The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22

provided that the Governor should ap.
point the three commissioners in each
county. The Senate Committee amend
ed the bill so that the commissioners
OF each county should be appointed
by the Judge Of the Circuit.
Mr.. Reid opposed the amendment.
and urged that the appointive power
should be lodged with the Governor.
He complained that one Of the evils
of the day was a faulty jury system
and part OF the evil was due to the
propensity of the jurors to be guided
by some word dropped by the Judge.
Senator Lowe stood for the amend
ment.' There was politics in the prop
asition TO have the Governor name the
commissioners. Naturally tho Cover
nor would confer with his friends and
not with hjs~grcmies over the appoint
ment as any man would do.
Senator Rees favored the amend
ment. No man would be better quail
fled to appoint the commissioners
than the Circuit Judge. The powers
of recommending Jury Commissioners
nv friends Of the Governor was touch
ed upon.
Senator Merritt was against the
amendment and for the bill in it's or
iginal form. It would mean but lit.
tle to the present Governor who has
but a short time longer to serve. The
Circuit Judge was more likely to be
influenced by local conditions than
tha Governor.
Mr.. Hammer was opposed in general
to the jury system embodied in both
the amendment and the bill. He would
/ vetea for the amendment as- being bet
| ter than the bill. He made a strong
appeal against the Innovations In the
| bill
The Mobile system of selecting Jur-
ors was warmly praised by Mr.. HAM
burger. He regretted that the bill was
not drawn along the lines Of the Mo-
bile act. BE was against the amend
nent because under the Mobile act
the Governor appointed the Commits
sioners.
Mr.. BIackmon said that he had been
Impressed by the unanswerable argu-
ments OF Mr.. Reese. Those who OPP
posed the amendment were going to
q system of second hand appoint
ments." The Governor could natural
ly rely on q coterie OF his friends In
the various counties
II am thoroughly In favor of q
good jury law" said Mr.. Biackmon.
II thought the Senate was in favor Of
1t. but apparently there has been some
change. do not understand these
sudden ehanges--I do not understand
are so quickly changed by sudden
changes"
The amendment was favored by SEN
ator Miller AZ = means Of securing
better jurtes in Alabama.
The amendment was then put to Q
vote and lost by vote OF II to 9.
Mr.. Reese presented second
amendment which prescribed the meth
cd for drawing names and striking
names from the list. He spoke in ex-
PLANTATION of his amendment which
was adopted
Mr.. Biackmon proposed to have the
three commissioners elected by the
people. This was voted down decis-
lively.
Mr.. Quinn proposed an amendment
under which In counties of less than
so, 900 inhabitants the commissioners
would be selected by the Boards of
Revenue or County Commissioners.
This too was voted down.
The bill was then passed by q vote
of IS to ..
The Johns resolution directing the
Secretary OF State to have printed
1000 copies of the general and local
acts of the Legislature, was read and
sent to the Rules Committee.
The Senator. with . big calender
before Il adjourned until noon of Mon
day,