The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-20
PASSED WITHOUT ANY
 SPOKEN RESISTANCE
Clubs. chafter Must Exclude the
 Keeping of Liquor. <
ghe miscAen BiiI. Previdins For the Cem,ulsory Payment Of Delin- sus.t Pen Ta1s. Was De-
 ssatsa-Havs ssant < Quorum.

Providing for further immunity Of Alabama from the evasion of the pro- ,hibition laws. the Tarrant anti-social club bill was passed by the House of Representatives Thursday morning. without spoken resistance. and with vote of Ss to IL
 / The Dill drawn by Judge 8. ?. Weak ley. of Birmingham, and one of the administration prohibition measures provides that no club be given . char ter. nor that any club now in existence he allowed to retain a charter wherein the sale of liquor. or the keeping or disposition of liquor, is embodied All clubs. sooial. literary. or any kinds must. before becoming the possessor of . charter, declare that 1t will not keep or store liquor. or maintain lockers
 The bnI is the last of the prohibi- tiou measures, which have covered completely the field of contraband sale of liquor.
 The Mitchell bill. providing for com puisory payment of delinquent poll taxes, was defeated. Col. John, or Birmingham. defended the measure but the opposition elicited the conten- lion that the compulsory payment of the poll tax would bring to the polls . number of undesirable voters. The Mitchell bill provided for an amend ment to the constitution ss to the compulsory payment.
 During the afternoon the House was deprived of a number of it's members by the lure of the baseball game. and barely a quorum was mustered. Soon after convening it was found necessary to recess for fifteen minutes. to await the coming of q few of the tardy mem- bers. to make upJthe necessary s..
 Time and again during the session. the vote on several bills showed that there was no quorum voting. and it was necessary. to call again the roll, and admonish the members to vote.
 During the afternoon the John bill. ko regulate the trading stamp business. was passed; and by It's almost prohibit- i've nGnrep fpr iipensass the trading stamp businsas is about Killed in Ala
 me Cooper mixed food biii. drawn by the whoisaale orocess ok Alabama. and intended to prsvsnt adHiterAtion or fraud In food stusfes was passed. with little resistance.
 Y Representative Hoffman. of Mobile, renewed his efforts. during the after noon, to reach an early adjournment of the House. and also endeavored. by resolution, to cut of some of the ex- pOnoSS VI Sag soooAUp. 11o a1kS0 that the Secretary of the House inform the body of the number of ornamental cieris." as he called them. and con,- mittee clerks. who are drawing pay at the rate of s4 dAya ana that those who are not needed be dismissed.
 The Senate, by a resolution of the rules committed. adopted. will remain in session during Saturday. in the sf- fort to adjourn as quickly as possible.
 Morning Session.
 The newf counties amendment wa, read for the second time in the House and will come up for a third readine today.
 Tho House next considered the bil of MT. Tarrant, of Jefferson, rugulatins the organization of "social or literary clubs by requiring them to file wftf the probate judge of the county a char, ter In which 1t is promised not to vio. late the prohibition law either it. self or by, any of it's members. Int agreement also Is to forfit the charter if such violation is proved and convic, tion had.
 The law requires such prospective clubs to state whether 1t is pecuniar, or non-pecuniary and if the forme, the amount of the capital stock ant - the names and addresses of stock. holders. and if non-pecuniary, thu udfuSB AnQ AuQEe6SSE OI In0 mGmDAT2
 The probate judge is punished fl charters are received without tho agreement not to violate the prohi, bftton laws or to store the prohibited liquors. The law is retro active and re Quires existing incorporated clubs tc amend the charter so as to put then on the same basis as future organiza tions.
 The bili was passed without nool
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 Mir. Mitchell's bill to submit to th, people at the next general election ar amendment to the Constitutions whIcI will furnish process to compel the pay. mont of poll taxes.
 The bill applies only to the paymen of delinquent poll taxes and it's friend, claimed that 1t would not result ir hringtng undeslrabies to the polls sine, after the tax Is paid the defendan would not be entitled thereby to vot, as the privilege is past. The pay ment of the tax due during the current year would be necessary to entitle tn. party to vote.
 The bill would not apply to delinqu ent taxes due before the adoption o the amendment nor could the defend and be taxed with more fees than tn, poll tax.
 Mir. Sherrod, of Lawrence, declared Lu0 OAAA COutoAupihbS0 EAuICdl AN( dangerous vote.
 "r have lived a Democrat, have beer reared in Democratic atmosphere, said he. ''but I am opposed to thii measure. am opposed to taking ava, the right of voting from the negro ant then compelling him to pay the pol tax which is intended to be a condition precedent to the franchise privilege"
 'rhe bill does not propose any bis change" declared MT. Mitchell, o Marion, "as it is still optional with tn, poll tax payres. It ia only to collsc taxes after one fails to execise the op ton"
 Mir. Mitchell also said that he believed the hill would result in increasing tn, school fund.
 . Mir. John of Jefferson. made a ple, on the ground of increasing the schoo fund. He pointed to the improvement tl begun and completed under the presen administration, described the rura school house reform and the work a Montevallo and Auburn and declares that the pending bill was for the con tinuance of the good work.
 Cancel Back Poll Taxes.
 Tn answer to Mfr. Tunstall of Hale MT. John said that the adoption of tn, amendment would cancel ali back pol