The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-11
LEGISLATURE PLANS APPROPRIATIONS FOR
 CAUSE 0F EDUCATION
Solons Acting Adverse to Governors Policy in Ex-
 penditures and a Con- test Is Likely
Fly HUGH W. ROBERTS.

Montgomery. August Especially Despite the fact that the governor. through The Age-Herald last week, plainly indicated that he would not approve appropriation bills until money 10 protect such bills was in the treasury. the legislature is persistent. apparently. in it's purpose to provide handsomely for the cause of eduea- ton.
 Some days ago, as is remembered the senate passed a bill appropriating s50o.00 in favor of the common schools of the state. Today the senate passed bill appropriating out of the tag fund" S164,000 for the building and re- pairing of schoolhouses in the various counties. Six hundred and sixty-four dollars plus that amount. which. auto niaticaily by constitutional provision goes to the public education, will equal an amount never before appropriated iii behalf of this cause.
 The action of the legislature is des- tined to produce a complex situation. First of all, the governor will veto the bills. The educational forces, repre- senting the common schools, the nor nal schools. the University of Ala bama, the Alabama Polytechnic insti- ute, Montevallo and other institutions have, practically speaking, combined and thus will be able to pass the bills over the veto of the governor.
 Danger to Amendment
 If the governors contention that the new revenue bill will not accomplish that which its advocate claim: namely &1 mn in Of amounts raised by other revenue bills, Is correct, then the state may not be able to release money appropriated i'll behalf of schools
 Those interested in the common school system of the state will then be compelled to rely on the amend hient which will be submitted. and un- oer which, if it carries, each locality will tax itself for educational pur- poses. It is important in this connec- ton to point out fear which does ex- ist, and that is that the people, in view of the fact that the legislature has been prodigal in the interest of common school education, might hesi- tate to tax themselves for a cause for which such handsome provision has been made. Should the revenue bill with its process of equalization, draw out of the pockets of the people $1,- t0C,000 per annum in excess of sums previously drawn, 1t Is reasonable to believe that the people will be so dis gusted that they will declineNto vote more taxes for any cause whatsoever
 The entire situation hinges on the effectiveness of the new revenue bill
 The Bills Power
 Regarding the effectiveness of this bill, there is difference of opinion. The governor last week created sen sation by declaring in effect that the oill would not increase revenue, and that if the amount collected by the state in the future equals that col- leeted in the past. he would be satis- fed
 Efforts to secure information from the authors of the bill have not been wholly successful. Mr. Tunstall of Rale member of the recess commit tee which prepared the bill, stated last night that no one could predict accu- rately the accomplishments of the measure He is hopeful. however that the wise administration of its provis- ions will result as splendidly for Ala bama as a similar bill has resulted for Georgia
 Under the same law" he said 'Georgia's returns have been materially increased, $500, 900 the first year. I un- derstand. There is no reason why the bill should not do as much for Ala bama"
 At the same time Mir. Tunstall did not contend against the arguments of the governor, and the forces of the various educational systems of the state are much perturbed