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great as the one which he received upon commencing his speech. | Following upon the address of Sem | ator Screws, State Senator Stevens of Mobile moved that the substitute dis pensary bill of Senator Moody be laid on the table Upon an aye and no vote the substitute was laid on the ta- l ble by a vote of 20 to 14.
 l Senator Tunstall then proposed two amendments to the Parks bill the first one excluding whisky from all cities of 5000 population, and the second amendment providing that no local pro hibition law shall be repealed by the Parks act.
 | Senator Frazer urged that the amend ments of Senator Tunstall be adopted. T come to plead in behalf of the small CT towns of Alabama" he said. to grant us this concession. Thls mas l been a banner day for .the local op- tionsts and they have won we'll But now I earnestly ask that you take the bitter cup away with us ana eAciuoe the cities of 5000."
 | Senator Stevens addressed himself to this phrase of the question, stating that it was far from him to deprive | the communities of what they want. He said, however, that passage or the bill, with the proposed amendment would serve the purpose of tending 10 defeat it. He moved to table senator Tunstalrs amendments, which was ordered by a vote of 19 to l4
 At 6:2o o'clock the third reading or the Parks measure was begun. Ihe measure was then passed by vote or 21 to 12, both the gallery ana the Iioor ! going wild upon the ahhouheoie"' 'N the result.
 Senate then adjourned until II o'clock lon Tuesday morning, pursuant 10 joint resolution to that effect, the house resolution to adjourn until Mon- day afternoon having been amended Tn the upper body to apply 10 po'h houses'
 Session in Detail
 Senate was called to order at l1;o5 o'clock by President Walter D. Seed with prayer by Rev. Hudson or Ge- neva. Thirty senators responded to l roll call Reading of the journal was disnensed with upon motion by Senator l Moulthrop.
 Message was received from the house announcing passage of house bills IFS and BPS. Further message from the house was received announcing that l the house had not concured In the amendments to the state banking bill.
 Senator Sherrod moved that confer | ence committee be appointed, which | was ordered. Senators Sherrod. Renfro and Kilby were named to represent the
 senate on the committee.
 Senator Justice moved during the call of districts that the senate re- commit senate bill No. 183. which was yesterday passed. Senator Spragins ob- | iected. the permission being accord ingly refused.
 Resolution was offered by MT. Beas- lev tendering the sympathy of the sen- late to Senator Felix Folmar over the death of a member of his family. The resolution was adopted by rising vote.
 Senator Kilby moved that senate bill No. POS be made a special order for Tuesday at noon. The bill relates to commission government for the small CT cities of the state. The motion was carried.
 Senator Justice again moved that the vote by which senate bill No. 183 was passed in the upper house yesterday be reconsidered. It was ordered and Sem ator Justice thereupon moved that tho bill be given another third reading, offering an amendment to the instru- ment The bill relates to tagging feed ,stuffs. Further consideration was post lponed.
 Senator Stevens announced to the senate that the joint committee ap- pointed to draft bill to establish a court of appeals had not been able to complete their labors by today. The committee was allowed until the first
 of next week.
 l Bills Introduced
 Bills were introduced today as follows | By MT. Allen-To amend section 735 of tie code of Alabama of 1907.
 By Mir 'Miller-To authorize a defend
 ent charged with vasrancy, or with play ing at . game with dice, commonly known as 'craps." to demand an indictment by