The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-16
ONE IF HE MAIN RATE
 BILLS PASSES SENATE
Measure cIassifies Railroads and Fixes Price of Haul On 11o Articles--ln- divlduals May Bring Suit
 In State Courts.
BY HERvEY W. LAIRD.

Montgomery November 15.--(Specfal)--i After much talk from several citizens, the senate committee on temperance de- clded this afternoon to report the bill fort constitutional prohibition favorably.
 This is regarded as practically settlingi the question. The senate is almost sure to pass 1t and the governor Will sign it-l The bill is that presented by Speaker Car-l michael. |
 Rate Bill Passes.
 After talking on one of the main rate and railroad classification bills all the week the senate at a session that ram well into the night passed the measure with only four votes against it.
 This may be taken to be the lineup on the rest of the regulation acts by whicnl Governor Conner has made up his mind to control the railroads and get them out of the federal courts with injunction' suits.
 The effect of the measure which will have easy sailing in the house, accord ing to indications, is to classify rail lines and fix the price of haul on no articles.
 It does away with commodity classifi- cation and makes it a penalty to refuse service on any one of them at the statii-i tory rate giving the person refused 10 years in which to file suit for damages. The power of the railway commission ta inforce the rates is taken away and every citizen refused service will have the right to bring suit. This will bring about such a multitude of suits that the rail lines will become bankrupt in fighting. it is feared At tue same tune there are penalties enough in one day to put any line out of business If they should be sustained.
 Bills In House.
 Bills were reported favorably in tho house today to fix time of court in tho third circuit. amend 1914 of the code. regulate practice in Franklin county. au- thorize final settlement by executors hx time of court in Marion county, provide for annulng charters of corporations.' joint resolution to memoralize Congress- to prevent shipments of liquor Into pro- hibition territory from other states.
 Mir Jobn of Jefferson resisted the reso-i lution last named because he said thar hv ruling of the supreme court the Wil- son act protected the prohibition states, holding that they had the right to keepi Ilquor out. MT. Bulger did not think so-i The resolution went back to the com mittee.
 On motion of MT. Fuller it was decided' to odiourn from today to Monday.
 The bills to define and limit the givinSl of masses and exempt life and fire mi s,lrance companies from taxation werea also reported fayorably. The first bill taken up was to provided appeals from orders of the railroad conf mission. It passed. The bill to regu- late the sale of poisons was also ap-t proved.
 The Ballard bill for COT stitutional pro-i hibition was postponed to Monday. Mr. Pitts of Dallas failed to have 1t in- definitely sent over. The bill to prevent reVersals or crnn-f inal cases on technical errors, createdi much talk. MT. Pitts of Dallas. and Mr. Long favored the bill. MT. Gunter and' Mir. Tunstall and Speaker Carmichael., Mir Arnold in the chair. were opposed to4 it. They thought no harm could come to the cause of justice by reversing oni errors He cited the case of John Wil-i jams as one In point; man having his life in jeopardy when it was at last saved.
 Talk In Senate.
 The first business of the senate was, argument on the resolution of senator1 'rcasley to act on the bills in the cniu of the governor and the local bills andl then go home. He was supported by Mr.l Hammer and MT Barbour. Mir. Lowe op-t posed him Mir. Reese also. messrs. Rey-y holds and Jones approved the resoiution1 but MT Jones said he was for prohibition 1 Finally MT Lnsk cut oH debate by mov-} ing to table the Teasley motion ana it ts tf
 Mir strother resumed discussion of the rate bills. He showed where the Louis- vile and Nashville had made money and4 was making money from the business of{ the state and thought it should not tryj to be bigger than the state. He arguedi for the adoption of the bill oecauset it would control the said Louisville and; Nashville and force 1t to comply with tho Alabama laws. Senator Reese closed the debate in the senate for the rate bill
 Juvenile Court Bill.
 The house today passed the bill to re-, neal the Juvenile court bill, so that chl- dren under IA may be arrested for larceny! and felonies The house passed the bilN to provide for appeals from the railroadi commission and regulate the sale ofi poisons The bill to prevent reversais in criminal cases on technical error was
 
 The senate passed the bill to restore care of county convicts to the counties It put in all day talking on the maximum rate bill without vote.
 The senate committee on temperance agreed to report favoraby the prohibi- ton bill passed in the house with amend ment that all counties voting by Decem- Der i2 to be dry on January 1, If suc- cessful, after that date, on October l.
 Senate Afternoon.
 At the opening of the senate this, afternoon these bills were approved: To provide school board for Huntsville and a road law for Madison county.
 MT Doster again presented a bill for increased appropriation for the girls school at Montevsllo. An earlier measure to this effect was adyersed by the com- mittee on finance and taxation. MT Merritt urged passage of the bill to return control of the county convfct1 ------~---------- -----------------------~-~i