by the House. these be- ing approval of the Birmingham subs Treasury movement, the investigation by an expert accountant of the finan-i cial condition of Booker Washing toms Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, and the resolutions for the voting for United States Senators Tues~ day to succeed Senators Morgan and Pettus, and the comparing of the jour~l nals in Joint session Wednesday.
 The Senate resolution extendings through Lieutenant Governor Gray an invitation to Governor Haywood of South Carolina, who Is at present nts tending the meeting of the ,6outhexn Cotton Association at Birmingham to address the Legislature was immedi. ately adopted. under suspension of tha rules.
 senate Bill No. 8. bx Senator Lusix. relating to the fixing of the valuation of railroad, telephone and telegraph lines in the State, was received from the upper body, read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and means.
 Pleads For EducatlOn.
 Half a dozen members of the House were clamoring for recognition by the chair when the debate on the school appropriation bill was finally started. Mir Arnold, of Calhoun. secured the CO., veted honor of speaking first. He of fered an amendment to the bill. chang ing 1t so that the amount was tncreas- cd from s3O0.0Oo to S40o.000 the ap- propriation to be made continuing fn- stead of being for 1907 only.
 While we are dealing with the sub Ject- of schools" said Mir. Arnold. there is no good reason for leaving the work unfinished and have to follow up our present appropriation with another lat- CT on. I am confident the condition of the treasury is such that we are amply able to give $400.0O0 to the schools. and we can surely afford to makei 1t an annual appropriation.
 .'It is important that we deal llber- ally with the schools: such a course has been recommended by the Cover nor. This is one of the most important bills that can arise before thls Housa or before the Legislature. I believe the beneficiaries of this appropriation deserve the greatest consideration at our hands. and confidently believe they. will receive 1t There are other worthy causes that will apply to the Legislature for assistance, but think of fhem