The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-07
LOCAL OPTION
 UP IN HOUSE Representatives Indulge
 in 0ratorY. CONTINUED UNTIL TODAY County Versus Beat Unit Cause of Controversy. All Lesislators, Declare in Favor sf Temperanee, But Diner on Certsin
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accordance with the special order that had been made. two hours and hatI were spent by the Representatives In repeating campaign speechs and tell ing in general of the terrible enects os the lianor traffic.
 As an inspiration to the nine speak CTS of the day, the gallery was filled to overfiowing with ladies and gentle men who had come to hear the debate. Several of the speakers directed glances to that same gallery during their speeches, flung their arms up- ward in declaiming what they had done and would do in the future to King Alcohol. and called all to wit ness they cast their votes for the right--as they saw the right
 It was a peculiar fact in the prohi- bition debate that occupied the House for two hours and a half, and which is to be continued this morning. that not a single advocate of the liquor traffic was to be found. Every mem- Der heard from, whether to make one of the set speeches or to fnterject a question or a few remarks during the speech of another was an ardent ad- vocate of temperance.
 The entire discusFion developed but one point of controversy, and that was the question whether the county oi bHG City anu VCdk BHoui0 Ut DlAOc the unit for local option Those ad- vocating the county as a unit were free in their statements that the beat unit idea was advanced by the liquor interests, while their opponents charg- ed that the county unit ~adherents were not Democratic in their ideas.
 The discussion, for the most part, consisted of set speeches on the one side of the question or the other. Mir. Ballard of Autauga chairman of the Temperance Committee, led the discussion for the bill reported by the majority of the committee. favoring the county unit idea, the other speak, CTS in support of the plan being Messrs. King of Jefferson, Fuller of Bibb. Rice of Tuscaloosa and Rowe and Kirby of Madison. Mir. Goodwin of Montgomery led the forces of the beat unit idea, the other speakers be- ing Messrs. Pitts of Perry. and Hoff- man of Mobile.
 Aside from some differences of a minor nature, the size of the unit was the only difference between the two sides of the controversy The major ity report favoring the original bill of Mir. Lovelady of Jefferson, with some amendments, was signed by twelve members of the conimittee while the other seven signed the mi norfty report.
 The committeeman upholding the county unit idea were Chairman Bal lard and Messrs. Lovelady of Jeffer- son. Rowe of Madison Carmichael of Colbert McMillan of Wilcox. Killen of Lauderdale, Scale of Sumter, Jones of Butler, Cannon of Fayette. Doyle of Clarke. Peete of Limestone and Smith of Franklin.
 Those signing the minority report. for the city and beat unit, were Messrs. Goodwin of Montgomery. Ly- ons of Mobile, Smith of Fillmore. Par. ker of Culiman. Pitts of Perry, Ed wards of Washington and Kornegay of Dallas. Rev. Neal L. Anderson, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, de- iivered the opening invocation. Roll call showed eighty-seven members present. after which the journal was approved without reading.
 Leaves of absence were granted Messrs. Lee of Barbour and Edwards of Washington, upon application of their colleagues.
 Favor Pure Food Bnl.
 About twenty bills were reported fa- favorably by committees. among them being two Senate measures. House bill No. 4e, the pure food bill, was re- ported favorably by the Public Health Committee with substitute. Some half dozen measures were reported ad- versely.
 Upon motion of Mir. Lee of Houston. the vote by which the House Monday refused to take from the adverse call endar House bill No. SIG, to require the mortgage to pay the 15-cent tax him. self and not to permit him to force the mortgagor to pay 1t, was recorsidered, and the House went into committee of the whole with MT. Foster of Tusca- loosa in the chair.
 On motion of MT. John of Jefferson. the bill was favorably reported and placed upon the regular calendar. This was done without debate. with the idea that the bill could be discussed on its merits when it came up for final pas sage.
 The privilege of the floor was granted for the day to Judge Mitchell, former member, on motion of MT. Killen of Lauderdale. and to Judge Thomas G |. Jones, ex-Governor. and the former Senator Mullet of Madison County, on motion of MT. Jenkins of Barbour. The committee substitute for House bill No. 117. amending the section of the Code fixing the mileage of mem- bers of the Legislature, was called up by Mir. Lee of Houston. the author of the original bill. It was first in troduced in order to fix the mileage of the Representative from the new Coun- ty of Houston, but the committee re- vised the entire list of distances for which mileage Is charged, to conform with the distances for which charge is made by the railroads. number of inaccuI acIes were pointed out by members, and corresponding changes made. The bill. as amended, was passed. It does not affect the mileage of the members of the present session.
 Pass Fertilizer Measure.
 House bill No. 107, prohibiting the sale of adulterated cotton seed meal as fertilizers. and requiring the ana Ivsis to be attached to the bags ana made A part of the contract of sale, was next taken up. The bill prohibits the sale of any cotton seed meal as fertilizers which does not contain at least per cent. of ammonia. The certificate of analysis by the state Chemist at Auburn Is made prtma Ia cie evidence of the ingredients of any fertilizer. and if 1t failed to come up to the labeled or required standard no pay can be recovered in any court. On the other hand, any money paid may be recovered by the purchaser within three years. The bill was pass ed as introduced without opposition and without debate. The vote was S6 to 0.
 Mir. Williams of Barbour presented a joint resolution requesting the Gov aPpor fn rafnFn Ho1IaN Ri1I No. 269,