The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-08
LITTLE DONE
 ON LAST DAY Members Tired and in
 Festive Mood.
AY SPENT WITH ROUTINE
Much Business is Offered, But None
 of It is Important.
Time Taken Up to Great Extent With Messages and Reports-Over- ton Good Roads Amend
 ment Goes Through.

It is all over. The Legislature of 1907 has adjourned. and today the members will be leaving for their homes.
 The last day of any legislative ses- sion is always one about which there are many doubts. Hopes die on this day that were probably born long be- fore the session first convened. Re- alizing this the members become. rest | i've. As the clock goes ticking on. each tick marks a lessening chance for seeing some measure through. For this reason, if for no other. 1t usually results that little business is accomp- 1ished.
 This was the case with the House yesterday. For the last three days of the session the members had been growing restive There had been so much work of a general character for them to consider, so much in the way of local legislation. that all the mem bers were tired and yet all were anx- ious to see to 1t that some particular bill affecting their particular locality was passed.
 It was in this weary, restive spirit that the members of the House took up the work of the. final day yester- day morning. There were one or two general measures still to be consid- cred that were thought to be of im- portance. There were messages from the Governor and others from the Sem at p1on nf yyh sion. because of amendments that had l been made. a
 This sort of legislativs work took up much of the time. of the House, and as the day wore on, members who had hoped that bills over which they had been fighting for days past would l be squeezed through in the final day of the session, grew tired and with that feeling came one which savored somewhat of antagonism. The conse- quence was that objections to the call- l ing of bills was one of the most fire. quently heard things in the House.
 At the afternoon session the House | became demoralized to such an extent that several new dents were placed in the Speakers desk by the legislative gavel.
 Much Business Offered. | Many attempts were made to have bills considered several resolutions were offered, and there was one piece of unfinished business-the pistol tot- ing bill-to be considered.
 The House reconsidered its vote of Tuesday on the bill to submit a con- stitutional amendment for biennial ses- sions of the Legislature. After a de- bate the bill was passed, 66 to 26. The people will vote on the question in November. 1908.
 At the morning session the House listened to an amendment made by the | Senate to the sheriff bill, which amend ment provided that the sheriffs of the different counties should be allowed money to feed their prisoners at the rate of fifty cents per prisoner when the number is less than ten For over ten and less than twenty, the amend ment fixed the rate at forty cents. from that on to thirty, thirty cents; to fifty. twenty-five cents and from fifty up. twenty cents per day.
 The bill introduced by Senator Ov- erton that calls for a change in the constitution in order that state funds may be applied to internal improve ments passed without discussion, yeas | 71. nays 4.
 The committee on conference over the pistol carrying bill reported that 1t 1 had agreed on a substitute for both the House and the Senate bill.
 The bill calling for an appropria- tion to cover the expenses of the leg islature at the, late Senator Pettus's funeral passed the House. The amount specified was $500.
 The House also passed bill by Sem ator Lusk, to authorize the auditor on certificate of the board of county ex- (COntInued on Page TvvO1