The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-25
EFFORT ID HIVE BRANDON APPOINT
 B0ARD Is CHARGED ]
Move Of Outsider To Recall Bill EffeCting Only Birm-
 ingham PreCipitateS Fight
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU l
 THE AGE-H ERALD t Montgomery, Ala. Aug. 24


 Jefferson's delegation in the leg islature were aroused today over the effort of Senator George W. Randall of Bibb to recall the local bill pro- viding for the creation of a park ct tmmission for Birmingham, which would be named by the city commits sion. The motion of Senator Ran dall was adopted by the senate with out opposition Wednesday, but Sem ator Brewer Friday charged that he did not know and other senators did net know it referred to Jefferson bill and thought it was a local bill affecting Senator Randall's county.
 For more than one hour Friday the senate debated the issue. At the end of the day no one knew the status of the measure. The senate had voted to restore the bill to the calendar for further considerable but the bill was not in it's possession When the session ended the house had pending a motion to table the senates request for the recall of the measure; therefore, insofar as the senate knows, the bill is on the sen ate calendar, while the house is in actual physical possession Cf it.
 Senator Brewer charged that Sem ator Randall did not vote for the bill and had no right under the rules to make a motion for the reconsidera- tion of the vote. The Jefferson sen ator said the record showed that Senator Randall did not cast a vote and that only one voting with ma iority could make a motion to re- consider and that such a motion must be made by 12 o'clock of the day fol- lowing passage. Senator Randall in sisted that he did vote for the Dill and the senate, by vote of Sl to 5, ordered his name placed on the rec ord as having voted for it.
 After the senate voted to restore the bill to the calendar Senator Ran dall requested that consideration of it be postponed until the next legis- lative day
 House Objects.
 The effort to reconsider the bill did not fare so we'll in the house. The senate asked the house to return the bill. The entire Jefferson delegation protested. Representativ John K. T, Rives charged that an effort was be- ing made by the senate to obtain pos session of the bill again so as to adopt an amendment giving the gov ernor the right to appoint the park commission, thus removing the power from the city commission.
 Representative Lewis Bowen, au- thor of the bill, made motion to deny the request of the senate.
 Representative Henry Howze asked that the action be deferred until the next day, saying the entire Jefferson delegation supported the bill and de sired it to go to the governor in the form in which it passed.
 Representative J. Lee Long of But. Ter made a motion to adjourn while Mir Howze's request that action be deferred to the next day was pending and the house voted to adjourn.
 Therefore, the senate thinks the bill is on it's calendar and the house thinks 1t is still in it's possession.
 Senator Randall would not indicate to the Jefferson delegation what per son requested him to recall the bill Senator Brewer said he didn't know why person outside the Jefferson delegation would feel such interest 1T a bill which affected only Birmins ham.