The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-01
HOUSE PASSES BILL
 FOR2 URGENT RATE
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| (Confinued From Page One.) eration until after the disposal of the two special orders for the day, pre- l vailed. Mir. Steagall failed to secure a majority for his motion to have the House remain in session till the bill was disposed of.
 Later in the session, after the spe- | cfal orders had been disposed of, the bill was put to a vote and passed, 5S to 34. Those voting no were: Brown, Carmichael of Colbert. Coleman of Lowndes. Cranford. Doyle of Marengo, Gunter, Haley, John, Killey, Lacy of | Walker, Lancaster, Lee of Barbour, Lee of Etowah. Lee of Houston, Malone, McDuffie. McMillan, Norville, Pitts of
 Dallas. Powell of Covington. Powers. Pratt. Pugh. Rattray, Rice, Sanders, Seoie. Sherrod. smith Of Etowah, Smith of Franklin. White of Lamar, White of Perry, Williams and Woolf.
 MT. Goodwin changed his vote from no to aye before the result was an- nounced and at once moved reconsider ation of the vote by which 1t had pass I ed. This motion will come up today.
 Objects to Term "Administration.r
 The 1-2-cent passenger fare bill was the next taken up, being the first special order for the. day. T. Lee Long of Butler County. chairman of the Com | mittee on Commerce and Common Car riers, said the bill was what, in com mon parlance, is known as an adminis tration measure, and, he thought, need ed no explanation. It had been freely cussed by the railroads and discussed by the Legislators. The statement that the bill was an administration measure called forth protest from MT. Pitts | of Dallas.
 ~-f do not think" he said. 's'there is fany argument in a statement like that. Here in this House we are all Demo erats, and no bill should be urged be- cause it Is an administration measure. (Applause).
 l Without further barley, the bill was
 passed by vote of 94 to 0. Just as the vote was about to be announced,
 MT. Rice, of Tuscaloosa, raised a laugh
 by an admission that he had voted
 twice on the bill.
 Addressing the chair, he said that
 when the name 'Prices was called. he had answered, thinking the name his
 own. because of the similarity in sound
 and had again responded when "Rice"
 was called.
 The. next special order for the morn
 ing, House Bill No. s, by Mr. Smith, of Fillmore, prohibiting the employment
 of workmen in factories for more than
 ten hours in any one day, was taken
 up, and was explained by Mir. Smith. It had been introduced, he said, at the request of the workers in the Tal- lassee cotton mill, where men, women
 and children were compelled to work
 for as many as twelve hours day.
 This condition was not so onerous in
 the summer months, when the days
 were long, but in the winter days, it
 forced the employees to spend their | whole days in the factories
 l E40up Bll1 HeC0mmftted.
 MT. Pitts, of Perry, was anxious to 1 have the bill considered in connection | with the child labor bill. which aims
 to correct another evil of factory life. MT. Carmichael, of Colbert, wanted the
 measure amended so as to apply only | to cotton mills, instead of to factories
 In general.
 The measure was finally recomrnit-
 ted to the Committee on Mining and | Manufactures on consent of MT. Smith
 where it will be again considered in it's relations to other factories than 1 cotton mills.
 MT. Urquhart of Jefferson presented
 resolution, which was referred to | the Rules Committee. making a third
 of each committee quorum for the
 transaction of business. MT. Carmi-
 chael. of Colbert. called up House Bill
 No. ,357, providing a stenograplFer, at
 
 retary of State and Insurance Com Il mission. After being explained. the l measure passed by vote of 92 to 0.
 A joint resolution passed by the
 Senate was received from the upper House, providing the Legislature should adjourn until Monday at noon. It was
 referred to the Committee on Rules. ,
 Mir. Peete, of Limestone, presented | resolution a little later for regular
 meetings of the House Saturday. It
 was at once referred to the Committee on Rules. and a point of order raised | against Mir. Peete when he started to argue for the adoption of his resolu- | tion.
 MT Hoffman. of Mobile, presented a | resolution, which was likewise referred
 providing that the Legislature adjourn
 today until Tuesday at 10 o'clock. A l number of resolutions were offered dur ] ing the morning for the creation of | special orders. All were referred to | the Committee on Rules. They were | as follows:
 Rferred for Special Orders. l By MT. Long, of Butler, to make Sem | ate Bill No. 15, the maximum freight rate bill, a special order for today, l after the reports of the standing com mittees.
 | By MT. Long, of Butler. to make 1 Senate Bill No. Z, the Dill to fix the measure of damages by railroads for failing to promptly deliver freight. | special order for today, following the | disposition of Senate Bill No. 15. By Mir Long. of Butler to make Senate Bill No. 2, the anti-pass bill, l a special order for today following the disposition of Senate Bill No. 2. By MT. Kirby. of Madison. to make House Bill No. 232. to amend a section of the code. a special order for today immediately after roll call. Mir. Pitts, of Dallas. presented a joint resolution, pettioning Congress to make a new ground of bankruptcy. in addition to those already existing, in the fact that a person dealing in fu- lures, or in future contracts for de- livery. The resolution went to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr Rnshtnn nf Cranshau.- callnd