The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-21

Montgomery, August 20.-(Special.) )-In a lengthy special message to the house of representatives on Wednesday, Gov Thomas E. Kilby, stressing the impor- tance of the members giving careful con- Representative Lynne of Morgan county, said: The proiteers and forestaGers must feel the strong hand of the law"
 He asked that the bills. when out of the cemmittee on revision of laws be en- acted so as to make stronger the sec- ticns relating to trusts and monopolies.
 The cooperation of the state of Alabama a is asked by the federal government, the governor said.
 State. county and municipal solicitors in Alabama will be forbidden from ce- lending or engaging in trials Of persons charged with violating the state bone-dry prohibition law if bill of Represen- tatiye Jones of Montgomery county. in troduced Wednesday. is enacted by the two houses. The bill provides a fine of not less than s250 or not more than $500.
 in addition to a jail sentence, for viola tons of the act
 I&l lTdClS or the SO-Cdlled reCOnStfuC- ton programme of American negroes were distributed to the legislators on
 Wednesday by the Mems Anti-ratifica- tion league of Montgomery county. The pamphlet shows utterances of Chandler Owen and A. Phillip Randolph, negro editors of the Messenger, negro publi- cation which is supporting intermarriage
 of whites and blacks and equal priv ileges at the polls.
 1oac Lo pamphlets in support of their contention that the present legislature should not
 ratify the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment to the United States consti- tuition. The negroes. according to the pamphlet, asked for the strict enforce ment of Articles 13, 14 and 15 of the United States constitution. which pno- vided better protection to the negroes of the United States
 The anti-ratificationists are continuing their fight against the suffrage amend ment, which will come before the legis- lature again before final adjournment or the fiftetla legislative day. Tn the interim the leaders of the cause in Ala :
 bama are in Montgomery in-large num- bers. explaining how ridiculous the con tention of the opposition is.
 On Thursday, Homer s. Cummings, chairman of the national democratic ex- ecutive committee. will speak in Mont gcmery to the members of the state com ruittee at which time he will ask the ] committee to indorse the Susan B. An thcny amendment.
 | Representative Smith of Green county | Wednesday sought to have the house adopt his resolution which would asl
 the senate of Alabama to retain the tax
 ing machinery in the general revenue l bill which was placed therein by tho l house several days ago.
 The house changed the adrninistra tior | taxing machinery, and MT. Green feared l the senate would change it hack to the administra tions idea of collecting ao 1 yalorem taxes Such strong opposition resolution. saying they would take cart of it when it comes to the house.
 The Shaw 'blue sky bill, which came lup in the house of representative. {, "Wednesday afternoon. was postponed un jtil the thirty-ninth legislative day. wher | opposition to the measure developed. ant Iraany ner,bers of the honse argued thai the measure was of such importance tha 1 it should be printed and thoroughly nn dersfsood before taking action on 1t. | Representative J Lee Long of Butler county, Representative J ID. Truss o Jefferson and others argued against thu passage of the measure on "Wednesday because they stated it was such volum 1 inous document and contained so many i provisions that it should not be rushed through the house without due delibera | ton.
 | Representative Shaw made an extensive largument in behalf of immediate passage of the bill, stating that it's entire pur l nose was simply to protect the peopl, ! from being defrauded and imposed upor ! by stock promoters and companies or | ganized and selling securities not based on actual capital. Although it had beer made a special order for Wednesda, afternoon. the house on motion to post i pcne consideration until next week. votet Ito do so by a large majority
 The house and senate Wednesday con cured in an amendment to the work mems compensation bill suggested b'
 Governor Kilby in message fn the '"7