The age-herald., 1899-02-09
JEFFERSON WILL
 NOT BE INCLUDED Sixty Ne1 e Hedge Themselves to Vote 1 2 COunty'S Exclusion. THE [ E'e NSARY MEASURE Will COl es re the House Saturday as
 7 peCial Order.
DEBATE ON THE BILL NOT LIMITED
Believed by Some That It Will Never Become Law, as There is Proba- bility ofDisagreement Between
 the House and Senate.

Montgomery, February 8.-(Special.) )-The Moody dispensary bill will come before the house Saturday morning as a special order his was agreed to this afternoon by both the friends and the opponents of the bill That action will be taken on the measure Saturday cannot be stated, as the debate on the m easure has not been limited. Un- der the rules of the house member may make two speeches on any subject, limited to ten minutes, so that should each of the ninety-nino members take up his full time thirty-three hours may be consumed in the debate.
 But there is no probability of such action being taken. l do not believe the question will be debated more than three hours, and the bill will reach a final vote Saturday That it will pass no one has the remotest doubt. But it will never become general bill.
 Those counties desiring to be stricken from the provisions of the bill will be granted the privilege It was upon a pledge to this effect that sufficient votes were se- cured to place the bill on the calendar yes- terday. Many members voted to place the bill on the calendar who would have voted differently had not their counties been ex- cluded The friends of the bill freely traded to this effect An instance is cited in the case of Miller, of Marengo, who voted to place the bill on the calendar. But he had first secured eighty-one signatures to a pa- per pledging this number of members to assist him in having his county excluded. The same method was pursued by other members
 Jefferson Not Included
 The county of Jefferson will not be in- cluded in the bill. This can be stated with authority, a poll of the house taken this morning secured over sixty signatures to a petition to exclude the county. This was done in the face of the fact that four of the six representatives from Jefferson favor the bill. Just which of the counties will be taken out or placed in the bill 1t is difficult to predict. Every member is to be granted the privilege to do with his county as he chooses. The hope for d general bill is lost
 This state of affairs raises the question, Will the bill secure the sanction of both houses and become law? Take the case of Jefferson. Senator Cunningham wants it included. The house will not consent. A conference committee could not agree. The bill may thus fail. There are other coun- ties in the same class with Jefferson, nota- ply Tuscaloosa, where the representatives oppose the bill, but Senator Moody fathers it. I doubt that the bill will become a law at all.
 The Commissioners' Court Question
 The local legislation committee of the sen- ate will begin hearing the evidence in the Jefferson county commissioners court ques- tion tomorrow afternoon. How much testi- mony will be given before the committee is not known, but 1t Is believed that the com- mittee will report the bill some day this week.
 Senator Cunningham said today that he did not think the bill would be considered by the senate until some day next week. As the senate will adjourn Saturday over till Wednesday, in order to visit Mobile, the case may not be reached before next Thurs. day. KERSfI.