The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-20


 derived from the system, the reve- tems of working convicts before ask ing the legislature to pass the bill.
 Long Fires Shot
 Representative Long of Butler declared that 1t will be necessary to pass the bill before final ad- journment and the legislature might az well pass it now al to pass it tomorrow or some other day. He said many state convicts prefer to work il. the mines now; that he heard Of enc case where a convict had saved s10,o00 working over time in the nires. He referred facetiousy to Kilby prison, the modern peni entiats near Montgomery. and said he understood it had running water and 2 private bath in every room and that convicts were treated better than fe is treated in a Montgomery fetei. MT. Long was floor leader to the opposition to the Kilby ad- ninistratien which constructed kilby priscn.
 Representative Ware of Randolph expressed the opinion that the state can make a profit from working con victs in other places as well as in the mines and mentioned that he had found that during the past four years the state received a profit of s60o,oo0 from the operation of the cotton mill at Speigner.
 Says Not Proper Time.
 Representative Walton of Cham bers, author of the bill, told the house that Governor Brandon had asked him to introduce the bill and favored it's enactment at the earliest possible moment. mentioning that certain leases will expire soon and the governor desires to know wheth- CT or not they should be renewed. He said all agreed that the convict lease system should be ended as soon as possible, but also admitted that the time has not come when the financial condition of the state and the condition of the states prison system will permit the use of con yict labor in other positions.
 He said 1t Is not possible for the state 10 lose the revenue of s1.500,000 annually now coming from convict labor In the mines and at the same time meet the needs of education and other institutions of Alabama.
 He mentioned that Governor Bran don is not in favor of the lease sys- tenn. and is committed to the policy of abandonment as soon as the con dition of the state will permit other arrangements.
 Luck Favors Continuation.
 Representative Luck of Shelby also said the governor should be al- lowed to work out the plans for his administration and should be given information now as to the policy of the legislature regarding the lease system so 1t may be considered in io, xxyff ha t,1a fnr e a velopment of the states business during the next four years.
 Representative Tanning of Walker appealed to the members to defeat the bill which provided definitely that the system should not be ended until 1927, but agreed that the con dition of the state would not permit an abandonment of the system now and that the governor should have the power to determine when the system should be ended.
 Vote in House.
 Those who voted for the extension of the lease system follows Mir Speaker, Adcock, Arlington, Ash craft tFayette), Ashcraft QLauder- dale1, Bealle, Blackwell, Boykin, Burton, Galloway, Christian, Cole man. Cook, Culver. Cunningham, De- loney, Dickinson. Dowdle, Elliott EIHiDfNs OdihtSr 1idSs, biCHif, oloNcis Goode. Goodwin, Guy, Hall, Hamp- ton Halter. Henley, Henson, Horns by. Howard, Howze, Hubbard, Jones' Fitzpatrick, Lemaistre, Law, Luck McGowen, Melton. Mooneyham, Mox- ley. Norman. Odom, Parker. Pickcns, Poole, Ringer, Rountree, Rutherford, St. John, Sanders (Pike), Sessions, Smith of Clay, Smith of Lee, Snod- grass, Sollie. Stewart of Calhoun, Tiller Tunstall. Tyson. Warner Yer ner. Walker, Wall, Walton. Ware, Mrs. Wilkins. Williams, Wyatt, Young-T4
 Those voting in opposition to ex- tension of the lease system follows: Adams, Lewis Bowen, l.. K. Bowen, Byars, Cato. Tanning, Fite, Forman. Grove, Hawkins, Jeter, Letson. Pat terson, Posey, Powell, Rives, Russell Smith of Jefferson, Thompson of Etowah. Thompson and Jackson-20
 Those not voting follow: Allen. Burns. Dunwody, Terrell, Graves, Hodgson, Lee. Love, Moorer, Nichols, Sanders of Conecuh, Stewart Of Bibb -12.
 TO READ MAYFIELO's CODE
 Representative TunstalIs bill pro- vidng for a joint recess committee which will be charged with the duties of reading the draft of the new state code prepared by Judge James J.