The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
Final Vote Stood Fifteen to Fourteen Against the
 Measure
HOUSE RECONSIDERS THE
 TAX COMMISSION BILL
Contest for Jefferson Judgeshp Is Still Live Issue at the State Capital. The House Passes Sew
 eral Bills.

Moni gomery, February 25.-(Speeial.) J. The senate killed the bill to exempt new cotton mills and new extensions from taxes for a term of ten years from Jan uary 1 last, by the close vote of If to 15, after hard struggle on the part of
 the friends of the measure. 1t was intro duced by MT. Hayes, taken from the ad- verse calendar some days ago by order of the senate and set down for passage.
 When the bill was called up by MT. Reynolds a trick to head of it's passage developed. MT. Barbour sent up an amendment to make the time twenty years and Mir. Thomas at once moved to indefinitely postpone the amendment. It carried.
 The president instructed the clerk to proceed with the reading and MT. Thomas made the point of order that the post ponement of the amendment carried with it the whole subject.
 The chair ruled against him and appeal was taken to the senate and lost by a small majority.
 The clerk then read the bill quickly and began at once on the roiI call. Several members tried to talk but were shut off by the beginning of the roll call. MT. Jones and Dr. McWhorter tried to get 6 word in op it.
 Gan srflot have chance to say some thing against this bill?" asked Dr. Me l Whorter.
 Tt is too late," said President Gray. "The vote is being taken
 We want to be heard" said MT. Jones, and one or two others near him, but the roll call went on.
 When the call reached him MT. Jones said that he was against the bill, telling why he voted that way.
 The roll call then proceeded to the end, when General Brandon, serving as reading clerk. cast up. He did not an nounce the vote, but stated that it would
 be verified. He then went over the list ! calling each senator by name and giv- ing his vote Then he handed the slip to President Gray, who said: "In casting up the vote there are fourteen ayes and | fifteen nays and the bill is lost" There was d lot of good humored chaff after the adjournment for noon recess about the race made and the plan laid | that all but won by MT. Barbour and MT. | Thomas
 1 In his argument for the measure MT. Reynolds read a telegram from MT. Ash | craft of Florence, saying that if the bill was passed several new mills would like 1 ly go up in the state, the exemption being about the savings on freight hauage of cotton in different territories. Other Work In Senate. | The committee on temperance reported the bill of Senator Luck to allow saloons | to open at a. m. and close at D. m. | faVoraby. Ii seeks to prevent the sale of | liquors at all at night, and is one of the many moves to control the traffic. ] The military bill was reported in the | senate with the amount for support | placed at s25.000 instead of $150OO, as 1t came from the house. | Dr. J. II. Johnson of Talladega was con- frmed as a member of the board of trus- | tees of the university.
 The automobile bill was passed with an amendment meeting all the objections to | it. As passed, drivers have to stop when l they see that animals in the road are frightened It was amended by MT. Key 1 holds to include traction engines. A bill was presented to transfer the con- | trol of the Mobile Medical college from | that institution to the trustees of the uni versity.
 The salary of the solicitor of the Eff l teenth circuit was placed at only $lSC0, as he will have very little to do. House Back Tracks. The house voted to reconsider the vote 1 by which the tax commission bill was de- | feated Saturday, and sent the bill back to
 
 writing MT. Stegall spoke for the bill | and MT. Lee of Houston against 1t as 1t 1 is. The objections to the measure lie in the | fact that the state board takes all the | administration out of the hands of the lscounty and forces those cited to take the trip to the capitol It is expected that a new bill will be decided upon that will meet all objections.
 | The house also passed the bill to appro- l priate $25,O00 to the Jamestown exposition, l where the state will. as consequence. l have a fine exhibit. There is to be com | mission of five to look after the matter, | the head of it to receive 5000. These are to | be named by the governor. Mir. Lyons of | Mobile made a great speech for the bill as being necessary for the state. The house passed the mileage bill and l the bill to give s6000 to the Eighth District | Agricultural school for repairs and new | buildings. The property of this school was blown down by the September storm. Jefferson Judgeship. The friends of A. O. Lane have entered | him exclusively for the 1udgeship to be | created by the enlargement of the circuit court, and he is not feature of the race for those two places created for the city court.
 This seems to have cleared up the stu- ation and betting is free that the plums will be landed by Lane. Sharp and Ne smith. though both Garrett and Howze are busy.
 MT. Lane reached the city tonight with his friends, Frank White. Sidney J. Bowie. W. K. Smith, w. K. Terry and | J. A. Mitchell. Captain White said there |