The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-30
By BERRYMAN C. BETTY

l e-<<%%<<>>->-~<>%< <%<>-<<->>>>- By BERRYMAN C. BETTY | Montgomery, March 29-(SpeciaD-Bacls l to it's former condition of statu quo on 1 the senate calender is the Smith regula-
 ton local option bill It came back to-
 day upon motion of Senator Hugh Nor row of Birmingham, who represented 1 that the measure contained certain er- | TOTS which it was the desire of the sen- ators to remedy. He said that the in- l strument. further, was in need of few
 more patches to hide it's skin, and the
 senate voted unanimously to do the
 patching, but behind the scenes the po- litical prophets are glimpsing other mo- l tives for the recall of the measure, and
 these motives are laid at the feet of the state revenue bill.
 l Recall of the measure, which was pass | ed in the state senate late Friday night i with numerous amendments over the house bill, ranked in interest the report
 of the conference committee on the rev
 erue bill which was late this afternoon
 submitted to the two houses, and which I las been a bone of contention before the l legislature for the past month. Especial significance is attached to the status of
 tho regulation measure, however, because
 of the favor which it has found on the
 eye of the administration, and because of | the corresponding disfavor which some
 of the senate amendments to the revenue ] bill has met from the same executive
 quarters.
 | In the opinion of many members of | the lobby who are following the swell l ing legislative tides, the action of the senate today in voting for return of | the Smith measure is taken as a kind of threat which the upper legislative | chamber is holding over the heads of
 the administration forces. in order to force that following to ..gree to some
 of the provisions of the revenue measure | which have so far been opposed by the governor Whether or not the lever will | be raised to the extent of compelling an | extra session of the legislature. in the event that the revenue bill, which is
 decided upon is not to the liking of the senate, is yet to be determined, but it is looked upon as sure that such sue cessfu movement could be started as would make the standing of the regua- | ton measure a very precarious one. Indications tonight were that final ac- ton on the measure would be delayed | until the status of the revenue measure | is fully determined. This revenue bill. ac- | cording to the constitution, must be in the hands of the governor at the end
 of the forty-fifth working day, which will expire tomorrow.
 Liquor Measure Defeated | The liquor measure of State Senator c. M Sherrod of Lawrence county. which vas defeated one time, was again de- feated in the upper house today, when the author of the measure attempted to have the vote reconsidered The bill In question is one which seeks to allow local option election in the two Decaturs for the purpose of determining whether or not whislley shall be sold in those two cities
 The governors veto of the newspaper pass bill. which applies to sheriffs and their deputies as well, was sustained in the senate today by unanimous vote. At the afternoon session of the sen- ate bills were passed creating school of technology at Ragland in St. Clair
 county. and an agricultural school at Lineville, in Clay county. Appropria- tions aggregating $12,000 are authorized in these acts.
 The bill which seeks to establish an in ferior court in Precincts 2 and, 37 of Birmingham, in lieu of justices of the peace, was, also passed, as we'll as. the bill of Senator Morrow which seeks to extend the term of office of the senior judge of the Birmingham criminal court from 1912 to 1916 A bill to appropriate s100O for the erection of dormtory at the Abbevillle school was passed, as was measure which seeks 10 authorize an appropriation of 5000 for the Florence Normal school
 Both the senate and the house ad- journed at 6 o'clock to meet again at 8 D. m. for a night session.
 Smith Regulation Bill Senate was called to order at noon
 promptly with prayer by the Rev. H. M. Edmonds of Montgomery. President Walter D. Seed was in the chair and "A senators were present. Reading Of the journal was dispensed with.
 Senator Morrow was responsible for the first thrill of the session by promptly of ferins motion to reconsider the vote whereby the Smith rtgula tion bill was passed on Friday night. The senate inn mediately agreed, whereupon the Jeffer- son county representative moved that the senate reconsider the vote whereby the bill was ordered to a third reading This
 was also granted whereupon motion was made that the bill be made st special con tinung paramount order for the next | legislative session. It was so ordered, votes in each instance being unanimous. | Message was received from the house l announcing the concurrence of that body | in the amendments offered by the gov | ernor to the newspaper pass bill. The | amendments were agreed to without op- | position, contrary to the general ex- | pectation that fight would develop. As | the measure now stand5. only old Conred- | crate soldiers are allowed passes on the
 railroads, the provisions to grant the same privilege to sheriffs and newspaper | men being stricken from the bill Decatur Liquor Bill
 l Senator Sherrod at 12:50 o'clock called l for a reconsideration of the vote whereby his bill which seeks to per
 init d local option election in the two | De<aturs. was lost last week. He stat ed that the policy was a democratic enc; that the people of the Decaturs de- 1 sired such an election. and that their l wishes should be gratified.
 Senator Crumpton took issue with the