The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-12

last year. He said he did not know.
believing that the people of the State
had never had the opportunity to vote
on the issue.
Mr.. Ho9man Gets Even.
Then Mr.. Hoffman Of Mobile. got the
floor and threw In a taunt also at the
Jefferson delegation. They have been
almost solidly voting for Statewide
prohibition measures. Mr.. HOFFMAN did
not forget that the fight to recall the
bill passed yesterday leaving to cities
the matter of regulating their own
amusements was led by a member Of
the Jefferson delegation. And he hint.
ed that II was not. therefore, local
question according to previous doings
of the House, and he was going to fall
in line and vote Tor the resolution.
With all this tumble of fortuitous
circumstances, the Bessemer contingent
carried the House and when the roll
call was counted, II showed 70 votes
for and II against the resolution. 1t
now goes to the Senate and the lower
end of Jefferson Immediately got busy
last night for q bonfire.
Besides passing the pure food and
drugs bill, the House passed the Full
Ter foreign corporation temperance
measure which provided punishment
and forfeiture Of the license of for
eign corporation that violates the pro-
hibition laws or which has in its char
ter or puts in it's charter the right to
sell or dispose of the prohibited liquors
in Alabama. There were some techni-
cal objections to the bill, which caused
some to oppose 1t. And further object
ions arose after Its passage and at the
close of the afternoon session motion
of Mr.. McCurdy of Lowndes, to recon-
slider today the vote by which the bill
was passed, prevailed.
Morning Session.
The House adopted a resolution that
after Thursday, August IL. no more
local bills can be introduced except
by unanimous consent.
Another resolution was passed CALL
ing for the House to convene in the
morning daily at 10 o'clock, and ad-
| journ at / o'clock. reconvene at 3
O'Clock. and adjourn at o'clock. Also
| hereafter the morning session will be
devoted to bills on the calendar.
A resolution of the committee to re-
call the bill from the Senate. passed
on Tuesday. allowing cities of $4,000
population and over to regulate their
amusements, was passed. The resolu-
ton provoked a lively tilt between Mr..
John, of Jefferson. ana Mr.. Hoffman,
| of Mobile. The former charged that
the House had passed the bill without
| knowing its contents and he himself
acknowledged that ne did not know
| what was in the bill.
Mr.. Hoffman laughed at this admis-
sion, whereat Mr.. John demonstrated
with him.
II was only laughing" said Mr.
Hoffman, because 1t is the first time
I've heard the distinguished Chair
man of the judiciary Committee
acknowledge that he had voted for a
bin without knowing what was in
it."
Mr.. John replied that he had been
misled by the very brief explanation
OF the bill ana that he would vouch
for a majority of the House voting
against the bill when 1t is reconsider
ed. The resolution was adopted after
Mr.. John said the bill allowed ''holes
of iniquity to rule in cities"
There were favorably reported the
bills to regulate the sale ana buying
of cotton seed and cotton and that, by
the temperance committee. to define
what retail druggists may sell with
bama.
Among the new bills introduced
were:
BY Mr.. Williams, of Barbour. to pro-
vide better pay for sheriffs.
BY Mr.. Malone to prohibit the sale in
Henry county of adulterated seed for
sowing and planting purposes, and to
prevent the spread OF rabies in Horny
county
BY Mr. woolf. of Marengo to regu-
late remittances of collections on
drafts with bills of lading attached.
Mr.. GLOVER, of Jefferson, had his bill
called, which would submit to the
people. at the next general election an
amendment to the constitution to al
low the Legislature to fix the COM
pensation of any one or more county
officers in one or more counties on a
salary basis instead of fees. This may
be done by local or general law, &C.
cording to the constitutional amend
ment.
Mr.. Glover explained that the bill
was to remove the shackles of the
Legislature so that at any time, If II
becomes desirable, any county may get
relief. At present 1t lie not possible to
change the fee system in a single
county.
| Mr. Long, of Butler, said 1t looked
to him like making all counties take
dose of medicine to cure the county
Of jefferson"
ut seems that this would tend to
lessen the diligence of county Of
ficers," Mr.. Long continued. Also, l
cannot help but believe that the pas
sage of the bill would throw upon the
members of this House a horde of Of
| ficers who would be seeking ever a
raise of their salaries"
Attacked Fee System.
Mr.. King, of Jefferson, made a
spirited speech in which he said. 1.-THE
fee system in Jefferson is a stencil in
the nostrils of the good people of that
| county. / cannot see that any man OF
this House can vote against the bill
We want to get relief from a condition
| which permits the sheriff to collect
from $4,000 to $4,000 in profits. the
tax collector to get $4,000 per year
and 1t Is to stop the sheriff from hir-
ing strike deputies for arrests at 81
per head"
Mr.. Pitts, of Dallas, suggested that
IL jefferson were split UP in about
four pieces, 1t would not be a source
of so much annoyance to this Legisla-
ture. This aroused Mr. Haley to de-
claim on the big taxes Jefferson pays
to the State, whereupon, Mr.. Pitts sug
gested that II split up the severa
counties would pay in the aggregate
fully as much.
The Jefferson delegation seemed tc
be agreed on the bill. but there wat
considerable opposition among the
claimed that 1t would interfere with
the industry and diligence of their of
ficers.
Mr. Tunstall. Of Hale. spoke against
the bill. as did Mr.. Pitts. of Perry
who urged that the amendment would
open the old flood gate of local con
tests for salary raises,
The opposition seemed to be
stemmed with the offer of an amend
ment by Mr.. King. to make the pro
nosed fee change TO be voted on apply