The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-18
LEGISLATORS ARE UNEASY Looking Forward to Early Recess Date. BOTH HOUSES ARE RESTLESS Present Session Remarkable for
 Its Delibefation. Raliroad Bills ou'y Important Meas ures Passed--wsrm Interview
 Between Governor Conner
 and Representative
BOTH HOUSES ARE RESTLESS

lature is waking up to the fact that 1t will have to get actively busy. This week will see a restless struggle on the part of members of both houses to gel their ioc.li bllis passed.
 The law makers have walked to the realization that they lave worked slowly, very slowly Outside of tho administration .ailrDad measures. no general measures of any importance have been passed. A number of the administration rate measures remain to be passed Only few of the local bills have been passed and signed by the Governor.
 The Legislature has closely followed the advice of the Governor. to take It's time about it's work and not rush mat ters through. Veterans In Legislative matters say the prescnt Legislature has worked with greater deliberation than any Legislature that has met in Alabama in recent years. Both houses now have bulky calendars which have grown larger and larger with each day. and which now present formid- able appearance to the legislators, charged as they are with going through the caIondars in a limited time.
 It is generally understood the ad- ninistration will endorse Legislative recess which will begin on any day from the ttirty-fifth o the fortieth leg fslative day. Of course, 1t is not con sidered that the Legislature will think of recessing without the approval of the Governor.
 Legislators are Uneasy.
 An independent effort of this sort as made last week, and the admin istration leaders only succeeded in beat ing 1t by a narrow margin. The incl" dent was a little bit alarming to the leaders, and there was considerable conferring md working before the troubled waters wers settled. A he- cess Committee, to deliberate and re- port on the proper time for the LeBis- isture to adjourn, had been appointed week previous but until the inciptent rebellion broke out the committee had done nothing. After the rebellion the eausunittee 1alrl<ly got together, ana while if could not mako. report, It s6othea both housss by saying that in the next two or three days report would be brought In. and the members would know dehnitely when tne receSS was to begin.
 The reb sllion spread to both the House 1nd the Senate. In the senate Senator Spragins pr scented resolution naupIug the thsrtieth legislative day as the day on which the Legislature was to berin it's recess. and naming July IA as the day on which the Legislature woul,, return to Montgomery to re- sume its work. The resolution went to inc Committee on Rules, with sem stor sprag.ns insistinK n reI ort.
 Tho committees rep, Tt, wh'eh WIS c.,.'~'-'-- rr~Ss, re""r' ,"en''Hd 'n"' e rA.olutIon he turned over to the Re- asS Commlttee. Senator spraGins ,novad that the report be tabled. that inc senate might act immediately on h,z resolution. His motion was lost , by inc extremely close vote or iS 70 IZ. This naturally gave the aaminlstra tIon Ica.-ers a scare. and the same nisn' the Recess Committee Leio "s h'ee' ing. ...,,
 rha Incident in tho House was even r,ara dramatic. although defnite in- Sar.oatIor as to what actually occurred i ,s innrirg The incideot had to do with netition circulated by well known vo,nv member of the House rom North Alabama. The petition. canins Tnr reness on the thirty-second day. ros sa.S to have been signed by sixty r.e .e-ohers of the Jcusa Something ha. bsnnened to that petition, ana mo- hodv knows exactly where It IS now; o0X any rate this member who had cir-
 ouia.ed the petition had an interVlew w wtth inc Governor at the request oI tne l chief executive. Detahs ot that n SSaUv as they are variously reporteu ,ae1~ definite corroboration. But all ac" N.,~ts gree that the interview was not Sd,,n1 Jn warmth. It Is noticeaoly Q
 sacs However that the North Alabama ;s m longer circulating pettition, and | the members are awaiting Word rom the Governor's office as to when they | shall adjourn ,,o .bat n, tho o,t. l .5n thav nave no more than fourteen Sa-isIatIye days at their disposal before th, recess Is to begin. In the mean. | ~h,1e the two calendars are checked l ,vJth local bills. with here and there a | general bill sandwiched in.
 l rhe members, know. too that the con .,deration of the general revenue bill Is | "eIns to take some time. The bill | se,hedtes a number of radical depar-
 t'.roS In inc matters of license. and :ax-
 as oS various sorts. Every interest and cornoration in the State is affected to some degree by 1t. A numper or cor ..,,thdraw from the State if the bill
 originally drawn Is passed through | Ss.S houses. This circumstance indi | .atas there may be several warm fights
 over certain portions of the bill. The l measure has not yet been passed through the committee stage in the sen. | ata The bills carrying the increased l annronriations for Auburn, Tuscaloosa
 pS STon4eyallo are on the calendar but
 ot one has passed either House. Most
 nS the large appropriation bills are on the House calendar: and have been n,I made
 sDscIal orders for today. It Is believed
 shoy IvilI he passed at today's session.
 '"i it is possible the bills may be delay
 ed in the commit ee stage stage. in the Senate | .xn .avenue bill, but the friends of the
 sne.i,ution sne are hopeful they will be
 nasseS ,n immediately They are a bi:
 snSIous at the delay in acting upon the
 hiiIs in view of the approach of the re.
 DIS ~o' aerioa with so many other impor.
 cess cess measures on the calendar.
 '' several Sc of the big .,slr railroad bills ar'
 still on the House es calendar nS tEs, One of tn,
 ,eins on the Senate calendar Thi.
 Which wSs was potponed until Tuesday ntoh nrovides for the revocation o
 WI,csnse of q common carrier which re .,nvea an action or suit from State ta
 Federal court. There are several sub ! s,diary measures, including the Sun