The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-20
EXTRA! SESSION
 SEEMS CERTAINTY
Eight Days Cannot Clear
 Must" Calendar
HOLD NIGHT SESSIONS
Revenue Bill and Temperance Bill Will Occupy Attention of Solons This Week-Extra Ses- sion May Follow

Montgomery, March 19-(Special Joe velopments at the capitol yesterday tend ed to show that an extra session of the legislature cannot be avoided.
 Owing to the lateness of the introduc- tion of the general revenue bill, and ow- ing to the status of number of impor- tant measures now before the two houses 1t Is being conceded in all circles that not enough time is left the soons in which to accomplish the work which they have set out to do Only eight working days remain for the two houses in which to pass the general revenue bill, the liquor regulation bill. commission government bills and number of the large appropra- ton measures.
 The time that does intervene between now and the iftieth working day, 1t is suggested, cannot be sufficient for perma- nent relief of the must calendar. Gov Emmet O'Neal, who is now follow ing the progress of the revenue bill with much concern, is quiet on the subject of an extra session of the solons, but it is known that he stands ready to recon vene the legislature if the most important measures before that body are not passed by the fftieth day. Chances are that an extension of ten days would be sufficient for the transaction of all other necessary work, but even should that time not be sufficient, 1t is believed that the chief ex- ecutive will so extend 1t as will give to the state that which is imperative for its maintenance, and further prosperity The revenue bill, which has been an ob. feet of much doubt throughout the pres ent session, is at the present time in the hands of the senate committee on finance and taxation, by which coterie of senators it is being thoroughly investigated But it is pointed out that the amendment which the committee will suggest, and that the amendments which the senate as a body will then recommend, cannot be rushed through the two houses, submitted to the governor and returned by the gov ernor for other amendments-in the allot- l ted timeAof eight days which now inter vene.
 Four Days Recess
 The legislature of Alabama is now il the midst of four days recess, hay ing adjourned until Wednesday next al noon. When the two houses convene this week they will find confronting then calendars literally bulging with bills, ane with an amount of work ahead that vii require their most strenuous efforts dur ing the next two weeks. The house cal endar yesterday was weighted with 5' pages many of which contained five ane six bills.
 Night sessions will probably be the or der next week The number of loca bills during the last few days has showr a. steady increase, the various commit l tees of the two houses having reported | a large number of measures during the | last two or three days.
 The legislature next Wednesday will be- gin the forty-second day of the presen session. With only eight more day, ahead in which to finish the work before the two houses, it is anticipated that the legislature will find the task of dsposinR of the numerous measures of monumental proportions and there Is strong prob ability that a large amount of work will have to go over until another session When the legislature adjourned ma jority of the members went home for the recess, and 1t is anticipated that there will be little legislative talk around the hotel Hobbies for the next few days.
 The principal mea sures to come up in the senate this week are the revenue bill, which passed the house on last Thursday, and the Smith regulation bill, which passed that body more than two weeks ago. Both of these important bills will be disposed of in the senate as quickly as possible. and there is little doubt but that both bills will be amended
 The regulation bill has met with con siderable delay in the senate. When the bill passed the house after a long and fierce debate, during which time the house acted upon the measure in committee of the whole, it was believed that th1s 11 tr-l, l,A q a
 The measure went to the temperance committee in the senate, and there it re- mained Numerous rumors have been current with reference to this bill. It was reported that the senate committee had found some unconstitutional features In connection with the measure, and that an effort was being made to rectify these before reporting the bill. The bill had not been reported when the senate adjourned on Friday afternoon, though it is an nounced that the bill will be presented to the senate on Wednesday. In this event the.measure will probably come up for consideration on Thursday or Friday, when it is not believed there will be much serious opposition to its passage.
 With this bill and the revenue bill of the calendar, the two houses will then have before them the local bills to con slider. though there are many general measures to come up before the legsia- ture adjourns. These measures will be dispatched with as little delay as possi- ble. and the members hope to pass all the important bills before the end of the ses- sion.
 Sub Committee Meets
 At a session of the senate temperance subcommittee which was appointed to investigate the features of the Smith reg ulation measure, and which met in this city yesterday, many of the sections were thoroughly reviewed. and number of amendments not yet announced. were proposed to the measure. The sub-com- mittee consists of Chairman Moody and Senators Stevens and Spragins-
 The subcommittee is due to hold an- other meeting on Monday for the purpose of finally passing upon the measure. On Wednesday morning the subcommittee will report its findings to the general tenn perance committee. which in turn will report to the senate on the same day. Chances, then, are that the bill will be made a special order for the following day Thursday, or for Friday. at least.
 Certain it is that the two most impor- tant bills now before the senate, the reg rlation measure and the general revenue | kA1 ,avt