Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-09
ALIEN RAILROAD BILL,
  Regardless of a Most Able and Desperate Fight,
PASSES THE LOWER HOUSE,
And Only Needs the Governors Signature-Birmingham's In
 ferior Court Bill Passed.

AeO-s1nOhithit ICOs ''PpSi''.j "S house was called to order tnis morning at the usual hour, and despite the boreal busters raging u tside there was a full mt m 'ership present.
 Pursuant to a motion which prevailed on yesterday to reconsider the prohibition blll which, passed at the afternoon session, this was the first matter taken up. MT. Graham Of Dallas, Colonel John of Jeffer- son aui Mir. Robinson of Mobile discussed the bill at some length.
 a A motion to lay upon the table the mo- ton to reconsider prevailed, and the ques. ton was disposed of.
 Mr. Davis of Marion then moved to take from the table house bill S2l, the notorious alien railroad bill, which was tabled a few days ago through the Zsaiou5 fight of MT. O'Bren.
 Tnis was no surprise to the members of the house, as tue friends of the bill have been on still hunt for several days, and Mir. Willett, ntroducer of the bill, sent out cards last night notifying his friends that the bill would be called up this morning and requesting them to be in their seats and remain there until the bill could be reached. In addition to this lobbyists have been numerous in the city for the past two or three days from New York. Louisville, Cincinnati and Birmingham.
 On the motion of Mir. Davis 10 take the bill from the table Mir. 'Brien demanded the yeas and nays, and it was so ordered. The vote resulted yeas 52, nays "A.
 Mir. O' Brien then moved to recommend the bill to the judiciary coflmittee, and Mr. Divis moved 10 lay that motion upon the table. Mir. Davs' motion prevailed by a vote of 50 to P. MT. Davis then moved to concur in the senate amendments. The hour of Il having arrived and being the time set apart for special order, Mir. Brooks of Mobile arose to point of order, but the chair held that the pending ques- tion should have precedence.
 When Mir. Davis made the motion to take the bill from. tue table he also moved the previous question, but the chair ruled the latter motion out of order at this time. The bill was ordered read for the informa- tiVn of the house.
 At this period of the game the lobby was so crowded that there was hardly standing room 10. the lockers on, all manifesting the closest interest in the result. EvangeI Manning was here, and answered 10 hls name for the first tune in nearly two weeks. Bowman, Grove and other lead ing pcpulists were in the lobby, and kept tally of every vote taken.
 Mir. O'Brien having gained recognition of the chair upon MT. Dayis' lost motion took the floor. and among other things he said:
 ssIt has been my impression all along that the stake being. played for i'll the pas sage of this bill WAS only railroad run ming from Cincinnati 10 New Orleans, but Ihave discovered that the stake is an in. ferior court in the city of Birmin gham.' In other words, Mir. O'Brien said that trades had been made between p,embeTs of the ser ate figuring in the nterior court measure and members of the house taking part in the railroad bill.
 At this Juucture the disturbance In the lobby was so gielt that Colonel John arose and insisted on rule 57 of the house, which excludes all persons, except those therein named, from places in the lobby. dis cussion arose as to whether the rule should be enforced or not, and upon vote MT. John's motion prevailed. The lobby had hardly been cleared when the gallery was filled to its utmost with those vacating the premises down stairs.
 As soon as order was restored MT. Davis took the floor, Mir. O'Brien having finished his argument, and in the course of his talk referred to the charges that had been made upon the floor, when MT. O'Brien arose and stated that if the gentleman insisted be would prove his charges, but MT. Davis not seeming solicitous MT. O'Brien de- sisted from further remarks.
 At the close of his argument MT. Davis moved the previous question to concur in the senate amendments. A motion was made to table the motion of MT. Davis upon the previous question, but was rpled out of order.
 MT. O'Brien read from Roberts, rules to show the chair that the motion was In or der, but his rule was declared to be not germain to this particular case.
 When vote was reached upon the pre- vious question the house concurred in the senate amendments by a vote of A to 38.
 MT. O'Brien then gave notice that he would at the proper time move to recon slider this vote, but motion by MT. Davis to reconsider now and to lay that motion upon the table prevailed by vote of 37 to 28.
 The question had not long been decided when MT. O. Brisn introduced the follow ing bill:
 by the genera assembly of Alabama, That any person or persons who have hereIo- fore or may hereafter purchase the prop erty or franchises of any railroad corpora tion created under the laws of this state, court, whether the said railroad was in- corporated before or after the passage of this act, shall be required, before exercis- ing the franchises conferred upon the rail- road corporation created under the laws of this state, to become incorporated as Q rail road corporation under the laws of this state.
 Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That this act shall take effect from and after It's ap- proval by the governor.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Alabama, That from and after tho approval of this act all corporations owning or operating railroad or railroads in this state shall hold all of its stock holders' meetings within this state.
 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. when the house returned to the regular order of business:
 House bill 1165-For the relief of Virginia M. Jones. Passed.
 House bilr 107s Especial order for this morning)-To incorporate the South Ala bama and Gulf rsilroad-was taken up and passed.
 House bill 1129-To incorporate the In- dustrial Insurance company of Birming- ham. Passed.
 House bill 695--For the relief of o. L. Jones. Passsd.
 n addition to the above the following mn W6fd df1tTU0uu6dt-
 House bill 1201, by MT. 0ravss-To amend Iections and 4 of an act entitled an act to |Ssfabiish . new city charter for Eufaula, |x---~-.a Rshruarv 28 1870. Corpofntfono.