The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-17

by the committee on Ways and Means Speaker Carmachiel introduced bill to provide for the further expenses Of tho legislature.
 A resolution was introduced by MT. Carmichael of Colbert, setting Wednes- day of next week as the day in which | senator should be elected to fill the | existing vacancy. General Prohibition Bill. | Mir Henley, of Escambia. introduced a bill prohibiting the sale, manufacture | or giving away of vinous. spirituous or malt liquors in the State. MT John introduced a bill authoriz- | ing the Governor to suspend certain collection of taxes on they may not be l needed.
 Also a. bill to fix the salary of the At | torney General of the State. It Is pro- posed to make this $4,50O.
 MT. Glover introduced bill to re- | lieve the State Fair and people doing business thereat from taxation.
 A bill to make peddlers pay a h- cense of S75O was introduced by Mir. Crum, of Lowndes.
 MT. Coleman, of Lowndes, introduced bill to purchase the picture of Gen eral Gordon. which has been on exhibi- tion in the lobby of the Capitol.
 Mir. Mitchell introdced a bill fixing the salary of the treasurers in the diff ferent counties of the State.
 MT. Hoffman introduced a bill to punish people who send children hav- ing negro blood in them to schools that are exclusively for white chill dren.
 A bill introduced by Mir Goodwin of Montgomery requires that the Tax As- sessor of Montgomery shall make lot book every year.
 Opposition to School Bill.
 When the special orders were taken up the first bill to be considered was House bill 5S2 by MT Lee of Etowah, to provide for the more efficient su- pervision of the schools of the state, with substitute. This is the bill re- latinE to the qualification of county supervisors.
 Mir. Bulger offered an amendment to the substitute which amendment pre- vents life grade certificate teachers from being eligible to election as supervisor.
 MT. Lee of Houston said he could not conceive that a technical or theoret- cal education was the only basis Tor oualificat tion for county superintend- ents This sentiment seemed to meet with the approval of the House.
 Mir. Long of Butler thought the oil! restricted the right of the elector or the counties. He said the bill was class legislation. and argued that the man who did not know how to read or | to write had more interest In eouca- tion than any other.
 MT. Bulger's amendment was Voteo down.
 Mir. Kirby of Madison offered an amendment requiring that the County Superintendent must be an elector or the county and generally changing the bill as 1t related to the supervisor duties.
 In support of his amendment MT. Kirby said the ideas of the amend ment were not his own. but that they ware taken from a State that had the h,ghast grade of schools of any in the United States.
 MT. Pitts of Perry objected to the whole bill Our schools, he said' want ed better teachers, and not so much sunervision. They want more money for this purpose. Asked by NAT. Lee of Etowah whether he was speaking on the substitute or on the original bill he replied he was opposed to the whole shooting match. Under the hill or the substitute he could see su- peryisors riding over the hills of Per ry County on fine horses or in inc buggies.
 'It is creating a fine office for some person who wants to be lazy. It's the little Johnnies and the little Susies that need the education and we want the money to educate them and give them good houses to be educated in and we do not want to give that money to people just to ride around and enjoy themselves making political speeches" "
 Mir Killen of Lauderdale and Mir :. Pitts of Dallas both opposed the bill. | ba mi which he declared it was the opening wedge for establishing more political positions.
 MT Rushton of Crenshaw said that the bill provided that superintendents were to receive salary of sl,S00 a year. This multiplied by sixty-seven represented the sum of money propos- ed to be taken out of the school funds and away from the true education of the children. He hoped the bill would be voted down.
 Lee Speaks in Defense.
 MT Lee of Etowah referred to the report of the Superintendent of Edu- cation and reminded the gentleman from Dallas that the report showed the supervisor of that county had not visited a single county school in the lact scholastic year. He maintained | titled to as much protection in the methods of education as is the boy of the city.
 Isn't the gentleman from Dallas willing that the country boy should have as excellent supervision as the city boy. who is already fifty years ahead of him."
 He said that both MT. Pitts of Dal- las and Mr. Pitts of Perry were fight ing to save the necks of their super intendents instead of for the best in terests of the school and the children in them in their districts
 His county superintendent. he said would fall with the rest of them If he was incompetent, but he cared not. He was there to see to 1t, if he could | that the State of Alabama had a bet l ter system of education and not the stigma the State. He was there not in the interests of the county su- perintendents, but in the interests of i the children. and he hoped the House would do something for them.
 MT McCrory of Conecuh said he agreed with the gentleman from Eto- wah that if there was a desire on the part of the House to table this meas ure he hoped they would refrain and | instead have the question deferred un- til some means could he arrived at