The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-30

over to few favored measures he did not see where the great body of lcgis lation of interest to the whole Stat~ was coming in.A The House had been in session fourteen days, and not a sim gle bill on the regular calendar has been considered.
 .Draw Pay aud Do Nothing
 eThe gentleman. If ] understand him arfght, interposed MT Hoffman of Mo- bile. says we have been here four teen days and done nothing. Isn't it a fact that we have drawn pay for twen- ty-two days and done nothing."
 MT. John of Jefferson, pointed out that the House had passed Il resolution to give the afternoon to local bills, and that the resolution under consideration aimed to make place for tho consid- eration of general bills. If such is the purpose of the resolution, l am heartily in favor of it.'fS
 MT. Arnold of Calhoun believed the provision that no special SrGer should be created without previous reference to the Committee on Rules was q suf- ficfent safeguard. He thought the House able to regulate the matter cf proced- ure without passing an iron-clad resc- lution
 The H,use refused 10 suspend the | ruleA and the resolution was referred by the Speaker tp the Committee on Rules.
 The Senate amendments to the gen. eral appropriation bill were ccncurred in. and the arrival Of Governor Hey ward, whc was to speak to a joint ses- sion of the two Houses at noon, hav- ing been announced, the House took a recess until 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
 The Speaker did not leave his chair. but greeted Governor Heywar3 as he was escorted to the front. the Senators having previously quietly entered the hall and taken the seats that had been provided. The spaking by Governor Heyward continued foi nearly an hour. and the members. aft-- crowGing about to congratulate the speaker. dispersed to their homes until the hour set for the afternoon session.
 Small Attendance in Afternoon
 At the afternoon session only seven ty members answered to their names on the roll call of the initial local leg islation session. Cthcrs came in late, however, until about ninety were pres- }ent. The first business of the after noon was the reading Of 9 message from the Senate. received just befort nocn, transmitting number of Sem ate bills, which we're read the first time and referred to committee.
 Mir. Goodwin of Montgomery se- cured unanimous consent for the con- slderation of House Bill No. 325. allow. ing the State Examiner of Public Ae- counts expense money, as is now drawn by his assistaAts. The bill was passed by a vote of S5 to 0.
 The call of counties for the consider ation of local bills was then begdn MT. Ballard of Autauga. Chairman of the Temperance Committee, called up the first local bill to pass the House this session, H. B. No 70. The title of the bill follows:
 '"Tc authorize the cities of Tuscum- bia and Sheffield. and the towns of Leighton and Cherokee, in Colbert County, to establish and operate dls- pensaries in such incorporated cities and towns for the purpose of buying and selling spirituOus, vlnous and malt liquors, and to provide for the distri- button If certain profits arising there- from. and to further regulate or pro- hibit the sale, barter or exchange Of such liquors in said County"
 Hoffman Objects.
 As soon as the bili had been read. MT. Hoffman of Mobile objected to the consideration of a local temperance bill before the general local option bill was considered.
 Mir. Carmichael of Colbert, the autho, of the measure, stated he had intro duced it at the request of his ccnstir- uents. and ne wanted it to pass He moved the previous question and the bill passed Dy vote of II to l, Ben ners voting no.
 Eleven other measures were called up on the further call of the calendar, each being passed.
 The hour set for adjournment D o'clock, having arrived, the House ad- intIf aA ,;A4 had been read, until 10 o'clock this morning.