The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-03
SPECIAL SESSION
 MEETS THURSDAY Is Principal Topic of Conversa- ten at Montgomery PROHIBITION QUESTION Will Be One of the Principal Issues To Be considered-Good Is Ex-
 pected From the Finan-
 cial Furry.
PROHIBITION QUESTION
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

BY 1EhVEY w. LAIkD'
 Montgomery, November 2.-(Special.)-
 Naturally the main topic of conversation
 at this time is the extra session of the legislature to assemble next Thursday at | noon, for the most part to deal with the situation that has grown out of the fight
 made by the railroad companies on the
 rate and regulation laws adopted by the January and July sessions of that body.
 However, there will be few other sub | jects, out of which may grow some in-
 terest at least Among these is ccmpui-
 sory education and so much in earnest
 have the friends of this idea become, the
 educators of the state have gotten behind | it and will push it with the best talent they can command.
 l Just what will be undertaken in regard | to railroad laws is now uncertain. The
 plan seems To be to repeal most or all of ] the laws passed. with intention, it IS 1 thought, of enaetng others that will be | free of the weaknesses already shown, | and which, if possible, may be enforced l without interference from the federal 1 courts of less jurisdiction than the su- | preme tribunal at Washington. Leaders | are reticent about the intentions of the 1 men in charge, and it is thought that no ! real determination in detail will be hnaiiy | reached before the message of the gov | ernor is finished about the middle of the week. The conference of governors at At lanta Friday was looked to to help out some along this line
 Other Questions Up.
 While compulsory education is probably to be the most interesting subject to be fought out that is made a part of the
 call, no doubt the prohibition question will take rank with the leaders. AS the latter is not Il part of the call, 1t Will have to be taken up by a vote of two thirds, but there will be no trouble about this. As already noted two ideas will be advanced, one for a bill for general elimi-
 nation by statute, another for an amend-
 ment to the organic law to provide con | stitutional prohibition. It is a safe guess that Governor Conner will not put himself ] in the way of any prohibition bill, even though ne is committed to the local op- tion theory.
 The law with regard to cotton seed meal is to be amended, and one to regulate sales of stocks of goods in bulk consid- cred. The Birmingham police commission
 bill will have an inning to try and get It | so 1t can be at once enforced and an ef- 1 fort will be made to law out the delays 1 incident to criminal trials because or | technicalities. Forest protection, regula-
 tion of the sale of narcotics, and the | care of epileptics are also on the list the two latter to correct laws passed. So far | as can be heard the attendance will be ! almost the entire membership.
 Good Is Expected.
 | One incident of the present financial | furry is the attention that is drawn to | the fact that it is easy to get funds or 1 the government over to New York to take of ha hal bllSinpSg generally. 1 but rather hard to secure the same sort i of aid in getting the crops of the south | moved While the situation in the eas: | has been saved the price of cotton has | dropped off cents a pound because of 1 the increased cost of exchange. A result | is that the farmer loses In fact, there | is belief in the minds of many that the | panic is made largely to break the price | of products and in the interest of those | who have them to buy.
 But there will no doubt come out of it 1 a condition that will be good for all The
 bankers have shown that they are not | only able down south to meet every call
 upon them, but have judgment to look | ahead and see trouble coming. In l@S | they let their vaults be drained before ] they took precautions. Now they have | loads of money and have stopped the out | side calls in time to keep it where 1t IS needed. It is indicated to the mind or | inc average man that this sort of fore sight is a safeguard to the community. l If he knows there is money in the banks | he is easy, even though he may not own | it, or owning it. knows that he can dra" out only little at a time
 Reunion Prospects.
 The outlolz is that there will be a great crowd at the reunion of the Confederate veterans and the sons two days this month. the 18th and 14th. The city has made every preparation to give the old
 vets and the younger fellows and the la dies, old and young, such a time as they never had before. Gen. George F. liar rison, commanding the veterans, and Commander A. c. Sexton, of the sons'
 held a meeting at the capital yesterday
 and went over the draft of the pio-
 grammo, which is almost complete. Both
 agree that the outlook is good Tor a
 large attendance.
 The reports to Adjutant General Harvey E.. Jones of the veterans and Adjutant John Elmore of the Sons. indicate that inc attendance will be the largest ever had since the last time here. The old Soldiers are taking great interest in the gathering as 1t will bring many Of them hack to the old state house from which they went away to battle many years ago. Every attention will be shown them. Those who are not able to pay their way will be amply provided for Many social events have been arranged.