The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-23
Gov. Conner Talks,Freely
 of Matter. RATE BuIs RUMoREDsFAmTY Session Win Not Come During
 May, OmefsIs Say Three Important Rate st.fuses Were Improperfy Enter- ea sn Journal vieiatiax Con-
 stitutional Provisions. {
RATE BILLS RUM0REDsFAULTY

QoVernpr conner IS hOt fetiCcub these days as to the mooted extra ses- sion. He talked freely of 1t yesterday. and In the discussion 1t was told that the extra session Is a probability not only that. but an imminent prob ability.
 Extra session talk ioomed up big at the Capitol yesterday. There sprang from some source the rumor that faulty legislation exteDds to three of the rate bills. which provide for stat utory rates. and which are now caus- fng the railroads much trouble. before the Court of Appeals. The faulty leg isIation in one or another form. has affected more than one important measure of late--the anti shipping bin. the 24-inch pistol bill. the Great CT Birmingham bill. for instances.
 Our constitution" explained Gov srnor Conner. in speaking of the extra session." requires such technical nice- ties and details. in the passage of laws. that many discrepancies result. Thus. upon a test. 1t may be that the Supreme Court will declare any one or another invalid. at any time. To rem .edy the loss. there will be an extra session at once.
 And not only for that If see that amendment will add to the pow CT of. or bolster up important meas ures. may issue the call for these Mm6nQHISmIbs
 Newspapers" laughed Governor Co., 1aer. have been most prompt in calling the session. and even setting the time There will be no session ip May, as was once reported. he said but beyond that he did not 20 in hts answers.
 .WTI there be ons at aaig'' he re- peated, in answer to . direct query. T can't say. I expect to go fishing next week. but I can't say that am goinR.s M
 But there are people. and some who should know, who say that there will be an extra session. All in all there 10 apparent a good. strong chance for the Issuance of the call. and before very long Assurediy, if there is foundatiop to the runor regarding the rate bills, the extra session will come, by the Governors own state- Ynent that its purpose will be to rem- edy any technical invalidity.
 The faulty legisiation. from which the most trouble has arisen. is that by which the journal shows the bill placed in the hands of one committee and returning by another. in direct violation of the substitution. section ss. requiring that the Journal set forth that the proposed bill was sent to the proper committee. and duly re- turned by that committee. 1t was this discrepancy which played havoc with the long-gun law, the Birmingham bill, and the anti-shipping bill
 Pride of Admlnsstratien.
 The statutory rates. even more than prohibition Legislation. even more than the great educational movement. have been the pride of the administration. And now they tell that the rate bills are invalid. Tn light of 1t all, State- house folks. and those who have heard of the invalidity. are banking on the extra session.
 Rate bills then. 1t is taken. will be the issue to urge it: but not only to remedy these bills will the session be called. Most of the State Departments have a desire of some kind. and. of course. there are requests for fulfil ment of the desires. The Railroad Commission has already petitioned for additional powers. and increased au- thority. finding its hands tied by the 1907 code: there is some free talk of the probability of a treasury deficit and of attempts to nip the impecunios- ity In the bud. which may be pushed into the call for the extra session then there may be some forestry leg islation--and so on. It looks as fl there's no end to the things that car be asiced for. once the extra session ii decided upon.
 GETS SIX YEARS.
 Abbeville, La. April 22-Joseph