The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-14
Senate Bill Passes the
 House. GOVERNOR WILL VETO,
 BUT HANDS ARE TIED Patterson Will Be 0verridden by
 Enthusiasts. Acat wn Become Effective Jnay xss and Refermers Start After sBueketshepsr---Long cad
 Bitter Fight.

Nashville. Tenn. Jan. 1e.--The biis to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquor in Tennessee. passed the lower house of the General Assembly thia evening at e:is o'clock. The vote was s2 to ss Fifty votes is . majority. Twenty-two Republicans voted for and one against the measure.
 The measure passed Is the ona favorabiy acted on yesterday by tho Senate and now goes to Governor Pat terson. He is expected to veto 1t. bus under the constitution his veto only operates as suggestion. not as q stay. and bare majority may pass . bill over the executives unfavorabls action.
 The Governor is allowed to hold bill five days. If at the expiration of this time 1t has not been returned to the assembly it becomes a law without his signature. Statewiders maintain that the Governors action is not ma teriai, that his veto will not be suz- tained.
 The battle attending the passage of the prohibition bill was probably the fiercest ever known in the Tennesaee House of Representatives For almost five hours 1t was waged, the local option. or administration forces con- testing every inch of the ground. Amendment after amendment was pro- posed and promptly voted down by about the same majority as that given the bill on fina1 passage. A great out. pour of oratory came from both Aides.
 Throughout the discussion, the gale leries were packed and several times the speaker. at request of local option ists, asked the sergeant-at-arms to sxs clude visitors from the floor Of the House.
 When the finaI vote was announced
 tie cheers from the galleries were deafening, the demonstration on the floor and in the galleries lasting several minutes.
 stnaeviaern Are yuhIanf.
 Tonight the sfatewidera are 3uhiiant. Y asserting that the bfii wiiI Dc pasaad over The Cs0vsrn0rsn veto by about the saEse vote originally fseeiv~
 This morning . sharp clesh occurred between Representatives Hall of Hen- derson County and CIeage, Garden and Watson of Hamilton. the hone of con- tention being the presentation of State- wide prohibition from the latter county. Possible trouble was averted by the prompt action of. the Speaker stopping the debate and closing tho incident.
 Mr. Hall presented two lengthy ps- titions for Statewide prohibition from !, Hamilton County by request, and Mir. Garden thanked him humorously for representing the minority of his con- stituency
 Later the incident was re-opened by MT. Cleage. who was not present ear-e Her in the session. and he charged both the Statewiders of his constitu- sncy and Mr. Hall with dIscourtesy.
 IMr. Garden warned Mr. Hall to let Hamilton County affairs alone.
 Mir. Hall stated that he was at all time at the service of the people of Hamilton County. His remarks were received with misses from the galle- rles.
 Possibly thirty petitions from as many counties and containing as many thousand names were presented today for Statewide prohibition.
 Many bills were introduced today, some important ones being included in the number. Among the number was one by Mir. Scott, providing that all capital pnnishments shall be tn-l hicted at the penitentiary. Another making "bucketshops" illegal, was in- troduced by MT. Carson.
 Senator Cox introduced a bill to- day providing for the establishment of permanent place in the state peni- tentiary at Nashville for the execu- tions of felons upon whom the death penalty is to be imposed when the crime is committed after the passage of this act. and changing the mode of execution SO that the death sentence shall be by electricity. The execus tioner shall be the prison warden or his deputies.