The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-01
 BEING PLANNED Lawmakers Will Be | Busy Next Four Days. MUCH WORK YET TO BE DONE Senate Rules Committee Outlines
 Tasks to Be Finished. Last Three Days Will be Spent by
 Hsuse sn Senate Bills ana Ay
 Senate oa House

The leaders of the Alabama Legis- lature were yesterday preparing for the dying moments of the memorable session of 1907. The leaders were fix ing the program according to which the Legislature Is to come to its close on Wednesday next.
 In the Senate the Rules Committee spent the morning picking out bills for preferred space. The committee had some trouble in it's work of select ing the bills which were deemed wor- thy or the best places on the calen- dar, There was some difference among the members of the Committee as to what bills should be selected but at length long final report was agreed upon.
 The report will come in this morn- ing. Ana is liable to raise a fuss. This same subject has been up for talk before in the Senate--ths selection by the Rules committes for special order honcrs various bills. It has never been charged that the members of the committee favored their own particu- lar bills in the making of special or ders, but it has been hinted so broadly that msmbers of the committee took occasion to get upon the floor and de. fend the committee.
 It ts therefore thought more than probable that somebody will raise d row when the committee comes in with It's report. The members of the com mittee. however. are confident that the report will be adopted and will make the plea that the senate cannot pos- sibly finish its work unless an intel ligent. systematic plan is adopted. The bills which are on the commit tees long list will not be known until the committed. makes its report this morning hxingNits special orders. One of th6 measures selected, however is the bill of Senator Overton providing for vote on the constitutional amend ment to allow the State to appropriate money from the general fund to assist in building good roads in Alabama.
 Strenueus Program Outlined.
 The same report will provide a very strenuous program for the Senate for the four remaining days. It will pro- vide nrst that the Senate shall meet at S:3o o'clock in the morning and witt. exception of brief intermissions for lunch and dinner remain in session un- til 10 o'clock at night.
 The morning session will continue from 10 o'clock until 1 o'clock An adjournment for dinner will then be taken until 2:30 o'clock. The Senate will remain in session until 6 o'clock and then adjourn for an hour and q half for supper.
 The first work of the Seneate will be devoted to the passage of special orders. It is also supposed that to- day will be devoted exclusively to the passage of Senate bills. because on the last three days the House will devote its exclusive attention to the passage of Senate bills and the time of the Sen ate will be devoted exclusively to .he passage of House bills.
 Ga nd over to the consideration by commit tees of the bills coming from the other Houses By Monday night practically all the committee work wifi have oeen finished.
 Fertiliser Bill is Up.
 In the Senate the Leith fertilizer bill is still under consideration. It will as unfinished business. When the Sen ate adjourned for the morning session of Monday. Senator Reese of Dallas had offered several amendments to the bill which he was discussing.
 In the main, the Senate has but It, tie to worry about. concerning it's call endar It Is much closer to the com pletion of its calender than is the House. Many of the well-informcd Senators believe that 1t is easily possi, ble for the Senate to completely finish with the calendar.
 The Finance and Taxation Commit, tee of the Senate met yesterday and passed a number of local and minor bills for favorable reports today. The committee also endorsed the resolution making the appropriation for the apa- cial train which carried the members of the Legislature to Selma to attend the funeral of Senator Edmund W. Pettus.
 But few of the Senate Committees met yesterday. There was the usual trouble of securing a quorum. Many 6f the Senators had taken the chance to go home for the two days. The Committee on Finance and Taxation, | however, managed to get a quorum and pass what measures there were before 1t.
 On the House side of the Legislature | the discussion among pmbers yester- day ran principally on bills that per tainsd to a particular locality. Many efforts were made by those whose obtain. prom ,ses from others more for tunate that their bills will be called by the fortunate ones.
 Local Bills Largely.
 Principally the last day left to the House to consider bills that were taken up in the consideration of these bills, and there will be much of what 10 known as legislative courtesy in the | up these bills. It will i'll be- tide any member who tries to get be- | fore the House any measure out of the | regular order of pro dure, for 1t was decided last night that ob- | would be made to any such | effort.
 The first member who will to attempt | to bring up a bill out of the usual order | 1t is thought. will be Mir. Henley. of | Eseambia, who will try to have his | bill taken from the adverse All day yesterday he was | buttonholing members. trying to get | them to pledge themselves to the | that he should be heard. | So well did he work that 1t was prac- | tically decided to let him have his way in taking the bill from the adverse | but there Is not the slightest | possibility of its passing the House
 Many of the members are preparing for some fun at the expense of inc | member from Escambia, but he has | served notice on all of them Chat he is | not to be tri:led with, an has promised | MT Ballard, of Autauga. Chairman of the Temperance committee that h. | will call down all the thunderboIts that reverberate about Mount olymnus on his head if he opposes him In his measure.
 The Jefferson delegation has little left to bring to the attention of the | House, except that MT. yshn hopes to | have passed 6 bill that will regulate | the poll tax This bill provides that | A man who Is In arrears in his poil | tax may pay for the current year and |