The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
PASS
 MEASURE PASSES House Accepts Amendment
 From Senate ALMON FAVORS TT Measure Now Provides for Veterans, Chiefs of Police, Sheriffs and
 Newspapers-Routine Ses-
 sion in the House
By BERRyMAN G. BETTY

By BERRYMAN G. BETTY
 Montgomery, March 9.-(Special.) )-The newspaper pass amendment to the Green bill. which was yesterday voted on in the senate, received favorable consideration
 in the house today, when by vote of GA to 24 the amendment was adopted The Green bill. which passed the house some weeks ago, provides that free transporta- ton may be granted to families of rail road employees and to old Confederate soldiers.
 When the bill was called up in the sen ate yesterday for passage an amendment was attached to the measure allowing free transportation to newspaper men in exchange for advertising, and to sherins and chiefs of police.
 Several bills of this nature had been defeated in the house during the present session. one of which was the bill by Sem ator Screws. All efforts on the part Of advocates of newspaper pass bills had heretofore been promptly defeated. when theA bill was returned to the houes today with an amendment granting to newspa- pers the right to exchange advertising for transportation, the opponents or the measure at once mustered their strength and the question was debated for more than an hour.
 The chief advocates of the amendments were Speaker Almon and Representative Williams of Barbour. The speaker of the house again asserted his faith in the newspaper men of the state, declaring that he did not believe they would be in- fuenced in any manner by pass. and making the point that the granting of free transportation to newspaper men would tend to develop the great resources of the state. inasmuch as representatives portunity to visit throughout Alabama In this way. the speaker of the house de- clared, newspaper men would be able tc familiarize themselves with the conditions throughout the state, and would be able to take home with them many ideas of the progress and development that are taking place all over Alabama.
 Vote on the Bill
 The amendments passed the house by an overwhelming majority, the vote being as follows:
 Ayes: Almon. Acker. Avery. Barnard Bell of Autauga, Brewer, Brown of Pike, Brown of Tuscaloosa, Burton Butt, Carroll, Chamberlain, Cranford Dennis Eastis, Edmonds, Flanagan Fletcher, Fowlkes, Gewin, Green, Grif- filth, Hood, Horton, Jenkins of Baldwin Johnson of Fillmore, Johnson of Mar shall, Jones, Judge, Kilburn, Knight Lane, Lavender. Lloyd, Lumpkin, Mar tin of Jackson, Mastin, Mathews, Mol ton, Mcdonald, McGowen, O'Neill, Mi cholson, Pharr, Putnam. Pitts, Popwell Pruitt Quinn, Richeson, Rylance, Smith Strickland, Sturdivant, Thomas, Twom- bly, Waddell. Waits, Walden, Walker Wilhite, Williams. Wright.
 | Nays Bell of Pickens. Brindley, Bos- well, Capps, Darden, Fuquay, Helms Hollis of Choctaw, Jackson, James Johnson of Clarke. Lee, Letson, Mer- Till, Merritt, Mulkey, McCurdy, Ramsey Roberson, Sanders, Stollenwerck, Sulli- van, Wheeless.
 Session in Detail Speaker Almon called the house to or der today at 10 o'clock, and prayer was offered by the Rev. M. Forman of Mo- bile Seventy-six members were pres ent
 The first business taken up by the house was MT McLendon's bill to pro- vide for exemption of disabled men from road duty. The bill was debated at length on yesterday having been cut off by the calling up of the appellate court bill The oposition which was developed on yesterday was sufficient to defeat the bill today. which failed of passage by vote of 22 to A. Senate bill No. Al, by MT Piowman, was next called up. The bill provides to amend section 1912 of the code so as to increase the amount of appro- priation for the payment of insurance premiums on state property from $l0OO to 5000. The bill was passed by a vote of 69 to 0.
 Pension Bill
 MT. Walden called up his bill to pro- vide for additional appropriations to those already provided for in section 24O7 of the code. The bill provides for an additional appropriation of sl50O to the hospital at Mountain Home, an appropriation of 5000 to provide Tor additional help. and s1 per month as pocket money for each of the inmates
 MT. Walden spoke for the bill de- claring that the money which the hos- pital asked was greatly needed Hs said that the state should do what it could to help improve the condition or inc old soldier. MT. Mastin of Mont eomery also spoke in favor of the bill, which passed the house without oppo- sition.
 Newspaper Pass Bill A storm was raised in the house to- dav when Mir Greens bill providing for transportation for families of rail- road employees and old soldiers was re- turned from the senate with an amend ment attached to grant transportation to newspaper men in exchange for ad- yertising and to grant passes to sher- ifs and chiefs of police.
 A protest was immediately made n against the amendment by several members of the house who opposed the original measures seeking to give transportation to newspaper men in exchange for advertising
 When the amendment was read MT. williams of Barbour. who had favored preyious bills of this nature, moved that the house concur In the sena te amendments.
 Speaker Almon took the floor in the interest of the senate amendment. He said the newspaper men in Alabama were of such character as that they could not be unduly influenced by a