The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-16

Montgomery, March 15-(SpeciaD-Both houses of the legislature got busy this afternoon and there seems to be grow ing determination ot members to avoio a special session if possible. The house in committee of the whole took up the revenue bill and worked hard and earn estly on it until late hour tonight The most important bills before both
 the houses are being moved up for spe- cial consideration and the remainder of the session promises to be very busy. The new mining bill was put down for special consideration tomorrow. J. W. Allen, secretary of the Alabama opera tors association, is here and will watch the progress of the measure. Through
 tangle of motions at adjournment this
 afternoon the senate voted to reassemple
 at O clock tomorrow morning. The sem
 ate refused to call the Cullman county
 law and equity court law from the ad-
 verse calendar and it died there. Pro-
 bate Judge Robert I. Burke of Cullmau
 was on the ground to accomplish this
 result and returned home tonight sat- fled.
 Senator Joseph F. Johnston arrived this afternoon and is the center of much interest in the Hobbies. Congressman William Richardson is also prominent visitor in the capitol today. Other Birm-
 ingham people in Montgomery are Mayor Culpepper Exum A. H. Ford, N. l.. Mii- Ter, B. H. Cooper.
 If the work of the present session of the legislature Is to be measured by the number of measures passed or finally disposed of it holds the record for nothing doing" But MT. Percy declared on the floor of the house Tuesday that the legislature is doing the state a real service when 1t re- fuses to pass many of the bills that are offered. Looking at the matter in
 this way the present legislature may go down in history as the most CT hcient that was ever assembled. It is declared that most of the meas ures that have passed provide for new offices increasing the scope and power of executive appointment.
 But there remain other bills that are vastly important and the legislature will have to get busy on them or there will be the necessity of special ses- sion. It Is understood that in case
 some of the more important of the ad-
 ministration bills do not get through during the regular session that the governor will immediately order spe- cial session to convene within five days after the closing of the regular session. This would,. under the con stitution, save the state several thous-
 and dollars in mileage expense of the
 members.
 Probate Judge Robert I. Burke of Cullman is in Montgomery. He is in- terested in the defeat of the proposed law and equity court of that county Representative Hector D. Lane of Lawrence county got leave of absence yesterday and returned home today. He had to sow some turnipss and put out his tomato plants Hector Is one of the practical big farmers in Alabama After the close of the regular session of the legislature he will accept the chief clerk ship in the office of State Commissioner of Agriculture Reuben F.. Kolb.
 Judge John Pelham of Anniston and Judge DeGraffenreid of Greensboro are | in Montgomery preparing to open the new state court of appeals. Chief Jus tice Walker of Huntsville will arrive | in a few days. Governor O'Neal Is l trying to arrange suitable temporary
 court room close to the supreme court l library.
 T.. Lee Long just cannot stay away l from the legislative hallsl He is Il daily visitor on the floor of both 1 houses and, watches the lack or prog | ress with mixed interest. His friends declare that he would like to get back into the game and push things up .
 little.
 w. s. Keller. one of the best good roads engineers in the country. is spending a few days in Montgomery He flxr In Q biit Q l of a syst km of good roads in Dallas county. He is being prominently mem
 toned for chief engineer for the state
 highway commission. that has been pro-