The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-16
GOVERNOR COMER WITHDRAWS
 PREDECESSORS APPOINTMENTS

them and to us. might lnierIere Witf {, their public duties which have evel had the first claim upon their consid' eration.
 l Now. therefore. be it resolved. by the Senate of Alabama, the House oi Representatives concurring. that we send our greetings to these distinguish ed Senators and say 1t Is the desire of the Legislature of Alabama that if in their opinion their public duties re- quire their presence in Washington, il will be entirely unnecessary for them to be present at the time of their re- election by this Legislature. t . Change Two Rules. The Senate yesterday adopted its rules making two important changes in the rules which governed the last Senate. The first change has already occupied considerable of the time and whereby the Lieutsnant-Governor and not the President pro tenn of the Son. ate names the committees
 The second is hardly less important. 1t provides that a majority vote can take bill from the adverse calendar. The new rule provides further that the chairman of the committee making the adverse report shall hand the bill to the Secretary of the Senate and that the Senate can have 1t put on the calen- dar by a majority vote. thus assuring the control of the majority of the Sem ate.
 The Senate opened for business after it's three days recess at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning. President pro tenn Thomas was in the chair. The prayer for the session was offered by Rev. Brooks Lawrence. Superintendent Of the Anti-Saloon League of Alabama. There were thirty-fivs members of the Senate present when the Senate was called to order
 Senator Reese of Dallas, moved that a committee of three be named to es- cort LieutenantG Governor Henry B.. Gray to the chair. The resolution hav- ing been adopted. the president pro tenn of the Senate named on that commit tee. Senators. Reese. Miller and Teas ley
 The Lieutenant- Governor was pre- scented to the Senate by President pro tenn Thomas. Being introduced to the Senate, the new Lieutenant-Govern spoke briefly. He said 1t had been charged in the newspapers that the Governor was dominating the Legis- lature. He reminded his hearers that the people of Alabama had elected a Legislature in entire accord with the policies of the new Governor. The Legislature which had just convened would, he believed. be the most har- monious that had served Alabama in recent years, and it would be a Legis- lature that would carry out to the Iet~ ter, the policies of the administration
 Says Motives are Misconstrued.
 His own motives, he said, had been misconstrued. and misunderstood. He had haan aNfnafad ha Snfd hU ha est motives and by his desire to keep his obligations to the people. He pro- posed to do his duty at all times and under all circumstances and in the face of all opposition.
 In concluding, he alluded to the change in the Senate rules which as- sured the control of the body to the ma jority.
 A resolution expressing the apprecia- tion of the Senate for the retiring Lieutenant Governor, Hon. R. M. Gun ningham. and the services he had rem dered, was offered by Senator Doster of Autauga. The resolution was unani- mously endorsed.
 Senator H. F. Reese requested that he be excused from further service on the Committee on Revision of the Journal. The request was refused Later he introduced a resolution which he asked the Senate to relieve him from such service The resolution went to the Committee on Rules.
 President pro tenn Thomas asked for an excuse from service on the Commit tee on Enrolled Bills, as he had so many other duties which demanded his attention. This request was also re- fused.
 The call of Districts was then or dered, and the legislative gates were @s s...~ e bills In all sixty-two bills were in- troduced in the Senate.
 In the midst of the introduction of bills, the message of Governor Conner was brought in by Hon. J. Kirk Jack son. Senator Thomas moved the mes sage be considered as read, and that 800 copies be printed for the use of the members. The resolution was adopted
 The Committee on Rules through its Chairman, Senator Lucian Gardner, submitted it's report on the rules that will be in effect during the entire ses- sion of the Senate. Very few changes were made in rules, and only one or two were of any special importance.
 The principal change of course was in Rule 30, which took away the power of the President Pro Tenn of the Senate, and conferred it upon the Lieutenant Governor. N several rules. verbal but
 
 Majority Will Rule.
 Rule 46 was so changed that when a bill has been adversed by Committee 1t shall be handed by the Chairman to the Secretary with the endorsement of "adversed" upon it. The rule was So changed that a bill could be taken from the adverse calendar by a majority vote of the Senators.
 Heretofore a three fifths vote has been necessary to take a bill from the adverse calendar. The new rule gives each side thirty minutes for the discus sion of the motion to take the bill from the adverse calendar
 This rule was briefly discussed by Senators Lusk. Moody and Me Whorter Messrs. Lusk and McWhorter endorsed the rule They all agreed the Senate should have the right to settle by a majority vote any question which might come before the Senate Senator Moody however thought that allowing only thirty min utes a side for a discussion of some great public policy would be an er- TOT. Senator Lowe3 thought that under the operations of the thirty minutes clause in the rule. the opportu- mites of Senators to get information on an adverscd bill would be limited Senator Spragins moved that the rule be amended, so that each side would have an hour. This motion was accepted by Senator Lusk, speak ing for the Rules Committee.
 Senator Thomas hadfault to find witt Rule 26 which directs the procedure to he followed in bringing bills ti their second and third reading. It' wording. he said. was vague and mis leading. After some discussion, Sen