The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-07
Many Important Meas
 ures Await Action.
HE ADVANCE GUARD ]
 REACHES CAPITAL CITY
Big Fight Will Be Made on Foreign
 Lean Bill.
Victory of Senator John Hollis Bank head Seems Assured While Cover nor win Not Again Be Ab-s :, solute Dictator of Legis-
 lation. -.

The approaching summer session of the Legislature. to be called to order Tuesday was forecasted yesterday by the arrival of the Legislative advance guard.
 The advance guard of yesterday was made up of the members of the Muni- cipal Code Committee, who gathered for a final consideration of the general city government bill which the com mittee will present to the Legislature and of several gentlemen who are in- terested in matters which will come before the Legislature.
 SSThe Exchange lobby tonight will be filled with still larger ante-Legisla- ture gathering. Senator John H. Bankhead will reach the city tonight and open his headquarters in rooms 100 and 102 of the Exchange. On the same train will come Lieutenant Cover nor Henry B. Gray and Senator Nathan L. Miller, of Jefferson. The night trains no doubt will bring a consider able number of Representatives and Senators. who want to have look over the field before the Legislature gets actively to work.
 The lawmakers have only thirteen gsves them fifty working days and at the winter session they took up thirty-seven of these days The Governor has the right to give theml more time if he wants to do it. But in political and State governmental circles it is regarded as certain that the Governor will not extend the time by calling an extra session.
 Stirring Times Expected,
 There will be some stirring times at the Capitol. The thirteen days will be spent in stew and a struggle. If the Legislature worked twenty-four hours every day for the time 1t has re- maining 1t would not be able to do all that is before. it. The calendars of both. Houses as they were left by the winter session are heavy and bulky The docket was cleared of nothing but afiti-raiiroad legislation. This had right of way and everything was given the sidetrack to get the Governors pet measures through and signed. Every measure he deemed necessary was pushed through and sent down to Z the Governors office.
 There were some minor legislation affecting the railroads and in which he was not vitally interested which went over until the July session. The Re- ciprocal Demurrage bill is still before the lawmakers with It's companion measure, the Excess Baggage Bill.
 The Legislature will make a United States Senator and 1t will no doubt do
 
 head will be elected. It is a safe pre- diction that no other name will 20 peIore the Legislature. Former Con- gressman Jesse F. Stallings still has his name in the race. but in the opinion or people in the Legislature and out of the Legislature the race has long been over and Senator Bankhead will ret his election by unanimous vote of the House and Senate.
 Hon. John W. Tomlinson after nak- Ing A1s announcement canvassed the Legislative field. He came out of the Tace Wltn the frank statement that he found more than ha'f of the Lee.isIa ture pledged to vote for Captain Bank head and the struggle therefore was useless No statement of any sort mas come from MT. Stallings since he announcsd as a candidate.
 Administration QuIta EcJ~hf.
 The same condition which promoted MT. Tomlinson to withdraw as a candi- oate against Captain Bankhead has also moved the State administration to ease up in its fight against the election or Bankhead. There was nothing to nsht with. This brief tilt of the GoVernor against the election of Rank. head forms one of the most remarkahIa incidents In the political history of The State. When the LeEisIature uas Tn session in the winter the Governor;s influence was paramount with ,t Ihere was not single bill passed that the Governor did not want nas.sd It might be further said that tbera %,,a. not single bill that was beaten that the Governor did not want heatan
 The Governor did not find it neces- sary 10 exercise his veto in a single instance Two or three bills were passed which had provisions in them whlcn the Governor thought could be pettered. He sent messages to inc Legislature to that effect, and in the shortest possible time the bills were half-soled to suit the Governor committees on more than one occa- sion did not at first fall in with the Governors ideas But the Governor ana the committees did not remain apart long. They always reached compromise. The compromise was al- ways what the Governor wanted
 Governor and Press.
 This was illustrated in the Governors newspapers to make contracts for their space. The Committee on Commerce ana Common Carriers of the Senate agreed that the newspapers should re- tain that right. The Governor had a different idea about it. The Governors ldea prevailed. and it was not long about prevailing.
 With this influence with the Legfs- lature. the Governor. when, he ap- pointed Captain Bankhead Senator to succeed Senator John T. Morgan, is- sued pronunciamento, declaring that he appointed Bankhead because he was pledged to do 1t in the campaign. He further set forth that the appoint ment was to continue only until the Legislature met and that the Legis- lature was under no obligations to elect Bankhead.
 This statement Captain Bankhead considered declaration of war" and so acted upon it. He Issued his fa- nous short statement in which he intimated that the Governor was try ing to deprive him of the fruits of the victory he had won in the primary, and that he proposed to fight to retain the fruits of that victory. as he had to fight for everything he ever got.
 A lively fight is looked for, In view aR ha GnvArpnrS~ Iru0uxga