The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-20
BILL EVENTUALLY
 REQUESTING LEASE
 SYSTEM IS PASSED
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Beallc. Blackwell. Brlndley. Brown of | Etowah. Burton Byrd. Campbell, Carn- ley, Chamberlain. Copeland. Darden. Davis. Dennis, Ellis, Fite of Ma ion. F'ite of Tuscaloosa, Goode, Greene, Griffin. Hardage. Harvey Hogan. John, Johnson of Dekalb. Jones, Jordan. Judge, Kaylor. King. kyser, Lazenby, Merritt, Moore, Morris, Mcdonald Mo GtSIgh, Pruett, Pugh Riley. Rogers of Cnoctaw Rogers of Fillmore, Sanders, Smith of Crenshaw, Smith of Geneva, Speir, Stevenson. Slough, Sumner. Tar rant, Thomas. Thompson of Baldwin, Tuob, Walden, Ward, Weakley, Welch White, Whorton. Williams, Wilson, Wittmieir, Marlborough, YoungbIood-66 Against the Bill--Blunt, Bradshaw. Brown of Jackson, Caffey. Carlisle, Carlton, Cooper. Espy, Fuller. Gordon. irady, Grayson of Madison. Grayson of Mobile. Hubbard. Hudson, Justice Kel- ly, Knight, Lee. Nicely, Roberson, Rog- CTS of Sumter, Ryan, Scott Sglin, Spessard, Stewart. Stringfellow Thompson of Butler, Tunstall, Will lingham--31.
 Pairs-shapiro. for; sorrell. against --2
 Absent or Not Voting-Doyle, Hen derson. Johnston of Madison, I.apsley. l.averty, Smith of Autauga, Vaughn --7
 When the day dawned, 1t was believed by everyone save Speaker Carmichael that the battle would be fought with the Davis bill as an issue. It was recog- l nlzed by everyone. further that the bat tie was one of great doubt destined to be determined by a margin of handful of votes. Excitement was at fever heat, and both sides came to the capitol de- termned to win or go down in honorable defeat only after every resource had been exhausted.
 Called Into Conference When everybody had gathered on the scene. however, Speaker Carmichael who was supposed to be prepared to make a vigorous assault against the Davis bill, called several of the leading aboltionlsts into conference. To them he made known his plan. His substitute was amended
 in various minor particulars and then in-
 dorsed by the abolitionists. At that mo-
 ment 1t was a foregone conclusion that
 the substitute for the Davis bill would
 be successful in passage. Many men who
 stood with the speaker against the aboli-
 ton Of the lease system in 1918 tumbed
 on the substitute band wagon" and
 thus that which was considered in the na-
 ture of compromise was adopted.
 On the floor the debate, as a result of
 the certainty of the issue, was compara-
 lively tame Earnest effort was made by
 MT. Rogers of Sumter and Mir. Tunstall to
 prevent the passage of the bill, but that effort lacked fire and spontaniety.
 Following the passage of the bill Mr.
 Shapiro, among others, declared that the
 adoption by the abolitionists of the Car
 michael substitute was an unnecessary
 "backdown;" that in other words. the
 abolitonists had strength sufficient to put through the Davis bill. Mir Davis himself declared that while the substitute passed larger vote than that by which his bill could have passed he felt confident that his original measure would have been in- dorsed by a majority ranging from to 10.
 MT. Merritt was highly pleased with the result of the battle, and declared that 1t appeared that his recess committee on investigation would after all accomplish its prime object. MT. Rogers of Sumter Is of the opinion that the action of the house could be construed as nothing more or less than an action deferrlng the fight until the time of the next legislature. and providing a platform on which the three prospective candidates. now mem bers of the house, may pitch their cam paIgns for gubernatorla honors.
 Mir. Tunstall declared that in his opin- ion judges in the future in sentencing prisoners will condemn them to servitude in the penitentiary rather than to servi- tude on the roads, and thus force the state to care for all prisoners whereas at present this burden is practically even ly distributed between the state and the counties
 While 1t is recognized that the result of the battle was not as full victory fcf the abolitionists as it would under other circumstances have been 1t is known to be true, nevertheless, that it was an abolitionists victory. And thus The ACe-Herald. which is regarded as the strongest and most militant abolition-