The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-21
PROTEST
 FROM MOBILE
tcontInued from Pase One,

 form. Hard Blow for Mobile. Mir. Lyons said this was the great est blow that could be administered to Mobile. The people of the city asked to be allowed to continue under
 local option. Now they had been granted an extension which was not
 sufficient to them to readjust them
 selves. However. he was not there to supplicate. Mobile would again arise. Phoenix-like from her ashes. Mir. Hoffman again spoke. Mobile. he intinated. had been traded for gain Q short three months. Colonel John said he did not allow any man to go before him in the cause of education of the children of this land.
 You cannot appeal to me on l tenderer subject" he said. "But am sorry the gentleman from Mobile made l the use of the word trade. Trade means barter and sale. An agreement openly made for the purpose of ar- irving at a conclusion on point in dispute is fiji no sense a trade Governor Would Re Fair. There is a third house, he said, in the Legislature of Alabama, and that is the Governor, who was permitted to suggest amendments. He for one ] was perfectly willing in any way to
 
 To arrive at this. the best thing to do would be to pass the bill and let it 20 to the Governor.
 He felt satisfied Mobile would re- ceive fair treatment at the Governors hands that that whatever he could do for Alabama's seaport would be done. Personally he would do anything In his power to aid Mobile. Mir. Hoffman thereupon withdrew his motion.
 MT. Pitts of Dallas took exception to the word trade It was, he said, ar- bitration. All sympathized with Mo- bile, bur other cities had their trou- bles He thought all ought to take an optimistic view.
 MT. Ballard said he admired the generosity os the gentleman from Jeff ferson (Mr. John) but he did not think the bill should be sent to the Governor in this way. There was no intimation that there would be an appeal made to the Governor. he said. Four Negative Votes. The previous question was ordered and the House concurred in the Senate amendment by a vote of ayes 70, nays 4. MT. Hoffman filed a protest to be spread on the journal. Later in the forenoon Mir. Ballard of Autauga moved the House go into com mittee of the whole to take up the bill on the adverse calender to give the Governor an appropriation of S5.000 for 1 the purpose of prosecuting violators of | the prohibition law. ] Mir. Hoffman demanded vote by, a 1 roll call. There was a question as to whether 8 quorum was present The vote was. yeas, 4S: nays. 24. and the House went into a committee of the whole, MT. Urquhart in the chair. Mir. John moved the committee' rise
 and report the bill favorably to the House.
 Argument on Appr0priation. Mir. Pitts of Dallas submitted Ala | and courts for this purpose and he | could see no reason for the bill. If 1t l is not in the hearts of the people to enforce the law. they would not do so. | He did not believe in the House hiring l detectives.
 l MT. Lacey of Walker thought the
 funds could be used to analyze hop 1 jack" and other such drinks Mir. Pitts said there were State chemists to do this.
 MT. Long offered an amendment add
 ing $5,oo0 for the prosecution of rape | and murder.
 MT. John raised the point that it was
 not germain to the bill, and the chair so ruled.
 Mrs Long said he would speak to the ! bill then. The appropriations had been
 increased largely for the purpose of | getting increased service out of the
 courts. If there were to be more ap- prOpriations he continued. 1t should be | for subject more dear. to the hearts of Alabamians. He did not think the whiskey question was. The House had been told sentiment would enforce the law and now an appropriation was asked for.
 "Antls Opposing It.n
 The objections to the appropriation,
 Dr. Lovelady said, came from those who
 had opposed the prohibition bill. Mir. Fuller thought 1t would not hurt to let the Governor have this money
 He was sure he would not use 1t un- less 1t was necessary and the very fact that he had 1t would intimfdate those who were inclined to break the law.
 Speaker Carmichael said 1t would occur to any one who would think just how this money could be- applied. He thought every man in favor of pro.
 bibition ought to votet for the bill. It was understood in the agreement that this was a good law and would be put into effect.
 MT. Middleton said he had voted for prohibition with some rnisgivings. One 0f the main things that caused him fo do so was this proposed law. In Sis own county whiskey was being sold.
 Fear Federal Government.
 They had been able to catch up with the violators and in every instance they found a United States license had been procured This, he said was because they feared the United States laws and they would fear the States laws Just the same If this fund were in the Gov eronr's hands: ~
 Mir. Pitts,< of Perry, said the amount
 was not enough to be effective. If the State Is going into the detective busi-
 ness 1t ought to go In with sufficient funds to support 1t.
 MT. Rice called attention to a peclil- far incident in the House. The gentle
 man from Dallas (Mr. Pitts) and the gentleman from Perry (Mr. Pitts),
 agreed on proposition before the
 House.
 The House as a committee of the
 whole decided to report the bill fav- l orably.
 The action of the committee gave the | bill it's second reading, and later in | the day it was taken up and passed. Prosecution on Affidavit. Just before noon, the House took
 up Speaker Carmichael's bill. It pro- | yides that man can be prosecuted on | affidavit whether or no a grand jury | has passed on the case for violation of prohibition laws and those per- tainiug to sale of pistols and other l weapons.
 l MT. Pitts of Dallas thought the bill | was unconstitutional.
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