The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-18
SOME EXTRA
SESSION TALK.
Await Return Of the.
Governor.
FRIENDS ARE IN THE DARK
Governor Reserves News From the
! Public.
FRIENDS ARE IN THE DARK
some Interestins Gossip Coneernins
the Length Of Time which the
Law-Makers Can SIT Durins
an Extraordisary session.

with the Governor out of town and
not likely to return before tomorrow,
the gossip continues as to what is In
his mind that will go into the extra
session call this summer. He will not
talk to newspapermen and he IL hushed
to even some of his most Intimate
friends. It is known only that the
elections have been called to NIL me
vacancies of legislators and one Sem
ator the choice of the people to be
expressed at the polls June H.
"You can't learn from me what we
are going to do" said Representative
Charles NJ. Sherrod. of Lawrence
County, yesterday. on his visit to the
state Supreme Court. las for me !
would have been quite contented to let
the work of our last session stand.
What 1t IL that demands such pressing
attention, don't know. But guess
I'll have to be here. If can nix 1t up
with. my partner"
the Hon. Mr.. Sherrod getting the con-
currence of his wife,. He likes even to
make his political movements comply
with her comforts.
Mr.. Sherrod was frank to say he did
not expect to work for a re-enactment
OF the anti-shipping law Of which he
was the author at the special session,
and which was knocked out by a de-
cision recently Of the Supreme Court
of Alabama. He does not see the need
OF 1t. The anti-shipping law was one
of a series that have been nuiliied by
the Supreme Court for faulty records in
the passages thereof. 1t would have
prevented the shipment Of intoxicating
liquors from a point within the State
to another point that was dry. As all
counties are dry II would seem super
a.. l. Il. l.. ~.
statute books. Yet IL Is known that
the prohibitionists will work for o fur
Their doctoring OF the laws designed to
enforce the State wide act.
Am Anti-shipping Law.
Under the broad decision Of the SUI
preme Court the other day In the noted
''maltose" and "gyncose" case, comins
up from Selma, an anti-shipping la W
might be passed that would prevent
the shipment within the State OF
drinks containing these ingredients In
substantial quantities. g & !,
It Is the talk that a sincere effort
will b. made to pass at the extra ses-
sion a strict anti-shipping' act under
the police power Interpretation that
such sales are used TO cloak violations
OF the statute prohibiting the sale OF
really Intoxicating drinks. 1t has been
commented frequently since the declS-
Ion of the Supreme Court on the chop
Jack" law that 1t set an important
precedent, and some take IL to mean
that future legislation may follow to
the extent of prohibiting the sale OF
any drink, whether Intoxicating s0p not
under circumstances that would inter-
3ere with the enforcement OF the law
preventing sales Of drinks that are In
toxicating.
Mr.. Sherrods though NOT a prohibI-
ZIONIST, ID local optionist as he was
in the campaign which put him in or
fee. He was not only the author OF
the anti-shipping bill but OF the law
which compels the sheriff OF each
County to procure annually and pub
lish twice year the names Of all per-
sons In the county to whom have been
issued United States internal revenue
licenses. His law constitutes the ap-
pearance OF a mans name on the rev.
enue books as prima facie evidence
that he is selling liquor in violation
OF the State wide act. He says that in
his county the violators of the prohibit
tion law have not procured licenses
from the government and consequent
ly there have been no prosecutions on
that score. There have been licenses
issued, however, to other counties, but
1t Is not believed that there has been
prosecution alone on the fact that a
person secured such license. The IL
censes have been introduced in trials
TO help prove violation.
The date of the extra session is still
In the air The talk Is mostly being
confined, however, to mid-July.
THE Constitution limits the actual
sitting of a special session to thirty
days." said Mr. Sherrod yesterday
but the elapsed time may be ninety
days. You can't tell. / don't know
that am going to be In Montgomery
so short time as a month. / think I
am right when say that the Legisia-
ture may assemble, say. July /, adj
journ then to meet July 4, thence to
July Z, thence to July 10, and SO on,
allowing three days to intervene while
committees could be getting in their
work. Then at the end of ninety days
the Legislature would have been ac-
tually sitting only a month. They can
adjourn for maximum Of three days,
as understand H."