The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-02
BATTLE ROYAL < IN THE HOUSE Appointive Power Bill is
 Reconsidered. GOODWIN PROTESTS MEASURE Says Legislature Has Not Right to
 Anticipate Session. Warm Debate Over Proposed Law Re- suits In Comnitment to Commit- q tee--H'itts Says Proceedings
 Lack Courtesy.
 
GOODWIN PROTESTS MEASURE

House for short time yesterday morn Ing over the question or whether the present Lieutenant-Governor of the minor attaches of the next senate over which he will preside for but q few heeting days. The "antf forces, led by Capt Tyler Goodwin of Mont gomery. were victorious, forcing a re- consideration of a favorable vote of Thursday. and the recommitment of the measure under consideration to com mittee. The Senatorial adherents were even subjected to the discomfiture of having the bill referred to a committee which they did not desire.
 The House had barely started yes terday morning. when Mir. Goodwyp called up his notice of the previous day that he would move to reconsider the vote by which the House had passed Senate bill No. I. That is the measure which changes the. statute regarding the appointment of the minor attaches of the Senate by substituting, as the nppointive power. the President of the Senate, who is the Lieutenant Governor, In place fthe President pro tempore of the Senate, as the section heretofore has read. Mir. Goodwin insisted because of the fact that the present Lieutenant-Gov. sonos sos would nSt go out of t5 pce Scr ing of the next Senate. it permitted the retiring official to name the off, cers of body with which he would nave nOLHlHS 10 uO. Tie thought tu6 matter should be left as 1t now is. each session of the Senate deciding as to the manner of appointing attaches as 1t might see 1t.
 Test Vote Goes for Goodwyn. Mir. Kornegay of Dallas moved. as of and as 1t was not fit and seemly the House should be interfering with the private affairs of the Senate, that ] MT Goodwyn's motion be laid on the
 
 1 table was the test vote. the friends of l the bills being able to muster but | twenty-three votes, while the follow The vote in detail follows: Ayes-Mr. Speaker, Armstrong. Bait zell. Brown, Carmichael of Clay. Crum, ! Edwards. Fuller, John, Kirby. Korne- gay, Lyons. Mitchell. Pitts of Perry, Rowe, Rushton, Sample. Sanford. Smith | of Fillmore. Smith of Lee. Thompson | Turner, weaver--23.
 Nays-Arnold. Arlington, Ballard of Benners. Benson. Bulger Cannon, Car: | michael of Colbert Coleman of Lowndes, Coleman of Marshall, Cooper. cranford. Doyle of Marengo. Elrod, ley Henley. Johnson. Jones. Killen, Lacy of Walker. Lacy. of Dallas, Lawson, Lee of Barbour. Lee of Etowah Lee r,,SIo.o of Houston Msn1a Parker, Pearson. Peete, Pitts of Dallas Powell of Bullock. Powell of coving- ton. Power. Pratt, Price. Rainer. Rat tray Rice. Sanders. Scale. sherrod. Smith of Etowah. smith of Franklin, Urquhart. Vann. White of Lamar. White | of Perry. Williams, Woolf-62. l Debate on the bill. somewhat sharp in places. followed the refusal of the ] House to table the motion for recon- sideration. Mir. Pitts of Perry opened with a statement that the matter was and that it would not be the part of | "courtesy" for the House to interfere. l It was only just and right. he said for | the House to leave such matters to the be expected to leave matters concern Ing only the House to 1t.
 Argument ia Warm.
 Has 1t ever been suggested" asked Speaker of this. House should appoint the officers for the next House?"
 q don't know anything about that" responded MT. Pitts. amid laughter as with a broad gesture he swept all such considerations from before him. but I do know this is matter that concerns only the Senate, and the Senate has spoken"
 MT. Kornegav also spoke for the passage of the bill. declaring the sub feet was one which did not concern the House.
 MT. Gunter of Montgomery was op- posed to the measure, declaring the re- tiring Lieutenant Governor had no more right to name the attaches of the next Senate than he had to name those of the next House.
 Mir Goodwyn also protested against allowing the present Senate to Inter fere in the affairs of the Senate which Is to follow 1t four years hence. The House. he thought. should prevent the Senate from taking any such action.
 with a declaration that it was all a minor matter. and one in which the House had no concern. The question as to the appointment of the officers of the next Senate he dismissed with the statement that there was no next Sem .nte." the Legislature being a continu- ing body under the Constitution. Good wYn's motion to reconsider was carried on rising vote. 60 to S2.
 MT John thereupon moved amid laughter that the measure be recom mitted to the Judic'arv Committee. This is the committee of which he is Chair man. This motion to recommit was shut off by a motion by Mir. Guntcr to indefinitely postpone the measure. which he later withdrew.
 Bill Is Referred.
 The bill was finally disposed of: on the Committee on Revision of Laws, MT Pitts of Dallas. Chairman of that Committee, thought 1t nroper to recom- init the bill to the JudiciarV Commit tee. but his substitute motion to that effect was laid on the table. on motion of MT. Goodwin, by a rising vote of Fl to 27.
 HOUSE SCOUTS INVITATION.