The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-02
NO CHANGE IN STATUS
 IN FEDERAL COURT CASE
Governor Will Watch Developments
 and Act at Right Time.
Give. s-f ODeaal Statement in Which ua Speaks of 1t a, . Probability, Dut in Private He Talks Of 1t as . CeR. 
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There will be an extra session of the Legislature. but t will not be held now. It may be called for November. or 1t may be called . little later.
 Governor Conner in an ofiicial state mont yesterday spoke of the extra ses- sion as a probability. In an unomcial statement to members of the LeEisla- ture. he spoke of the extra sesion as certainty.
 In the rotunda of the Capitol yester- day morning, as Governor Conner was passing. one of the :roup of several members of the Legislature asked him.
 Governor. will there be an extra sessionf''
 'sYes. there vii. be one. You can de- pend upon that" replied the Cover
 good gracious. Governor. you ar" not going to keep us on here now, are youT' asked Representative Pitts or Dallas.
 "oh. no. You will not have to stay here You will get a breathing spell before the extra session is called, was tho Governors reply
 Later. in answer to reouests tr"" the newspaper men as to his position on tho question of an extra session. the Governor gave out the following om- cial statement:
 T intend to see that every law ct tho State. both civil and criminal, 1s executed. If any defect in the laws are apparent. I will If necessary. call an extra session. think t.iat every State should be able to maintain its own aovereignity and manage it's own aS- fairs. If we can do that we become . colony and not a sovereign state.
 eff our Legislature cannot enac. laws along this line 1t won't be very enective as
 A. Anlr 4f state. Our laws regarding our inter- nal affairs should first be revised by our supreme court. and I hardly see how any citizen O loves his state should wish the contrary"
 Relieved for the Present.
 The memberss of the Legislature breathed easier yesterday when 1t was learned that the Governor would not keep them in extra session now. The doubt of that. They have been in Montgomery through the hottest weather of the hottest summer Mont Komery has experienced in many years. The work has been hard, too. They have been here a month and they are anxious to get home,
 An audible sigh of relief went " an the Capitol when 1t was learned that the decision of the Governor was not for an immediate extra session.
 The extra session. when 1t Is called. will have no other purpose than the "half-soling" of such railroad legisla- tion as has already been enacted. The Governor has gone over the situation very carefully with his legal advisers. It is an open secret that he was great 1y disappointed that the Alabama laws did not give him the same advantages and opportunities that the North Car olina laws gave to Governor Glenn.
 But his determination yesterday fn- dicated that he would allow tho litt- gation now in progress in the Federal Courts to continue. without an effort to change the laws which are under fire The cases will go right ahead without any changes from the out side. It is believed that the Cover nor's advisers told him that 1t would be inexpedient at this time to make any change in the legal status of the States side of the controversy in the Federal Courts.
 The situation will be watched. and she Legislature will later be called to. gether. when the Governor thinks his experience has given him an opIftuni- ty to score g point on his railroad op- pOnents.