The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29

appropriation of S10000 dollars for the expenses of the fuel administration. An amendment made by the house gave the state fuel administrator the power to appoint county fuel administrators who will serve as patriotic duty as they did under the federal government anG receive no compensation,
 The bill of Representative Scale of Sumter, which made an appropriation of 5000 a year for the payment of premi-
 ums on Alabama raised steers and was intended to encourage the development
 of the live stock business in Alabama,
 was defeated, failing to receive the two
 thirds majority of the quorum as re- duired by the constitution of allblls not
 included in the governors call.
 SIGNS SUFFRAGE BILL
 Governor Kilby fixed his signature dur ing the afternoon to the bill of Repre- sentative Shaw. which recognized women as the equal of men in suffrage in Ala
 hama. This bill prescribed the qualifi- cations of all persons entitled to vote and included in the list all women who could meet the qualifications required q
 men by the constitution
 Governor Kilby also approved the bill increasing the appropriation to the State Law Enforcement Department, the bill increasing the appropriation to the State Health Department for the construction of a laboratory and pasteur institute, the bill making an additional appropria
 tion for the Boys Industrial School at
 East Lake and the bill providing a phY- sician for the~ state schools located in
 the Birmingham district.
 Administration forces won and lost in two major battles in the Senate on Tuesday afternoon when the public utii- ities bill was passed and the bill appro- priatng 50000 for the yse of the State Board of Horticulture in fighting the Ladybug beetle, was killed because it did not receive the required two-thirds ma jority of the quorum voting. The util- ities bill, already passed by the House was acted on favorably in the Senate by a vote of 24 to 3, after debate or several hours, while the Iadybug appro- priation measure received 16 for and la against. As the later was not in the call of the governor, it required a two-thirds majority.
 TWO CHANGE VOTES Before the vote on the appropriation bill was announced Senators Carmichael of Colbert. and Craft of Mobile, changed their votes from "aye" to mo-" so that they might move to reconsider the vote The measure became entangled in pug zling parliamentary phases when Senator Huddleston of Elmore county, an enemy moved reconsideration at that moment Senator Carmichael was on his feet in stantly and made a motion that the re- consideration vote be taken on the next legislative day. The Fillmore Senator then moved that Carmchaefs motion be tabled. The Senate refused. to table the Carmi- chael motion and this resulted in the Senate going on record as being in favor of again discussing the measure on We'd nesday on the motion.
 The public utilities bill, included in the At,~ fn1 ca | sion. was fought hard by Senators Craft l of Noble. West of Jefferson, and others, but on the final roll call the following were the only ones to vote against It. | Craft, Harper Phillips, Webb, and West 1 The bill went through the Senate with- | out amendments. against the wishes 2r Senators Craft and West, who sought to get amendments which would protect 1 contracts now existing between munici- paIites and utilities. However, admin | istration forces were powerful in the critical moments and killed every sem blance of an amendment which would | prevent the Alabama Public Service | Commission from making new rates even
 though there does exist contract. POWERFUL SPEECHES The bill was up for discussion of the 1 merits when the afternoon sesslon started and then was heard powerful speeches pro and con- Launching hla second attack against the measure Sen ator West of Jefferson said it was the
 most dangerous and vicious piece of leg islation ever offered in the legislature.
 He said that the next governor of Ala bama would be the man who opposed
 the breaking of sacred and solemn con tracts, all of which is permitted in the
 measure as passed.
 The same men who are lobbying TOT | ,.rt,o 1A1 tad in | to prevent the state from breaking a | contract which called for exemption from taxation" Senator West said. He reached | the climax of his speech when he sa1d the corporations of Alabama were about 1 to win their greatest victory against the l people. He felt sure the bill would pass | but he said he desired to raise his voice against such vicious and dangerous legis- 1 lation."
 Senator Phillips of Lee asked the sem | ators if the senate was favoring the cor porations, and "are not the people en- 1 titled to some consideration by thls body?"
 Alabama senators would have been de- feated by 100, 900. votes if they had toiu the voters they favored the preaklhs oi ''sacred and solemn contracts" said Sen ator Craft of Mobile, in opposition to the measure "The breaking of contracts such as is permitted in this Dill Will pc the issue in the next campaign In Ala bama" he continued. "and at that tune the women-God bless them-wil pc VOL ing and will see the injustice Of IL. Stronger opposition than was antlcl- pated came when the bill appropriatng s25O GOO fo eradication of the lady pug
 beetle. which is destroying pea and bean crops cas called by the author, senator
 West An amendment by Senator smith
 of Coosa. which was defeated, would
 have cut down the amount to siooVoo. Onnosng the measure Senator Morris LOT
 Dale said that farmers Of Niapalna
 should quit planting crops which IS at
 tackled by the bug, and that the cottoh planters had never asked the legislaeuie
 to give money to eradicate the boil weevi
 which has done more damage than the beetle will ever do. Senator Baker OF pilse said it was time the drainlnS or the
 state treasury was stopped.
 Senator Huddleston of Fillmore, rnJec.- inc little comedy into the serious dls- cussions advised the people or Atapahia to arm themselves with guns and fight apainst the enemy which mas lnVaoeu the state. After hearing the government -exnerts tell of the damage done by the hues the senator said he was aimose afraid to come back to the capltoi thae a aftarnoon. so serious was the situatlon.
 sneaking for the administrations Seh- ator Asker of Calhoun, said the sltuatloh is serious and the bill should pc COT sidered- seriously. He said the SoNerhV' -, s..a.a,.oI tho hill and that he was