The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-14
Elective Commission Amend ment and Text Book Bill
 Pass With a WhOOp
FIGHT WAS FIERCE BUT
 LEADERS BADLY BEATEN
in the Senate the Johnston Uniform Text Book Bill Is Put Through and the Minority Practically
 Gives Up Fight.

Montgomery, February 13.-(Speeial.)- The people got in the saddle in both branches of the legislature of Alabama today and they seemed to have directed things pretty much as they pleased.
 The house continued to run away with the anti-election railroad commission bill and the senate was for once so stubborn as to take the bit in it's mouth and passed a bill providing for state uniformity ot text books without a dissenting vote.
 This condition of affairs does not mean that these measures travelled over any eays road, for such was not the case.
 The house had the railroad commission bill to come over from yesterday and when that body resolved itself into the committee of the whole today the matter came up with the same fierceness that made 1t prominent yesterday. Its consid- eration took up the time of the morning session and the adoption of the DuBose amendment to the election bill was almost unanimous.
 Those. who voted no on DuBose amend ment: Lowe of Lawrence. Lyons of Mo bile, Maner of Montgomery, Peters oi Fayette, Rich of Mobile, Tunstall of Hale, Bankhead of Walker, Bogart of Jackson Byrne of Baldwin, Callahan of Morgan, Glover of Greene, Goodwin of Montgom- cry, Gray of Walker, Hall of Montgom- cry, Hoffman of Mobile. Jay of Conecuh- sixteen
 Text Book Bill Passed.
 The text book bill occupied the entire time of the senate after the noon hour By agreement the matter had gone ovel as A special order for P o'clock today and when it was called up Senator Johnston the author of the bill, presented severa amendments.
 The first of these changes the state board from the governor, superintendent of education and the president Of th' university to three eminent educators 1T lieu of the university president and makes the governor and superintendent of edu cation ex-officio members. The three edu cators are to be appointed by the gov ernor.
 The test vote on the measure was rather close, being IS to 15, but when this vote was taken the opponents of the measure seemed willing to surrender anc the bill went through with very few amendments Senator Smith, who was the father of the county uniformity bill after withdrawing his Dill, nnally got IT an amendment to make uniformity apply to the cities as well as to the country districts.
 The test vote on the Johnston amend ments was as follows:
 Nays-Acre, Arlington, Blackmon, Gas tleberry, Craig, Goldsby Hall, Hipp Kennedy, Long, Lynne, Norman, Oliver Smith, Spencer.
 Ayes-Bostic, Bullock, Dunn, Frazer Harrison, Hogue, Hurst, Johnston, Jones Lancaster NeSmith, Norwood Powell Rogers, Screws, Spraggins, Stone, Thom- as, Woolf.
 Senator Johnston led the fight for tho bill, and the main opposition came iron Senator Goldsby and Senator Smith. Late in the afternoon a vote was reached ant the bill was unanimously passed by the following vote:
 Ayes-Acre, Bostic, Bullock, Dunn Frazer, Harrison, Hogue, Hurst, John ston, Jones, Kennedy, Lancaster, Long NeSmith, Norman, Powell, Screws, Smith Spraggins, Spencer, Stone, Thomas Woolf
 Senator Rogers for the bill was paired with Senator Blackmon. Senator Morrow of Jefferson was absent. The friends O state uniformity are quite jubilant. The. seem satisfied that they can win out il the house.