The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-19
LEGISLATURE ENDS
 SESSION; BOND BILL
 IS TALKED TO DEATH
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you were called together and for main- taining the government upon the expen- sive lines heretofore adopted, but you have not reduced the expenses of the government to a point within it's income, Tor have you provided revenues with which to take care of these expend- lures.
 Having failed to enact permanent laws, giving permanent relief to the state, you should certainly not adjourn until you have at least given temporary relief to the conditions which now con- front the state.''
 Montgomery, February 1s-(Special) For the purpose of defeating the passage of the administration bond issue meas ure, MT. Lusk of Marshall early this morning began in the senate a filibuster which continued throughout the entire day, and which jeopardized the passage of the general appropriation bill. the child labor bill and other important meas ures.
 It was a parliamentary wrangle from start to finish, and was only suspended long enough before adjourning this aft ernoon to pass the appropriation bill which provides for the expenses of run ming the state government for the next four years, appropriations to certain edu- cational institutions, the Alabama Ma tional Guard and other expenses, and the child labor bill.
 The filibuster began this morning im-
 mediately after the passage of the Fite
 bill providing for the transfer of the
 medical college at Mobile to Tuscaloosa,
 or elsewhere, when the former city shall not maintain 1t up to Class A stand ard. This bill was vigorously contested by Senator Hartwell of Mobile, but his opposition was useless, as was indicated by the vote of 26 to for the passage of the bill Bulger Resolution Causes Wrangle A resolution of Senator Bulger of Dade- villes one of the leading advocates of the bond issue, precipitated the filibuster. This resolution provided that the bond issue bill should be taken up as the
 paramount continuing order of the day. Immediately the fight began, Senator
 Lusk leading the opposition. And immediately a precedent was es- tablished by the senate for the present | resolution been offered than a number of house bills were sent over to the senate for the signature of the presi-
 dent.
 | Senator Lusk at once made a motion that the bills be read at length and
 since it required a two-thirds vote to dispense with the reading of these bills, | the motion carried
 Then followed an hour or more of tire- | less reading of bills, and the clerk oi the senate would have consumed the en- tire day in the reading of these messages | if consent had not been finally given 1 for such action to be dispensed with But the resolution was still before the senate. and now Senator Lusk took the
 floor in opposition to that resolution. He spoke a full hour during which time he criticized Governor Henderson. discussed
 the liquor fight, talked about the people | back home and orated on nearly every
 other conceivable subject. It was clear
 that he was talking against time, When Senator Lusk concluded. Senator | Bonner of Wilcox took the floor, and he
 might have consumed an hour had mol the hour for recess arrived. He. too. dis cussed the liquor fight and paid his re- spects to the administration.
 immediately after recess, and this time immediately after recess, an dthis tmt he sought to place responsibility for the | filibuster upon the shoulders of the ma. jjority. whom he said would defeat the ap
 propriation bill, the child labor measur'