The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-22
COUNTY ATTORNEY
 BILL OF WEST IS
 KILLED IN SENATE
Senate Puzzled at Attitude ot Sponsor of Measure, Who Declares He Has No
 Hope of Passage
By FRED II. GORMLEY
 Montaomery Bureau The Ase-Hers
 22i-z Firyt National Bank Buii


 the house of representatives by
 the committee on labor and immi-
 grafton Wednesday. The commit
 tee shortly after adjournment to-
 night voted to make the favorable
 report.
 Organized labor made hard fight to prevent favorable report, insisting that the bill was intended as a blow at labor unions. Representative Green, formerly a member of the Order of Locomotive Engineers, was discharged from the union when he declined to give up his job on strike during the war, claiming loyalty to America was a higher duty than loyalty to trade union. He recovered judgm mt against the organization and the case is now pending in court.
 Montgomery, September 21.-(Spe- cial.)-Failing to get two-thirds 'na- jority of the quorum present, as re- quired by the state constitution. he senate bill of Senator West of Jeffer- son county requiring the appointm ent of county attorney in all coun ies having more than 100000 people end whose salary would be $6,00o annually, died in the state senate Tuesday after noon by a vote of IS to II. This bill was not included in the call for the special session. The count showed that the bill lacked one and two-thirds V, te getting the required two-thirds.
 The West measure is the first one to be defeated by such means in the senate. Although it would have reen applicable only to Jefferson county. many senatoH opposed it on the ground that it proposed the appoint ment of an ex-overseas veteran and that it discriminated against those soldiers and others who did not get into the armed forces or overseas.
 Provision for the naming of she county attorney at salary of $6,o0O was contained with one clause limit ing consideration of persons who did not see service in France or overseas, if such persons could have been found ! qualified. sss S. y
 One of the peculiar features of the discussion before the bill came up for vote was the reference Senator West made to it. The senator admitted that he did not hope to get the bill to pass the house; he did not believe the sal ary clause was good one. He said
 
 measure others would be slaughtered What he meant by this statement sem ators did not know. He said he would not be offended if the senate killed the bill.
 Senator w. P. Acker of. Calhoun county said that Jefferson county is SC large that bills which only directly af- feet that county indirectly affect the citizens of the whole state. He said many of his people have property 1T Jefferson and help to pay for the main tenance of the county buildings, etc The senator doubted the justice in ,he provision which provided that only ex-overseas men be considered for the place. Senator Huddleston of Elmore county said that those persons who did not go over seas should not be dis criminated against.
 SENATE CLEANS CALENDAR
 Again the senate Tuesday cleared its calendar of bills and will start out Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock witt clean slate." Business was transacted in record-breaking time, the majority o the measures being passed without dis senting votes. Long before o'clock tn. senate recessed for the afternoon aftel voting to meet again at 10:30 o clock.
 In order that the senate temperanc, committee might consider the cereal bev
 
 Rogers of Sumter county, Presiding Or ficer Nathan l.. Miller did not call tn, body together until 2:30 o'clock, thirt, minutes late. In a brief talk, Senato Rogers explained the provisions of tn, beverage bill. and said that Alabama il the only state which prohibits the sale O the beverages. He would not think o breaking down the strength of the prohi bition laws, he said, but he did not con sider the sale of cereal beverages vii interfere with the enforcement of tn laws. Senator Huddleston, who vote, against the bone-dry prohibition bill an, the constitutionalal prohibition amend ment, spoke against the sale of the bev craze. He said it appeared the rohibi tionists were getting weak and have real ized they had made a mistake The sen ate was called to order and the temper ance committee adjourned without takinl vote.
 WANTS DOG LAW REPEALED
 Two bills. one designed to prohibit pron teering in Alabama and the other to re peat the famous dog law of the 1919 legis lature, were introduced in the senate Senator Griffith of Cullman county seeking to repeal the dog law, while Sen ator West of Jefferson county is anxiou to define trusts and prohibit profiteer tng In the state.
 6nder the terms of a senate bill c Mr. West of Jefferson county, passe without . dissenting vote in the senat, the director of registration of Jefferso county will receive a salary of 800 montt ly instead of $l50 The title of the offic is changed, so that the increase may given him immediately upon the enac mont of the bill The West bill amend certain sections of an act of the 1919 les islature.
 Other senate measures, which were su, eessful, follow:
 By MT. Prestw ood: Authorizing citit and towns to regulate the speed of mote Vnhicles within the corporate limits. By MT. Teasley of Montgomery: Amens ing section 35H of the 1907 code. extendin it's provisions to the state and nation; banks: also one amending section 334 tho 1907 code, relating to the same thing. By MT. Craft-Amending an act of tf 1sls legislature which fixed the duties ar 1 cCmpensation for humane officers counties having between 5000 and S2O poeple and correcting the bill so as to pr i vide for an emergency, brought about announcement showing Mobiles popul' ton to be more than 1000 The measul is applicabel only to Mobile county By MT. raft-Prescribing the term office of coroners in all counties of All baua having not less than $500 or mo than l95 900 population, applicable only Mobile county.
 Nv Mir Craft-Providing for the pr cedure for divesting the court of coun tcs.ti..es .. Page Seven,