The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-31
after the dlsposal of House Bin No.

,n recommendation of the Rules Committed, the doorkeeper was in- structed to buy o rent four typewrit- CTS for the use of the clerical assistants Two resolutions. seeking to create special orders, were presented and re- ferred to the committee on Rules. as House Bill No. 8, providing, ten-hour day for workers in factories, for to-
 By MT. Long, of Butler, getting Sem ate Bill No. ,, the two and one-haIf cent railroad passenger fare bill, for
 A dozen favorable reports were re- ceived from various standing commit. tees of the House, as we'll as several
 MT. John. of Jefferson. the author of
 House Bill No. 25. the anti-lobby bill'
 and the chairman of the Judiciary Com at this roint called up the anti-Iobby bill as the unfinished business.
 Anti-Lobby Hill Recommitted.
 "As there has heen so much misun- derstanding about this bill" he said, it has been deemed proper by the friends of the measure ro recommit the bill to
 ssoSass s Snassry Sent aoS to s tSs clerks desk to that eff ct"
 The resolution was then read by
 Reading Clerk swanson. It provided
  tha Judiciary Committee, and when re- ported again, that 1t should be per mitted to retain its place on the caien- dar as special order.
 Mir. John said the recommittal of the bill was in good Iaith, and that 1t was the purpose to consider 1t and any amendments that might be presented This course. was pursued, he said be- cause of tho criticisms that had been made of the measure.
 MT. Honm,adh ,nds,,n5to MootIs nostnancment m fi' of the bill and it's pending amendments. He understood. he said, that the origl- nal bill had been very drastic ana tn.I M l committee. If the original were any | more drastic than the present one, ne | exclaimed, it would be a very hard
 oHT oHITt n made little difference to him, he | said, whether the bill passed or not, | but he thought 1t ought to have come | before the House in form that IL | could be acted upon, ana not nave to
 be reconlmitted after 1t had once been , on the floor of the House.
 l He contended the House was just as | able to fudge of the bill as was the
 Judiciary Committee. and for that reg
 son he opposed the recommitment or
 Sneaker Martin, who had called MT. l C,armichael, of Colbert, to the chair + raised the point of order, wnich was duly sustained, that MT, Hommah mo
 ton was out of order. as MT; Johns l resolution, and not the antiTlobny niil | as d whole, was under consideration. MT. Martin insisted it was reguiar pro | cedure to commit and reconimit oills, l tha us,al course being for bills to be l considered in committee. "Has 1t not already been eShssIefeo %
 The speaker, in reply, saia ne un taersfood 1t had, but insisted 1t was not Unusual to recommit blH. He urssu
 the Democratic platform deh'andetus ana ts the the measure under discussion were not Ih Ipropar form, it was necessary to reconir init 1t to the committee, anu get IL HI form to meet all requirements.
 Mir. Pitts, of Dallas, followed the Sneaker saying the motion of the gen ltieman from Jefferson shouIu meet
 with the hearty concurrenee or every member of the House There was ho reason why the bill should not go pack Ito the committee. He moved the prev lous question on the resolution, smut
 ting off debate, and the resoIasioih r.9i '" irefer was adopted without opposition. Veterans Cause of EiOquence. Mr. Arnold of Calhoun. called up ms measure, which was the next speeiat order on the calendar, exempting prop Ierty of Confederate soldiers and sailors and their widows from taxation, anu flor two hours or more eloduenee reish- ed supreme in the chamber ..a ! Mr Kornegay, of Dallas, started the [ trouble by expressing the opinion tMhat M lthe old soldiers were amply cared TOT ot, would be before the session ended, py liberal pensions. approprlati,ons TOT the the
 Soldiers Home, etc, and asking at the
 same time for an explanation ot ths measure from MT, Arnold the author ei . the bill. ,,., o, lanicndmsnt to make the bill apply only 1 to those old soldiers who do not nave ! property more than IS exempt from 7 execution, This amendment was de,
 the bill by Mir. Arnold, and was later adopted by a vote of S6 to s.
 In ,explainlng, the purpose, ppnat,on or ,rom tne . taxation was no new thing, as cotton
 mills are now exempted. The idea hao
 been suggested to him. he said, by the Incident of 8 soldiers widow, without
 little property. who pointed out to hinl the item of soldiers tax" or the one mill tax as 1t is usually known. and
 said she could see no reason whS she
 should be compelled to pay tax, as poor as she was. to help pay pensions | to her husbands comrades.
 The exemption bill, MT. Arnold in. sisted. would fill nlcE Tor tns reiSl . destitute condition, who needed pen ty to support themselves:
 Tribute to Old Soldiers.
 Mir. Arnold then brancbed off into brilliant oration on the old soldier, anc what the State owed to nim, reeountlns his deeds of valor on the oattletleld an. ant } the State during the days or reconstruc' ? tion Tn closing his speech, he paid glowing tribute to the voluntary ser
 vice of the soldier, and said the Stat' should not at this time stop to consid 2 CT the Treasury in making plans fol
 his relief , Mir Pitts. of Perry. followed MT. Ar ! mold with an earnest speech in favo l Iof granting the old sold srs exemption , from taxes. ~
 MT Sample opposed the bill, as dis
 criminating between the old soldiers
 with little property, and those with
 out any. as we'll as those With grea
 deal All, he thought. were equal!
 worthy. l
 MrI Lee, of Barbour, who declare' himself the youngest old soldier on tn