The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-18

l manded that those laws should be vin- l dicated.
 He agreed with Senator Jones, how ever. that too many attorneys had been employed in the case. The state al- | ready had an. Attorney General. and an able Attorney General. He had been supplied. too, with an assist ant to help him secure evidence and look up the law. Senator Moody was of the opinion that ss0.0oo was sum- cient to allow the State to pay its way as 1t went.
 Senator Reynolds of Bibb said: 'I have only one objection to the bill It ought to carry 3100.o00 instead of $5O, O,000."
 Senator Hammer declared that 1t had been source of regret to him that the railroads had not been willing to try the new laws before they went into court on them. If the roads had been willing to try the laws and If they had worked hardship. he declared that ne and others would have been quite willing to return to Montgomery and l correct them.
 He differed from both Senator Jones and Senator Moody. No compromise should be offered or accepted aud the sum of $50, 0,000 was small enough to pay for litigation which would continue throughout the years. The railroads, he said, had defied the State and the suits should be pressed to the end. l Reese Favors the Hill.
 The bill was advocated by Senator Reese. He had differed from some of his fellow Senators on the wisdom of the laws. He had not agreed with the dominant thought of the State on the railroad question. But the matter was now one on which the Senators could no longer dIffer. The State had to go forward with the suits and he light
 | The money was necessary. It was not go alone for attorneys fees It was to pay for records and transcripts. He was informed that the costs as far as the cases had gone in the Federal Court would now amount to $15.000 An amendment was offered by Sena- tor Thomas of Barbour declaring that no part of the appropriation should be used to pay lawyers fees. Senator | Thomas spoke on the wisdom of his amendment If the cases were pro- tracted the attorneys could look to future session of the Legislature. If the attorneys knew that $5o,000 was waiting In the States case there would not be any of the appropriation left. <. He said that there was considerable human nature about lawyers and some- times they were accustomed to take note of a mans pile before they fixed their fees.
 Senator Miller advocated the bill and took issue with Senator Jones. He would stand out for the right of the State He would not compromise the controversy one iota. The State owed It to itself to fight these suits to the bitter end. The Senate was not to un- derstand that none of the money car ried by the bill was to be spent for lawyers fees. On the contrary some | of it.would be so expended.
 The State had to make its fight and it was necessary for the appropriation to be made for the State to make it's fight
 The Moody amendment reducing the appropriation to $a0.0oo was then vot- ed down. nays 9, ayes 24. By the same 1 vote the Thomas amendment was de- stroyed. Then the Senate passed the bill with four votes opposing. l only Three Vote Against It.
 The fight over the anti-shipping bill was short, sharp and decisive. It was hardly a fight. It was more like a rout for those who had opposed this measure. The friends of the measure marched forward to victory over the slender opposition that presented itself. Only three votes were cast against the bill, the votes of Senators Hammer, Teasley and Boyers.
 Senator Merritt called the bill from the calendar, where it had been set as & special order. He was fortified by the decision of the Supreme Court in the Delamatta case to which alfusion had previously been made by Senator | Gardner. Delamatta was a salesman employed by a whiskey house of Min neapolis. He solicited orders in pro- hibiton district of South Dakota. He was arrested and his case was carried to the Supreme Court.
 MT. Merritt read the decision of the court and submitted that 1t meant that the State could punish and convict any man who solicited whiskey busi- ness in prohibition territory, without the permission of the Interstate Com. merce law. This being true, he could not conceive how oposition could exist to the bill
 "A temperance wave is sweeping over us," said Senator Merritt. Our peo- ple in most sections of Alabama. have demanded prohibition. They have es- tablished that prohibition by law. We ask YOU to respect them and their laws. We ask you to keep whiskey off them. They are demanding pro- hibition that will prohibit"
 Senator Jones of Wilcox announced be would vote for the bill because his people wanted it.
 Senator Gum of Clarke ravored the measure It was an effective piece of liegislation, carrying into effect'the pro- hibiton. laws which Have been estab- lished. J The Legislature should con- slider the will and the wishes of the people in the prohibition districts.
 The bill went through with only three votes in opposition.
 In its passage. a substitute was of- fered but 1t did not especially effect the general trend. The substitute pro-