The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-26

Talladega. but Sylacauga fought equal " hard for the measure. Delegations from both cities have come to Mont gomery to labor with the Legislature
 The fight of Sylacauga was made un- der a handicap. for Representative Lawson and Senator Heacock were both opposed to the measure. The opposi- ton of Senator Heacock proved too much for the bill in the Senate. When his time came yesterday to call up To- cal measures, he called up the Syla- cauga bill, but not for passage He moved the indefinite suspension of the bill.
 Senator White immediately opposed the motion. He asked that the bill be not indefinitely postponed. but that 1t be postponed until after the recess. By that time the Senators might have an opportunity to inform themselves on 1t. But the motion of Senator Hea- cock, which was the killing of the bill, was adopted by the Senate by a vote of 15 to II. Sylacaugal had fought we'll but lost.
 The Lusk judicial bill, providing for Judiical Commission of five mem bers, came up when the Senate had fin- ished its business with local bills.
 Lusk Judiciary Bill Up.
 Senator Lusk went into an explana ton of the bill. It provided for the creation of a Judiciary Commission of five members who were to be named by the Governor. They were to re- ceive $10 a day for their service, and would sit a given number of days dur ing the recess
 Senator Gum proposed a substitute for the bill. The substitute would have the members of the Commission named from the Senate and House. The Gum substitute provided for the naming by | the President of the Senate of two l H. 4 | Speaker of the House of three mem- | bers. This put the issue squarely be- 1 fore the Senate. a Governor named | commission or Legislature named | Commission.
 | Senator Reid was for the original | bill. and he addressed the Senate in support of the bill, as 1t was submitted | by Senator Lusk. Senator Lowe fa- vored the amendment. A report by an outside commission might not have any | defenders on the floor, and there might not be a clear understanding of the committees report. Senator Leith de- | livered a characteristic speech against the original bill, and provoked some | fun at the deliberation of the commits | sion.
 ] Senator Thomas opposed the substi-
 tute in an earnest speech. His obJec- l ton to the measure was based on con- | stitutional grounds. He read the sec- | tion of the Constitution which forbids | any member of the Legislature from
 accepting any office or position of
 credit by the Legislature of which he
 was a member. The Senators were ad-
 vocating the appointment of five mem
 hers of the Legislature who were to draw $10 a day from offices created by the Legislature. He could not under
 stand how Senators could vote for the
 bill in the face of the Constitution. Measure la Tabled.
 Senator Hammer took the same view of the substitute. He was not In Ia
 vor of the bill. and the substitute ap
 peared to him to be wrong unless Sen
 ators and Representatives serving or
 the Commission should consider them
 selves members of a committee and re
 ceive pay as though they were doine regular committee work
 Senator Lusk moved the Gum sub stitute be tabled. bat the motion Wa
 tabled, ayes 15, nays II. The substl tute was then adopted. Senator Ham ) ner offered an amendment providing
 that the body to rearrange the 1udlcia ) circuits should be known as commit zee. and not as commission. = At this juncture. Senator spragin said that in his opinion the orlglna bill had considerable merit in It. Bu
 in view of the amendments and tn
 sentiment of the Senate as eXpresse
 in the vote. he would move the indef mite postponement of the bill and pend ing amendments. This was done by ; overwhelming vote.
 7 Senator Forester then demanded tn { regular order. knowing his bill extend ing the length of time in which
 mortgage might be recorded was tn
 first measure on the calendar. Sena
 tor Forester had succeeded Tn gettln . this bill from the adverse calenda [ and tt has been a measure In whlc he has shown q personal interest 1 Senator Davis of Geneva made tF