The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04
Pending Bills Seek To Regulate
SO Called Insurance Trust and To
Make Gtney Operators Glue Bond
Rumor of Rupture Be-
tween Governor Kilby and
Brooks Lawrence-H0use
Convenes Tuesday
BY w. j. BOLEs


Montgomery, August 3.-tspeciaI.l
/ With the general revenue bill out OF
The way, the house OF representative,
will be ready when II reconvenes at :
o'clock next Tuesday afternoon to take
up other measures that have been
temporarily sidetraeked. Some of the
bills are of general interest through
least will not be finally disposed OF
without bitter fights.
There are pending or 10 proposed
amendments to the constitution. as
well as one providing for constitu-
tional convention. Among the pro-
/ posed amendments are four introduced
by Senator West of jefferson looking
to county and city aid and control IN
the development of commercial trans
portation on the Warrior river. These
! have been passed in the senate with
a single negative vote, but whether
| they will have such easy sailing in
the house cannot be predicted now
with any certainty. 1t is believed that
! they will pass, however, and be signed
| by the governor
This legislature, strictly an admin
| istration body, has more men of indie
pendent thought and action than any
previous body within recent years. ac-
cording to some who have attended all
sessions for many years and observed
their votes as well as heard their
speeches and comments. Bowling TO
the will of Governor Kilby on the
revenue bill and numper of other I'M
portant measures. not to mention the
| federal prohibition amendment ratified
at the winter session. many of the
staunchest supporters of the chief ex-
ecutive have acted along Independent
lines in. a number of matters in which
the governor was deeply interested
Notably was this true in the gener al
revenue bill passed in the house Fri
day night after contest that will go
down in history as one of the bitter
est and most stubornly fought of any
in recent years.
A number of OBJECTIONS from the
governors ranks were noted in tile
fight and following the entrance Of
DR.. Brooks Lawrence. superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon league and holding
a similar position with the recently
organized Farmers Protective league.
number of representatives who had
stood by the governor on all occasions
voted with the opposition. There are
rumors of rupture between Governor
Kilby and DR. Lawrence, but If ths~
have come to the parting of the ways
1t is known only to the two persons
most directly concerned. 1t is not
known to the public whether they have
even met or had conference since The
arrival Of DR.. Lawrence the middle Of
last week.
FIGHT JUST BEGINNING
But certain it is they are pitted
against each other in the general reve-
nue. bill fight, and as the measure goes
to the senate the fight is in reality
just beginning. Both the governor ana
Dr. Lawrence have thrown all the
weight and influence they can com
mand into the fight and it bids fair 10
overshadow the contest that took place
in the house last week. The senate
has only 35 members, just one-third
the number in the house, but the fact
that the number is smaller does not
mean that the fight will be shorter or
more decisive.
The farmer is the pet OF the pres
emit legislature. as he has been in All
other legislatures or Alabama. The
districts far outnumber those from the
industrial districts and the more po2a-
lous counties and they are standing
by their constituents with a constansy
and a determination that cannot be
shaken.
Every last one of these voted vocif-
erously and as often as possible 20
strike out all exemptions to industrial |
plants a4Nt re the exemptions
to the falgnsr5 Tse general revenue |
bill, as reorted 81 the recess budget |
committee rttassaa he industrial cx
emptions ana rse1esS the value Of ex-
emptions tins "a ners This Is all
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