The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20
COMMISSION FIGHT
 IS GROWING LIVELY Every Man Seems to Have His
 Own Ideas TRY TO GET TOGETHER Montgomery and Birmingham Work Fairly Well Together Hut Mobile
 Wants It's BiiI submIttcd to
 People for n Vote
TRY TO GET TOGETHER
BY HUGH ". ROBERTS

Montgomery. January 19.-(Special )--At joint meeting of the municipal organ ization committees or the senate and house today it became evident that as concerns commission form of govern ideas, but has also an unshakable de- termination to express and fight for those ideas.
 The chief result of the meeting of the committees this morning was the discov- cry that while Birmingham and Mont gomery delegations are agreed that the new form of municipal government shall be imposed on the cities which they rep resent without another vote of the peo- pie. the Mobile delegation is unwilling to stand for a bill which will put it's city under a commission without the people of it's city having had the privi- lege of expressing themselves at the polls.
 There was great variance of opinion, foo. as concerns the initiative, referen- dunn, recall, protest, number of commits sioners and other features equally as important. Practically all the members of the two committees, however, were agreed that the people should have the right to elect their commissioners. In other words, though the commission form of government is departure from the idea of government by representation, the committees are determined that the voice of the people shall be heard in the selection of their officials.
 To Classify Cities
 No conclusion was reached as a result of the session of the committees. But the house committees agreed to intro duce resolution requesting Speaker All mon to name the house members of a joint senate and house committee the duty of which shall be the threshing out of the several bills and the intro duction of one bill on which the ma jority of the members of the two houses are willing to vote favorably.
 Senator Morrow some days ago, fol- lowing resolution by Senator Screws that such a committee be named, au- thorzed Senator Screws, Senator Kilby and Senator Allen to represent the upper
 
 mon is practically certain to name among others Representative Percy of Jefferson and Representative Smith of Montgom- cry. The incorporation of the several local ideas into one general bill that will with stand the keen probing of the supreme court is a difficult problem In order that Birmingham, Mobile and Montgom- cry might obtain that form which they desire it will be necessary to classify the cities of the state in accordance to population. And in each of the first three classifications there will be put one city. In the 100000 class there will be Birming- ham; in the class of cities of between 40,O00 and 100000 population will be Mo- bile. Montgomery will be alone in the class of cities of between 25,000 and 10000 people.
 The Mobile Position
 Though practically all of the cities of the state are desirous of government by commission, naturally Birmingham, Mo- bile and Montgomery are taking the lead in the fight. h On account of the fact that the people of Birmingham and Montgomery have voted on commission form of govern ment, those cities are closely allied. Mo bile cannot join as readily in all of the propositions of its sister cities because of the fact that the people of Mobile have not expressed themselves at the
 
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