The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-30

treat yellow dog as you are trying to l treat these good men, who are now on strike The Walker senator charged 1 that an effort was being made to grant
 special favor to the coal operators per- nitting them to move the women and children from their homes. The Walker senator charged that the newspapers were not printing the truth about the strike, that nothing had been said about the gunmen firing into home of union
 mipers and wounding women, who were the only occupants.
 ! Senator Evins said if there ever was equity in a bill it was in the one being
 discussed, as well as the companion
 measures. The bill was defeated by a vote of 9 to 8, while the other two were indefinitely postponed on motion of Sen Phillips, Rogers of Lauderade, Rogers of | follow:
 Senators Carlton. Ellis, Evins, Kelly, Miller, Moore, Morris and Mcdowell l Those against the bill were:
 1 Senators Acker, Baker, Beaie ssecso,e Brown, Butler. Carmichael. Cowan. Craft. Espy, Griffith. Harper. Leith, Nance. Phillips Rogers of Lauderade, Rogers of Sumter. Smith of Coosa, Smith Of Law renee, Teasiey, Webb and West.
 Representative A. s. Van de Graaf of
 Tuscaloosa, furnished the entertainment for the legislature of Alabama Wednes-
 
 calling from the secretary or state the
 journal of the fiftieth day of the session
 of 1919 for the purpose of changing it
 in order to show what he declared to be
 the correct procedure on the dog law,
 which was handled during the closing hours of the session After an impas- stoned appeal in support of the resolution, the speaker of the house, s. A. Lynne, ruled that the house had no rignt or power to disturb the record of the last session and that the resolution had not been properly ordered.
 Judge Van de Graaf appealed to the house from the ruling of the chair but lost by an overwhelming vote, only twen- ty-nine voting with him and fifty-seven in favor of sustaining Speaker Lynne's ruling. Judge Van de Graaf's resolution has been expected several days, as he had been passing phamplet around to all members of the legislature preceding their meeting in extra session in which he asks What's the constitution between friends?" and charges that the speaker of the house last year, Henry Merritt, and the clerk of the house, Fred H. Gormley, had permitted the concurrence by the house in an amendment of Gov ernor Kilby of the dog law when in fact there was not quorum of the house present when the message was delivered.
 NOBODY SURPRISED
 The representative proposed in that pamphlet that the journal be rewritten, and his resolution brought no surprise. He sent it to the desk of the clerk the morning before, but for some reason it was withdrawn in favor of other busi- ness.
 Judge Van de Graaf in his argument in support of his request for the immediate consideration of the resolution charged that the journal of the fftieth day does not correctly show what trauspired on the dog law, and declared th-.t Speaker Merritt and Mir. Gor1nley were respon- sible for the record showing concur renee when there was not a quorum in the room. The dog Jaw was finally en- legislature adjourned sine die last year and at the time Mir. Van de Graaf ac- cvsed the speaker of violating his oath of office in ruling that the amendment of the governor had been adopted.
 No other person spoke on~ the rasolu- tion and the speakers ruling was made after Judge Van de Graaf had completed his eappeal. However number of persons explained their votes when their names were called and gave justification for their votes on on the bil! or for their ballots against sustaining the ruling of the chair, A. M. Tunstall. legislator from Hale, who voted to sustain the chair told the house adop- tion of the resolution would avail noth- ing, as the record made in the journal was the final one, and that even the courts would not go beyond the record in determining the validity of measure
 The bill increasing the number of state examiners of public accounts from six to thirteen was passed by the house with little opposition. The chief examiner of public accounts had urged the passage of the bill. stating that the present ex- aminers were unable to keep the proper check on public funds, and that it WIS desired to obtain the services of a suffi- i cient number to inspect the books Of every public official in Alabama, Mr shaw's bill providing for the mainte- nance of the National Guard in the Bir- rningham district during the strike ana | making a special appropriation for us l support vas passed by vote of 70 to D, i The bill of Mir. Carnley creating state surplus commission, defining surplus | and proposing that any surplus Tn .he state treasury at the end of the fiscal i year should be apportioned to the pub lie schools and other uses was lad oh | he table The bill was before the house | ast week but such opposition developed 1 hat it was passed until Wenesday. After 1 Mr. Carnley had made an argument III [ 'ayor of the bill. the house, on motion ,f MT. Waddell, laid 1t on the tapie.
 PEANUT BILL PASSED
 Peanut growers of Alabama succeeded pr- obtaining the passage of the Dill which requires the labelling of all pro- Iuc!s containing oriental peanut and ,ean oils which are offered for sale in Alabama. This bill is intended to re- ;trict the sale of oriental nuts in Ala ,ama in competition with the peanuts grown in this state. Every person who leals in oriental oils in any way will ,e required to advertise the fact to the ,ubic.
 Other bills which received the approval | if the house were the one giving the | tate the right to dispose of the property | # the Girls Training School at Mount ,inson, and invest the proceeds in other property; the one making an appropria- ion for the establishment of a mining ] experiment. station at the University of Alabama on the same basis and gave hem uniform salaries of twenty-four dollars a year for education