The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
RAPID FIRE WORK PUTS
 STATES IMPERIAL CITY
 UNDER ONE GOVERNMENT
Birmingham Citizens In Montgomery Hold Regular Jubilee When Vote Is Announced-Bili Takes In All Territory Originally
 Contemplated.
BY C. M. STANLEY.


 Montgomery, August 1S.--(Special) )-So 1t Is to be a Greater Greater Birming- ham after all. Governor Conner Is re- sponsible for the action taken in both houses this afternoon. He sent back the compromise measure to the house with an amendment suggesting including Ensley, Wylam, Thomas, the furnaces, and in fact all of the territory which had been left out of the compromise measure. It was passed overwhelmingly in both houses, the only change made being that the law shall go into effect January l, 1s10 in- stead of October l. 1909 originally provided. This will allow ample time for getting the Greater Birmingham figures in the federal census next year. The governor will sign the bill not later than tomorrow.
 It was learned early in the day by those close to the inner circle that the gov ernor was going to send the bill back during the afternoon. It was said that the governor believed the compromise meas- ure was unfair and that if some of the towns were taken in and others left out it would show an unwarranted discrim- ination.
 J. B. Babb and Jere c. King were the busiest men in Montgomery when they iearned what was coming. They had to line up their forces and do what they could to see that both houses voted for the governors amendment because if the solons should have turned it down we would have had no Greater Birmingham at all
 Message From the Governor.
 The air was surcharged with intense feeling when the governors private sec retary walked briskly through the lobby and entered the house of presentatives at 4:30 o'clock and the sergeant-at-arms called. "A message from the gover- nor" The house was in the midst of a vote on local bill and Speaker Car michael had the message laid on the table until the roll call was completed.
 The minute the reading clerk had fin- ished reading the long message Lacy of Walker county asked for time to have a survey made as he thought there might be a possibility that the lines might tend over into Walker county and take in some of their territory.
 MT. Hoffman asked him if he could
 
 people of Birmingham. There was very little speaking One or two representa- lives made speeches. the chief one being by Jere c. King. the author of the bill. MT. King explained the governors amend ment, saying that the extension of the date of operation had been made to Jan uary 1 because of certain taxes which will begin to come due October l. His talk l~rs.xH ot..t ayes came thick and fast when the roll was called. Here is the way the vote stood:
 The Vote in Detail.
 AyesESpeaker Carmichael Altman, Armstrong; Arnold, Avery, Ballard of Autauga, Ballard of Pike. Baltzell, Bar ton, Benners, Bloch. Bulger, Burney, Cannon, Cooper, Cranford, Crum, Cum ningham, Doyle of Marengo, Erod, Gar ner, Haley, Henley. Hughes, John, Killen, King, Kirby, Long of Morgan, Malone, Mitchell, Moore McMillan, Parker, Pear son, Pitts of Perry, Price, Rice, Rush. ton, Sanford, Scale, Sherrod, Smith of Elrnore Smith of Lee, Tunstall, Turner, Wittmeier White of Lamar, White of Perry. Williams of Lee, Woolf. Total, 52. Nays-Alford, Carmichael, Edwards, Fuller Glover, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lacy of Walker, Lawson, Lee of Bar bour. Lee of Etowah. Long of Butler. Mayfield. McCrory, McCurdy, Norville. Pratt, Rainer, Rattray Sample, San ders. Smith of Etowah. Stollenwerck. Tarrant, Williams of Barbour Totai, 70. The clerk of the house Immediately set to work to copy the bill and get his record in shape and within 30 minutes the bill was on its way to the senate
 Pretty Fight In Senate.
 There was a pretty fight over adopting the amendment in the senate. AS soon as it was read MT. Miller moved to have it put off to 10 a. m Thursday, holding that none of the senators knew what the amendment meant.
 MT. Reynolds, objectng. thought an amendment by the Governor should nave immediate attention. President Gray agreed to this view and so ruled.
 MT Hamburger said the bill was well known, 1t being the original proportions of the King bill. He urged that 1t go right along to passage
 MT Miller was on his feet in moment obtecting to consideration at once.
 MT Hamberger moved to concur in the amendment of the Governor, and MT. Miller began speech 1t and the bill, as amended.
 He moved to table the motion of MT. Hamburger, which had been seconded by MT. Merritt Lost. Nays-Barbour, Black mon, Davis, Forester, Gamble, Gum, Hannberger Hayes Heacock. Hinson, Horton. Leith, Merritt, McWhorter, Phil lips. Roose, Reynolds, strother, Wilson. Total, 1S. , Aves-Glenn, Hammer, Jones, King, Mill Ter. Moody, Spragins, Thomas, Wimoeriy. Total. .. earnestness against the bill. He said 1t was bad business, and that the move