The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-17
Cereal Beverage Bill to Come Up Before State LaWmak-
 CTS Before Week Is Out.
 Many Bills on the Calendar
By FRED H. GoRMLEY Montgomery Bureau, The Age Herald. 221-2 First NafiouaI Rank Ruildiy


 Montgomery, october 16.-(spe- cial )-Alabamas legislature will en- ter upon the ninth legislative day and the third week of it's special ses- sion at ? o'clock Monday afternoon. with every indication that something will have happened before the end of the week. Nobody could come to any conclusion Sunday night about the probable work of the lawmakers Monday afternoon. because only handful of members were in the city. However, administration forces claimed there would be sufficient members in the city to furnish the constitutional majority of 64 for the s25,oOo,ooo bond issue Officials of the taxpayers' league arrived Sun day night with the intentions of but tonholing the members before the session begins Monday in the hope of maintaining the blockade which has held up legislation.
 Bond Issue Tuesday
 The highway bond issue will come before the senate and house as spe- cial orders for Tuesday morning. and the entire day will be devoted to, the bill if such amount is necessary to reach vote. This will be a test of the strength of the tax blockade. The blockade has been ineffective in gen. eral legislation. and after the passage of the bill Wednesday creating the highway commission. leaders of the blockade released all members from their pledge on all measures except the constitutional amendments. If is probable that the rules committee of the house will bring up general Iegis- lation for consideration Monday aft ernoon, and 1t Is possible that one or more of the important bills which require only a majority vote will be passed Until the rules committee holds It's meeting Monday no ore can hiSca what measures will be taken up during the day.
 Bond Issue First
 mere IS no indication that the Mo Nt-~ PSA hihSuuinenLi or any Of the other bills included in the call which will be close will be brought 'nerore the two houses until the bond issue has been disposed of. If the pond issue Is submitted Tuesday all agitation regarding extraneous is- sues will be ended, the blockade will pc breken for all time and the legis- lature will pass to other subjects. The Mobile port amendment bill. which has already passed the Senate, is on the calendar of the house. and 1t will be called up during the week 1T the bond issue is settled
 Beverage Bill on Calendar
 The cereal beverage bill also is on the house calendar, and will be brought to a vote before the week has passed. The senate temperance committee has sidetracked the senate bill and has announced that it will await the arrival of the house bill Indications are that the vote on the cereal beverage bill will be close.
 If the blockaders attempt to main tain their position the vote on the port amendment also will be close There is some opposition to the measure, though the strength of the opposition cannot be known as the opponents are not working in the open. Reports were general Sunday night that an understanding had been reached among the members of the state senate whereby the origi- nal bond issue bill would be passed by the senate. When the bill came before the senate last week Senator Carmichael succeeded in making amendments which Senator John A. Rogers, chairman of the highway commi ssion, believed would kill the effectiveness of the measure. When it was recommitted the committee re- turned 1t to the senate with the rec ommendation that the Carmichael amendments be eliminated.
 Rumors of Adjournment Rumors of an adjournment of the Legislature if the house again de- feats the bond issue were heard Sum day, and many expressed the opinion that an effort will be made to end the session Wednesday if the vote is against the bond issue. Few persons, however, believe the adjournment will come until all members of the house are present. and 1t is estab- lished beyond all doubt that the bond issue cannot get the constitutional majority of 64 Administration forces believe the bond issue and other constitutional amendments will get more than 70 votes when the full membership has reported. The de- lay has been due to the absence of the members and not to the effective ness of the blockade.s