Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-25

breakfast this morning by a fight between
a young member of the House and a col
Ored waiter.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day Mr.. Barksdale. of
Lincoln; Mr.. Harris, of Bibb: Mr.. Me-
Gregor, of Warren; Mr.. Watts. of Stew
art, and Mr.. Lotion, of Bibb, moved to re-
consider the action on several points in
the redistrlctng bill passed Yesterday.
MIR. Sweat. of Clinch, opposed recon-
slderatOn, and Mr.. McGregOr spoke for it,
MIR. Jordan advocated the change of
Lincoln county from the Tenth to the
Eighth district. MIR. McGregOr appealed
to the House to do justice to the Tenth
district.
Mr.. Bishop, of Dawson, moved to table
the whole matter.
Mr.. Lotion, of Blbb, made an earnest
appeal to Mr.. Bishop to withdraw his
motion, but he refused.
The House, however, voted him down
0y vote of % yeas to 90 nays and Mr.
Lotion was allowed to proceed He argued
that mistake had been made Yesterday
IN regard to an amendment by Mr.. Cor
don, of Houston, TO change Laurens cOun-
" TO the Sixth district and Crawford to
Third district. The Representatives of
both counties are in favor of this trans
fer.
Mr.. Gordon, of Houston, also spoke in
behalf of the change.
Mr.. Hawkes., of sumter, opposed the
change as putting additional burdens on
the Third district.
Mr.. Tate, of Pickens, and Mr.. Bishop.
of Dawson. opposed rpconsidaration
ON any part of the bill.
Mr.. Redding, of Pike, said that he had
given his sanction TO the proposed change
OF Laurens yesterday, but he was now
opposed to it.
Mr.. Gary, Of Richmond, opposed any
changes, as they appeared not to be pro-
posed IN the interest of the Democratic
party, but for personal ends perhaps.
Mr.. Wolfe, of Laurens, favored the
change Of his county and announced that
the Senator from that section also favored
it, and he thought that outsiders might
let the change be made. The roll call
showed % yeas to 90 nays, and reconsid-
Grafton was refused.
Mr.. DeLacy, Of Dodge, introduced a
resolution that the Ordinary Of each coun-
ty be authorized to procure stamp for
marking properly standard weights and
measures as prescribed by law.
The rules were suspended, and the bill
authorizing Decatur county to levy a spe-
cial tax to pay Off her Indebtedness. was
passed.
When the resolution to pay the COM
mlttee that investigated the lunatic asv-
lum 81 each per day and actual expenses
came up, Mr.: Mcbride, of Haralson, OBJ
iected to paying anything more than the
per diem and actual mileage.
Mr.. Jenkins, of Putnam, said that it
came with bad grace from the members
who take ten cents per mile from the
State yet ride on free passes.
The resolution was adopted without
amendment.
Then the bill allowing the . fence " men
in ttntr~ Nr Il.
ton on the no fence" question. as theV
claim that the previous election was car
ried by fraud, came up. Mr.. Studdard, of
Morgan, and Mr.. Middlebrooks, of Newton
advocated it as an act of justice to the
"fence" men of that county.
Mr.. Spence, of Mitchell, for the commit
tee, spoke fOrcibly against the bill.
Mr.. Patten, of Thomas, explained that
he at first favored the bill in the commit
tee, but was now satisfied that he did so
under a misapprehensiOn of the facts
connected with the contest before the Or
dinary. This bill, although local, was one
dangerous in its operation. as it fixes a
precedent for the fence men in other
counties to secure bv special legislation
an opportunity to vote out mo fence"
The roll-caI showed 81 yeas to 40 nays.
The bill was therefore lost. Another big
batch of leaves of absence We're granted.
At the afternoon session House bills
were read the first time.
The rules were suspended, and Mr..
Everett, of Polk, introduced bill amend
ing the act in regard to INDECENT and
MANNED soldiers so as to give 5000 instead
of 500 per year TO such as have lost both
eyes or two limbs.
Mr.. Little, Chairman of the Finance
Committee, asked leave for the members
to retire to consider some important bills.
but Mr.. Peck, of Rockdale, objected as
the House would be left without a quorum
and public business would be retarded.
Absentees on Friday, Saturday and Mon
day often leave the General Assembly
with barely quorum and frequently
without quorum.
Several Senate bills were read the first
time.
Mr. Wright, of Floyd, said that the
House was too thin to tackle bills on
third reading, and moved to read certain
bills a second time under a suspension
of the rules. On the vote to suspend the
rules only 66 members responded.
The Speaker ordered the DOOrkeeper to
hunt up the absentees.
Mr.. Humber, Of Putnam, moved a call
of the House, but Mr.. Hulsey, of Fulton,
amended to proceed to read bills the sec
Ond time, the DOOrkeeper having increased
the number of members present to eighty
nine. 1t was carried after several efforts
to reach quorum.
IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate, Senator Mcdonald advo-
Gated a motion to reconsider the action on
Mr.. Rankin's railroad tax bill, but the
motion was tabled.
The House bill prohibiting stock from
running at large in Hancock, Taliaferro
and Greene counties having been amend
ed so as to remove the Objectionable fea-
lures, was, after some little discussion,
passed.
The bill as to stock running at large in
DOugherty county passed.
The liquor license bill for Monticello, in
Jasper county, passed.
The bill paying j. c. Palmer wild-land
tax passed.
The bill protecting bridges in Pulaski
county from fast driving and heavy loads
passed.
The bill incorporating the Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee Railroad passed.
The bill Incorporating the Cumming
and Lawrence Railroad and Manufac-
turing Company passed.
The bill amending section 14J5 of the
Code. so as to ALLOW a fence election on
the first Wednesday in July Of each year
if desired, occasiOned lively debate, but
passed, :
The bill amending the act as to camp
hunting in Clinch county passed.
The liquor license bill for Appling
county passed.
The bill creating a branch college at
Walthouryille was opposed by Mr.. Tutt,
and favored by Messrs. Mcdonald, Du-
bisnon, Greer and Davis, but passed.
The rules were suspended, and Mr.
Greer introduced a bill authorizing the
Governor to appoint stenOgrapher for
each Judicial circuit for two years, at
81 200 year.
The bill providing better facilities for
foreclOslng mortgages was made the spe-
cial order for Wednesday. Many local |
bills passed, and q good days work was
done.
At the hour of adjournment the Sena- |
tors were discussing the bill requiring |