The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-17
Body Will Vote On Issue If
 Petitions Against Convict
 Lease System Shall Be
 Barred From Presentation LEE L0NG'S RESOLUTION FACES FIRM OPPOSITION Absence Of Many Lobbyists
 As Well As Members Of Legislature Noted At Capi- tai But Are To Return Today
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-HEKALD Montgomery, Ala. July 16

The convict lease issue will feature the session of the legislature Tues day afternoon. The fight will be staged in the senate at 8 o'clock, when the resolution of Representa- tive J. Lee Long will be the special, paramount and continuing order until a vote has been taken in the senate. This resolution expresses the sense of the legislature that there shall be no legislation on the subjct of chang ing the present system whereby con- Nicts are hired to the highest bidder
 Indications from the few members of the legislature who were in the city Monday evening were that the word continuing" has been well used in the order making the resolution a special order because Senator Walter <. Brewer oi Jefferson already has already announced that he will speak ia opposition to the resolution, while other senators also have announced that they will talk.
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 Result Uncertain.
 At lease 12 senators are outspoken in oposition to the lease system and will vote against the resolution. However, the result of the vote can not be foretold. Governor Brandon and his administration are avowedly in favor of stopping agitation in
  tending that the state treasury can not afford the loss of the net revenue which has come from the prison sys- tenn in the past.
 Governor Brandon returned to his office Monday morning from Lock F, where he fished during the weekend. However, he had no statement re- garding the impending fight on an important subject Tuesday afternoon
 Few members of the legislature will gather here until the noon trains Tuesday. The recess Friday after noon called for another assembly at o'clock Tuesday afternoon in order to permit members to remain at their homes until Tuesday morning. Lob- bies of hotels contained few lobbyists Monday evening, but they are ex- peeted here again in full numbers or the return of the lawmakers.
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 Fight Just Begun.
 The announcement from Birming ham Monday that the Jefferson ooun- ty delegation will ignore any expres. sion of majority regarding con vict lease agitation created great in terest. This statement was that 6 bill abolishing the present system would be introduced during the weel and a hard fight made for it's enact ment. The adoption of the resolution expressing the opinion of the ma jority that there should be no conVic lease Legislation could not bring al end to the fight, as any member O. the legislature has right to intro duce 8 bill and any citizen has th1 right to appear before the committees of the house and senate and mak, arguments in favor of the bill. How ever, If the expression of the majorit, should be its sentiment on a fina vote on the issue the bill would be defeated. But whatever the actiol of the senate, the agitation cannot b. brought to an end because the adop ton of the resolution would not pre- vent the introduction of additiona Legislation.