The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-25
Day Taken Up With
 Signing Bills. FULLER BILL COMES
 BACK FROM GOVERNOR Suggested Amendments Arc Purely
 Technical. Senators Maixs Merry with Humerous Resolutions Introduced By Ham, burger and Mcwhorter--Pssss- $, Preseat Gifts 10 of-
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~ was very solemn and wuted handful of Senators who. at 11:30 o'clock last night, heard the gavei-rap of President Gray. which signalized the end of one of the most eventful legfs- lative sessions within Alabama's mem ory.
 Tagged and wearied from the labors of the extra session, during which 500 bills were presented in barely twenty days. and especially from the days and nights of work during the past week. too tired to respond to the desultory attempts st gayety that usually come with the last night of legislative ses-s eions, the Senators welcomed the mo- tion to adjourn sine die iate last night.
 Governor Conner, notified of the prox- smity of the adjournment hour, ten- dered his final message. applauding the Legislature for the work done, along prohibition lines especially, which. he said. tended to advance ciyilixation wonderfully" complimented the mem- bers upon their calibre of manhood. and congratulated them for their efforts.
 The evenings session was one of prolonged recesses, broken by moments of routine signing of bills and accept eng amendments proposed by the Gov ernor to various bills, some of whose sections of phraseology failed to meet with his approval.
 Now and then an attempt was made to break the solemnity of the evening with flights of humor. More than often the flights were successful. but the bunch was tired--dead tired--and the flights grew less spontaneous as the evening wore. There was no speech h-naaking. and but few resolu- tions. Those resolutions that did come were complimentary to President Gray, President pro tenn Thomas. and of the the clerks and attaches of the Senate.
 A bare quorum was mustered in the Senate on the. last night. Time and again it was necessary to search the galleries and SCOUT the corridor for one or two Senators who persisted in, wandering away from ti1e duliness of the assembly room. When the hd- 1ournment was finally prUnounced there was not the necessary eighteen for a quorum in the room.
 The dullness of the session found voice in President Gray's announce ment when Senator McWhorter called for the regular order.
 "rhe regular order, Senator" he said '1s waiting"
 ing And 1t was. They sat around and waited. As bill came from the House to be signed, 1t was disposed of. and then the regular order of waiting was resumed. When a bill came from the Governor. for amend ments it was amended as the executive suggested, and the Senators proceeded to wait for the next bill
 Senator Thomas or Senator Ham, burger would interpose upon the wait ing senators with the motion to ex- tend indefinite leave of absence to Rev Brooks Lawrence. or to move that the Senate meet upon the first Tuesday of each month, or to inquire solicitous- ly Into the state of health. of the. Vxyh body at his silence for ten whole minutes at time, or to offer some 1augh-producinE motion. And then they waited again.
 Finally the last bill came In; the governors message was read; the final resolutions of thanks and appreciation told off. and the gavel rapped for the last time.
 The crowd. thin as 1t was never be- fore. surged out into the corridors. The janitors nervously 1ammed the doors shut; one turned of a part of the lights before the crowd was well out of the room, as if nervously ex- .pecting a re-convening. There were handshakings all around, and then. within five minutes, the second floor of the Capitol was dark and silent and deserted and the end of the extra ses- sion of the.legislature of the Conner administration, was over. The Cover nor, himself, stood at the main en- trance, with a handshake for all, anu Ia farewell and 6 thank-you"
 Most of the legislators. will leave itnday early this mornfnga good many left yesterday. and did not stay for the final session.
 surer's office was thronged with the legislators, who came for their per diem and mileage. More than $1O,O0O was paid out in currency to the law makers and the clerical assistants
 Many Bills Signed
 Preliminary to final adjournment Tuesday was taken up from morning until late at night, with eigning House and Senate bills. transmitting them to the oGvernor for his sigma ture. and passing upon his recom- mendations as to amendments.
 There were many amendnents 1y the Governor, though mostly merely corrective. or technical in nature. The big Fuller prohibition bill was one to be returned. with three proposed amendments by Governor Conner. The amendments were merely to correcL lapses or inadvertent mistakes and in no way affected any provisions Of the hill.
 House and Senate got together as to amendments upon which the two had failed to concur. and the decks were cleared.
 The session or IueSuAy WHc uoouA tory, the two houses being called to- Rether to witness the PresidentN or Speaker sign the bills in the presence of the members. as is required by the constitution.
 Only two bills were passed by the Senate. one relating to cotton gin schedules. and providing for punish ment for charges other than those on the posted schedules. and the Cooper bin regulating the sale and inspec- tion of mixed feed stuffs.
 The latter bill Is one of unusual importance. inasmuch as 1t provides that every lot or parcel of mixed feed stuffs for feeding domestic animals or poultry sold. offered or' exposed for sale within Alabama shall be register ed with the Commissioner of AgvI- culture before January 1 of each year and statement of its percentage oe
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