The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-09
HOUSE SPENDS DAY WAITING Many New Measures Are Presented. LONG ATTACKS THE ADVERTISER GOodwyn Replies With Spirit
 Amid Applause. Butler Representative Refers to Paper as .sThe Sheet That Flies the Flag of Treason,v Which Is De-
 clsred Entirely Out of
 Place

The ruling of Speaker Carmichael. allowing the introduction of bills ad libatum, announced on the first day of the extraordinary" session of the Leg islature, yesterday caused an avalanche of measures to pour forward to the clerks desk in the House on the call or counties.
 No less than forty-fve new bills were introduced and of these major ity were not included in the call for the 'extraordinary" session of Cover nor Conner.
 Many of the measures are purely To- cal in their character, while some are general in their tone, notably the bill of Mir Williams of Barbour to increase the pension of Confederate soldiers and sailors to SIS per annum and several bills aimed at the pistol toting evil
 The day was strictly day of walt ing. Beyond the introduction of the bills and the reporting of the Ballard constitutional prohibition measure, practically nothing was accomplished.
 The Conner forces threw out their battle line of formidable bills and if there is any great opposition to the program of the chief executive, the op- position is playing a waiting game, looking for the administration leaders to show their hands.
 Attack on The Advertiser. s'
 The day. however. furnished stir ring incident. when MT. Goodwin of Montgomery responded with spirit to a yelled attack made by Representative Long of Butler. one of the Governors chief lieutenants. on The Montgomery Advertiser.
 The incident arose while Mir. Long was discussing the plan to adjourn un- fo ha occasion to refer to The Advertiser as "the sheet down on the corner that flies the nag of treason"
 MT. Goodwin responded quickly and with spirit. He declared that the own CTS of the paper referred to are men fully as loyal to the interests of the people of Alabama as the Representa- tive from Butler, and declafed that the remarks 0f that gentleman were not only uncalled for, but decidedly out of place in as dignified a body as the Ala bama House of Representatives.
 MT. Goodwin was given enthusiastic applause when he nnisned ms reply.
 The Butler County man conrented himself with replying with a ve1leu re- factions on Mir. Goodwyn's political ca reer and described The Advertisers treason by saying that 1t opposed the policies of Governor Conner three hun dred and sixty-dve days in the year.
 The House was called to order by Speaker Carmichael at II o'clock. The session was opened with prayer by Rev. MT. Amason.
 Eightv-five members answered roll call. The Committee on Revision of the Journal. reported that the first days journal was correct. The report was concurred in.
 MT. Smith Wants To Know.
 lively and amusing debate was precipitated by Mir. Smith. of Fillmore, on the report of the Committee on Rules on the number of committee clerks to be retained during the spec ial session. The following committees were allowed clerks in MT. Johns re- port: Rules. Enrolled Bills. Revision of Journal. Judiciary. Commerce and Common Carriers. Temperance and Lo- cal Legislation.
 MT. Smith. os Elmore, with a voice so husky from cold that he was hard ly audible. said that he and his com mittee clerk had been left in the lurch.
 I've got a fellow down here from the hills who is expecting a job. It's too late to talk about economy now and move to amend by giving Public Roads and Highways a clerk"