The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-28
HOUSE
& GETS TO WORK
No Fight Of Any Kind. in
Evidence.
AL OLD CLERKS REELECTED
Sixty-six Bills Were Presented n
Short Order.
II 1. Evident That Hon. ). Lee Long
and Hon. ssn wili Jeks WIN
rake care Of tAes A.
minisfratisa.

In TWO hours and half OF QUICK
procedure, following the co1vening of
the House of Representatives yesterday
at noon. the members perfected their
organization. adopted many resolutions
made necessary by the circumstances
OF the extra session, elected their Of
Ulcers and besides also receiving and
hearing. read the Governorta call and
message. heard on their first reading
no less than sixty-six bills that were
introduced by various members.
Perhaps the most notable part Of the
first days session was the paucity OF
bills, outside the scope of the Subjects
mentioned In the call OF the Governor.
1t was taken as q sign that the business
OF the House at least was going to be
dispatched as much as possible and
with attention to as few matters az
possible. Practically all the iesisia-
tion already proposed is covered BY
the sixty-five subjects. that composed
the Governors. call and In number the
bilIs introduced nearly co-incided with
the number OF subjects In the call,
there being oneAmore bill than occur
ed to the Governors mind when he is
sued Ms summons a few days ago.
There was evident mo contest of any
kind relative to the election of officers
of>fhe House. Speaker A. H. Carmich-
aei. early after rapping the House TO
order for the first time since Novem-
Der, 1907. called for the election Of the
clerks and attaches OF the House.
Whatever OF fight there was for these
positions, must have been waged prior
10 the assemblage OF the legislators.
therefore. tnN due order. unanimous
votes were recorded for w. f. Herbert
OF Demopolls. for assistant clerk for
r.. A. Gamble, of Walker county. as en-
grosstng clerk; for T. H. Seay, OF
Montgomery. as enrolling clerk and
| Ter IT, w. 5peYampsrt as essistant
d0or&eennr. tA5 ~ rs7 ~ ~ s FFaS ~
speaker carmiehaai Just before adj
journHssnt q 2 e.elPek sEaessgsa the
as reading clerk and conditionaily the
Is subject to change, however. and
their names Will be withheld.
New Members sworn IN.
1t now seems that every member of
the House will be In attendance on
the extra session, with the exception
Of Representative James Armstrong.
Of jackson county. Not ali members
answered to their names on the first
roll call yesterday morning, but they
are known TO, be in the city or on their
way, not detained by sickness or 9TH
or cause. Mr.. Armstrong is said to be
too i'll for the present to attend. The
new members OF the House. who were
elected at the special election called
by the Governor for the purpose OF
filling vacancies in the House. were
sworn In shortly after the House as
sembled. They are: Hon. Felix i. Tar.
rant, OF Jefferson; Hon. Warren Will
iiams, OF Lee: Hon. ]. s. Wittmeyer
Of Blount: Hon. Frank Stollenwerck,
Jr., OF Montgomery; DR.. w. p. HugheA
nj Franklin; B. w. Cunningham. Of
Lauderdale; w. d. Mccurdy, OF
Lowndes, and DR.. 8. r. Mayfield, of
Tascaloosa. eight In all.
The galleries. OF very limited capac-i
tty. were crowded. for the first few
minutes OF the session yesterday morn
ing, but seeing that the proceedings
were mostly perfunctory all the ladies
and most of the men spectators, soon
vacated the few seats. And there were
taken all the available seats on the
edges of the House floor, who also fiji
Cd out, when 1t appeared that the SOL
ons could not possibly get livened up
to interesting action on the first day.
There was nothing in the short SEES
sion to indicate the complexion OF the
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