The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-22
PASS MARTIN SUBSTITUTE:
 A DECREASE OF sloo,ooo
Speakek Presents Bill Providing
 $3OO,0OO Annually.
After Much 0ratory and Explana- lion, Lower Branch of Lcgis- lature Admits 1t Erred, and Give. in to Cow
 ernor.

Just as soon as it had been called to order yesterday morning. the House proceeded. deliberately. and for the most part calmly, to take back tho appropriation of the extra s1oo,ooo for the Alabama common schools.
 More oratory in behalf cd the Tit tie Johnnies and little Sues" was un- Ioosed. and. ss there was no specific reconsideration" of ali the eloauence of Friday, when the school appropria- ton bill was first passed. it is to be presumed that all this oratory, with the cumulative effect of the two days sessions, still stands as the view of the Representatives upon the question of the treatment of the schools by the State.
 The motion for the reconsideration was made by Speaker Martin. who left the chair to present tho side of the administration and to act as floor leader of the forces of reconsideration. After first presenting to the House the reasons why the recommendation of Governor Conner in his message for an appropriation of $300,000 for the schools should be followed to the let ter. he moved the previous question, shutting off debate. upon the pleas Of several members that they desired to be heard upon the question, yielded the floor for them to speak
 OppOsitiOn is Broken.
 The debate was directing in its in- tensity--almost fearful at times. But .ne Legislators, by 8 vote of almost two to one, agreed to do the thing that was demanded of thens and the passage of the school appropriation bill was reconsidered by n vote of fifty-nine to thirty-one. That broke the backbone of the opposition to re- consideration. and q moment later, the substitute bill. offered by Speaker Martin, was passed with only seven members dissenting, and placed in the stead of the original Tunstall bill by a vote of S2 to '. On final passage. the substitute bill was carried through. S4 to 0,swith not simple man in the House opposed.
 The full vote on the reconsideration z of Fridays vote passing the Tunstall bill was as follows:
 Mir. Speaker. Afford, Altman, Arnold, Arlington, Ballard of Autauga, Ballard of Pike, Barton, Bloch. Burney, Car michael of Colbert Cranford, Doyle of Marengo. Dudley. Fuller, Glover. Good wyn, Gunter Haley, Henley, Hoffman, John, Jones, King, Kornegay, Lacy of Dallas. Lancaster. Lawson~ Lee of Houston, Long of Butler. Long of Nor gan, Lovelady, Lyons. Malone. Maner, Middleton. Mitchell, Mc0fory, McDuf- I fie., McNfillan, NorvilIe. Pitts of Dallas, Pitts of Perry, Powell of Bullock, Power. Pratt, Price, Rainer, Rice. Rowe. Sample, Smith of Fillmore, Smith of Lee, steagall. Urquhart, vann, Weaver, Woolf--59.
 Brown, Bulger, Cannon. Carmichael of Clay, Coleman of Marshall. Crum, Doyle of Clarke. Edwards. Elrod, Jen- kins, Johnson, KiIlen, Lacy of Walker, Lee of Barbour, Lindsey, Moore. Par ker, Peete. Powell of Covington. Pugh, Franklin. Tunstall, Turner. White of Lamar--31.
 Absent or not voting-Baitzell, Cole man of Lowndes. Cooper, Foster. Hughston. Kirby. Lee of Etowah, Oli- yer, Pearson, Ragsdale. Scale, Sherrod. Perry. wilIiams--16
 Fireworks Come Early.
 The fireworks came immediately af- ter the formal approval of Fridays journal Rev. W. NJ. Crawford, pas tor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, had opened the session with prayer, and the roll had been called showing eighty-four members present Others came In during the session and participated in the voting.
 When the formalities had been con- cluded, Speaker Martin called Mir. Car michael of Colbert County, and at once secured recognition from the chair to make a motion that the vote by which House Bill No. 24 (the Tunstall school appropriation bilD had been passed Friday be reconsidered.
 Mir. Bulger, of Tallapoosa, at once moved the motion of the gentleman from Montgomery be laid on the table. but the Speaker insisted he had the floor. as the mover of the proposed re- consideration, and proposed to be heard on the subject before yielding.
 The Speaker said he would go as far as any member of the House in the matter of making an appropriation for the schools; he had favored such ap- propriations, and had voted for the passage of the $400.00U appropriation bill Friday. But at that time, he was not in possession of certain facts which he had learned since which changed the situation.
 Refers to GOverB"~'s Message.
 'In the message of the Governor" continued the Speaker there is set forth a comprehensive scheme for the improvement of the educational appro- prlation for the common schools of S3OO0OO The Governoe acted with de- liberation in that matter, and with careful consideration. But we find now that the action of this House Fri day has a tendency to defeat this grand educational plan set forth by the Gov ernor."
 MT. Martin assured the members if they were to pass the motion tp recon sider the vote of Friday it was not hts purpose 10 recommit the bill to committee or to in any way delay final passage, He should. he said. imme-