The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-14

| The vote will be largely on fractional
| grounds. the Vardaman men standing by
Bilbo the others favoring expulsion.
However, 1t is known that some of the
vardaman followers will vote for expul-
| sion.
Anderson Makes Announcement
Jackson, Miss, April 1S.-That a reso-
luton expelling Bilbo from membership
in the senate of Mississippi will be intro
duced in the senate by the prosecution,
and that fight will be made to pass it,
was frankly announced by Senator Ander-
son late this evening, who, with Senator
Leftwich, has been investigating the
charges. While the resolution was not
unexpected its announcement at this stage
was a distinctive surprise. 1t came as the
elimination of an attempt on the part of
different factions to decide how to close
the case.
Senator Dear. had called attention to the
necessity of providing for definite con-
clusion to be reached by the 1senate and
| to the desirAbility of reaching the con-
clusion without debate.
| Senator Tucker of counsel foii Bilbo said
he would oppose any attempt to cut of
| debate on any resolution to which he was
| opposed. The debate on this ground was
| growing acrid. when some one moved to
take recess until 3 o'clock In the after
noon.
The question became a live issue az
soon as the investigation was resumed In
the afternoon. Senator Logan introduced
a resolution that the counsel for senate,
Senators Anderson and Leftwich, be en-
powered to draw up resolutions on behalf
of the senate finding that that body
deemed 1t proper for them to take such
action, and asked that Senator's Tucker
and Mcdonald of counsel for Bilbo or
any other two senators Bilbo would Sc
lect be appointed to draw such resolu-
tions as Mr.. Blbo desired.
Committees VIII Meet
The two committees will then meet and
decide whether to permit debate, and IL
permitted, it is stated, how long each
side will be permitted to speak will be
defined.
Senator Harper amended this to permit
any resolution to lay over for one day
before being voted on. Senator Tucker
amended this amendment to read that
Senator Bilbo be given copy of any
charges against him in the resolution and
be allowed to meet them. Senator An
derson then sprang his surprise. saying:
ITO relieve the mind of counsel on
the other side will say that we will
surely introduce resolution as soon as
the investigation Is over expelling Sem
ator Bilbo from membership In this body
Senator Bilbo has made the charges all
along. He made charge that his vote
had been bought by L. C. Dulaney for
$645 He courted full investigation and
the burden of proof rested upon him. We
ali know what the result has been, and,
therefore, the senate will be asked to con-
slider and pass the following resolution:
Resolved by the senate That. after
hearing and considering all the testimony
In reference to the Bilbo- Dulaney charge,
1t Is the judgment of ths senate that
such testimony demonstrates that Sem
ator T. q. Bilbo is unworthy of belief
and he Is thereby expelled from MEM
bership in this body
NOW, If Senator Bilbo wants resolu-
ton in advance here it Is"
Resolutions Go Over
Senator Tucker stated that Senator
Bilbo would not be able to complete
his case before l o'clock Thursday, and
all the resolutions and amendments went
over until that time. The defense will in
troduce several new witnesses as char
acter witnesses. When the defense an
nounced at 5 p. m. that it had no wit
nesses to offer today Senator Anderson
objected to delays and demanded to know
what the defense expected to prove by
the missing witnesses. Senator Tucker
frankly admitted that he did not know;
that Bilbo was running his own church.
Under the rule Bilbo could not speak.
Senator Anderson then called up SEN
ator Logans resolution for a resolution
committee, which was supposed to have
been passed until Thursday.
A resolution asking for a resolution
committee which was passed designated
Thursday for action on the new aspect
and the Logan resolution was the only
motion passed. Senator Anderson said
that the positions respectively adopted
prompted him to move that the fnvesti-
CATION close at / o'clock Thursday and
the consideration Of resolutions begin at
3 d, M the same day The motion was
carried and routine business entered upon
which was cleared away and adjourn
ment taken.
When 1t was announced this morning
that Senator Bilbo had 30 witnesses yes
terday to examine there was a general
inclination expressed to close up the in
vestigation. Senator Anderson announced
he would oppose the Introduction of any
further character witnesses. Senator
Tucker for Bilbo agreed to limit his
witnesses
The investigation reached the anony-
nous stage today. when Lee Russell OF
the house received letter dated at the
Chickasaw club, Memphis March 80 In
which wholesale charges of boodling were
made against both Sc prs and repre-
sentatives by name. h sell received It
today and read II when the house met
It precipitated near-riot.
Representative Van B. Boddie. Senator
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