The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-12
VOTE COMES AFTER DAY OF ARGUMENT
 ON TAX HOLSTERS
BIockaders Show Determina- ton to Stick Together Till Tax Adiusters Are No
 More In the State
ny FRED H. GORMLEy Montgomery Bureau. The Ago-Hera g2l-2 First National Bank Bui

2ei-2 First National Bank Building Montgomery, October 1I.---(Spe- cial Members of the house of rep took up the good roads bond issue when they met Tuesday morning, talked all day about tho abolition of the tax adjusters and as the sun disappeared from the west ern sky defeated the bond issue be- cause they couldn't abolish the tax adjusters.
 The vote was 5s fin favor ~f
 submitting to the people . con-
 stitutionzl amendment for e
 bond issue and "A against the
 submission. The biil was defeated
 because the constitution re-
 amires a three-fiftAs vote er all
 measures submittinE amendment
 and the vote was eight shcrt of
 the 64 needed.
 All day long members of house de- bated the question of aboiishing the tax adjusters. All day long there was argument, thon repartee, then humor,
 
 of the bond issue were In tho back ground, while members pleaded with tho legislative blockaders to forget the side issues and vote for or against the constitutional amendment on its merits and not on the merits or de- merits of other measures already In the house.
 whes the vote csDas many of
 the men who voted for the sub-
 natssion of the bond issue in 1919
 voted against it this time and
 served notice that they were not
 opposed to 1t and would favor 1t
 at the proper proper time, but
 that the proper time would not
 come until a bill aboitshtns tho
 tax sdjusters had been passed by
 the house, had been passed by tho
 senate, had been approved by the
 governor and had been delivered
 to the office of the secretary of
 state m the lew of the ccnmea~
 wealth.
 Nobody was surprised that che bill was defeated. Tho blockadera had served notice on the first day of the extra session, which began October (, that they would vote against any and all measures except the ex-service rnen's poll tax amend ment and the bill sppropriating funds for the extra session until they were permitted to pass 9 bill ending the career of the tax adtustcre.
 Strength Ia Lost
 There was one surprise. The blockaders havs. lost strength since the first test vote was taken last week. At that time hey cast 20 votes. This time their vote wa4 <A- duced to 24.
 The bond issue bill can be re- trieved. It Is sleeping now, but It can be awakened. The senate has already passed q bill submitting the amendment on the first Monday after three months from the final adjourn ment ot the legislature. It is before the house and when the blockadsrs are broken, If 1t is broken, 1t ca. be called up and passed.
 Administration forces were pleased over the showing on this test. They accepted the vote as an indication that the blockaders will soon end and that the legislature will start the consideration of the measures which brought the lawmakers together. 1t was pointed out after the vote was taken that there were only so votes cast on the bill. The house roll now contains the name of 99 active mem bers, showing that 19 members were absent when the roll wa sealed on the bill. Many of these members are expected In the City during the next few days. It is claimed a great ma tority of the absentees will favor tho bond issue bill and will oppose any blockade of legislation.
 How They Voted
 x..tA tu fin nf otfl. hitting the constitutional amendment which would have permitted the peo- pie to vote on $25,00o,O00 bond issue for public roads follow:
 Mir. Speaker, Adams, Allen, An- drews, Arnold Austin, Baker, Barr ganier Benners Blunt Bracken Cal- vert. Christian. Cobbs, Crump Dans- by Deese, Downs. Dunaway. Edwards (Dallas). Fletcher, Euler, Gilbert. Gil- breath, Green, Hale, Hare, Harrison, Hawkins, Hollis, Ingram, Jones (ES- cambia), Jones tMarengo). Jordan. Long (Suu.terl Matthews (Wilcox). 1. Milford. Mitchell. Moorer, Murphree. Oakley, Orr, Parker. Ross. Russell, Salter. Scale, Shaw, smith, Sparks. Tompkins, Tunstaii. Warner, waddeIl. Williams. Wilson--56. ts4 votes nec- essary.).
 Those who voted against tho sub mission of the amendment follow: AL bright. Alexander, Carniey. Christo- pher. Clayton. Edwards (Pike). Ellis fBuilock). Ellts (Elmore), Faulk. Guy, Johnson, Lawson, Leo (Perry), Long (Butler), Longshore. McDonald,