The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-31

Montgomery July ao.-(srecial )-As forecast in . he Age Herald Thursday Speaker A. Fl. Carmichael today present. ed to the house of representatives im- peachmept cLirges against Judge John Purifoy, secretary of state, which were peachment papers are Cyrus B. Brown, of Birmingham. The papers containing the charges were turned over to the house co con'mittee on the Judiciary.
 The principal charge made against Judge Purifoy is that he failed to include in his election expenses an item of s1C10, which, It is charged. Judge Purifoy paid James Fl. Nunnelee for the latters retirement from the race for secretary of state.
 Among the witnesses named in the im- peachment papers are Syrus B. Brown. reading clerk of the house and brother of Bradley c. Brown; James H. Nunnelee William P. Fonville, John H. Chapman and Fitzhugh Lee.
 Opinion of Code Commission
 Representative John of Dallas, shortly after the house convened read ai' opinion rom Attorney General Will liam L. Martin to the effect that the meps5.rs of the code commission of
 
 day for their services instead of $i The attorney general held that the commission was not a recess committee Of the legislature.
 Representative Smith of Crenshaw presented a resolution calling upon the appropriation committee to make an estimate of the cost of maintaining convicts on farms and urging that the consideration of the convict lease bill te deferred until such report Is made The resolution was referred to the rules committee.
 resolution was adopted reducing the number of members of the pension committee from 14 to g.
 Browns Humorous Speech
 The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the pur- pose of receiving the report of the eau GUS on the revenue bill. but before that document was taken up in parliament ary manner for further disposition, Representative Brown of Jackson, who had patiently bided his time for three days, caught the eye of the chair.
 Holding the revenue bill aloft above his head, the Jack son representative at tackled that instrument from alpha to omega. He declared that it was dis criminatory in that it sought to eX- empt from taxation certain private and corporate interests and that the sup porteTS Of the measure would be "rele- gated to private life and to a grave with no resurrection written upon the tombstone"
 Looking at Speaker Carmichael, Rep resentative Brown said:
 "When you come to high Jackson several years hence as a candidate for governor, some old Confederate soldier will ask you if you voted to exempt rich people from taxation What will you tell our people?" Mir. Brown shout cd. "I hope it will not be necessary for you to tell them that you voted for this measure, for I tell you that I can show you enough in this bill to hang you and every other member of this house who voted for it.
 The Jackson representative then de- clared that they did not have the cour- age to vote to submit constitutional amendment for equal suffrage.
 Why haven't you enough courage to vote to submit the amendment the good women of this state are supportng?" asked MT. Brown. You know you have lodged the question, you are afraid of 1t. You not patriotic enough to give the people of this state the right to say whether or not we shall have woman s aHffrage, and yet you thrust this thing