The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-23

The amendments proposed by the governor, contained in the conclusion |bf brief message, follow: Therefore submit to you, as per- mitted by the constitution. the follow- ing amendments, to-wit:
 Amend section IS so that that sec- tion shall read as follows:
 'Section IS. That this act shall go
 into effect at Il o'clock p. m on the
 5oth day of September, 19l5.'
 And by adding to the caption of the bill the following:
 + 1" And to provide for a submission
 of this bill to the quaTffied voters of the state of Alabama before it shall become effective.'
 And by adding to said bill, section
 1e. which shall read as follows:
 Section 1s. The provisions of this
 bill shall not become effective until
 the bill shall have been approved by
 the qualified electors of the state of
 Alabama voting at an election to be
 held at such time and under such reg
 ulations as the legislature may pre-
 scribe r
 The vete in tbe house was as follows:
 For the amendments--BIunt, Brown of Jackson. Carlisle, Chamberlain, Dennis Espy, Fuller. Goode, Gordon, Grayson of Madison, Grayson of Mobile, Hoganv1 Hub bard. Hudson, Johnston. Justice, kelly, Lapsley, Mcdonald. Rogers of Sumter, Ryan, Sanders. Shapiro. Siglin. Speir, Slough, Thompson of Butler, Tunstall Vaughan. Ward. Wilson. wittmeier-S3.
 Against the amendments-Speaker An drews, Bealle. Blackwell, Bradshaw, Brindley, Brown of Etowah, Burton, Byrd Caffey. Carmichael, Cooper, Copeland, Darden. Davie, Davis. Doyle, Ellis, Fite of Marion, Fite of Tuscaloosa, Grady, Greene. Griffin. Hardage, Harvey, Hem derson. John, Johnson of DeKalb, Jones, Gordon. Judge, Kaylor, King, Knight Kyser. Laverty, Lazenby, Lee. Merritt, Moore, Morris. McGough, Nicely, Pruet, Riley, Roberson, Rogers of Choctaw, Rogers of Elmore, Scott. Smith of Cren- shaw, Smith of Geneva, Sorrell, Spessard, Stevenson, Stewart, Stringfellow, Sum- sier. Tarrant, Thomas, Thompson of Baldwin, Tubb. Walden Weakley, Welch White, Whorton, Williams, Willingham, Yarbrough, Youngblood--70.
 The vote in the senate was as follows:
 For Amendment-Arringt Hart well, Higgirs Hill. Horton, Judge. kline, Lewis, Weathers, Winkler--10.
 Against Amendment--Bell. Bonner, Brown. Bulger, Burns, Cooper, Dem son, Easterly, Ellis. Elrod. Faulk. Greene, Hall, Holmes, Jones. Key. Lee. Lusk. Miller, Milner, Mccain. Price Pride, Wallace-24.
 In the house the debate was on the adoption of the amendments of the governor. In the senate the debate was on the bill itself. Senator Lusk having raised the point that the 1ues- tion was not on the adoption of the proposed amendments but on the pass age of the bill despite the amend mente.
 After certain brief debate the cues tion was referred to the lieutenant governor, who presided, and he ruled that the contention of Senator Lusk was proper Senator Judge of Jeffer- non appealed from the decision of the chair. The members voting on party lines sustained by an overwhelming vote the ruling of the chair. Senator Judge and Senator Lewis argue to- night that the chair was in error and that the decision will furnish case for m appeal in the future to the supreme court. Other senator's however, differ.
 With the exception of the above in- cident. there was no feature to the debate in either house and harmony prevailed. No caustic comment was in- dulged in The galleries in both houses were we'll filled but the spec tators were apparently more curious