The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-26
HOUSE DIVIDED ON QUESTION
Some Favor, Some Oppose and
 Others Want Amendments.
Friends of Measure to Provide Method for Working Mines Will Make Strenuous Effort to Secure
 Conside ration.

Present indications are that one of the biggest fights in the present s7H's- sion of the Legislature will come up to- day, when an attempt will he made to have the bill intro fuced by Col. sam VIII John. known as the mining bill, brought up before the House for dis cussion.
 Today is practically the last day to consider bills in the House and give them mu:h chance of going throush h the Senate and becoming laws while the session lasts. Other bills will have to wait until another session of the ye6rs. 6s.''ufe "n'eh VIII not be for four
 For this reason the friends of the bill on mining will make strenuous effort to have it considered. Those who are opposed to 1t will make an equally strenuous effort to have it laid on the table, urging that there is no necessity y to take up the time of the House on measure that is bound tp go down to defeat at this stage of the ses-
 There is another element To contend with and this is composed of the mem Ders who believe there is absolute ne- cessity for good law on this sub 3ect; and that there are many features Tn the pending bill that might well he adopted These will be ready with amendments which. they think. will put the bill In such q shape that there will De uT,3, no collection to passing it.
 AeH t'iio istitT eltI1eHI, IT IS Sa.u VIII lay the balance of power and by It's efforts. combined with those who are friendly to the bill. the effort to table 1t may be frustrated.
 Re this as 1t may. there is no dis counting the fact that there are those in the House who are bitterly oppose! 10 the bill becoming a law and thcsc last night, were of the opinion that tho Dill will be defeated
 No bill of a similar chardcter on the CaIenQar has caused si,, among the members of the House. Op- position has been met with from the mine owners. who attack several sec tons or the bill as being unfair as well there are which mine owners declare are not feasible in the operation of a mine. One of the most vital questions as between the framers of the bill and those who are opposed to it Is the meth cd ofA Ared in furnishing air to a mine.
 Oneof the most ardent supporters Of the bill is MT. Bloch. who says the min" owners agreed to forty nine sec tions of the bill out of the total num- Der of seventy-three. The Committed that came on here few days ago. Mr Bloch says, came here with the pur- pose of adjusting the remaining see tions, but went away after satisfying themselves with haInC d copy of their objections to the bill printed and placed on the desk of every member cf the House. He believes most firmly that the Dlll Will not only be taken up today, but that it will be passed There are many others who have been noticeably on the winning side of any measure during the present ses- sion, who are equally vigorous in the statement that the bill will be defeated and there is the third element which believes there can be enough amcnd- ments injected into the bill to save t from that defect.
 The latter were busy yesterday trv- inS to convince the opponents to the bill that the proposed ane endments will satisfy them, and that foI this reason they should keep hands eff until the House has an opportunity to hear these amendments Some of thee opponents took this under consideration and ap- peared to be at least partially per suaded that this would be the correct thing to do. but there were others who said that if the bill passed ,he House, 1t would only be after one of the strongest fights the House has seen.
 Among other bills that are meetin., with opposition are those aimed al der that the State may secure the rev enue it is thought is due fl6 m the land end on the marine insurance Cn cotton. It is known that the cotton en of :iie State are much opposed 10 thcs" bi!ia and when they were consider q in com mittec yesterday. 1t was deciGed to re- fer them to q sub-comTuittCU If thre" composed of Messrs. ArrinEttr. Laa- caster and Glover, to further eons!Gei the matter.
 This was done. it is said. to give to the cotton men opposed to the 'illS q chance to be heard on the question. al {. to give to the Department of Ir. u rance chance to explain just what IS expected to be accomplished by tU- bills