The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-23
MANY TO ATTEND
MEETING TODAY
No Funds Needed in Fee
System Fight
JOHN ALTMAN TALKS
Are to Hold Further Meetings TO
Urge an Extra Session in Order
to Abolish the Fee System in
jefferson County
JOHN ALTMAN TALKS

Through some r7isinformed channels
II has been reported that all who at
tend the meeting at noon tomorrow will
be expected to donate funds" stated
John w Altman yesterday when speak
ing in regard to the meeting to be held
at 1890 o'clock today in the Gold Lion
tea rooms to discuss plans to put into
effect the recently adopted amendment
to the state constitution abolishing the
fee system in jefferson county. This
is not right continued Mr.. Altman.
mo man Will be asked for cent. We
don't need any and don't want any.
The meeting is merely for tho purpose
of launching plans for the extra ses-
sion of the Legislature, one of the pur-
poses of which will be the putting into
effect OF the anti-fee system amend
ment"
Mr. Altman is in receipt of quite a
number of telephone communications
and letters from different persons sig
nifying their intention of attending the
meeting today. He has addressed per-
sonal letters to the state representa-
tives and senators from this district
| inviting them to he at the meeting and
offer any suggestions which they may
see fit to make. Any one attending the
meeting can secure lunch at the same
time, this being arranged so that bus
mess mon would lose as little time from
their affairs as possible. The lunch viii
cost SO cents and viii be Dutch af-
fair" each man paying for his own.
Another Meeting Probable
1t is probable that following the
meeting today another date will be
announced within the next week or two
for another meeting for a similar pnr-
pose.
"The meeting tomorrow" stated Mr.
Altman yesterday, lis merely 10 dis
cuss ways and means by which the
extra session of the Legislature can be
called and plans as 10 putting into ef
| feet the antf-fee anne ndment when the
extra session is called. The extra ses-
sion Is very probable but 1t Is by no
means a sure thing. The meeting to-
morrow and any others that we may
hold Will be for the purpose of turn
ing the tide overwhelmingly In favor
of the extra session, so that thefs VIII
exist no doubt.
.If the extra session Is not called and
the anti-fee system amendment is not
put into effect adopted by the peo
pie at the recent election until the next
regular session of the legislature, then
the next sheriff Of this county VIII go
into office under The fee system and the
amendment cannot be put into effect
during his term of Office The sheriffs
term is for four years AS probably eV-
ery one remembers the fee system
amendment election was carried by an
Overwhelming majority. The principal
reasons for its success were the evils
which ii was demonstrated existed un-
der its use in the sherihs office and
the criminal court clerk's office. These
were the two instances where tho
greatest evil existed from the system.
But now II It is set five years before
the amendment can go into effect and
such it will be unless an extra session
Of the Legislature is called, then the
system Will be in use five years in the
sherins office after 1t has been re-
pudiated by the voters of the state.
The reason for Immediate action Is very
apparent
IF we let the matter 20, Just talk
about 1t now and then. until this spring
or summer the first thing we know the
time for an extra session Will be passed.
Now is the time 10 get busy and /
ask everyone Interested in the matter
to be present tomorrow and lend their
aid to getting the movement for the
extra session started and started
strong"