Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-17

ATLANTA, September 81 had hoped to be
able to give your readers a long letter this
morning, but the hot weather Of the past week
has made it difficult matter to get into let
ter-writing condition.
The afternoon sessions are extremely de-
pressing. as we have the hot sun pouringin
upon us with full broadside, and by the time
the hour Of adjournment $3.50 arrives we are
pretty well melted down, and ready for rest
Last night turned of cold. with indications
Of rain, so that we are in better shape for
work, and have had lively session this
morning. II is now q o'clock raining. and
has been since 10 o'clock, with prospect that
we shall have quite spell Of wet weather
Rain is badly needed every where and by nearly
all classes of people.
NOTES ON TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
AS there is a Storey In the Senate and
Story in the House, the present General AS
sembly Is called two-story concern. as well
as double-baralled affair, having held two
sessions.
The constitution says lobbying is declared
to be crime, and the General Assembly .o shG y
enforce this provision by suitable penalties"
yet lobbying goes on all the same, and no one
seems to fear the penalties therefor.
South Georgia furnishes the General Assem-
bly, two of its most faithful, efficient and wor
thy officials. refer to Hon. A j. Cameron, of
Telfair, the Messenger of the Senate. and Hon.
J. R. Smith, of Coffee. the Messenger Of the
House. Both are old and trusted officials, and
will probably be again re- elected.
The Senate has but one reelected member,
the Hon. H l. Mcdaniel, but the House is well
supplied in this respect, having Speaker Bacon
and Representatives Hammond. Hutchins,
Miller, Miner, Polhill, Perkins. Hillyer, Gray,
Bird, Garnrad. Crawford, Lamb, Roney, Ran
kin. Smith and Willingham. But for these ex-
perienced members the rush Of business would
suffer more frequent delays and perpleUties.
The House has been in session fifty-nine
vening in July. The November session COW
cred thirty-tWo working days. This rather
puts forty days biennial session into the
shade. But the people have sent in work
enough to keep their Representatives busy,
under the new constitution. for about four
months. The House promptly killed the bill
yesterday to give the members a fixed salary
and let them adjourn any time after the forty
days expire.
made the prediction that on the last call of
counties for the Introduction of new bills there
would be bill to charter some railroad. In
stead of one such bill. however. there were
two; and since that final call under suspen-
sion of the rules, two such bills have been in
troduced. While all parts of the State are seek
ing charters, the woods" from Augusta via
Athens Gainesville and Elberton to the State
line, are full of railroad charters.
Honest criticism of the General Assembly is
one thing, but senseless and unjust ridicule is
quite snother. The present General Assembly
contains many able and honored citizens of
the counties which they represent. and not a
few have served for several sessions. That
faults exist, and that errors have been commit
ted, no sensible man can deny, but the present
General Assembly is no worse than its prede-
cessors, and is entitled to due respect