The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-01
Measure is Now Up to the Governor. NO OPPOSITION OFFERED WHEN QUESTION COMES UP Legislators Pass on It Without Word of Explanation. Awaits Comer's Signature To Become Law--Tsepresentative Leng and
 Pitts Tilt Over Use
 of Word sAdminfs-
 tration.s

The two and half cent passenrer fare bfn was pushed through the Housa yesterday and as soon as It can be sn- rolled. will be placed in the hands of Governor Conner for signature. AS he has been the power that has pushed the Legislature along in the consideration of the railroad bills. there Is no doubt that within a very few days the measure for reduction of half cent milo in passenger fares will become law of the State.
 No word of explanation or of protest was offered in the House upon the pas sage of the measure. The matter canaa up in response to a resolution proposed Wednesday by T. Lee Long. of Butlak County Chairman of the House Conf- mittee on Commerce and Common Carr riers. that the measure become spe~ cial order for yesterday. This was re- ferred to the Rules committee. and ID. on favorable report. the resolusion was adopted and the rate nili made special order.
 When the hour came for it's considers ation. 1t was read by title. and Szr. Long simply called the attention of the House to the identity of the measure. and the bill was passed by unanimous vote.
 l Pitts Eaters Protest.
 A dramatic incident occurred in eonv 4 a8etlon with the Dnasags ak the htif ] throuuh the House. Chairman Long, pk the Committse in charge had offered. | In support of the measure. the brief statement that the proposed enactment was an administration measure. l seomine to think that sufficient reason l for its passaEe--a course of reasoning in which the House. by it's vote on the | bill. seemed to concur. l But Mir. Pitts of Dallas, one or the abIest men on the floor of tho House. entered vigorous protest, declaring ! that there was no argument in such statement in a Legislature where all are Democrats, and there is no dispute over party politics.
 All records of the House of Represent tatives of the present session Of tne I.eRislature were broken, when eight general bills and nineteen local meas ures were passed through the lower body.
 There was no diacussion---there was no time for it. Every bill that came up was passed without ceremony, and on the one or two measures that came up ..fFe .nsess4 no A.4.. bate was induiged in. an agreement pee ing speedily reached to recommit. Rev. I. w. ChaIker of Montgomery pronounced the invocation of the House Eighty-three monlbers re
 sponded to their names on the opening roll call. The journal as usual, was approved without reading The Rules Committee reported Tar
 vorably on the resolutions presented Wednesday to make special orders or the Senate bill. making two and half cents the maximum railroad pas- senger fare. and making ten hours the
 maximum day of fiabor In factories. Both resolutions were passed without op-
 position.
 Fifteen or twenty measures were re-
 ported favorably by the committees
 having them in charge. and forty eight new bills were introduced upon the call of counties for that purpose NGMEW9tGM.
 One of the new measures, presented
 by Mir. Rushton. of Crenshaw, re-
 qulres that all railroads Of the state shall publish their local schedules fn
 each of the papers of the cities and town through which they run. The
 bill was referred to the Commtttea on Commerce and Common Carriers. | MT. Shsrrod of Lawrence presented a bill requiring the publication of a list of United States internal revenue li-
 censes.
 Another measure of general interest is that by Mir Coleman of Marshall. providing for q statistical report from all cotton gins to State Commis-
 sioner, to be compiled by him.
 A bill by Mr. Steagall of Dale seeks
 to give the State the right of appeal
 in felony cases.
 MT. Goodwin of Montgomery presen-
 ted two measures ono for the aid og
 W. B. Paterson's negro school in
 this city. and the other to prevent
 cities from securing bids for patent-
 ed articles. The effect of the measure
 will be to bar bitulithic paving from
 the State
 Changes ApPOintive Power.
 Senate bill No. 1. changing the law for the appointment of Senate at- taches. was called up by Mir. Steagali of Dale, at the request he said of Lieutenant- Governor Gray The meas ure changes the apointive power from the President pro tenn to the President of the Senate, who is. the Lieutenant- Governor.
 Mir. Tunstall feared the result of the bill would be to permit the dis charge of the present pages of the Sem ate. appointed by the President pro tempore, and the naming of others
 Mir. Pitts of Dallas brought up an- other objection to the measure. The next Legislature would meet six days before the incoming Lieutenant-Gov- ernor would take his seat He thought the bill. would permit the outgoing Lieutenant- Governor to appoint all the employees of the next session of tha Senate.
 demand for the previous question failed. and a motion. by Mir Carmichael of Colbert. to defer the further consid-