The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-10
Following Acrimonious De- bate Outcome In BiH's Fa--
 VoT Stood @ to 45
FINAL RESULT RECEIVED
 WITH WIDEST CHEERS
Both Sides Were Represented in the Packed Galleries and the LobbIes Were Crowded With Those
 Interested In the Bill
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

x BY HUGH w. ROBERTS
 Montgomery, February 9.-(Special) ) The Parks local option bill passed the house of representatives this afternoon by vote of 5s to 46
 It's passage was preceded by an acrimonious debate lasting five hours and seven minutes and by some of the most spectacular scenes ever witnessed by an Alabama legislature.
 Early in the morning the galleries became packed to their capacity by wo- men and children and men determined to aid by their presence and their cheers the fight of the ultra -prohibi- tionists. So strenuous at times became the action of the people in the gallery that the debate was followed with diff ficulty and the speaker was compelled to threaten the clearance of the house.
 When the bill was carried by ma 3ority which surprised even the strong est local optionists the historic capitol building shook beneath the applause Of the victors. It had been a battle in which there occurred no cessation of bitter struggling The cheers, there fore, were happy cheers, though they came from throats gown tired by end less speech.
 Hastily the house war emptied and the news spreading rapidly over Mont gomery caused wild delight.
 Demonstrations occurred on every street corner. Apparently the victory of the local optionists was a Joyous vic- tory for the people at large.
 Almon's Bitter Opposition
 The reason for the strenuousness of the struggle was the opposition to the Parks bill by Speaker Almon. In the very beginning he yielded his seat to yF,4preseDta Rice of Tuscaleosa and offered his dispensary bill as substi- tute for the bill on which the deter mined local optionists had agreed He opened the debate with a speech last ing 57 minutes, and his argument was one in which the prohibitionists and the prohibitionist supporters in the gal lery found rare delight.
 AS soon as all preliminaries had been disposed of Representative Smith or Montgomery offered a motion laying the substitute of Almon on the table.
 The first fight, therefore, was over the substitute.
 It was the prime test of the strength of the conflicting bodies The prohi- bitionists in spite of their policy to ac- cept no substitute, rushed headlong And pell-mell to the support of the Al mon dispensary bill. They knew that if they sustained the substitute their chance of ultimate victory would be enhanced. The local optionists, on the other hand, were aware of the fact that If they defeated the substitute, the vic tory of the Parks bill would De cer- tain.
 For these reasons each side bent It. self in deadly earnest to the battle on the substitute.
 How They Voted
 At 4:4o o'clock the vote on the substi- tute was started.
 Here follows the vote:
 For substitute-Speaker, Acker, Avery, Bell of Pickens, Brindley. Brown of Tus- caloosa, Burton, Capps, Cranford, Dar- den, Edmonds, Fowlkes, Fuquay, Greene, Helms, Hollis of Choctaw, Hollis or Wa'h. !. CT. Horton, Jackson, James, Jenkins or Bullock, Johnson of Clarke. Kilburn, Knight. Lawson Lee Letson, Lumpkin, Merritt Miner, Mulkey. McGowen Mo- Iendon, Page, Pegram, Percy Pittman, Preston, Ramsey Rice, Richeson. Roper- son.. Rylance. Thomas, Walden, Wheeles, Wrtght47 ~
 Against substitute--Arnold, Barnard, Belf of Autauga, Brewer Boswell. Brown of Pike. Bush, Butt. Carroll, Chamber aIain. Dennis. Boswell. Eastis, Flanagan, Fletcher. Gewin Griffith. Hood, Huddles- ton, Jenkins of Baldwin, Johnson or Ell more. Johnson of Marshall. Jones, Judge, Lane, Lavender. Long, Lloyd. Martin or Calhoun, Martin of Jackson, Mastin. Matthews. Merrill, Motion, McCurdy, Me Donald. O.Neill, Overton. Parks, Pharr. Pitts. Powell, Pruett. Quinn. Sanders, Smith, Strickland. Stollenwerck, Sullivan, Twombly. Waddell. Waits, walker, What ley, Wilhite, Wiliams-56.
 Rice Incomes Confused
 Although aware of the fact that the day vas turning against them after the defeat of the substitute. the prohibition iits did not give up the fight.
 They endeayored to adjourn. to postpone action Indefinitely. and delay by further and immaterial debate.
 As soon as the vote on the substitute was announced. Williams of Barbour moved that the Parks. bill be put on It's thirdsreadjng and final passage.
 The Dill was so ordered by MT Rice. who was in the speakers chair. But when MT. Pegram offered an amendment he agreed to put the amendment to Q vote over the violent protests of Williams. Waddel and others. Williams went SD far as to appeal to the Journal. Tho clerk sustained MT Williams but the sneaker overruled all concerned and put the amendment to a-vote.
 The amendment of Pegram. which was accepted by practically an unanimous vote. simply precludes the sale of in- toxicating liquor out of the corporate limits of cities and towns, and in all towns by which z. policeman or marshal is not reGtlarly 4mpIoyed.
 MT. TwombIy, who had voted asainst the substitute of Almon. and who was strong in his support of the Parks bill. voted against the amendment, and he re- sented the success of the amendment tn such an extent that he ultimately voted against the passage of the bill However, Pegram. who had supported the substitute of Almon. after the accordance or ms amendment supported the Parks bill on s.s fnRl passage.
 It Is understood that following the vote onfthe PeRram ansendment MT. Rice apol. oeft5d to NJ, Willlama. At any rate. he Ssf65ed t6' permit the offering Of addi'