The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-07
FIRST FIGHT TO COME
 ON EARLY ADJOURNMENT
Hardly Probable Resolution Can
 Get Sufficient Strength.
Subject is to Be Brought Up Today. According to Gossip fin Hotel Lobbies--Mesxase to Go in
 ntNoon ana Deal With
 l.. and N. situation.

bers Of the Alabama Legislature at Che extra session. which will be called to order today at noon, was indicated by the small crowd which gathered last night in the hotel Hobbies. It was the smallest crowd which has preceded a session of the Alabama Legislature in recent years.
 But the extra session meets today at noon. at the summons of Governor Co., mer. to enact some more railroad leg islation. And incidentally 1t may again be mentioned that November is the birthday of Governor Braxton Bragg Conner, and this fact had some little influence in the choice of today as the assembling day.
 The first fight. 1t was indicated last night, would come on the proposition to. adjourn until January or February It was said, with some apparent asi. thority, that resolution to. adjourn would be presented today and that 1t would meet with great favor, but no gossip intimated that the proposer or the resolution was definitely known.
 Undoubtedly the resolution would re- eeIve considerable support. but wheth- CT 1t would get enough to carry 1t through is another matter.
 Still. there Is manifest uneasinesg among the members Of the LeRislatuYe. iney did not want to come heve any more than the business men of fhe state wanted the Legislature to AZ semole. According to all talk. the tfno selected IS the worst possible time.
 The members would unuestIonahlv nan with joy an opportunity to gc back home, if they did not feel thaf they ought to stay and see if thew car, them.
 State Prohihsfiom.
 Anr prohibition. by d state law. cnv,4 LInoes to De the one central issue ISef5 resentative Eugene Ballard Of AufSs,- tss Ea, ,a cnasrn,an of the House coinnsis. Lsague's leader irl the House ss nssss Saso4n x with a prohibition btli already sIrn'xr
 h MT Ballard,s bill. July 1 ts nafnsd nan, dispensaries are to De banisned frnms nmn Alabama. AtosAh
 Speaker carmichael also has stat.
 It was given out last night that conrerence of the temperance Readers all the members present had hSer seen sssen and ap agreement reached on | work of the conference viii be ss, settle upon a date.
 The prohibition people will aIso an in tbs const,t1,pD e6 att,tempt to put REohibiton mission to the voters of the State Is necessary. So the bill which has been discussed will propose an amendrnent at the next general election.
 The prohibition people declare that they are quite confident that they vote in the Senate it K a TfSsnnsrs forerans conclusion. they say, that they will have it in the House.
 Fertilizer legislation was discussed at the Capitol. at which Governor Co., mer ana Senator M L. Leith met with some fertilizer manufacturers. Tie law as agreed @ a%sondiby npon byy ths sss Ssa cotton Seed Crushefs' As7oc1ation, pro- vides for high grade, standard gfada eaim end thsS low the ragn present law Is rigid claim that the present law Is riKidIy severe In all probability they will bc given the relief they seeK.
 Governors Message.
 The Governors message to the Leg tslature had the final touches put upon 1t yesterday afternoon. 1t will De read In both houses today as soon as they exclusively tken up In the discussiori ot the States controversy with the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The mer and President Tm9sn Miiton 0sg5h0s smifh 4 will be made part of the message. The message will also outline the legislation which will be proposed by
 The bills for this Legislation have d. ready been drawn up by the attorneys for the State. They win be present.
 President Milton II. smith of the Louisville and Nashville was not In the city last night. He will. it Is un- Serstooa' return nc.in this morning from his will be here for q short while to dis- cuss with any members of the LegiG- lature who may care to do so. the pending legislation affecting the rail- loads.
 Governor an fhe Lobby.
 The most prominent figure In the hotel lobby last night was Governor Comer. He remained in the lobby throughout the evening and had an ear nest conversation with pracsfcally es. cry member of the Legislature pres ent.
 It was a noticeable feature of the gathering last night that it was made up largely of State officials and Capi1 tol employees. They outnumbered the members of the Legislature. It was noticeable, too, that members of the Legislature discussed railroad legisla- tion so little that 1t might be thought that the subject was avoided.
 And the crowd was very thin. Many members of both houses were conspic- uous by their absence. Some of those few days they would be compelled to return hone to take up private business. If they carry out their. 4Ti- tentton the. time may come when the presence of a quorum will be sonne- thing of problem when the House and the Senate want to work.
 In discussing the work Of the Leg islature. Senator Overton said last night:
 Tt has been said that the commit tees of the Legislature would not lis- ten to any presentation of the, rail- road side of the pending issues. In the first two sessions. the committee of which I am the chairman. the Com mittee on Commerce sS and Common Carriers of the Senste. was quite will .E .aT .r1a by the representatives of the rail- roads. We notified in advance railroad representatives when we were consider ing important railroad legislation- We will continue to follow the same poli- cy. While ! am chairman of the com mittee am sure that the committee win be willing to hear from any irl-