The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-02

Democratic Convention and DO further notice was necessary. The bucket shops should not be given opportunity to operate for another cotton season.
 MT. Pitts of Dallas believed such 6 radical change should not be made too abruptly. MT. Rusitor of Crenshaw thought if the bucket shops were wrong they should be prohibited this year as well as next.
 MT. Goodwin of Montgomery oppos- ed immediate action against the bucket shops. favoring giving them time to re- arrange thefr affairs. Mir. Urquhart of Jefferson contended there was grave danger to the young men of the State in delay in putting the law Into effect
 MT. John of Jefferson and Mir. Pitts of Dallas made speeches favoripg Jan uary i, 1908, as the date for the law to become effective, while MT Cannon
 Hou.e Opposed to Bucket shops.
 A call of the ayes and nays was demanded on a motion by Mir. Pitts of Dallas. to lay the Kirby amendment on the table, and 1t showed the adop- tion of the motion to table by vote of AZ to 36.
 MT. Pitts of Dallas, offered an amend ment permitting contracts for the sale of cotton or other articles for future delivery in case it Is Intended to de- liver" according to contract. as in the case of farmers contracting for the sale of their cotton in advance of it's actual picking.
 Mir. John of Jefferson. opposed the amendment as unnecessary to the pur- pose arrived at in the case of the farmer, and as striking at the purpose sought by the bill. He thought II would be as well to fail to adopt the bill. as to enact 1t with the amendment proposed' incorporated in 1t.
 Mir. Gunter closed the debate on the bill, favoring the adoption of the Pitts amendment as necessary to legi- innate transactions.
 The Pitts amendment was defeated by vote of 29 to 43, the committed amendments were adopted by a vote of 60 to 0. and the bill was then pass ed by a vote of 5S to 4. the negative votes being cast by Messrs. Lyons Maner, Sample and Scale. At GAS o'clock, members were fdisap- bearing from the hall, so rapidly thai call of the House was ordered. the doors being locked. and no one per mitted to leave the hall Shortly after o'clock, the light' went out. and for a few moments tht House was in darkness. A roll cal WaD COillp1ClCQ pS tu1 AA&Ht OL IHdtCACS and as there seemed no prospects of ths electric lights coming on again. MT Urquhart of Jefferson, moved adjourn ment.
 Senate Amendments COncurred In. Just as the motion was to be put, ths lights came on again and were greeted with c ITS. Speaker Carmichae smilingly declared the motion to ad. journ out of order. and business wal resumed.
 The Senate amendments to the immi. grafton department bill were taken ur and concurred in by a vote of 32 to SO The principal amendment strikes North ern Italy and Spain from the list oi countries from which immigrants may be solicited. Another amendment made an appropriation of $5,000 to carry out the act, no appropriation having been carried by the original bill
 There was no debate on the amend ments. and most of the negative votes were from changes made from the af- firmative to the negative, after the vote was taken and before 1t was an- nounced, the members being unwilling to make the appropriation.
 The Conference Committee on the military appropriation bill reported during the afternoon in favor of the House concurring in the Senate amend ment raising the appropriation from SIS, ,0o0 to $25,0o0 annually. The bill was later received from the Senate and concurrence in the Senate amend meflt takeR up shortly before adjourn ment.
 The conference report was supported by Mir. Lyons. Chairman of the Appro. priations Committee, and a member oi l the Conference Committee; by MT Long of Morgan, author of the bill, ant another member of the Conferenc' Committee; and by MT, Goodwin oi Montgomery. It was defeated on roll call. however, by vote of 2e to 34
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 MT. Goodwin of Montgomery moved the Conference Committee be request ed to hold further conference on the bill, but on motion of MT. Lyons of Mobile the motion was tabled, allow ing the bill to go back to the Senate with the message that the House re- fused to concur.
 A number of bills were signed by the Speaker and other routine business was disposed of.
 The Senate resolution for a joint committee to investigate the fertilizer trust" during recess was reported fa- vorably by the Committee on Rules, but Mir. Tunstall asked to have the res- olution go over until morning, and this was done.
 MT. Lovelady of Jefferson secured consent for the consideration of Senate Bill No. 272, which, while general in form, is designed especially to permit the town of Woodlawn, Jefferson Coun- ty, to complete its sewerage system, al- ready be gun. It authorizes cities and towns to provide for the construction of sanitary and storm sewers. The bill was passed without debate by a vote of 53 to 5.
 The House thereupon. at s:o1 o'clock, adjourned until 10 o'clock this morn- ing.