The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-13
CALL MAY
COME TODAY
Governors Political Ad-
visers Will Confer.
SELHElMER AND wEAKIEY
Few Ssbjeets Which May Be Ex-
pected.
I.esssisters May strugsie wiz state
DsAcit First II All VIII Pro-
kibitie- matters u Next
Csasiassatisn.

The call for the extra session of the
Alabama Legislature will in all prob
ability be issued from the once OF the
Governor this Afternoon. Judge b. D..
Weakley and Henry G. Selhsimer. the
legal advisers Of the Governor will
come to Montgomery for 2 conference
with him. 1t IL expected that the for
NAL cali win then be sent out. in which
the questions to be considered BY the
extra session win be named.
The date for the extra session has al
ready been fixed for July ~. Govern
or Conner announced 1t In q letter which
he addressed to each member OF the
Legislature. but he never said In that
letter. and he has never said publicly.
what he would put In the call. 1t was
semi officially announced that the Gov
ernor would not let the public into his
coincidence, as to the matter for the ex-
ira SESSIONS consideration until Q rev
DAYS previous to the actual assembling
of the Legislature for fear the oppo-
sition to some Of the measures would
have a chance to organize.
This was something new In state
governmental affairs. Some OF the pa
pers nave commented upon the propo-
sition that the Governor "has some
thing up his sleeve which he did not
want the public to know" In this sit
uatior. in which II was taken for
granted that the Legislature was so
willing to pass any bill that the GOV
ernor presented that II was not nee
essary to notify the members In adj
vance. one Of the daily papers, at least.
saw 4 rejection on the governmental
affairs Of Alabama. Some OF the news
naoer critics presented the Governor
a. handing the Legislature batch OF
bins saying: Here they are--pass them
quick and 70 back home. =.
Messrs. weakley and seiheimer VIII
undoubtedly present q number OF rail-
road bills 10 meet new exigencies OF
the situation. Just what they are, VIII
uot he known until the call 10 Issued.
and then they VIII not be known In fuii.
al many railroad bills have been
passed written by outsiders. that prob
ably not a member Of the Legislature
knows Just what anti-raiiroad matters
have already been passed.
will be something in the call which Will
allow the Legislature to struggle with
tha state defcit. In fact. local poll
ticfans are of the opinion that the
financial questions are more RESPONSE
BILE for the call than any other issue.
There win be batch OF prohibition
Bits and way for these wfli be given
IN the call The main prohibition issue
before the Legislatures will be the pas-
sage Of some locker club act which
viii, evade the recent decision OF the
supreme Court. Judge Weakley says
| ne has remedy. but for the present
| he 80 keeping IL q secret.
30 far as the Legislature 10 concern
ed. Il is almost as much in the dark
about the coming session as the public,
IT does not know what bills are to be
presented: the bills Will be written by
outsiders and brought to the Legisia-
ture for passage. The Legislature Will
have to meet the form laid down by
the Constitution. which requires GER
tain things to be done before q bill can
become law. The Legislature IL ex-
pected to meet this form and get back
home as soon as possible. As far as
selecting the subject and writing the
bills Is concerned. the Legislature will
not be troubled with that.