The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-03
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SEEKS DATA
Believed Extra Session
Is Near.
l1ERARMG BIS MESSAGE
Had Been Presumed That Gail
Would Be Mzde Monday.
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oovornor Corners request. of several
Z ~ the Departments Of the state Cow
arument, for statistics or figures OF
eoneral tnfoTmation. has given rise to
the thsory that the message. to be de-
Iivered ~ the gathering Of the Legis-
Ieture for the special session. 10 In the
Several requests FOR sucn account.
lnes have been made. and. to some ex-
tent. nlled. Whether IL means the be-
ginning Of the compilation OF the mes
sage for the special session. or whether
4 u = sort OF mid-year review. a.. o.
course, indetermtpato. but plAusibthty
mas surrested. to many OF those who
watch conditions. that It means . mes
IA Il IL the latter, there 10 tentative
settlement of the date of the sos
sion--for. with the message In pros
sect, the call 10 not tar or.
6peculation In some quarters has
astfled on Monday 80 the day for the
issuance OF the can. This 10 rather
more definite than the usual run Of
np6culation, though some Of the know
lng ones rsbut the surmiss with an
other theory that several more days
aee yet to elapse.
.Nonday seems hardly propftious thsy
say. but It will not be long after that
before the nery cross 10 sent--if Il 10
cent at all. and there 10 always that
probabiiity to consider--over the hills
ana plains of Alabama to summon the
law-making clan TO rally.
The Supreme Court has edJeufned
There Ia nothing to be had; no bills te
/. BE- attacked or 60 be annihiiated
through the court for four months yet
And the belief has been. all along. that
the cali would be postponed until the
court wound up it deliberations for the
summer.
with its last day OF session. the
court revealed ruling which renders
By the ardent prohihitionists. the extra
session. For Il stabbed deep into the
potency OF their cause, did this last
decision that affecting the validity Of
the lockers.
CsnstftutaenaI Prshihisiea.
II viii can for constitutional prohib-
ftion. say the prohibitionists In some
quarters. for. II the Constitution will
not allow for prohibition. then Il must
be xitsred to include prohibition. IL the
state really desires dryness that IL
The publication. In The Advertiser
this morning, Of the announcement that
the prohihltion leaders about BtrminE-
hAm. g. d. weakley and waiter Sos
siors. were in earnest consultation
Thursday. Immediately after tina an-
nouncsment OF the Supreme Courts de-
cision, leads to the superstition that q
move along constitutional amendment
tines II being considered.
For II ts known that Judge weakley
had In anticipation . bill. TO be sprung
before the extra session. By which the
lockers were to be eliminated. ami
hiInfed And now that his, pet bill Is
without effect. by the ruling OF the
court, che plausibiIity Of the consider
alton OF the prohibition amendment be-
zones apparent - ).
So IL the call will not come Monday.
as u hardly VIII. then Q few days. prob
ably Q week. more, will witness it's
publication. For twenty days IL re-
uuirsd In which 20 publish notice of
the local bills to be introduced. twenty
days after the call In published. And
IL the session IL to come during latter
July or the first OF August then the
call must come soon.