The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
SENATE PASSES BILL TO
 ERECT THE MONUMENTS
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 Senator Lusk objected f5 the tlU m economical standport. There are laA counties that have nc high schools to % cate the children of those who served H. the wars which should not be so. Also he was satisfied that instead of looking after the dead a greater duty is due the old soldiers who are living and needy. He had the highest regard for the heroes who died and felt that their grandsons will not rest until those who gave mp their lives for their country.
 Mir Thomas spoke for the measure An old veteran had told him with tears in his eyes of being at Chiekamauga and seeing monuments of other states, with Alabama missing. He felt that his state had too long neglected the old heroes; too long left its citizens to be made ashamed at the lack of attention to the matter.
 Miller Amends.
 Senator Miller offered to amend by providing that not more than five monuments be erected under this bill. On request of Senator Reese MT. Mill Ter agreed to change his suggestion to allow not more than $25,O00 used in any one year This was adopted
 Senator McWhorter was not in favor
 . from Marshall was right. that better attention be given the living veterans and their children.
 The roll call showed passage of the bill, the vote being ayes 21, nays 10. Those who voted no were Boles, Dis ter, Leith. Lowe. Luck, McWhorter Overton, Reed, strother and Wilson
 Bills Passed.
 These bills were pasesd at the aft ernoon sesison of the senate:
 To increase the salary of the mem .bers of the board of revenue of Jeffer- son.
 To refund certain moneys to Charles and Gus Bassett D. J. OConnell and T. l.. Baker and their heirs.
 To establish the Mobile law and equity court : For dispensary of Enterprise
 To provide for road working in Ge- nova county.
 To regulate dspensaries in Geneva county.
 To close dispensary at Headland. To establish d dispensary at Flor ala.
 For dispensary at Brocton.
 To fix the salary of the judge of the city court of Talladega To. regulate dispensary at Marion. / To vacate certain highways in Owenton.
 To prevent sale of liquors within one and half miles of Bethel church.
 To alter the boundary lines of Bes- semer
 To establish an inferior court in Beat 10 Morgan county.
 To establish d dispensary at Gnion- town.
 To prohibit sale of liquors within five miles of Corona Methodist church. Tn provide for transferring cases to the law and equity court of Walker county.
 To repeal sections 1o17 and 1o1s of the code so far as they relate to the counties of Marion, Calh oun, Mobile and Etawah counties. To relieve D. NJ. Scott of the Ma tiot@ Guard. s To provide for a tax of Sl on dogs in Madison county. 'N To amend act for the Clay county court.
 To provide for celebrating the battle of Horseshoe Bend on March 27, 1914 To provide for dispensary in Fay cite county.
 To allow Tallapoosa county To regu- late ferry tolls.
 House Session.
 At the opening of the house session this
  resolution providing for the appointment of commission to frame a mining law and report same back to the next session of the legislature. The commission is to be composed of the chief mine inspector, two practical miners and two practical mine operators The resolution went 10 the rules committee.
 Upon motion of Mr Williams the bill to permit the governing board of dispen- saries to give to counties a portion of the net receipts of such dispensares for the purpose of aiding in construction of good roads was taken from the adverse calendar and placed upon the regular cali endar with favorable report by the com mittee of the whole.
 Prohibition Bill.
 The general prohibition bill was also taken from the adverse calendar and giv- en place upon the regular calender. MT. Henley of Escambia the author of 1pe bill. made an attempt to secure unanimous consent to have the bill considered by the committee of the whole house, but there was objection. and Mr. Henley then asked for suspension of the rules, On d viva Voce vote there was n call for di- vision, and nearly all of the members arose. There were four to rise in opposi- ltion to a suspension of the rules. These were Chairman Ballard of the temper ance committee, Messrs. Hoffman of Mo bile, Jenkins of Baldwin and Mastin of Montgomery. The bill was then given a favorable report by the committee, with out word of debate.
 The bill amending the quarantine laws so as to make the appropriation $2Q009 annually was called by MT. Gunter and passed.
 Election Bill Lost.
 Mr Rushton demanded the regular or der. which was his bill to regulate pri- mary elections in Alabama. He made an extended speech in favor of the bill. and when he had concluded MT. Hoffman of Mobile moved that the bill and pending amendments be laid upon the table, but by vote of AS 10 47 the hous1 declined the motion. There was much confusion during the roll call, necessitating a re- call for verificaton. Many members changed their votes, and the final result was applauded.
 Mir Arnold of Calhoun offered a substi- ute for the bil eliminating all the fea- lures except the provision that the ex- pense of primaries where one-fourth of the qualified electors participate shall be paid by the counties. He opposed the plan to have all primaries of different