The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-24
SENATE ATTEMPTS HURCULEAN TASK Revenue and Liquor Bills
 Set for Today OUTCOME IS IN DOUBT Bill to Trim the Claws of Back Tax Commissioners Will Come Up
 Before the House
 Today
By BERRyMAN G. BETTY

' The senate has named Friday to per form one Of the most stupendous tasks that 1t has had to discharge during the present session. The senate com mittee on temperance yesterday report cd the Smith regulation bill for the sale of liquor in the state and the commit tee on finance and taxation reported the general revenue bill.
 Each of the bills as reported was loaded down with amendments and each has been set to come up as special orders for tomorrow The revenue measure has been set for 10:30 o'clock in the morning and the regulation bill has been made special order for noon. Whether or not the senate will be able to dispose of both bills tomorrow is a matter of much speculation, though there is grave doubt entertained in re- gard to the matter.
 The general revenue bill consumed nearly all of two days Tn the house and the regulation measure consumed one whole day Thus the senate has planned to accomplish in one day what it took the house three whole days to perform.
 Tomorrow will mark the forty-third day of the present legislative session. Under the law the revenue bill will have to be passed by the forty fifth day in order to become effective. There are. therefore, three more days in which to dispose of this bill with it's numerous amendments. The bill will then be returned to f i,, concur in the various senate amend ments. By the time 1t reaches the house it is not believed that there will be more than one or two days left for the passage of the bill. The measure will then have to go to the governor for his approval the bill probably reaching the chief executive about the forty fourth or forty fifth day.
 Should the governor decide to fur ther amend the bill it is exceedingly doubtful if there will be sufficient time left in which to return the bill to the two houses and have it sent back to the governor before the end of the forty fifth day. Failing to do this, the bill cannot become a law during the present session and an extra session will be inevitable.
 Day of Preparation
 Today was one of general preparation for debate on the measure tomorrow. While both of the legislative branches were at recess, speculation throughout the day was rife as to how the measure shall be considered at Fridays session. Undoubtedly there will be a strenuous at tempt on the part of several of the sena- af.1ra f.,1t nF the bill, but their success in this partic- ular is doubtful, despite the fact that merchants throughout Alabama are over whelmingly against the clause
 The revenue bill however, did not draw all the attention of the day Representa- tive Smiths measure which seeks to reg ulate the sale of liquors which are to be sold under the provisions of the Parks local option law is on the slate for con- sideration tomorrow. Chances are that it might not be reached during the day, but the probability exists that it might even be passed before the days work is con- pleted. Each and every one of the sen- ators is fighting against time as if the salvation of the state depends upon the remaining legislative days, hence their solicitation in this behalf may issue in consideration and passage of both of the measures.
 Less debate is expected on the Smith measure than on the revenue bill, chiefly because of the fact that the local option victory on the parks instrument has pretty well manifested in the the senate the fact that local option is the policy of the state, and that this policy must prevail
 Both of the calendars of the houses still contain 8 number of bills, but at to- morrow's session of the house many of these are expected to be disposed of, pro- vided the back tax commissioner meas ure is finally acted upon. Both of the state bodies will in all probability hold night sessions again tomorrow.
 Committees Meet
 A number of the important committees of the two houses held sessions at the capitol today Senate committees which met during the day and tonight were public health, agriculture. finance anl taxation. House committees which met