The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-17

Poor Montgomery! Incurring the
 displeasure and the hatred of a few of the legislators. the city is to be
 deprived of its chief glory. the State Capitol. if the desires of the ag-
 greived faction prevail. bill was in-
 troduced in the Senate yesterday morn
 ing by Senator Wilson. of Blount. to
 the effect that an election be held. by
 the qualified voters of Alabama. to
 decide whether the state Capitol will
 be moved to Birmingham.
 Although the legislators make pre-
 tentions of being In haste to get to
 their home, joke bills are coined for their entertainment. The idea of
 moving the capitol from Montgomery
 to. Birmingham Is a dead one and any
 bill for such a project makes laugh ing material for the people of the State. Montgomery will continue to be known as the Capitol City of Ala
 bama. no matter how big Birmingham or any other city becomes.
 Senator Wilson generated his meas-
 ure well, and as result, 1t will get d favorable report from the, commit | tee to which 1t was referred, that on Mining and Manufactories. Senator Wilson. himself, Is chairman Of the committed, and 1t was at his motion that the reference was made. The other members of the committee. ai- so, are thought to be-a majority of them, at least-favorable to the pro- ject of fransplanting the State house. They are: Senator Leith. prime fig ure in the movement to transport the Capitol. Senators White. McWhorter,
 Moody and Spragins. all of whom, with the one exception of Senator White, are from the Northern portion of the
 State, and therefore, presumably prone to favor Birmingham.
 Upon introducing the bill. Senator
 Wilson asked that it go to the Com mittee on Mining and Manufactories. be referred to the Committee on Pub lie Buildings and Grounds. but Senator Wilson holding for his request. a vote was taken on the matter. and by l4 to II the Senate decided to &C., cord the re quest. and referred the bill to Senator wilson's committee.
 Fight Sprung Saturday. The issue was first sprung Satur- day afternoon. when an ill-feeling to- ward Montgomery had been engender- ed in certain Senators. But the move
 is an old. question. having recurred time and again during the last decade, ever since the time when the village
 of Birmingham showed the first ear marks of a city.
 Inasmuch as only six days. at the most, remain for the session, as is predicted at present. there is little out look of the bill going through both House and Senate. unless It's advocates
 adopt lightning transportation meth"
 ods. and rush 1t through scommittes
 and on the calendar.
 The argument which will be used
 on the floor of the Senate in favor of
 birmingham Is that Birmingham and
 North Alabama is rapidly becoming the center of population and therefore will be more easily. expeditiously and economically reached by most of, those
 concerned than Montgomery will be.
 The prediction of Mondays Adver-
 tiser that the bill was coming nulli-
 fled the surprise which would ordin- arily have accompanied 1t, and amuse- ment. more than other demonstration,
 marked it's introduction.
 There will no doubt be a fight of
 at least interesting proportions If the bill is called in the Senate. for the advocates of the measure are very
 positive in their desire to deprive Montgomery of the State Capitol.