The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-28
THE SENATE
IS ORGANIZED.
Three Members Are Alb
sent.
SENATOR FORESTER SICK
Rev. S. A. Phillips Takes Oath Of
Office.
Anti-s.Iosn People start Fight for
PreAiSiioa with the Distrsss-
ting of Prshibitio.'s Of $
fisiaI Organ.


It was common place gavers rap
and q call to order that stilled the
preliminary hum In the Senate cham
Der at 1880 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and President Henry b. Gray.
peering around mass of flowers
from the Capitol garden, which adorn-
ed the desk. ANNOUNCED the second ex-
ready for business.
With the CALI the Senators broke
from the lobbying throng IN the rear
OF the chamber. and settled about the
desks. They found that they had
been remembered The Anti-Saloon
League. whose superintendent. Rev.
Brooks Lawrence. was In the cham
Der. had started it's fight for prohibits
ton by distributing copies OF the Ala
bama Citixens the prohibition organ.
about each desk.
There were aiso placed on each desk,
copies Of other state papers, each tell
Ing Of the danger in which the three
proposed constitutional amendments
stood as regards their successful pas
sage OF the Legisiature--a sort Of a
plea to the Senator'S to come to their
support.
With the roll call It was establish
| ed that three OF the members were abb
sent. Barbour of Fort Payne, Forester
Of Cowarts. and spragins. Of Hunts
Vile were absent. and later n letter
was revealed. telling OF the severe ILL.,
ness OF Senator Forester.
A face was missed from the desk Of
Senator Bayies. and regret evincsd
at the memory OF his Death
| a new face was revealed In that OF
Rev. 8. A. PhiIlips, the preacher
ator OF Guutersviile. who was elected
to succeed Senator .. A. Lusk. who
resigned upon appointment 70 the Rail-
l . Methodist minister and looks MS go-
eAktsn y little nervous with his first
days presence IN the Senate. He TOOK
1 the oath Of Office. escorted before abs
i president's rostrufn BY Senators Mef-
rift and Thomas. where he swora to
uphold the constitutions Of the state.
| TeasBey In His Seat.
/ The presence Of another ffgufe elic-
tied an interest. Senator Charles b.
Teasley. OF Montgomery. was I'm his
seat. on next Sunday, August /, his
| term OF once as Tax Collector begins,
/ and. by the constitution, he must retire
as a iaw-maker. The situation is
unique. and the developments are be-
ing watched with interest
Rev. w. NJ. Curtis, Of the Perry
Street Methodist Church. opened the
Senate deliberations with q prayer
for power and guidance.
| At the first Of the session, echoes Of
an old fight were heard. In the 6ppo-
sition Of nine members to the adoption
OF the former rules governing the Sem
| ate session. The vote was "a /. TO
and the rules were adopted.
The recalcitrants were those Sena.
| tors who. during the last session,
| fought. that provision OF the rules
whereby the president Of the Senate.
instead Of the president protein, names
the committees. 1t was their conten-
| tion that the committee members
should not be selected by the Iieuten-
ant governor. but the fight was lost
before. It was not renewed yesterday,
but merely by their dissenting votes
the nine Senators preserved their rec
| ords. =
The matter or organization. with the
| election of J. A. Kyle as secretary, and
Paul Savage as assistant secretary,
with the selection of the minor offices,
| occupied nearly an hour, what with the
opposition to the first two, and after
the organization. nothing was done.
The session had worn on into lunch
time, and, though the Governors mes
sage was presented. 1t was pigeon hol-
ed after being oncially received, to be
read this morning.