The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-26
LEGISLATORS
COME TODAY
Lively Session IS Pre-
dicted.
The ADVANCE GUARD LIGHT
This Session VIII be Distinctly a
Prohibition Session.
Bills DeaIiag wfth the Recegnitien Of
Near Beer and Locker Clubs
Are Expect
ed.
TIE ADVANCE GUARD LIGHT

@ho poStAtn8t 8VVN h6tuA w a6Aio-
shaking crowd which tells OF the as
sembling Of the Legislature or Of the
meeting Of State Democratic conven-
ton. Will oil the Exchange lobby to-
night by Q o'clock and spread out on
the adjoining sidewalks. An extraor-
binary session of the Legislature will
be assembled at noon on Tuesday, and
the impression 10 strong that the live
lest session that the llveliest Legisla-
ture Alabama has had in generation
Will make much news and gossip In
Alabama for the next thirty days.
The advance guard was Light yester-
day In Montgomery. The early guard.
which comes in advance Of the meet
ing of the Legislature, 10 made up of
candidates for positions In the Legis-
iature.and- their friends. The places
In the Legislature are already filled
and there is no button-holfng or log
rolling to be done about the Jobs.
The shape Of the fight on Secretary
j. A. Kyle, Of the Senate, is not to be
seen at this time. Certain 1t IL that
Mr.. Kyle will have strong friends, who
viii 60 with him to the last ditch, and
IL start Ia made to wash dirty lin
en- It Is said, the wash line will be
chock full OF all kinds before the job
is done. The claim will be made, and
apparently with some justice, that Mr. /.
Kyle IL entitled to finish his term Of
Secretary. unless he Is removed by I'M
parchment proceedings. II an attempt
Is made to irnpeach him, 1t Is said that
there will be q fight all along the line.
and that many days will be consumed
In the struggle.
It Is safe to say that for lack OF time,
IL not for lack OF cause, there will be
no attempt at impeachment proceed
ings. The fight will then hinge on the
proposition to deprive Mr.. Kyle OF his
Office by q resolution of the Senate.
When this Is presented. IL 1t Is ever
presented. the fight win start. Sew
eral Senators declare that Mr.. Kyle Is
blamed for matters over which he had
no control and with which he had
nothing-~to do. They will claim that
specific charges will have to be made
against him. that he will have to have
the right to answer each charge. In
fact some Of Mr.. Kyle's friends would
want fight Of this kind. because they
say It would clear up chsrges which
have been made unjustly against him.
It was predicted yesterday, that after
all the talk, the fight would not be
made. But that remains to be seen.
It 10 understood that there are several
gentlemen who are quite ready to step
In and become Secretary of the Sem
ate, II the State needs them. and the
| pay remains the same.
A Prohibition Sessien.
As the previous sessions OF the Leg
islature were distinctly railroad ses-
| siops, the coming session Is 70, be dis
tinctly 4 prohibition session Four
ffths of the time and labor of the
members will be taken up with prohi-
bition matters. Chief of these Is the
proposed amendment, putting prohibit
ton on the end OF the constitution.
The opposition to this Is stronger than
was at first suspected. When the
Governor put this proposed amendment
In the call 1t was believed, or hand.
that 1t would go through without
trouble. But II will encounter a fight
In the HOUSE., and It will meet fight
in the Senate. The amendment will
need three-fifths vote of the elected
members. Reports are that the margin
either way, on the question OF consti-
tutional prohibition. Is SO slight that a
big fight will meet the bill 1T every
stage.
The prominence given the prohibition
legislation, the insistence of the Gov
ernor on the amendment for biennial
sessions OF the Legislature has caused
the politicians TO take 1t for granted
that the Governor is still in politics
I'D 10 the neChs ana u CauuA0at0 kOE LnG
United States Senate at one time or an
other.
One of the interesting bills is that
by which the selling of near beer Will
be recognized. 1t Will deal with nom
intoxicating drinks" but II will never
'theiess recognize a business which is
supposed to contribute to violations OF
the prohibition laws. But the State
needs the money and needs 1t badly.
- ~ a. M
seems certain that 1t will, II will &C.
casion some surprise, because It was
believed that the temper OF the leaders
was so strongly against prohibition,
that they would avoid anything like
a compromise. ~
Locker Liquidation.
On the other hand, there will be
locker legislation which 1t Is expected
will do away with locker clubs. Judge
Weakley Is drawing the bills, II is UNI
derstood, so they will pass around the
recent decision OF the Supreme Court.
Just how this will be done, will not be
developed until the bills are presented
to the House and Senate. Judge
Weakley win occupy In many respects,
the relation he occupied to the previous
sessions of the Legislature, that Is, Of
being the author OF the most import
ant bills presented for action. But in
the previous sessions these measures
were railroad bills, while in the COM
ing session they win be prohibition
bills.
A question already asked frequently
is. viii the new Safe and Sane Busi-
ness Mems League exert any strong and
general Infiuence7 Men in 1t say that
II will. Already petitions asked the
LEGISLATURE to adopt conservative
course and to refrain from drastic Leg
islation have been circulated and It Is
reported that they are being largely
signed. They have been circulated in
Montgomery for two days and have
been generally signed. It Is claimed
that in a few days not only win a ma
iority of the business men of the city
have signed them, but that they will
have been signed by a majority of the
voters of the County. The movement
has certainly attracted widespread at
tentIon. In this respect 1t has passed
beyond the expectations OF Its promot-
ers.
Representative Hendley, of Escam-
bia. was the first member to get in
He reached the city yesterday morning,
Senator Howard Doster of PrattviIle
was also in the city, but he was on his
way home from South Alabama. Ed
ward r.. Norman. representing The
Birmingham Ledger, and Alvin H. Rob-
erts, representing The Birmingham
| News, were early Corners, hoping ia
run across some advance information
which would make good reading for
their papers.
Dan Cook, known to all Legislators,
was early on the scene. Dan has held
| some clerical position with every Leg
islature that met in recent years