The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-18
SENATE RETURNS
 ID OTHER DAYS In Consideration of Reynolds
 Educational Bill RAILROAD LEGISLATION
Lines Have Pared We'll During the Present Session-The Legislature Will Try To Finish Business
 Monday or Tuesday.
BY HERVEY w. LAIRD.

Montgomery, August 17.-(Special.)- Back to other days went the senate to- day when the resolution of MT. Reynolds, looking to appropriating school money on basis of attendance was taken up on an effort of the author to get it from the adverse ealander. MT Thomas of Barbour MT. Reese of Dallas and MT. Horton of Greene all defended the black belt, which is said to be getting far more than its share of the school money, taking attendance as a basis.
 MT Thomas said that the management of the negro in the black belt is a task that the people of that section must meet in the interest of Anglo-Saxon su- premacy. He thought it not at all becom- ing in MT Reynolds to thus attempt to hinder or retard the work they were doing there. He did not argue that there Is more money to the white child there than in other sections, but he did say that what they were doing there was neces- sary and with the entire approval of the tenets of the situation. He said that MT. Reynolds, unconsciously, was coming the Crumpacker act in Alabama.
 MT. Reese recalled other days when the black belt sent to the north such men as John T. Morgan and E. W. Pettus to help out In the fight on carpetbaggers and scalaways, and said that Dallas had no apologies to make for its course. His people were ever in the van for better and truer conditions and there was no reason why 1t should be held up as part of the state doing things that 1t is not righteous to do.
 Plain talking was indulged by both MT. Thomas and MT. Reese. The necessity to disfranchise the negro had been met, and the days of suppresing his vote gone. but the black belt Is now and ever will be the friend of the white race, the de- moter of pure democracy. Neither of the speakers, nor none of them, thought MT Reynolds intended any reflection, but they felt that he was on dangerous ground.
 MT. Renyolds, though fighting a losing fight, stood by his guns, showing many figures to show how the schools of the
 
 would if there was distribution based on the actual enrolment and attend- ance. He loses, in this, his two great eff forts for schools, his compulsory edu- cation measure having been defeated be- fore. However, he Is going to keep on fighting for what he thinks right in the schools.
 Railroad Legislation.
 The railroads have fared well at the present session, there being only one bill that stands to give them much worry, unless the anti-compress stock holding proposition should do so. Tn ere is one bill, however, that Is bad one. It seeks to prevent the time limit ex- piring on tickets and to allow the mile- age to be taken up by conductors on the trains. It Is insisted that the first item will be great thing for the scalpers and bad for the roads, and the last too a good chance to let the dishonest conductors get in their work This bill is being fought.
 Others passed are to allow the roads to condemn 100 feet right of way through house lands, or what not. and more than that If it Is found that by reason of cut, or fill, or long hauls of dirst or demands to waste dirt, esAoO that bills laying great penalties have been repealed and ways made to appeal from decisions of the railroad commits sion. Steamboats have also been put under the control of the railroad com mission. In oth CT words, in bills passed the rail lines seem to have fared well.
 Down to Hard Work.
 With day and night sessions the house is getting to work with will to get through by the first of next week. The senate Is taking up all sen ate bills in order to get them out of the way and both sides are working like Trojans to get through in the next few days It is now pretty certain that the whole time will run no fur ther than next Tuesday, probably Mon day.
 The house has a great number of bills to pass, many of which are oh the special calendar. The senate is not so crowded but it has lot to do. 50 that 1t will be hard service to get all the lines in, but it can be done. The next big fight in the senate Is to pass the Fuller bill, which comes Vp later in the week. possibly Thursday. Other prohibition bills are coming along later.