The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30
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 Today. Purpose of Administration Forces Made Plain Legislation Affecting Transportation Lines Must ,j Precede All ftA!.
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 Tie road has been cleared, and orders have been re'.eiv ld that all adminis- tration railroad matters have the right t-of-way tb vough the Legislature. The first sectionH9tP tie railroad legls- lation was sent Mroush yesterday, and the second section will go thg9ugh to- day. By Saturday, f.t,is safe to pre- dict the Senate caiandar will be free and clear of all railroad legisltion in which the administration is deeply in- terested.
 I've of the important administration measures were passed thr9ughh, the sen ate yesterday, and aspecisff nS fers were measures When oday1 Is tone. only a few of the admin; ni;stratTon bills re- main unpassed by the, Sehate.
 It was evident yesterday the word had passed that the Senate had had sufficient time for railroad legislation Yesterday was the fourteenth day or the session, and the railroad bills have been before the Senate ever since the way was first opned for the introduce tion of bills. So the sudden determine tion to pass the railroad bills and have done with it. is a surprise to no one
 The purpose of the administration forces was made plain yesterday when one member of the Committee on Con- merce and Common Carriers after an- other rose and asked that such and such bill be made special order either for yesterday or for today. It was known then the Senate's time was up on the railroads meaures, and that they would immediately be sent over to the House.
 Raflroad Laws Come First.
 The concerted action has an import tant bearing on all legislation of a general or a local nature It is gem sraliy understood nothing big and practically nothing small Is going to ha. pushed through the Legislature url- til the railroad legislation has been passed by both HouHes and sent down to the Governor. This IS the evident policy of the administration leaders. The members who have been interested in some particular bill have found It impossible to hurry that bill through the Legislature. It manages to get ecotched somehow.
 It clearly appears that minor legisla- tion has been run on a sidetrack to give the right-of-way to special, which is made up of the bills In which the administration is interested.
 Following the administration bills will come the general revenue bill. The I.eigsIature knows the Governor wants that run through Immediately. sew eraI State officials and members of the Legislature are at work on the meas ,,re. and 1t will be run through with "a clear track" Before the big ap- nropriations are made, the Governor IS anxious to get a look over the prospec- five revenue situation for the coming wear. In other words, he wants to see where the money is coming from be- fore the big appropriations are made'
 An evidence of this is the case of the hill making the big appropriation or $500 900 increase for the common schools. That bill, which was upassed so hurriedly and amid so much excite ment in the House, has not yet come ont of the hands of the Senate Com mittee on Education. The committee is clearly biding its time.
 The educational appropriation sbills will next get the "go ahead signals. These bills will carry by far the larg- CT anpropriations which will be made bv this Legislature. As soon as the general revenue bill has assumed a definite shape, and is passed by the two Houses. the educational appropriations bill will be pushed in behind 1t.
 Education in Leading Places.
 These are the bill which make the appropriation for the common schools. inc University of Alabama, the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute and the Alabama Girls Industrial School at Montevallo. Aftar that, it will be every man for himself. and lively time is looked for.
 That the Senate was going after the railroad legislation was certain when shortly after 1t convened yesterday morning Senator Lusk moved that Sem ate bill No. 2 be made the special con tinuing paramount order for 11:15 o'clock. When the time arrived, he called for the order and the bill was taken up.
 It is evident there will be practical k, no discussion of the administration rate measure. All talk on them will be discharged. No opposition what ever, from any source, will be thrown in the way of their passage through the Senate. The friends of the admin istration have had them. and the bills have been examined and re-examined for any possible flaws. The admins tration's constitutional expert Henry q. Selheimer, has passed upon them, and that is considered sufficient for the administration.
 There are no more amendments to be offered by the majority and the ma iority will not permit amendments from anybody else. And every man in
 
 road measures have passed out of the senate into the House.
 The first bill passed yesterday was the bill of Senator Lusk To prescribe the measure of damages for loss. de- gtruction or injury to, or failure to de- liver, goods by ommon arriers, and to regulate the collection thereof"
 1t was not he first time this meas ure had been before the Senate. On it's previous appearance the constitutionali- vt of the measure had been subject to attack, annd the attack made an i'm pression on the friends of the meas ure. The committee had been going over the bill since then. So when it came up yesterday Senator Lusk stood up with his desk covered with law hooks as though he were in court to discuss a knotty question of law,
 Subject to FOurfoId Penalty.
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