The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-02
SENATE TO GO TO MARDI GRASI Accepts Invitation to
 Festivities. SEN. HAMBURGER URGES VISIT Assures Lawmakers ot Warm
 Welcome in Mobile. Railroad Commission Bill is Postponed For ConsiderafiOn--Demur
 Measure is Being Prepared
 Employees Await Salaries.

ed every administration bill on ths calendar except one. accepted Mobiles hospitable invitation to visit that city during the Mardi Gras festivities The invitation was delivered eloquent ly and persuasively by Senator Ham, burger.
 The Senate had intended to turn the invitation over to the Committee on Rules. but moved both by the eloquence of the Senator from Mobile and by the natural desire of the Senators to en- joy the Gulf City's hospitality during the festive seson, the set program was overturned. and the Senate voted an immediate acceptance.
 It is understood the members of the Legislature will be the guests of the city of Mobile from the time they leave Montgomery until they return. While no mention was made of 1t yesterday in the speech of Senator Hamburger 1t is understood the city of Mobile will furnish the special train which will take the law makers to Mobile while that city has on it's festive garb.
 Sentor Hamburger gained recogni- tion at noon. He first read a set of resolutions unanimously adopted by the Mobile Chamber of Commerce cordially inviting the Senate to be the guests of the city during Mardi Gras.
  tion. I am here to give you Mobiles warm and hearty invitation to visit us and to assure you its hospitable gates swing open to you." said Senator Ham burger.
 Extends Hospitality of City.
 It Is a great old city and its hos pitality is known of old. The best of that hospitality Is offered you, The invitation which has just been read, is endorsed by So,o00 peope. At least. there were that many there when left last Monday. I don't know how much the number has increased since then.
 But we want you. We want you as our guests. There will be plenty to see plenty to eat and plenty of those seductive connections whose principal parts parts are cherry. piece of mint, a thing else. I don't know, however that this latter will be any attraction 10 this prohibition Senate, but I do assure you if you should want it, if VIII De there for you.
 'Of course, you may want to con. suit a distinguished gentleman whose omces are down stairs, before you take any action upon this important mater; mat u ,a have already spoken to senate was very patriotic body. told him he might we'll think that and ne assured me he had never tried to interfere with the Senate. I agreed
 
 while the Senate was doing what hS wanted 1t to do. and 1t hadn't done
 T understand there is a BacbeIor, Cluo or this Senate in the process O formation. l want this Senate to gC down there just to break up that club 1T the prospective members of tha club could only meet a few Mobil, ed. The Mobile girl, MT. President, i. the QueenlieSt of her sex The Mohil. girl-"
 But the tribute of the Mobile sena. tor to the Mobile girl was so eloquent 1t into cold type would be sacrilege.
 Take Up Commission Bill.
 The senate yesterday took up fol passage She administration bill enti. 9,ed; GeGr,,ss1on An act to create the Railroat found the consideration of the bii such an important matter that 1t wen over until e1onday. In the meanwhile 300 copies of the bill were ordered what was in the measure before vot
 The bill. with the exception of tn, municipal code. Is the longest meas. ure now before the Senate. It is in present Commission. in such ways a, Governor Conner and his friends thinl necessary. The bill. it is understood was drawn after it's drawers had con of Wisconsin, North Carolina mt amt Texas. It was introduced in the Sen. ate by Lucien Gardner, in whose dis trict is the home of Hon Charles Hen derson. the new President of the Com mission.
 Since its introduction the bill hal been carefully and thoroughly over hauled by Henry c. Selhelmer tn, administration's constitutional and lega expert. It is understood the bill ha! been patched and mended In man! places. week or more has been takei in this work. and the complete jol was laid before the Senate two o three days ago.
 The bill. for one thing, provides fo the payment of witnesses who atten, the hearings of the Commission, al witnesses are paid In State courts I provides further that the Commission IS gwen the power to compel the at those witnesses to bring such book as the Commission thinks necessar, in the consideration of questions befor It. The bill raises the salary of thu Secretary of the Commission from $l, 50, a year to s2,40o a year
 Demurrage Measure Preparing.
 When the bill was first called Il, yesterday. several of the Senators de clared they knew nothing of it's con tents, and that 1t was a bill of to, wide a scope to be considered hastily The friends of the measure, agree, to let 1t go over until Monday. bu specified 1t should be made d continuin, paramount special order for that day
 No other bill for railroad regulation endorsed by the administration Is noN on the calendar It is reliably report ed a demurrage bill is now in thu course of preparation. and this will bt the last important railroad measurs favored by the administration, whcf the Senate will be called upon to con slider before the recess. There will no doubt. be several subsidiary bills which will cemoe before the Senate, bu the Senate has already disposed of tn, greater part of the legislation in whici the administration has embodied 1ti issue.
 The most important subsidiary bill Is the bill to prevent freight train from running on Sunday. which jus now is in the popular eye. Another bill of this class was yesterday intro duced by Senator Overton This bil provides that If a citizen of Alabam; is injured by railroad doing bushes In Alabama, he can sue the road in this State. although the injury may have been inflicted in another State.
 The Senate yesterday had consider able trouble with the emergency ap. rropriation bill. The difficulty nevet was cleared up. and as a result all tn department heads at the Capitol. tn Eether with the CapitOI PmplOVes vii