The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
ADJOURNMENT MAY COME
 THE LAST OF THIS WEEK
Minority Seems Willing to Rest on Recsrd as Now Made.
centest Was over Amesdments onerea >by Minority. All of which Were Promptly Defeated. asa Gen. eraI Policy of Punishment.
 and Reward

After week of earnest. but fruit less. talk. tho Senate whiried in yes- terday and passed one right after the other the Senate bills which will go Into making of Governor Corners new railroad code.
 When tho day was done. with the Senate bills passed. the end of the ex- tra session was in sight. It will come between Wednesday and Saturday of this week. It Is possible that a stren- uous effort will be made to have an adjournment Wednesday night. But while the Wednesday night adjourn- ment Is possible. 1t is not probable.
 The vote on the rate aud penalty bills yesterday indicated that the adroit and resourceful minority of the senate, which has opposed the legisla- ton. had decided that the fight already made was a sufficient predicate for the future and the record was such as they were satisfied with 1t.
 At any rate. the prolonged fight wau over and the majority, which had given the minority all the speaking chances 1t wanted. proceeded to systematically and rapidly pass the Governors nurner- ous bills.
 | On the final show down. there was but slight opposition. The fights had been made on amendments and on tlaa general policy of punishing one raii- road and rewarding another. several of the Senators who had acted with the minority in the preliminary skirtn.~hea lined up with the majority and voted for the Governors biils.
 Passed in Proper Form
 The bills. it might be sad iueident- ally. were passed just as thn Govt srnor wanted them passed They vera 1 put on the Senate record tust as they | came from the hands Of the (f1vera.r rsa which was offered by Senator Miller. an adniinistrAtion Senator.
 This ainelldlnenk It Is supposed. wiil be acceptable to the Governor If if ls not. it wiIi De eliminated hnfafeft &Ats | to his hands The Senate shasycd II. l self quite willing to pass anything that l had on it the O. K. Of the Governor. The bills passed yesterday were in general the rate pills or the new uosiss | the bills which were originally commit | ted to the Senate.
 The penalty biIls were entrusted to | the House and quickly passed by that | body. The House was so we'll advance 1 at all yesterday. l The bills passed by tho House were 1 given a second reading yesterday They l will go on the calendar for d third reading and will Do passed at the Mon- day session.
 1 will go over to the House Monday, and on Tuesday put on the calendar for a | third reading and passage.
 l So by Wednesday, all the railroad bills will have gone through. and the I Senate and House will have nothing else to do ut pass the odds and ends l of other agitation.
 No Minority Amendmemaa.
 The Senate. in It's consideration of l the Governors pet measures. was fn no l humor to accept amendments. Amend | ments, if they were offered by minor ity Senator. were not at all acceptabie. 1 Senator Blsckmon wished to amend the bill fixing a penalty for any ticiS. l ct agent conductor or trainmAn whc l refused to accept the statutory pas. | senEer fare. or who elected passen- l ger from train after the paasenRei | had offered to pay the legal fare.
 The amendment of Senator Black. mon proposed to compel the railroad to pay the fine of any employe. who acting under orders, was guilty of this l violation of the act.
 | It looked like a reasonable amend. ! ment. but the Senate wanted no amend. l ment from the other side. and it wms | finally laid away on the table.
 Senator Spragins proposed an amend. Il ment to the bill autl-orizinE the exam. ination of the books. papers and vou- chers of all railroads which were | at litigation with the State authorities but the majority did not want any 1 amendments. Senator Spragtns de clared that under it's present form fhf I bill was so drastic that not onlx wal the Railroad Commission or its agents entitled to examine the books and pa l pers of a railroad company. but 1t could l fg NVh hA { of the company should be kept.
 Could not the Railroad Commission under this law. tell a railroad whether if should have a male or a female hook keeperY' asked Senator Blackmon
 Senator Spragins said that if the Railroad Commission really cared to enforce any such ruling 1t probably could do so under the terms of the biti. But the Spragins Arnendment. which would have permitted the railroads tp keep their books in the most con venient manner was tabled.
 To Avoid Unjust Suits.
 Senator Reese proposed an amends ment to the bill which allowed suits and damages for railroad refusing 10 sell passenger tickets at the statn- tory rate. Under the original bill suig for damages could be brought at any time.
 The Reese amendment provided that when a prospective passenger wishef | to enter suit for a refusal to sell tickets i at the statutory rate. he should serve notice on the superintendent of the company within thirty days.
 MT. Reese protested that the niu tn I ,ts oriafnal form would be a haven and a blessing to the damage suit lawyer He could easily conceive of the am bulance chaser kind of lawyer run nine around month after month, trying to persuade some people to brins damage suits against railroads
 Wr Reese was guarded in his criti-
 c,su1 of the bill, but he showed that hs
 regarded this particular measure aa
 heinz a most unusual piece of legisla.