The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-15

| his money. He declared the proposi | tion was simply juggling with the word loan an act which was pro- | hibited by the Constitution. The ab- l solute control, he declared, of the | finances or tne country, nad Deen turn | ed over by the National Government to the banks. and he was opposed to turn ling over the State finances to the banks | of Alabama. | He declared that Governor Jelks In one of the best and strongest execu- I tive messages ever sent to the Legis- lature, in which he had spoken with l truth and earnestness anu patriotism, d number of the most important sub | jects before the State after the long est term of service in the gubernato- | rial chair of any Governor or Alabama | had declared such d law as this coulo 1 not be passed by the Legislature with. | out repeating the provIsion in the Con stitution against loaning money. The members need not worry about
 the large amount in the treasury, nc l said, as if the various educational bills set for Saturday were passed, the big
 surplus would be speedily depleted. | He would prefer to have the money 1 go to the schools rather than oE.the | banks. A.
 Mir. Crawford said he rather lfked l the suggestion of MT. John that the State, under the proposed bili would be preferred creditor; it was, he | thought, a good position to be in At | his suggestion. the paragraphs relat- ing to the subject of Repositories in the messages of Governors Jelks and Conner l were read
 1 Maner FavOrs Bill. l The arguments for the bill were con- l cluded, the previous question having been ordered, by Mir. Maner of Mont | gomery, who urged the necessity for l the public good of enacting such law. He had made an exhaustive investiga- | tion as an attorney into the constitu- tionality of the committee measure on l behalf of the Ways and Means Com | mittee.
 He read from legal decisions to the effect that depositing money was not
 to be considered lending money. al- | though 1t created the relation of debt
 ar and creditor. He contended the bill
 was entirely constitutional and urged | the passage of the measure.
 On motion of Mir. Maner, the Sample l substitute was laid upon the table, and the committee substitute was then 1 adopted, on roll call, by vote of 4y to 30, those voting no being Mr.
 Speaker, Arnold, Avery. Ballard of Au- tauga, Ballard of Pike, Cannon, Cooper Doyle of Clarke. Edwards. Fuller Gun. ter. He 1ley, John. Johnson. Killen, | Kirby, Lacy of Dallas. Lee of Etowah. Malone, Parker. Pearson, Peete, Pitts of Perry, Powell of Covington, Power Ragsdale. Rattray, Rowe sample, San ders, Smith of Etowah. Steagau l Thompson. Vann and Williams. The substitute bill was then passed l by vote of A to 34. Practically the only changes from the previous vote were from absentees on one side or the | other, who had gone to early dinners l At the conclusion of the vote; at 1:30 o'clock, the House took recess until l 3.30 o'clock.
 i At the converting of the afternoon session at $40 o'clock sixty-f1ve mem bers answered to their names on roll l call.
 ] The Speaker announced the substi- i tuition Of the name of MT. McCrory of | Conecuh on the Committee to visit the 1 Boys Industrial School at East Lake
 for that of MT. Oliver of Chambers,
 who could not go.
 On motion of MT. Arnold of Calhoun.
 the privilege of the floor was granted
 J. B. Martin ot Gadsden.
 Motion to Adjourn.
 Mir. Tunstall of Hale submitted a | resolution that lat the end of the
 thirty-second working day, the Legis-
 lature shall adjourn and rcconvene on | Tuesday, tho day of July. 1907'
 leaving the exact date of reconvening to be fixed later. The resolution was l referred to the Committee on Rules. | call of the counties for the intro duction of bills was held, and notwith- standing a call had been made at the
 morning session. number of bills
 were introduced.
 House Bill No. 12O, fixing the pun
 ishment for the sale of mortgdged
 property was the first to be taken up in ha Af HI. l It was voted upon without an explana : ton, and carried almost unanimously. but several members became fearful it
 was not proper measure. They | changed their votes to may" and the
 vote as announced was 47 to II.
 MT. Gunter moved reconsideration
 of the vote by which the State deposit
 tory bill had been passed, and 1t will
 come up for determination Saturday
 morning.
 MT. Elrod of DeKalb called up the
 kerosene oil bill, House Bill No. 112
 which provides that every corporation
 selling oil at wholesale in Alabama
 must keep an office or place of business open during business hours in every
 County where they sell oil. Mir. Haley of Jefferson objected tc
 the bill on the ground that it woulc force the small competitors of the Standard oil Company to open office, in each County where their wagon,
 went, and would practically force to
 the wall any competitors of the grca
 oil trust.
 To Compel Open Stores. Mir. Elrod explained that no compe tition to the trust existed in his Coun ", and that only one man was provid ed for the oil tanks and the wagon. ant only those merchants whom he wa ahle to reach or whom lie wished t'
 serve, could secure oil at all. Tn
 bill was designed to compel such con
 ditions as would prevent dlscrimina I tton between merchants.
 II Mr. Hoffman of Mobile thought tn objections raised by Mir. Haley wer { sound and moved to recommit tn < measure to the Judiciary Committee I On motion of Mir, Lee of Etowah thi motion was tabled.
 Mir. John of Jefferson declared ther \ was nothing in the bill that was ia vora ble to the Standard Oil. as hA l heen suggested bv hls colleague. u N argued 1t was designed to cure req R [ evil that existed
 ! On final passat the friends of tn tIx.4 t,.a of NaE