The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14

shall be elective by the Legislature
 with the consent of the Governor in
 stead of by itself
 one other Important change, which
 promises a hard fight when the meas
 ure and the Governors message regard ing 1t comes up for consideration today, is the suggested elimination of the pro-
 vision that a man may hunt upon his own premises without requiring a H. cense.
 Extend Thanlxs to Mobile.
 The first session of the House after the return from Mobile was opened with prayer by Rev. Brooks Lawrence, the Anti saloon League Worker. Roll call showed eighty members present. The Journal was approved without reading. The resolution thanking the city of Mobile for the trip to Mardi Gras and expressing confidence in the future of the Gulf City, thAt was passed by the Senate. was concurrsd in by the House, , under suspension of the ruies. The following members were excus" ed for the day: Messrs. Lyons of Mo- bilc, Bloch Of Wilcox. Jenkins of Bald win, Coleman of Marshall. MT. Doyle of MarenRo was excused Indefinitely because of Illness.
 The Committee on Rules reported fa- vorably on the resolution declaring 1t improper for any clerk or assistant, in the House to allow any bill to leave his possession and go to any person not entitled under the rules to receive Fit, and the resolution was passed. The Committee on Rules reported on no less than fifteen special orders which were set for consideration to- day and Saturday. These special or ders, in the order of their considera- tion. follow:
 pro "a
 hibiting the charging of higher than the legal rate by railroads; Senate bill No 106, the interchangeable mileage tbill; House bill No. 665. the reciprocal
 demurrage bill; House bill No. 102. re- lating to the improvement of streets 1 In cities; House bill No. 543. permit ting cities to erect or acquire their own water works; House bill No. 49o, reg ulating city elections; House bill No. 49r. fixing the salaries of officials in cities f s' For Saturday-House bill No. 243. making appropriation for the Univer- sity; House bil1 No, 25o. for the erec- l ton and equipment of new buildings
 at Auburn; House bill No, s7l, making
 an appropriation for the maintenance Of the Polytechnic Institute at Au- burn; House bin No 467. making ap- propriation for the maintenance and equipment and for more buildings for the Girls Industrial School at Monte- | vailo; House bill No. 322, making ap-
 propriation for maintenance, repairs. apparatus and additions at the Medical College; House bill No. 405, amending a section of the Code relating to ed-
 ucatfon; House bill No. 2S3. appropri@
 ating $so.o00 for the School for the
 Deaf and Blind: House bill No. 565, permitting foreign municipal corpora 1 tons to acquire property and rights in Alabama for municipal water plants. Plan to Meet Saturday. The House promptly and without question adopted the report of the Com mittee, thus creating the special or- ders as given.
 The Senate resolution providing for
 adjournment from today unth Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. and requiring that members must attend committee meetings Friday unless excused by the comittees of which they are members, | was received. and for a few moments | threatened a sma.i sized tempest | MT. John of Jefferson. Mr. Carmi- chaeI of Colbsrt, and Speaker Martin. who took the floor for the resolution, spoke of the necessity of having work done by the committees. which could not be done Saturdays, and the reso- lution was passed under suspension of | the rules.
 I Only one commftCee. report On U ulil | was received. fhe Committee on Com
 mcrce and Common carriers reported l favorably on Senate bill No. 16, the | measure fixing the maximum railroad | rate on 100 or more leading articles of commerce.
 | After the list of committees had beon gone over, MT, Hoffman of Mobile | spranH a point of order that complete | ly tied up the House for the time be-
 ing. It has always been the custom of | the House. when 1t was desired to
 'ciinch" the vote on any measure. and prevent any conversions and reconsid-
 erations. for the friends of the meas--
 6en fo tSSe moton on the tSSe c motion to reconsider cannot be re-
 considered, this course was supposed to settle any possible reconsideration for all time to come.
 MT. Hoffman calmly moved to take from the table ! motion to reconsider
 the vote by which House Bill No. 13s
 bill preventing prohibiting shipments of liquor from a wet" to a dry" dls-
 trict within the State. Mir. Hoffman
 the table. and was far different from
 motion to reconsider a reconsidera-
 Hoffman Gains Point of Order.
 Mir. Sherrod of Lawrence, author 0f the bill in question. objected. and, ths
 Speaker ruled tentatively that theS ta:
 Ses sesd of s ss sesr mSSn k Sr ssss hes Dale and. MT, John of Jefferson con tended the motion was not in order. and Mir. Tunstall of Hale contended for the regularity of Mir. Hofrman's Speaker Martin finally found a sec. ton of Roberts, Rules of Order which
 seemed to permit the motion to take from the table. and ruled MT. Hoffman in order. His motion to take from the table was lost on roll call. however. by a vote of 23 to ~.
 MT. John of Jefferson secured unan- imous consent for the consideration of House bill No. 4S6, appropriating
 per cent. interest on the funds of
 the Girls Industrial School in the State Treasury. After a brief explanation by MT. John, the bill was passed by a vote of 67 to o.
 There Is now about $5.o00 of funds belonging to the school in the Treas ury, derived from the sale of lands be-
 longing to the school, on part of which
 there is as much as six years interest due.
 MT. Pitts of Dallas secured consent
 for the passage of House bill No. AZ. changing the settlement with convict
 contractors from the State Auditors
 office to the Convict Department. After
 a slight amendment had been adopted
 the bill was passed by a vote of ,69
 to 1. Sample voting no.
 steagal.'s fertilizer bill. House bill
 No 1oS, special order. held over
 from Saturday. was next taken up. MT.
 Steagall explained the purpose of the
 measure was to protect the small far mers from defective fertilizer. by pro-
 Viding they should be exempted from
 paying for fertilizer that falls to come up to the standard in the total ana