The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-05
No days or Debates in
 Legislature.
IMPORTANT WORK IS FINISHED
All Local Bl1s to De Passed Before
 Adjournment.
Formal Election of Former Governor Johnston to Succeed Late Sena- ter Pettus to Take Place
 at Tuesday's Session,


 When the Legislature recohvenes to- morrow, 1t win bc with the oetermi- nation of the rie mt CTS of both houses th.t no time shall be wasted aad that all unnecessary debate shall be cut off. Members who are disposed to make long speeches will find themselves blocked by other members who will move "the previous question:" h. dee., this call is apt to be most fre- auent.
 Those legislators who remained in town yesterday took things quistly and were little disposed to discuss pending matters. On the remaining days 1t is a question of the Senate act ing on matters that have already been fought out on the floor of the House. and the House considering bills that have been passed by the Senate.
 Some of these bills will not pass without opposition. Ther care several school bills. that is. bills that provide for the creating of new schools and for the appropriation of funds to those 01k Cauy HI SAl6tChCSs HUH AaN0 pooo- ed the House and which will have a hard time of 1t in the Senate.
 There Is the Rushton bill that will cause a great deal of discussion in the upper house, but 1t is the general opinion that it will pass, although there are members of the Senate who believe the present laws are stringent enough. if they are but enforced.
 One other matter about which there x~xin kA r1 Arh tv "a Senate Is the bill which provides that parts of counties may be taken away to form new counties. This Is com monly known as the Bessemer bill and its direct purpose Is to pave the way for the founding of a new county to be called the county of Bessemer
 Many members of the upper house are said to be strongly adverse to the passing of this bill. The friends of |,this oppositiop but they ,concsds thai 1t will only be after one of the hard est fights yet had on the floor of the Senate.
 Overton Road Measure.
 In the House the bill that is likely to cause the most discussion is the Overton measure that seeks to change the Constitution in order that State funds may be applied to internal inn provements. The special object of this bill is to provide for the distribution of the convict funds among the sixty seven counties of the State in order that this sub-divided fund may be ap- piled to road purposes.
 This measure necessitates vote of the people and 1t is the wish of Sena- tor ,Overton and those who are sup porting him in this movement that the people may have an opportunity to vote on this question in the general election of 190S.,
 There are five other Senate bills that will call for much discussion on the part of the House. Most of them will be railroaded through.
 One bill will probably come bact from the Senate to the House Tor con currence in a Senate amendment. Ihi' Is the bill that creates commission to probe into the affairs of the In sane Asylum at Tuscaloosa, and whicf bill occupied the time of the House for several hours. In the original bill 1t was provided that the members o this commission were to receive $l0 day for their services. but the House refused to give them this amount ant amended the bill so as to make th' per diem $4.
 Since the bill passed the House, I has become known that the origina dppoAtCu py sio A<S6 ASAN ture, and which 1t had purposed to ap point as a commission will. with th' exception of one memDer, refuse tt act under the salary provided by thi! bill The single exception Is MT. Kinl of Jefferson, who oroginated thu charges against the management O. the institution in the House. and wht regards 1t that he Is in duty bound to see the investigation. through whether he suffers financial loss ol not.
 To Get Around Objection. The House. in considering this bil it is said, will seek to amend it so a! to make 1t read that the members O. the commission will receive $4 per da! and the necessary expenses, which, II effect, would change the bill bacl again to its original state and at thu same time meet the objection tha members of the Legislature, acting in an official capacity. should not re ceiye more than $4 per day.
 Some of the members of the Legis lature who were sitting in the lobb, of the Exchange Hotel yesterday wer' induced to talk about their experiences In this session of the Legislature. seemed to be the general topinioI among them that the session had beer A most trying one and that they woult be heartily glad when 1t was over. One of them. who appeared to b, expressing the sentiments of the rest said that the general public did no fully understand or appreciate tn, strain that was on member of thu Legislature who really and truly rep resented his constituents
 For months before the session of tn, Legislature. he said. matters that wer, of vital interest to a particular count. were considered and the representa- lives came to the law making bod! with instructions to see to 1t that thes, matters were made laws.
 Woes of the sLegislatOr. With sixty-seven counties repre- sented in the Legislature, he said these local bills assumed great pro portions and every member was anx ious to have those bills that affected his county acted on. The consequenc, was that 1t became a case of continua watching for an opportunity to call uI hill and in addition to keep watci that some general measure proposed did not operate against his constitu ents.
 Because of this, 1t appeared that sev,