Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-11
GEoRGIA's LEGISLATURE.
No Protest Made Against the Blair Ed :
ucatiOn Bill.

ATLANTA, GA, Dec. l0.-Mr. Carlton offered
a resolution, which was referred, protesting
against the provisions of the Blair educational
bill now pending IN Congress and requesting
Georgia's representatives to oppose the bill.
Under a suspension of the rules bills for
third reading came up as follows:
The bill to authorize father, or if not
living the mother, to recover damages for the
homicide OF a child or for other tOrtures in
tiicted upon one. Passed.
The bill authorizing a husband to recover
damages for the homicide of a wife or for
other tortures inflicted upon her. Passed.
The remainder of the session was taken up
IN reading House bills the first time.
In the House Mr.. Berner offered resOlu-
tion for the appointment of a special commit
tee to devise scheme for the better assess
ment of property for State taxation. The
resolution met some opposition, but was
passed.
FUTURES UNDER FIRE.
Consideration Of the tax bill was resumed.
Dealers in pistols were taxed 5000. Thenin
teenth paragraph of ihe second section, i'm
posing tax OF $500 on parties selling futures,
ELECTED much discussion.
Messrs. Brandt and Brown. of Carroll, op-
posed the tax as legaliZing what was a crime
under the law, and objected to the State
recognizing thus indirectly the bad practice
of dealing in futures.
Messrs. Harris and Arnheim defended the
tax without defending the traffic in futures.
business tnat was loosely done.
Mr.. Harrison, Of Quitman, favored the tax.
The tax was adopted.
The Finance Committee offered new para
graph Tor tax OF SIC on foreign corporations
making loans.
Mr.. Herndon moved that it be s25.
Mr.. MIddlebrooks opposed any tax and
Mr.. Reagan moved that it be 500.
LAND GOBBLERs.
Mr. RraOdf aftooIyad Fouo;o.,
and said that they would ultimately absorb
the lands of Georgia.
Mr.. Herndon favored making the tax as
nearly prOhlbltory as possible. In a few years
the lands OF our farmers would be In the hands
of mOneyed mOnopOlies.
Mr.. Harrison argued that the need for
money was the result of our own laws. Who
was hurt by the usury laws? The loaner who
furnished the money, and not the borrower
who had the beneht, was punished. He ad-
vocated turning money loose.
Mr. Bartlett opposed a 800 tax, and ami
madVerted on the money associations of the
state that made the farmers pay from 40 to
6O per cent. on provisions. He was against
putting any tax on money loaners.
PROWLING WOLVES.
Mr.. Boyd of Lumpkin. said that he would
Tax money exchangers $1,000 instead of 500.
Ihey were foreign saving machines sent here
to scrape Georgia. He was for throttling the
monster that came to prey on our poverty.
IT would result in forced exodus of good cit
lZens to the West in five years.
Mr.. Gardner thought 1t unwise to drive
money from us.
The previous question was called and the
$40 tax was adopted.
AT the afternoon session a resolution was
offered limiting a speakers time unless he
obtained unanimous consent for an exten-
sion.
The bill abOlishing the County Court of Bibb
was read
The House adjourned to 7 O'Clock for fur
ther consideration of the tax bill.
Il. A. Peoples was reappointed Judge of
the County Court of Lowndes.