The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-20
at your request doing this very thing? Whv then this bill?

at your request doing this very thing7 Why. then. this bill?
 Not Ashamed of What is Done. "I want to say right here that I am not ashamed of what this administra- ton has done. They complain of the there 10 not a man here who regrets the money he has given to help the little children of this State. or to the Confederate soldiers or to the Supreme Court judges. x,. we may have made mistakes. put what have we done which would war rant our being arraigned? l believe that when the people of this State req lize just what we have done they Will say well done thou good and faithful | servant?
 .sThe proposition Is to reduce taxes and when the tax commission has com pYeted its work. that Is what will pc done. The people believe. or at least | some of fhem do, that we are increas- ing taxes when we assess valuations | at sixty per cent. The railroads believe it and they will tell the people so. When you undertake to raise their taxes you have fight on your hands. But we are in this position with them now; we have fixed their valuation at sixty per cent. and If they tisht us we can 20 before a jury and assess them at one, hundred.
 There is no necessity for this Dill. have got the supremest confluence | in the Governor of Alabama. It has i been said we are under the control or the Governor. If seeking advice and counsel is beiTg under the domination of the Governor. then l suppose we are. But my proposition Is that when you don't know about a. thing. go to tsome one who does.'
 l Masses De Not COmplain. | MT. Mastin. of Montgomery. said no one heard the great masses or the peo- l ple complain against the taxes De- cause they had become used to the our- | den placed on their shoulders.t | There is no cry from the man Wno | owns a mule and forty acres. There is no cry from the man who Is bravoiy struggling to earn living for himself and his family. The trouble comes from the people who ask for franchises who want to get all they can out Of l the State and give nothinS oack to 'ns State in return. | II stand here as a free lance. belong ing to no interest save that of my peo' pie, the puppet of no corporation and l say that I am opposed to this measure and I believe l can go back to my people with a clear conscience when l do so. The best thing this House can do is to vote down this measure. Let us not compromise on anything.
 T want to say right nere that Ala bama has redeemed herself in paying money to her old soldiers and to the | education of her Ii He children. | He closed by moving 10 layNthe bill on the table MT. Tunstall asked him to withdraw the motion, but he persist ently refused, saying ne believed the question had been sufficiently discuss- ed
 The yeas and nays were called for on the motion to table, ana resulted yeas. 4S; nays. 37. The bill was. tabled.
 Child Labor BilI Up.
 The Committee on Mining and Man ufacturing reported tavorably the child labor biu and Mir. Bloch moved 1t be made a special order to follow House Bill No. 1259 and to be contin- ued until disposed of
 He accepted an amendment to con- slider the revenue bill first, but in sisted that the child labor bill be ta- ken up at an early date.
 | Later on there was discussion over | tbe place on the calendar of the child labor bill, which ended In having the hill made a special order for next Tues day morning. The municipal code bill | will follow.
 If was resolved by the House that
 when the Legislature adjourned. 1t ad- iourn to meet Tuesday morning at s:- 30 o'clock.
 The following bill was then taken up:
 H. 12S9 MT. John-To empower the Governor to suspend the collection Of such portion of the general tax as may not be needed
 It was passed without discussion.
 The bill Introduced by MT Powell. of Covington. to amend Section Of an act to further amend the revenue laws of the State. was passed.
 Eastern Star Bill Passed.
 MT. Lovelady's bill. known as House Bill No. 1123, to exempt from taxation all the property. both real and person. al, belonging to the Eastern Star, was taken up and passed.
 MT Haley's bill to amend Section of the revenue laws of the State, ap- nroyed March '. 1907. was called up and passed This bill provides for a tax on all slot machines other than those from which merchandise Is received