The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-05
TROUBLE AHEAD
 FOR SMITH BILL House NOn-cOncurs in the
 Senate Measure NOW IN CONFERENCE Chairman Smith Announced to the House That He Did Not Ap- prove Some of the Senate
 Amendments
NOW IN CONFERENCE
By BERRYMAN G. BETTY

| | Montgomery. April 4.-tSpecial)-- What puromises to be another tenn
 porary deadlock in the Alabama legis-
 lature was brought about today when 1 the house voted to non-concur in the
 senate amendments to the Smith regu-
 lation bill. The matter of adjustment was referred to a committee on con | ference of the two houses, the con | ferees on the part of the house being
 Representative Smith, the author of the bill, Pitts and Merritt, and the com-
 mittee on the part of the senate being 1 Senators Stevens, Atkins and Fite
 The Smith regulation bill was sent
 over to the house last Friday night,
 during the afternoon. By a resolution
 of MT. Merritt the house decided 10
 postpone the consideration of the bill
 with it's amendments until today at
 which time it was thought that large
 number of the house members would
 be present.
 | The senate message, returning the
 bill to the house, was reported shortly after that body convened this morn | ing
 When the message had been read MT. | Smith, author of the bill and chairman of the committee on temperance, said | that several of the amendments di1
 not meet the approval of members of l the house. MT. Smith then moved that l the house non-concur in the senate amendments and that a committee of
 conference be appointed to confer wih | Q % nf "a 10
 purpose of adjusting the differences be
 tween the two legislative bodies. This motion was unanimously carried
 and the speaker announced as the house conferees Messrs Smith. Pitts and Mer- ritt.
 Session in Detail Sixty-eight members were present when Speaker Almon called the house
 to order at II o'clock this morning. The
 Rev. MT Jones' representative from
 Monroe county, offered the invocation | The senate reported back to the
 house the Smith regulation bill with
 several amendments. MT. Smith, chair
 man of the committee on temperance,
 stated that he did not thinkthe amend
 ments would meet with the approval l moved that the house non-concur and
 that committee on conference be ap- pointed The motion was carried and
 Judge Almon appointed on the house l committee Representatives Smith, Pitts | and Merritt.
 Message From Governor
 A message from the governor was ! tl, ;,l, : | executive called attention to three bills
 on the calendar which he hoped would
 receive immediate and favorable atten- tion. The first bill mentioned in the | governors message was house bill No.
 470 providing an appropriation of $1OO,-
 900 to erect a north wing to the cap itol; the second bill was senate measure 34S, providing for the lease of other
 offices for state departments until the 1 new capitol wing has been completed, l and the third was house bil 537, pro-
 viding for a salary of $500 per annum
 for the governors private secretary. l The governor declared that all of these
 bills were of great importance and
 receive the favorable considera tion of |
 sible
 | Jacksonville School l Representative Martin of Calhoun | moved the reconsideration of the bill | which passed the house last Friday ap-
 propriating $40,0o0 to the normal school
 at Jacksonville. MT Martin had the
 bill reconsidered for the purpose of rais-
 ing the appropriation to $60.0O0. tho
 amount provided for in the original meas l ure.
 MT. Fuquay of Tallapoosa opposed the
 increase, stating that it was the duty
 of the state to provide for the com | mon schools of the state before appro- l priating large sums to the higher insti- 1 tutions. | MT. Acker of Talladega opposed the
 position taken by MT. Fuquay. He de-
 clared that he did not believe the school children of the state were not provided
 with proper educational facilities. He
 said that in Talladega county the boys
 and girls were provided with schools and | that he believed this condition obtained l in the other counties of the state. l The statement of the Talladega repre-
 sentative was borne out by Mir. Letson of | Marion county, who said that he knew | the needs of the Jacksonville school, an1 l that he believed the investment of s20,- | COO additional was absolutely necessary. | He declared that the money would be l applied to a. worthy cause and that 1t would be returned to the state in the l fine results achieved by this institution. | The Marion representative was followed ] by MT Thomas of Chambers, chairman | of the committee on appropriations, who | said that $60000 had been recommended by | his committee. MT Thomas said he oe- | lieved the state treasury would be able | to stand the additional increase. He | declared that the Jacksonville school was as much entitled to a good appropria- | ton as the other normal schools in the l state
 | Mir. Richeson of Franklin spoke against
 the additional appropriation, declaring | that he thought the state should first see that <adequate provision was made for | the common schools.
 l MT. Merritt then called for the pre-
 vious question on the motion to table the
 amendment reducing the appropriation to
 s4o,000 and his motion prevailed by a vote 1 of 40 to 31, making the appropriation $60, : I GOO. The amendment was then adopted | 70 to [.
 | MT. Rfcheson offered resolution that l the sums be reduced to $40,000, with $2O,-
 900 additional if the governor thinks the | state treasury can stand the increase. l Mir Merritt moved tO ia hle tho Riche-