The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-05

| ing that the committee had unanimous l ly recommended the bill. it seemed te us that something. should be done. ant we finally decided that this substitute should be presented"
 Will the gentleman permit ques' tion?" The interruption came from Mir Gunter of Montgomery.
 Certainly" responded Mir. Long.
 ''Will the gentleman please explain asked Mir. Gunter. suaveIy. with hii sweetest smile. "just who 'us' isT'
 Myself and some other members oi the committee" responded Mir. Long without the shadow of smile. And | you who we refer to-"
 with this explanation" continued MT. Long, If no other gentleman wishes to speak. I move the previoui question on the adoption, of the sub stitute.%
 "The previous question was ordered and the substitute was adopted on rol call. by vote of 80 to 0. If there were, any opposed to ths bill. they were not in their seats wher the roll was called.
 Mir. Long at once moved the pre-. vious question on the passage of the bill. without waiting for a possible de- sire to debate any feature of the bill the substitute for Senate Bill No IS was formally adopted. n Co O.
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 Senate Bill No. 3, the bill to pre- scribe the measure of damages for loss, destruction or injury to or delay in delivering or failure to deliver goods by common carriers and to regulate the collection of such damages. was next taken up. Mir Long submitted 8 mi- nor amendment. placing the words "da- lay in delivering" in the caption, and changing thirty days" to ''sixty days In one section to conform with the rese of the measure.
 Immediately, he moved the previous question on both the amendment and the bill. His demand was sustained. and the vote was taken at once. with out debate or explanation.
 Again there was a somewhat light vote, but absolutely no opposition. The amendment was carried by vote of Y7 to 0. and the bill itself by a vote of 30 to 0.
 Two resolutions were reported fa- vorably by the Committee on Rules to make certain bills special orders. and the resolutions were duly adopted. Both were presented Friday by Mir. Lee of Houston. The first. House bill No. IS. to fix the times for holding the terms of court in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, was made the special order for this morning, after the reports of the standing committees. and the other. House bill No. IT, is to be disposed of immediately following House bill No IS.
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 The Committee on Rules also report ed favorably MT. Bulger's resolution for the appointment of committee of five. three from the House and two from the Senate. to consider the advis- ability of dividing the session, and to report as soon as practicable when the Legislature should adjourn, and when it should reconvene. The resolution was thereupon adopted.
 At the afternoon session. Speaker Martin named as the representatives of the House on this joint committee Messrs. Bulger of Tallapoosa, Long of Butler, and Steagall of Dale.
 After the reports of the Rules Com mittee, the question of going to Mobile to attend the annual Mardi Gras cele- bration was taken up. and consumed so much time that the third special or- der for the day, the anti-pass bill, was not taken up. Mir. Long, however. stipulated. before permitting a recess at o'clock, that the bill must be considered as unfinished business this morning, and taken up before any spec cial orders set for today.
 At the afternoon session. seventy two members responded to their names on roll call. Chairman Woolf of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced the general revenue bill. after which the usual grist of local bills was taken up.
 Eight of the local bills were taken up and passed, of which four related to the sale of liquors in certain localities of the State. None was of general in- terest.
 At 5:25 o'clock. the House adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock.