The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-03
PASS MANY
 BILLS THIS WEEK House Has Big Measures to
 Make Into Laws ARE FIVE MORE DAYS House Will Have Appropriation Bills to Pass and Will Concur in
 Senate Amendment to the
 Smith Regulation Bill
ARE FIVE MORE DAYS

Montgomery, April .-(Speclal.)-Unless the sign of the times is misread, the week which began today will witness the final passage of more appropriation bills than you can shake stick att The house of representatives up to this time has scarcely done more than to lay pre- liminary plans for passage of the giant bills which dispense the states money, though the upper chamber of the state legislature has been lavish in its author izations. These lavish expenditures, then, having passed the senate, arc to be debated out in the lower house, after which the states chief executive will be given an opportunity to reduce, increase or otherwise amend.
 Education institutions of the state have undoubtedly been treated to the velvet mitt by the state solons, the general rule at this session of the legislators having been money for education, and then more money. Tn some respects the two bodies of the legislature are vieing with each other in what they can do for the boys and girls Of the commonwealth. This is instanced by the passage of the Justice bill in the state senate with an authorization of s5OO,OO0 for the common schools of the state, and the passage of the same bill in the lower house with an authorization of s600,0O This senate promptly agreed to the amendment, thus furnishing to the common schools of the state an appreciation greater by $780, 900 than has heretofore obtained.
 All of the normal and agricultural schools of the state, while the colleges of the state as well, have been royalty treated by the two legislative branches. In addition, several new colleges and in- stitutions of fearing have been author ized.
 A Smooth Road
 For the most part the remaining five working days of the state solons will witness smooth sailing in the two legis- lative branches. There is now before the legislature nothing of greater vital. or platform importance, than the houses concurrence in the senate amendments to the Smith regulation bill. This will probably bring about a fight, but not of such duration as to last longer than three hours. Thereafter the solons will confine themselves to the task of hurry ing up the bills that will yet reach the calendar
 Probabilities are that few bills of inn portance will be introduced to the legis- iature at this hour. Should no other bills be introduced, and should all of the bills now before committees be reported, it is more than doubtful if the house would be to ofcb with calendar Sos slons would have to extend far into every night and begin early for clearance of the docket.
 Senate Condition
 The senate will experience little diff ficulty in passing every bill that the house reaches When the upper cham her assembled for work on Friday the forty-fifth day, the calendar contained in the neighb borhood of 30 pages, with about 15O bills. Before that night was over the calendar had been reduced exactly to half its original size, despite the fact that on that same day the revenue bill was passed. and the entire afternoon devoted to the smith regu- lation measure. It is seen from this what the Senate can do in pinch.
 When the house is in it's smoothest working order scarcely 50 bills can be passed during any one day. even when all of the measures are of mere local importance. This is due to the long roll call in that body. It takes long CT to call the roll the several times required on each measure than is con- stunned in the discussion.
 Regardless, however. of whether or not the calendars of the two houses are finished. there will be no extra session of the state legislature this year, unless the local option bills should go awry. Governor O'Neal has put himself on record as opposed to an extra session of the solons save in so Tar as it might prove necessary to re- deem the party pledges in this re- spect. So the solons can do no better than to make the most of their present opportunity.
 Few committee meetings will be held from now on, inasmuch as the bills now on the senate calendar have already, for the mast part, been considered in house committee meeting. The wise legislators, appreciating the little time in which they have to get busy. have had similar bills introduced in the oth- CT house at the same time on which they introduce one bill in the body to which they belong.