The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-22
Senate Passes Jury Com
mission Bill
CHIEF EXECUTIVE MAY
NAME COMMISSIONERS.
Senator Blackmon Leads Minority
Fight.
During Course OF Debate sensxor Nee
whorter Took Sab At TAs
Advertiser In a Face
tious Vein.


or Conner wanted done, and IL has prob-
ably done SOME things that he did not
want done, but the Governor scored
Clean cut victory yesterday when the
senate passed the new Jury Commits
sion Bill. authorizing the Governor 20
name three jury commissioners In each
county OF Alabama.
The tight was over the clause al
lowing the Governor to name the come
missioners. Ths minority Senators
started tight on this section, claim
ing that II gave the Governor too much
poiiticai power. ana after the matter
had been thrashed out for nearly three
hours. the friends OF the Governor had
the bill passed as the Governor wanted
II, He will name the jury commissions
eFs ana not the circuit judges ns was
proposed In an amendment adopted by
the senate committee. but which WAC
killed in the Senate. Signs were shown
thst the Governor took an acttve i'm
terest In the fight, and Senator Black
mon, who led the defeated minority Ii 4
the light. complained somewhat bit-
teriy or that unseen influence. which
changes Senators in some unknowu
way from one position to another. ana
regardless OF what may have been their
personal views"
Senator Blackmon after the fehr on
the COMMITTEES amendment allowing
circuit judges to name the Commits
sioners, proposed another making this
commissioners elective by the people
nt each county. Senator King hacked
him. saying:
IF the people are qualified to elaa&
United States Senator's by an omen elso-
ton. they are qualified to select jury
commissioners"
But the majority voted Gown this
amendment with the same ease that IA
used In killing the other amendrnent.
The bill In question was endorsed b.
the State Bar Association. IL was a.
signed to improve the quality ana tina
effectiveness of the jury system IL
Alabama And although the iewyer4.
In ootn Houses have bean seuustofnek
wnen appearing before An Al&basnA
Jury, p Praise itg integrity. its abb
Iity and It's patrtbti8sn. ana 10 TAN *
the jury system as the palladium oz
American liberties. these same laws
yers hit, the system several hard ticks.
All appeared to believe Il worlxad IA
many instances great injusticee, ana
that II needed correction and Improves
ment. The chief difference OF opiniou
was as to the selection of the corn.
missioners. A number OF the Senators
believed that the power to appofns
commissioners would invest the Cover.
nor with new possibilities for bufldium
up political machine. It was az
gued that the Governor would neces-
sarily consult his friends, and that nj.
enemies would not be advised with.
And incidentally one Senator said thae
under existing appofntive conditions In
Alabama, half the Democrats were dis
franchised because they were neffher
advised with nor consulted.
The majority Senator's declared thar
every argument against the Governs
or's using the power to build nm
machine could be applied as well Ia
the circuit judges 1t was contended.
too, that the Judges now had too much
power In influencing verdicIs from fu-
ries And they prevailed.
In the course of the debate on the
Dill Senator McWhorter took lab az
The Advertiser. in q more or less face
tious vein. There was nothing In fhs
bill or the discussion to involve Tha
Advertiser, but the Senator roAh fhes
opportunity to work of some satfrlcak
humor on Grandma" He brought NJ,
recent editorial on the recently
found Egyptian mummy which WAC
said to be the remains of Pharaoh and
the comments on the probable cause
OF his death. He pictured The Adyer~
tiser as being dead in the remote fu@
ture, surrounded by a crowd Of scfan~
lists even as those surrounded ana
Investigated the alleged remains OF
Pharoah.
II always Understood thar the gen.
tleman In question came to his death
by being drowned In the Red seal
said Senator Reese.
THAT was my information aboua
Pharoah." replied Senator Mcwhortor.
You are sure he is dead7'' asked
Senator Hamburger.
Continuing Senator Inventories. ern-
pioying a number OF Latin medical
phrases pictured the results OF tha
post mortems over The Advertiser. r.
might be said by them, in the Senator'S
opinion. that she died OF dram drink.
er's heart or II her liver was found
to be all right, which was Improbable.
1t might be determined that she died 81
calcination Of the brain ana heart
At this point Senator Blackmon mazda
the point OF or-er that the Senator
from Colbert was not speaking to the
bin and the humorous address was
concluded.
Morning Session.
United States Senator John H Bank.
head was prominent visitor on the
Senate floor when the Senate was CALI
ed to order.
The trading stamps bill. under
which 1t Is said trading stamps VIII
be taxed out of existence, was favor
ably reported by the committee.
Senator Merritt succeeded in having
the ginning bill. on which there was
| CAlLHWAF
with a favorable report. The bill wali
come UP for passage Monday II -
said to have special Importance FOR
farmers and Senator Merritt will de
vote a large part of his energies IN
the remainder OF the session to iss
passage.
Mr.. Doster called UP the bill amend
| ing the election law 9e Alaharnn--~n
bill which applies especially 10 fhs
counties OF Alabama IN which ehe
Populists and Republicans are strons
The bill forbids g candidate from hn%s
Ing his name printed UNDER two seps
arate emblems on the offlciai hallot
Mr.. Doster explained the bill, ana II
was passed practically without oppe-
sition.
Jury Commission.
| The Jury Commission bill came d /,
and sprung the main fight Of u
morning. The bill provides FOR 4 ss,e
commission Of three in each cosinfsz
The bill as Il came from the Housa