The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-16
HOUSE AND SENATE BOTH BOTH OPPOSED ID
 CONVENTION BILL
68 Members of House Pledged to Vote Against Bill, Fol- lowing Similar Action by
 Majority of Senators
By FRED H. GORMLEY
 Montgomery Bureau The Age- Herald
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 (Special.) - Alabama voters will not be called upon by the legislature to say whether or not a constitutional convention shall be held in 1922. At a caucus of those opposed to the enactment of the laws which would put the question up to the voters. sixty-eignt'members of the house of representatives late Wednesday agreed to op- pose such a measure. Already a majority of the senate had agreed to vote against the bill. The caucus of the house members was held following adjournment for the day and after Speaker s. A. Lynne had in- formed the house that Governor Kilby, in a personal conversation with him, had asked that it be made known with out equivocation that he had never urged the calling of convention, but had merely suggested that the issue be submitted to the voters at the request ot large number of citizens.
 Alfred M, Tunstall of Hale called the caucus and afterward announced that sixty-eight members were in attendance or had pledged themselves to vote with those who attended. Following MT. Tun- stalls call for the caucus, J. A. Carnley, who introduced the bill and resolution calling for the submission of the ques- ton, asked those who would vote for submission to meet him following ad- journment. About twenty persons at tended this caucus.
 A s,f ahar nf 10 houses recognize that many changes should be made in the constitution, bus insist that the time has not come whsn citizens of Alabama have readJustea themselves following the war, and that two years from this time, when it E proposed to have the convention, condi- tionS may be entirely changed and tns state may realize that no convention should be held.
 Those opposed to the convention are disposed to get rid of the subject at the earliest possible moment, and it would be no surprise if the matter came up in the two houses or in at least one during the next forty-eight hours. MT. Tun- stall proposed during the afternoon that the. convention measures be made special orders for Thursday, but withdrew tho motion. It was made shortly after the rules committee had returned to the house without recommendation the house joint resolution which submitted the matter to the voters. Members are it- tie interested in any other subject now and the talk in hotel lobbie.. is that no legislation can be considered until tha convention issue has been disposed of. Since Governor kilby desires short session, and is not particularly interested in the convention, it is probable that by the end of the week the matter will be brought to an end. MOTION CAUSES EXCITEMENT A S. Van de Graaf of Tuscaloosa, Z author of the brochure, Wnats the Constitution Between Friends? which attracted some attention prior to the as- sembling of the lawmakers, brought ripple of excitement during the afternoon session, wher he offered resolution vacating the office of his colleague, II. T. Burks. on the ground that MT. Burks holds the position of member .of the board of revenue and that the constitu- tion prohibits a public official from holding two remunerative offices.
 The resolution went to the committee on rules. The resolution referred to MT. Burks' appointment and instructed the clerk of the house to drop his name from the roll of members.
 Mir. Van de Graaf also offered reso- Iution canceling rule of the house which prohibited the consideration of any amendment increasing appropria- tions proposed by the state budget conl- mission He also introduced two pills striking from the budget act those sec tions which restrict the legislature in the consideration of measures reported py the budget committee MT. Van de Graa1 from the beginning has protested that the budget act and rule or 'restrlctioh violate the constitution
 Favorable reports were made during the day on a majority of the measures included in the call of Governor hlioy and they will be on the caiendar ior passage on the next day. On the hs. was the bill requiring all state officiais to live in Montgomery and the pi.i amending the blue sky law py piacihe the duties on the public service com mission. - A favorable report also wci made on the bill creating a state surplus com mittee This bill designates the goVer nor, state auditor and attorney general and q surplus committee and imposes upon them the duty of determining any surplus in the treasury at the end o1 thv fiscal year and the apportionment o' the amount to various funds. It is pro- nosed that two-thirds of any surplus shall go to education.
 All election bills intended to enfr an- cbise the women received favorable re- ports
 WANT dAhD 'WOhh
 Members of the two houses insist on
 orL;rp daily for the next few days in the spe that the extra session may con,s to d .losa during the next three wssks They .alize, however, that by tha ens If nex week large number of local bil,s vii be introduced to replace rhe yeneqsl TVS with local application dee,arsd inyafs by the supreme court.
 AsdstIaral propriations for the state lag enforce x int department, charged wt@n the sb4s of enforcing state laws v:si not te en with the approval of the senate cosari tee on finance and taxa ton thas ccy mittee having made an ad- verse report m the senate bill when the hody- coIsy enei for the second legislative day al o'clock Wednesday afternoon
 he hill vas sponsored by administra- sian leaders, and was suggested in the call for the special session. Provision tor an ada1t4onal appropriation was made sotzi'snE saooo This is the first meas
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