The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-29
Only One Vote is Registered Against the Measure in
 the Senate
MR. HAMBERGER MAKES
 A STRENUOUS FIGHT
House BarebeIy Gets to Work Before the Hour of Adjournment Arrives. John Anti-Lobby Bill Is
 Now Up.

Now Up.
 Montgomery, Ala, January @.-espe- rial9-The editor-senator from the couh- tv of Mobile ran against snag Tn the senate today and felt the voting chastise- ,,ent of the majority in a way to leave m question of the defeat of his move ment. MT Hamberger undertook to stem the tide against the elimination or the newspaper amendment to the ahtl-pass bill, and went down under an aValanche of votes. The bill passed with one vote against it without exemption of newspa- her contracts for bona fide contracts Tor advertising for transportation
 The anti-pass bill was made a special order for 1 o'clock, after being reporteo from the committee on commerce ana common carriers, with the amendment exen1pting newspapers eliminated. It had heen recomnitted in line with the views of Governor Conner, 1t is said, to ,shayo this amendment taken out. A num- her of minor amendments were voted
 
 down at the first dash out of the box MT. Doster wanted to provide that rail -oad commissioner be not allowed 10 rldeon passes save on official buslness MT. Thomas wanted to provide Tor penal igation of commissioners if they do, but vas finally convinced that the bill cared for that already. MT. Hayes wanted di- gectols exempted, lie was L2sd i,at . . t.ssy . . were. MT. Bayles wanted to excuse sher- ifs and deputies from riding free, but was voted down.
 MT. Blackman endeavored to have con- federate veterans and their widows ex- empted from the provisions. MT. Lusk moved to table, as he had the other amendments. MT Jones would not Vote as he is a confederate veteran. MT Thomas Is 8 son of a confederate veteran but voted to table.
 MT. Hamburger opens Up.
 Mir. Hamburger then presented an amendment exempting the newspapers. He made a speech. He said that the committed of which MT. Lusk is a mem Der. had first reported the bill in line with the wishes of the newspaper men, Why had he changed front? Why had the governor gotten into the game? He had the highest respect for the governor but thought the senators ought to know how to vote. He found no consistency in the way the matter had been treated He was not welded to any railroad and had an editorial read from his paper in which the Southern railway line rom Selma to Mobile was lanbasted. lie thought the elimination of the newspaper men would reflect upon them in that 1t was an intimation that they had been doing wrong. He hoped the amendment would hold, as it ought to.
 MT. Lusk defended himself against the charge that he was inconsistent He had thought the matter over and was of the opinion that to exclude the newspapers would be to make the senate ridiculous. He thought the references to the exec utive were out of place, and 1t was a great thing that the state had man who was able to make the fight and pay his way for the people as MT. Conner had done. This last was in reply to reference to the amount of money spent by Governor Conner in his campaign for the nomination.
 Mr. Doster asked if a railroad could not appoint an attorney and pay him nothing but the passes.
 MT. Lusk said that the bill provided the full punishment for subterfuges. MT Iusk then moved to table the Ham, berger amendment and it carried Black mon, Doster. Hamburger, Jones, King and White voting against it only.
 Thus ended the first attempt to but up against the governors well established wishes in the senate.
 Senate Bills.
 Among the bills presente din the sen ate were the following: By MT. Doster,
 .T. .r.I..a arl uf M .t.. vallo: by Mir Reid, to define adverse possession of lands other than farming; bv Mir. Teasley, to reduce the number of iustices of the peace in Montgomery city beats; by MT. McW norter, to pro- vide for court stenographers in the sew eral counties.
 reported favorably the general appropria- lions bill and the bill to give the sec retary of state a stenographer; by MT. Thomas the bill recommended by the rode commissioner including the munich pal bill =.
 Bills were passed to prohibit selling horses with glanders; to make theft of a dog petty larceny; to prevent sale of pouors in any quantities without license; +o exempt property held in trust for ministerial students from taxes; to give saloons license in Attala to schools and bonded indebtedness.
 The balance of the time was taken up with the discussion Of the anti-pass measure.
 House Session.
 The house barely got to work when the point was made that 1 o'clock had arrived and by the rules adjournment was forced The John ant-lobby bill was being considered. The rules require that the sessions shall be opened at lO;3D and end at l. Though work was not begun today until 12 the l o'clock order held good
 The house passed before adjournment the bill to refund the First National bank Of Montgomery SS724.5l borrowed to help out the quantine fund and sent it to the senate. where it was read and sent to the calendar.
 The temperance committee of the house made majority and minority reports. The former advised local option with the county as unfit A resolution to make .It I