The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

! Montgomery. September 26.--The
 quadrennial session of the Alabama
 Legislature ended this morning after
 fifty days devoted to legislative work,
 these fifty days being extended over
 a period of nine months. The house
 adjourned at 1: :15 o'clock this morn- ing and the senate followed three minutes later.
 Montgomery, September 25.-(spe- cia1.)-After long and close contest the house today, by vote of 4O to 41, passed the Lee-BrIndIey bill divid- ing the state Into 10 congressional dis- tricts. Consideration of the bill con-
 sumed the entire morning session ef the house.
 The passage of the bill came at tho close of one of the most vigorous de-
 bates that had been heard on tho floor of the house during the entire session of the legislature Representatives RoE- CTS of Sumter and Brindley of Etowah and Davis of Walker led the fight for tho passage of the bill and Representative Fite of Tuscaloosa represented the oppo- sition.
 Advocates of the measure contended that, apart from the fact that Alabama is entitled to new congressional dis trict 1t was morally right to redistrict the state in view of the heavy republican vote in certain counties, particularly in counties composing the Seventh district. Those opposing the bill contended that the measure was unfair: charged 1t sought to create vacancy in Congress for Wif-> liam B. Bankhead. son of Senator Bank head, and fought the bill from every possible viewpoint
 Several substitutes to the Lee Brindley bill were offered. one by Colonel Sam Will John of Dallas and another by Rep resentatve Fite of Tusca loosa. The John substitute sought to divide the state into 10 districts and the Fite bill provided for nine districts. Both substitutes were defeated. the John bill by vote of 50 to 36 and the Ffte bill N to g. One Amendment to Bill The only amendment made to the hlA
 was immaterial This was an amend
 nient offered by Representative Fite of
 Tuscaloosa providing that the bl shall
 not become effective until March l. 1917. though providing that elections shall ho
 held in November 1sl6.
 The new redistricting bill. as Is known
 makes Jefferson county separate dis
 trict No changes are made in the first five districts of the state nor Is any change made in the Eighth district. The
 principal changes are made in the sixth
 Seventh and Ninth districts The Ssv-
 enth district. about which there was mL@s
 discussion today as being largely repub lican, loses under the new law. the coun-
 ties of Franklin and Winston, both of which are added to the new Tenth dis- trict
 The 10 congressional districts. as pro yiied by the Lee Brindley bill, are as follows:
 The First district shall be composed of the counties of Choctaw. Clarke, Maren- go. Mobile, Monroe and Washington. The Second district shall be composed of the counties of Baldwin. Butler, Cone cuh, Covngton Crenshaw Escambia. Montgomery. Pike and Wilcox. The Third district shall be composed of the counties of Barbour. Bullock. Coffee, 7 Dale, Geneva. Henry, Houston. Lee ~ Russell.
 The Fourth district shall be composed of tho counties of Calhoun. Chlton. Gle burne Dallas, Shelby and Ta'ladega. The Fifth district shall be competed of the counties of .Autauga, Chambers, Clay. coosa. Fillmore, Lowndes. Macon. Ran. dolph and Tallapoosa. t The Sixth district shah he composed Nf (Costinned en rage Tsn.l