The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-31
SOLICITOR HEFL|N SAYS
 HIS OFFICE IS SAFE
pr. M. c. Ragsdale Is Very III At His Boarding House-House Puts In Long Days Work-Thomas
 Presides in the Senate.
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

pr FIGhVEI w. LrNthOs Montgomery, July SO.-(SpeciaL)-Th programme now Is to introduce the con stitutional prohibition bill Monday in the house, report it Tuesday and pass 1t Wednesday. Friends of prohibition say that the bill has a fine show to pass the senate and is certain in the house.
 HefIin Confident.
 H. P Hehin asserts tonight that he has the bill to abolish the office of so- licitor of Jefferson county beaten. It will not have a show to pass, he thinks
 RagsdaIe III.
 Dr. Ragsdale, member from Jefferson county in the lower house, is very i'll at his boarding place. His wife is with him. However, his sickness is not thought to be immediately dangerous.
 Bank Men Hopeful.
 The bank men feel that the laws that are pending in their behalf have a good chance to win. The opposition to the branch bank bill has been met in the main by cutting the capital stock down from $15,000 to s10,000 The present idea to fix the number of bank examiners at two, in- stead of four, will meet objection along dhat line, though there some who be- 1ieve that the state instead of the banks should pay the fees, and this may make a ripple. However. the law seems sure to have the majority required. The idea of quarterly statements is also not popu- lar.
 Absentees Are Missed.
 Senators Forester and Spragins are greatly missed from the upper house sessions the former being kept at his home in Houston county by his own sickness and the latter in Huntsville by illness of his wife Both are active leg islators in their way. MT. Forester keeps keen eye out for things that come home to him and his people and talks out in an entertaining way. Senator Spragins is straight from the shoulder fellow who speaks his mind and com mands absolute respect respect all the time He one of the very few in the two houses who had the courage to vote against the prohibition laws.
 Governor a Mixer.
 Gov B. B. Conner is becoming a good mixer with long practice. He spends much of his time in his office but has found that 1t pays to stir about some on the outside and most any time of the day he may be seen walking up and down the main corridors buttonholng the mem- bers as they go about. It Is told that one of tho well known senators who has been with him in much that he has had to do failed to call for several days after the present session opened. "If I had gone to your town I should have called on you at once," he said to the backward solon. But. governor there are few neople in town and you would get to me soon. Here I have to see so many it looks like I never will get around."
 House Gets Busy.
 The house began early and worked late. passing a number of bills and sending a number of others to the calendar. Fa- vorable reports included the following: Fixing duties of journal clerk.
 Ratification of the income tax amend ment.
 License of s1 on dogs.
 To provide for appeals from orders of the railroad commission to make rivers common carriers, to regulate child labor, to provide for county aid to high schools and to aid Mobile schools 0ocal laws). Bills were presented to repeal the act providing against removing suits in rail line cases from state to federal courts (this is known as the outlaw acD to pre- vent sale and distribution of liquors in clubs to repeal the juvenile court act; to regulate and repeal the fees acts in the educational department.
 The insurance bills were made special order for next Tuesday MT. Johns bill to confer power on the chancery court to sell property under certain circum- stances was postponed, MT. Gunter mak- ing hard fight against it.
 The bill to fill vacancies in municipal offices was sent to third reading. MT. Hoffman of Mobile introduced bill to allow Mobile to sell liquors, which was referred to the committee on local legislation, and MT. Gunter presented bill to lists of voters furnished to elec- ton managers.
 bill to allow additional fees to dep uty solicitors was defeated amid cheers
 Senate Session.
 Lieutenant Governor Gray being in Bir- mingham President pro Tempore Perry Thomas called the senate to order at 10:80 o'clock. Senator Phillips offered prayer. Twenty-nine were present.
 Bills introduced
 By MT. Overton, the Greater Brmng- ham bill.
 By MT. Merritt, Macon county nisde- meanor trials. l Secretary to the Governor Md sal re- ported an itemized statement ofN he ex- penses of the railroad litigation, included in which is $23,39 90.7 lawyers fees. The fees cover service in all of the phases of the litigation. including interstate cases
 By. MT. Barbour to repeal and amend code sections on the school laws.
 By MT. Reese, to amend section 46so, to amend law on printing Alabama reports, to regulate sales of merchandise My MT. McWhorter. to amend section 5504.
 By Mir. Hamburger, for naval stores in- spectors
 Just here MT. Gum remembered that the journal had not been read. It was dispensed with.
 The house reported the bill for ex- penses of the session passed.
 Committee Reports.
 Judiciary, fayorably. to amend section 8s34 of the code. Also to confer new powers on the Jefferson county Board of Revenue. Also to amend sections of the code.
 Revision of laws, provide for county of- fcers reports and amend many sections of the code.
 Income Taxes.
 The income tan amendment was report