The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-16
Is Withheld From Morn
 ing Newspapers.
LONG EXTRA SESSION
 MUST BE LOOKED F0R
Contents Cover Many Typewritten
 Pages.
while Items Have Been zealsuaaS Guarded from Public, Hints sf Work Hsvs Le.ksa out
 From che Capitol.

Copies of tho formal call for the extra session of the Legisiature were sent out yesterday afternoon for pub- lication this afternoon.
 The contents of tho call will be made public this morning and the eftsrnoon newspapers are to get the frst chance of publishing them. in- asmuch as most of the morning news- papers of Alabama have not been friendly to the administration of cov-. ernor Conner.
 Copies of the call went to the msrn- bers of the Legislature in tonight's mail." said a State official last night
 Why didn't the Governor make tho call public. then7" he was asked.
 simple enough" replied the stato official. Don't you realize that the three morning newspapers in Alabama have criticised the Governor and that the Governor regards them as uu- friendly to his administration. At least two afternoonepapers in the State are his supporters. He saves hisi news for his friends"
 A Lengthy session.
 The call is longer than was expected. Its contents mean . good Ions session of the Legislature. For instance, re- liable gossip says that the list of proposed laws for the extra sessfon covers from twelve to sixteen type WtAttou buotths tuEttneE Wltn tA9 f0X&4 phrassology of the proclamation. The members of the Legislature who were hoping for short session and quick one can put that hope aside for tho present. The long call indicates that the extra session will be much lone- CT than the extra session of Novembnr. 1907. which kept the lawmakers In Montgomery for twenty days. Men in position to know estimate the actual time the lawmakers will have to spend here during the extra session as any, where from thirty days to six weekss
 The contents of the call have been zeaiousiy guarded. As matter of fact 1t is doubtful if as much secrecy wAs ever thrown around any gubernatorfa1 action. Reliable gossip about the celt is slenderer than that which centered about any Important State matter But this much Is generally conce0e< by those in . position to know: there will De ss1ors attsntion pafa Co protlz. bitfon and school nattsrs than to 6ny other subjects. Compared to what they had to undergo ct previous sessions Of the Legislatnre, the railroads will be given rest. It is not expected that they are going to be let on complete- iy but the legfsiation dealing with them will be mainly to patch up pre- vious acts sf the Legisiature. Whtix some laws affecting railroads will bs mentioned in the call. this extra sss- sion is not going to be the btg AIl@ around railroad hunt that the previous sessions have been.
 Many Prohibition HfIss.
 On the other hand there will be nA much prohibition legsglation as man can shake a stick at. The decisions of the Supreme Court in several in1@ portant cases have not been to the lacking of the prohibition Ieadern and they are coming forward to put a patch on any piece of prohibition legfsiation that seems to need 1t after the Sue preme Court has finished with if.
 The most important piece of school legislation will be the proposed cofn-s puisory education law. This is likely to be one of the live issues of the ex- tra session. because some opposition ta expected, and the inevitable negro ucation is talked about. There ia likely to be some other school laws as the Governor has been taking no little interest in school matters.
 Some of the knowing ones expect that there will be a clause dealing with the financial affairs of the State tucked away somewhere in the call. But no- cody seems to know what Legislation will be proposed to stave on an actual deficit. The State Treasury is in far worse conditoin than 1t was when the Legislature was here two years ago, and the law makers may try t0 do something to improve matters.
 But the surprise of yesterday was the reliable report that the call ts SO long and contains so many propositions that the Legislature will be in Mont- gomery a long time before all ths HA