The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-03
REVENUE BILLS ARE
ALL THROUGH SENAT {
Senator Miller Shows Able General.
ship In the Management of These
Bills-Jefferson County
Is Greatly Favored.
BY C. Nj. STANLEY.

BY C. M. STANLEY.
Montgomery, March 2.-(SpeciaL)-rhe
exodus began tonight. The final INSTALL
ment OF the Birmingham crowd took the
nisat train for home The weary law
makers who have daily climbed those
sixty seven steps from the street level To
the legislative halls at the capitol sea
visions of the loved ones at their fire
sides. The long grind will end Monday
and it must be confessed few of those
legislators who could not stand the
strain left Mont somery today.
They are weary and they have a right
to he weary. for they have worked 1t
is a remarkable legislature aud the ef-
/ fects of its proceedings will be felt i'll
Alabama for years and years to come
In Alabamas s growing. prosperous and
independent position these makers
have enacted laws and made oppropria-
tons which no body of men would have
dreamed of doing ten years ago. It Is II
fine body Of men--every one working Cor
the states best interest as no Goes 1t
and upon most of the legislation enacted
there has been wonderful unanimity.
j The members Of the Legislature of 1877
deserve the praise of their constituents.
!
| Things look bright for Mayor Wards
! police commission dill. If 1t gets through
/ II will be by sensational finish" for II
the session were one day shorter THERE
would be no chance.
/ BY nice piece of generalship il waa
/ reported fayorably to the house this
morning. OF course ii could not be acted
Ion the same day as reported. but Il was
made a special order ON Monday There
! will be somewhat OF a fight on the fioor
! when II comes up. Urquhart and Glover
are %filt opposing 1t but Lovelady says
he win vote with the majofity or he
delegation, The majority favors Wards
! plan, 50 that Lovelady's support is now
| counted upon.
though and Representative Tanstall OF
Hale is now our against IL. lie has a
loilowlhs and IN 1t way is pretty stronE
member ~ IN Il way + meant tlalt
he IS not With the administration. Bnf IN
! spite OF this The bills propeets look coed
/ Il - understood that Governor Conner
[ saiG today that If the commission of
! Two men besides the Mayor is creates,
| ne VIII appoint two OF the stfnn,gest men
/ lie can find In Birmingham for the places.
/ No better evidence could be found or
/
shown during the present session OF Tire
/ legislature by Senator Miller Of Jefferson
( tltan the manner in which he piloted the
! revenue bills through The senate. They
We're All put through this morniug-gen-
eral revenue. TAX commission ana minor
4 measures. A. chairman Of the committee
! on finance aud taxation the fate of this
| legislation depended in great measure on
Senator Miller jefferson county has h,
! faet taken the position before this legis-
iaiure that her greatness should COM
I maud,
jefferson county has received PRACTICAL
| ~ every Thing asked for. Twelve Jefferson
I county judges have been provided for
! or these three entirely new ones have
/ been created, two for the city court and
one Tor the circuit court. Their salaries
are $500. The salaries OF the criminal
court judges, the old circuit judge, two
! city court judges and chancellor of tho
northwestern district. have been raised
| to $500. Bessemer city court has been
! established with ample jurisdiction. the
| Judge of which is TO be elected from
! the whole county and whose 1ures are
also to be drawn from the whole county
| His salary Is $500 and after 1910 he will
receive $4,000. The salary of the Judge
/ OF the inferior criminal court has been
raised to $4,000 and the county in future
| will hoVe to bear certain expenses OF
| conducting the work of the inferior civil
court Of Birmingham
Now that the tax commission bill has
! been passed there seems to be a feeling
! that after all II is the best thing There
are few men who do not object when
their taxes are raised. A raise of sfo
| hurts worse than 800 spent in any other
| way.
But every fair-minded man admits that
! assessments In the state are not equit-
able. There are many rich men in Bir-
ham
| low. They know 1t and everybody else
| knows 1t and everybody also knows that
| the assessments are not equitable. If the
state tax commission of three which is
created by the law can equalize these
| assessments over the state il is gen
orally conceded that it will be PERFORM
| ing u great public service. 1t Is a bill
| where the intention Is good even II IL
does fail to work out.
There are some who objected on tho
| ground that the commission will cost
$4,000 a year. But its work will bring in
! vastly more than that to the state. Be
| sides this the general revenue bills are
designed to get back some of the enor-
nous sums voted away by the legisla-
| ture There does not seem the retnotest
danger Of the states becoming baak
| rupt.
The anH-bucketshop bill. which closes
all such places after January l. 1898. viii
be interesting 10 many in Birmingham
, some OF whom it will please and some or
| whom II will offend When the voting he
/ gan IN the house Friday it was anus
Ing "a see the rush for the corridors
bv the members Who did not want to
| % on record The doorSeeper was IN u
panic for fear there would be- no quorum
| and spectators weie reminded Of cattle
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