The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-05
BEAELE DEFEATED. IN EFFORT ID PUT
 HOUSE ON RECORD.
Sunday Blue Law Bills Given Back Seat For Remainder
 Of Session
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU ]
 THE AGE-HERALD AInnfuonnerY Ala. Sept. z

THE AGE-HERALD
 Montgomery, Ala, Sept.
 By vote of 43 to SS, the house oL representatives Tuesday afternoon sounded the death call for ail sun day closing Legislation. It was by this vote that the house deCnned 10 ask" the house revision Of laws com 1nittee to make report. el9her Ia yorably or adversely, on Representa- tive Sollie's bill prohibiting the op- eration of moving picture shows and baseball games on Sunday when ad- mission fees are charged.
 The motion to "ask'' the committee to make the report on the next lesls- lative day was made by Representa- tive Beallc of Tuscaloosa, WHO gave notice Friday that motion would be made. He was joined by Representa- tives Sollie and Tyson of Clarke, all of whom appealed for the placing or tho biil on the calendar Tn order that If might receive the attention of the house. They also discussed the merits of the bill and eontended that Mobile ard Montgomery, the two cities af- fectcd. should be required to observe Sunday closing laws as other citles of the state arc required to observe them.
 No address was lnade in opposition tc the passage Of the Sunday legis- iat.on. However, Representative e l'raal B. Embry made defense of the action of the committee on re- vision or laws in postponing consid- eration of the bill until the night or t!.e forty ninth legislative day. Embry Raises Objection.
 MT. Embry insisted that TO good could come from q report of the com mittee, since the same bill had oeen defeated in the senate and since a similar bill also had been defeated in tbe senate. He contended that the motion of Representative Bealle nao been made for the purpose of putting members of the house on record anu with full knowledge that even If IL was passed by the house it would not be passed by the senate.
 Ir Bealle insisted that operation of amusements on Sunday Is the eS- tablishment of the European Sunday in America, 8 Sunday such as that sanctioned by the kaiseristic gov ernment of Germany before it's downfall. He said the committee should make report on the bill so each member of the house could give expression to his opinion through hls vote.
 He mentioned that one member or the senate. had said that he voted against the bill because he believed the house would defeat it and that passage in the senate would be or m avail The senate defeated the bill by one vote. and If the senator had cast his vote the other way the bill would have received one ma jority.
 Mrs. Wilkins Opposed.
 An amusing thing happened Tn con- nection with the address or MT. Iy son. He paid a tribute to Mrs. Wil- lsins of Dallas as being the repre- sentative of the women and children and urged a favorable vote on the motion in order that those repre- sented by Mrs. Wilkins might be Ia xoreds When the roll was called Mrs. Wblkins voted against requiring the committee to make the report.
 Representatives Sollie and Tyson apDealed to the members of the house to favor the bill, which, they cortended would maintain the Amer ican Sabbath and would protect the American homes.
 The motion of MT. Bealle would not have required report had IL been adopted. It contained the word ask" instead of the word require, which made any act of the, revision of laws committee voluntary. Tyier Goodwin representative or Mont- gomery county, stressed this lact two times during the consideration . of the motion.
 The refusal of the house to give a favorable vote means that Sunday closing legislation has been ended for the quadrennial session.
 RUSsELLvILLE TO GET POWER
 The public service commission to- day heard and took under advisement. they petition of the Alabama Power company for certificate of con- venience and necessity permitting the construction of a transmission line to Russellville, Franklin county. &I. fAI f@ electric system to the Alabama Power company.
 The commission aso took under ad- vtsement the petition of the Decatur Cornice and Roofing company for an order requiring the Louisville X Nashville railroad to make repara- ton of alleged excessive charges for the transportation of locomotive crane from Ensley to Decatur. . How They voted.
 These who voted against Bealle's motion requiring the revision of laws committee to report the Sunday clos ing bill follow:
 Arring.A Blackwell, Lewis Bowen, !. K. Bowen, Galloway, Cato Dun woody. Embry, Tanning. Fite' Gaines Hampton, Halter, Henley, Henson, Holcomb, Hornsby, Howard, Howze, Hubbard. Jeter, Jones, Kilborne, Long, Love, Nichols, Norman, Parker, Patterson Pickens Poole. Rountree, Sanders (Pike), Smith Lee), Tiller Warner. Walker. Wall, Mrs. Wilkins --13.
 Those who voted in favor of Bealle's motion. follow: Mir. Speaker. Adams, Adcock. Allen. Ashcraft (Fayette), Ashcraft Iauderdale). Ecallc Boykin, Burton, Christian. Cooke, Deloney, Dickinson, Dowdle, Torman. Graves, Guy, Hall. Hawkins. IIodgson, Letson, McDaniel. Moorer, Odon. Posey. Ringer, Rives, Smith (Jeffcrson), Sollic. Stewart (Bibb). Stewart (Calhoun), Tunstall. Tyson, Walton, Ware, Young-36.
 Those who did not cast vote on roll call follow:
 Burns, Byars. Coleman, Culver. El- liott. Terrell Goode, Fitzpatrick, Lee, Lemaistre, Luck. McGowen, Melton. Mooneyhani, Moxley, Powell, Ruther- ford. St. John, Sanders tConecuchD. Sessions, Smith (Clay). Snodgrass. Tho DSon 1g (EtoWnhA Tbomnynn