The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-09
COMER PROPOSES
 TORECLASSLFYTT1E
 ALABAMA RAILROADS

| saying that the Senator from Madison should properly have submitted it to | the President of the Louisville and | Nashville Railroad He declared that | the issue now was the issue of the rights of State to control corpora tions which had been admitted to do | business by the grace of the people. He asserted that the President of a great corporation had come to the cap- itai or Alabama to force his views upon the Legislature. 9s
 Another movement for delay was what Senator Reid saw in the resolution. He did not say that this was the purpose | or resolution, but most assuredlv if i vas the effect the resolution would have. The railroads, he declared al- | ways fought for delay. whether fin inc
 courts or in the Legislature. In the opinion of Senator Mcwborter the Legislature had met to solve a great political and economical aues- uon. II was the duty of the Senate to
 approach the task with frmness and
 with purpose and 1t was the duty of laShe Senate and of the Legislature 10 soive the question as quickly as fl could be solved.
 He declared that the railroads had dominated public policies. not only in Alabama, but in the United States, and ln this connection he quoted the declar- atlon or President Roosevelt that never law had been passed to regulata rail- roads, but that 1t had been etaded either in hole Wr in part, and that the
 railroads represented the anomalous position of being subject, without having sovereign
 He quoted Willim Jennings Bryan as saying the same thing, but differing from President Roosevelt in saying that ho did not hope to see the ques- ton solved by the passage of reguIat- ing laws.
 only Five vote For It.
 Only i've Senators voted for the res- olution. They were Senators Spragins Reynolds. King. Jones and Teasley. Senator Reynolds Is one of the Gov ernor's trusted lieutenants in the Sem ate and his vote was a surprise. But he said later that he had opposed tho holding of the extra session at this time of the year andE had stood out against the call. Thcre is no doubt. however. but that Senator Reynolds will support all the measures proposed by the Governor.
 The pro1 osition to print all the raiI- road lsils as soon as they are intro- duced aroused an interesting discussion which was most informal. It showed, however that a number of the Senators had determined that they would know what was in every bill before they voted. It was indicated that these Sen- ators would ask for an intelligent sx- planatfon of each measure as it came up.
 While Senator Gum. the author of the printing resolution, was on his feek Senator King asked
 Don't you think we would get along better if We. passed these bIlis without knowing fhing about them. like SSc did In the winter3s s X The question went unanswered and the Senate laughed. The resolution calling for the printing of 500 copies of each railroad bill was then passed
 Lieutenant Governor Henry E. Cray was called to Birmingham yesterday and President Pro-Tem Thomas nre- sided. The opening prayer was offered by Rev. Brooks Lawrence
 Senator Merritt came forward with a bill which seeks in effect to repeal the juvenile court act passed at the pre- vious session.
 Senator Reese presented q bill. con- taining a new plan for the reEistra- ton of personal property in Alabama,
 The cotton seed mems bill was offer ed yesterday by Senator Leith. The bill establishes standard cotton seed meal as containing 7.5O per cent of ammonia and does not require 8 per cent as un- der the present law. This matter was fin the call and 1t is thought that the bill will beNpassed without any trouble.
 The pages were provided for in a resolution offered by Senator Reese. There was some doubt as to whether the pages and messengers of the Senate held over in the extra session. The resolution of Senator Reese continued all the old pages. Cal Devinney, one of the Montgomery boys, had to go to school and William Moffatt was given his place. lals brother, Earl Devinney, was named as one of the messengers. :. When the Senate adjourned, it ad- journed to meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock An effort to have the hour fixed at noon failed. because the Senate did not want to encourage anybody to go home during the interim.