The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
COMMISSION BILL WILL
 BE DELAYED SOME TIME
Arrival of New Forces Adds strenath to Fight on New County, Which Is Now in Hands of Senate
 Committee.
BY BURR BLACKBURN.


 Montgomery August 12.-(special)-Ne trouble has developed in the Greater Bir mingham camp. Some disgrunted citizens of the suburbs who have been in the city for several days went to Governor Conner today and came away encouraged. The governor does not like the bill It Is generally understood that Governor Conner will send the bill back to the house with an executive amendment. taking in Ensley and restoring all the old lines The bill will be passed in the senate tomorrow and could not get back from Governor Conner before Tuesday. Then would ensue b1g fight to kill the bill. as the governors amendment would restore all the corporation territory which has been left out
 The governor is very strongly opposed to the strother bill. which provides that both the city inviting and the city to be annexed vote on the annexation proposi- ton. He will make fight against it.
 Representative Urquhart decided to- night that he would not call up his conn mission bill in the house tomorrow. He was evidently unwilling to trust to his strength In fact the commission crowd IS playing waiting game They want the Greater Birmingham and new county fights out of the way and they expect Governor Conner, the prohibition forces in the house, Speaker Carmichael and Wal ker Percy to jump in and help win for the bill. They will continue to assail the senate and as soon as they see an open ing will attempt to wedge in However. 1t is believed that the opposition has the senate sewed up.
 Tomorrow will see the final fight on the Greater Birmingham bill. Senator Over ton will lead the fight in the senate and Senator Miller of Jefferson will lead the opposition It is set as special order for 12 o'clock
 The bill was reported favorably by the committee on municipal organization at the opening session of the senate today and takes it's place on the calendar Senator Overton will call it up under the head of local bills this morning
 No changes were made In the boundaries from the bill passed by the house. which leaves out Ensley Thomas and the North Birmingham furnace.
 The committee composed of Chairman Strother, Hamburger White. Leith and Lowe. held an open hearing this morning and listened to the arguments for and against the bill.
 Representative Jere c. King explained the boundaries of Greater Birmingham. pointing out the lines on a map. E. c. Grove of Woodlawn declared that ho favored Greater Birmingham You can't throw he in too quick, but I think it unfair to force us in and leave out Ems ley and these other sections. Thomas is insanitary. a menace to public health. and 1t Is not right to give these people police protection, fire protection, and schools while they bear no share of the expense. Let riot or epidemic break out in Thomas and they will depend upon us to put it down"
 A. H. Benners replied. declaring that Thomas is simply manufacturing point, that not more than 300 people reside there, that such policy would simply mean that manufacturing enterprises will have to go further and further from Birmingham.
 Speaks for Woodawn.
 Dupont Thompson spoke for the mass meeting held in Woodawn Tuesday night. We first desire the democratic doc Urine of giving the people vote on this question. I doubt whether we would come in at all if allowed to vote but we pro- test against being grabbed by the hair of the head and yanked into the town. It is unfair and unjust to leave out Ems ley and take us in without giving us an opportunity to vote. Six months ago, by a vote of 10 1, annexation to Birming- ham was lost There should be no class Legislation
 Senator Max Hamburger asked Mir. Thompson if there existed any line of demarkation between Woodlawn and Bir- mingham- He replied that for l5 miles from West End to East Lake there is an unbroken city.
 Senator Hamburger made the side re- mark. ''These Birmingham people don't know what harmony Is. I brought in half of Mobile without protest" Rep resentative King asked Thompson if Woodlawn had not voted to be annexed under the old bill, but he said they had changed their minds
 Predicts Another Steel Plant
 Hugh Morrow spoke in favor of leav- ing out the Sloss property at North Bir- mingham. "Our company has authority to draw sS,00O,000 at any time for the purpose of building steel plant which would redound to the glory of Birming- ham Leave us a nest egg for the steel plant
 Mir Cole of North Birmingham said that ridge cuts off North Birmingham, Pratt City and Ensley from the rest of the city and urged that this manufacturing section be left out. "If you establish the policy of caking into town every factory which comes there you will belittle Br- mingham.'
 Borden Burr explained that the 16oO acres of the Republic company at Thomas are unoccupied were bought and held for future development. AS business men you know the company does not want to run the danger of having its property cut