The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-08

l De TellPNeu ohS het N'~A " | on that committee"
 Resolutson Was Adversed. Mir. Reese told of his introduction | of a resolution for that relief and of | that resolution being held up by the Rules Committee of the Senate. It de- l veloped through an interruption Of | Sena IT Gardner that the resolution | had, been sent into tho Senate under
 an adverse report.
 Senator Leith. of the Committee on | Revision of the Journal said the l committee had been meeting without the Senator from Dallas, and that tt | could continue to do so.
 Senator Reese served notice he would nov. today to call the resolution from the a .verse report.
 The Senate devoted practically Its entire morning session to the bill of I Senator Lowe, which provided that
 judges Of law and equity courts in counties Of not less than 20.0eO in-
 habitants and having q taxable prop
 erty of not less than 8 O00,500 should be paid by the State. The Senate plain ly favored the bill, but Senator Reid
 was responsible for the most ot the oratory which accompanied its con- sideratiou. through the amendment which he offered. His amendment
 provided the bill should not apply to couHtleS WHICH dlTSduJ iAu'h e ShSoAs or a chancery court
 Senator Lowe, the mover of the bill. advocated it as a matter of right and justice. I-e pointed out 1t would apply only to the larger counties Of the State, and to those counties which
 had the larger cities in them. Senator Miller was a warm advo- cate of the measure. Senator Miller had already had passed bill which lnTo m p- mingham on this very proposition, put he was unwilling, to see that his coun- ty should be unduly favored over the other large counties
 "The financial figures which come from the auditors office on this dues- ton deserve and should have some | consideration" said Senator Miller. .'The county of Jefferson pays into the | State Treasury the enormous sum of | back in appr' .iations from all sources? It ret es the sum of ST7,- 723 from all sources
 Montgomery County Loser.
 "The showing of Montgomery caun- ty Is only less creditable. Montgom- cry county pays into the State treas- ury the sum of $21S.000. It receives back from all funds the sum of $32,- 900. On the other hand. there are
 many counties in Alabama which get
 a great deal more money than they pay to the treasury, Nor should you forget the State treasury is enriched bv 300 convicts from the county or Jefferscn.
 Senator Lusk described the arrange ment of the judicial circuits of Ala bama as "a piece of patchwork. lie reminded his hearers bill was now pending before the Legislature to cre- ate a Judicial commission. This com mission would be charged with the duty of rearrangiHg the circuits or Alabama.
 Senator Lusk was for any bill which would give relief to existing conditions in Alabama He declared his belief that no lawyer on the floor of the Sen ate could tell the salary of any judge unless 1t was the judge Of the court of his particular city. Some relief was offered in the bill, and he stood for anything that would help the ju- dicial system of the State.
 Senator Reese was an earnest sup porter of the measure. He paid a high compliment to the city of Birm- ingham, which, he said, was the pride and boast of Alabama" He paid tribute, too, to Senator Miller, saying he was well worthy from his ability, his courtesy, and his value to the Sem ate to represent such a constituency He said. too, that the indications were that a second city would be built up
 on the banks of the Coosa which in the
 future would be as great or greater
 than is Birmingham today.
 Don't Want to Lose Courts. He opposed the amendment of Sena- l tor Reid, declaring that if Dallas County had to give u2 the courts 1t now had 1t would prefer to lose the benefits the bill conferred upon it.
 Senator Leith was also opposed to the amendment. He was for the bill | for he favored anything that would give the people of Alabama an oppor- 1 tunity of appealing to the courts for l justice with the assurance that in due ! time they would get hearing in court | At this juncture Senator Hayes took | occasion to note the number of boasts
 that Senators had made in the debate | for their own counties.
 'I have heard with pride some of the l things the Senators have said of the | greatness of their counties and of the | citizens they produced" said Senator l Hayes. q want to speak a word fol
 Limestone. Across the creek on whict
 live is the birthplace of Edmund | Winston Pettus. We have produced 1 two Governors. Houston and Bibb. We l have furnished two United States Sen
 ators. Houston and Pryor. We have l furnished four justices of Supreme
 Court three for Alabama and one for l Arkansas. We have the honor of fur
 nishing the youngest justice that ever
 sat on the Supreme Court of Alabama ] and the county of Limestone has pro- duced another great man, whose nam6
 modesty forbids me from mentioning. The Senate took occasion to enjoy
 its first laugh during the discussion
 Senator Lowe. speaking in suppor
 of the bill, said:
 Legal Delay Cause of Violence.
 T have no doubt the delay of the law | with it's attendant criticism and excuse
 for violence is due in Alabama to tho
 congested condition of the dockets O its courts. I have no doubt the ex'
 cuse for the mob spirit founded or the laws delay could be removed i
 that delay were obviated."
 At this juncturc. the amendment O
 Senator Reid was tabled by a decisive | vote
 Senator Reynolds, of Bibb, supported
 the bill. He pointed out the bill woul' affect eleven counties in Alabama. Tn supporting this measure, I hav
 no selfish reasons, or. no reason die | tated by a wish to look after my Owl
 county. I want to tell you the count, of Bibb pays into the State treasur,
 Che sum of S52,G ), and it receives bacl
 from the treasury through every chan nel only $35,0UU. l would nave tn
 Senator know the eleven counties af
 fected by the bill pay into the Stat
 treasury twice as much raxcs as tn
 other hfty-six counties combined"
 The bill was passed with only fey