The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-16
Senate Postponed Action
 Last Week. BODY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Thought Jelks's List of Selections
 May Be Changed. Send Message To Morgan And Peftus Excusing Them From Returning
 To Montsomery-Two Rules Are Altered.

Lieutenant Governor Henry B. Gray yesterday assumed the gavel, and pre- sided for the first time over the Ala bama Senate. When his brief speech upon his presentation to the Senate had been made, the Senate went into executive session and a message was received from Governor Conner with drawing the various trustee and board appointments which had been made last week by Governor Jelks.
 This action of the administration oc- casioned no particular surprise. but it's suddenness was unlocked for. Action of this sort was foreshadowed last Wednesday when the Senate declined to confirm the appointments sent in by Governor Jelks, and postponed ac : tion upon them until the new admin istration came in. But yesterday short ly after the Senate had been called to order. the message came up from the new Governors office to send back the appointments that had been sub mitted by the former Governor.
 This executive message presaged some interesting doings
 It Is not believed the Senate will reject the entire list of some sixteen names. In all probability, there will be g. change or two but how far the changes may go can not be predicted at this time It Is supposed the change in the names will be made by Governor Conner himself. All the appointments made by Governor Jelks were made to fill vacancies that occurred before he left the executive office. The appoint ments which were submitted to the Senate were of trustees for the Ala; bama Girls Industrial School, the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute, the Ala bama School for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind and the State Department of Archives and History.
 BFigadier General Clark Is Included.
 They included, too. the reappoin+ ment of Brigadier General Louis " Clark of the Alabama National Guard
 At the same time, the new Governor sent to the Senate his appointment of Hon. Bibb Graves as Adjutant General. This appointment was immediately con- firmed The new Adjutant General yes terday entered upon the discharge of his duties.
 In assuming the presidency of the Senate yesterday. Lieutenant Governor Henry B. Gray declared that his mo- lives in recent events had been mis- construed He declared the position he had taken was taken from no other motive than to see the will of the peo- pie who had elected him was carried out. He said further he proposed to do his duty under all circumstances. under all conditions and in 'the face of all opposition" He denied that the new Governor was dominating the Leg islature. but said the people of the State had elected a Legislature in har- mony with the new administration.
 That the scars of the fight of last week have not healed was shown in the proceedings yesterday when Sem ators Reese and Thomas asked to be excused from certain committee as- signments given them by the Lieuten- ant Governor. Both had been assigned to what Is regarded by the Senate as the most unpleasant committee duty in the Senate. Senator Reese had been placed on the Committee on Revision of the Journal and Senator Thomas had been placed on the Committee on En- rolled Bills. Both committees are looked upon as very undesirable, and the work of both is detailed and mo- notonous.
 The request that they be given re- lief from this committee work, from Senators Thomas and Reese was de- nied.
 Senators Are Excused.
 The joint resolution, which excused Senators Morgan and Pettus from the custom of coming to Montgomery and addressing the Legislature was intro duced by Senator H. F. Reese who rep resents in the State Senate the district in which both United States senators live. The resolution expressly leaves with the two senators the trip to Montgomery to address the Legislature. The Secretary of the Senate when the resolution had been adopted by both Houses, was instructed to telegraph to the senators in Washington the action
 The Resolution of MT. Reese on this subject follows;
 Whereas the people of Alabama, by unanimous vote, have declared their choice of Honorables John T. Morgan and Edmund W. Pettus to. succeed themselves in their present exalted po- sitions as Senators of the United States from the State of Alabama; and,
 Whereas, the Senate of the United States is now in session and our Sena- tors are engaged actively and daily in | the transaction of important public business, the discharge of which might | be interrupted by their return to this State at this time. and,
 | Whereas, appreciating in the high est degree their services to the State and the country, and desiring to testt-