The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
EXTRA SESSION OF
THE LEGISLATURE
ALMOST CERTAIN
Believed Lawmakers Will
Convene During June
or July
GOVERNOR O'NEAL
HOLDS CONFERENCES
Not Believed Extra Session Will Be
Called Until Governor Has Seen
Many Prominent Leaders of
Two Houses

Montgomery, January s.-(Special)-
The question of an extra session of the
legislature seems to have been definitely
and permanently settled, with nothing re-
naming to be decided except the legisla-
tive programme to be carried out and
the exact date on which the lawmakers
shall assemble.
So far as can be learned the legislature
will meet during June and July of TINS
year, though there is a probability that
the session will not be held until later in
the summer. The preponderance of opin-
lon, however, is that an extra session will
be called to meet sometime in June.
Conferences Held
During the past week or 10 days
score or more of members of the legis-
lature have come to the capitol and have
beer in conference with Governor O'Neai.
Whether or not the subject of an extra
session was discussed at any of these con-
ferences could not be learned, though
the opinion obtains that not only was
the subject freely discussed, but that the
que estion of programme was also generally
considered.
Governor O'Neal has not yet made any
public announcement concerning an ex-
ira session of the legislature. lie has
purposely refrained from doing SO for the
past year or more, though he has more
than once declared that it might become
necessary for him to call the lawmakers
into special session. Moreover, he has ex-
pressed the belief that an extra session
would become necessary.
But in expressing the opinion that a
special session would be held during
the summit no one has quoted the
governor. At least 10 or 20 members
of the two houses have seen the gov
ernor within the past two weeks, and
while the majority of these members
have given voice to their own con-
victions, none has brought the gov
ernor's name into the matter, other
than to speculate on his probable ao-
ton.
1t is not believed that Governor
O'Neal will call an extra session of the
legislature until he has seen a large
number of the prominent leaders of
the two houses. In following this
course, the governor Is believed to have
at heart the best interest of the stale.
The session will be short one, and
for that reason it will be necessary
that only such Legislation shall be
considered as viii be of most benefit
to the people. And in determining
upon legislative programme Gov
ernor O'Neal will probably ask the
advice of the leaders in the law maxi
ing body. Already he has seen num-
Der of prominent legislators, though
it is not known whether the subject of
an extra session was under considera-
tion.
Here is a list of some of the mem
bers of the two houses who have called
upon Governor O'Neal during the past
two weeks: State Senator Frank S.
Moody of Tuscaloosa; Senator A. M.
Tunstall of Greensboro, Senator w. J.
Walden of Uniontown, Senator V. b.
Atkins of Selma. Senator r. e. Sprag
ins of Huntsville and Senator N. ID.
Godbold of Camden, and Representa-
tives w. W. Lavender of Bibb, A. d.
Pitts of Dallas, Walker Percy of Bir-
bile, e. c. Page of Evergreen, ]. B.
Rylance of Dadeville, b. DEG. Waddell
of Scale, J. S. Williams of Clayton,
Judge w. l.. Parks of Andalusia and
others.
Believed Extra Session Certain
1t is probable that the subject of an el-
ira session was not discussed with many
of the members whom the governor has
seen during the past few weeks. A num-