Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-03


went into an explanation OF the roads that
the Central has bought leased and
bought off and stopped.
He spoke OF the CentrnPs purchase of
the Port Royal road as follows; "Port
Royal was one of the most promising
towns in South Carolina, with magnif-
cent harbor.
PORT ROYALS DEcADENCE.
Where is Port Royal today The Cen
trail found it necessary to bottle up Port
Royal. The congresses are there, but no
cotton. The warehouses are there, but
no cotton is there. The railroad is there,
but L am told that occasionally lazy
train drags its length along over thatonce
magnificent road. The harbOr is there,
but l am told that only now and then the
sail of a second. class ship flaps upon the
lazy bosom OF that magnificent harbor 1
am told that bats are there, that the owls
are there, and that the lone fisherman
spreads his net where once proud ships
plOwed the waters. / am told that the
olive and the vine have ceased theirproduc-
tiOn. and whyl Because the Central road
finds It necessary 10 bottle up Port Royal.
Laughter.l The doctor presented statis-
tics TO show that the country through
which the Central road runs has been
growing steadily poorer, presumably be-
cause the Central saps all the profits.
OF the Centraps plan Of choking out
young roads the doctor spoke In this wise:
81 predict that there will be some sort of
strangulation before the Georgia Midland
reaches its destination"
MR.. HARRISON REPLIES.
When DIR. Fulton had concluded, Mr..
Harrison, Of Quitman, went for the doc
tor after this fashion. II have never lis
tened before aud never expect to again
listen to anything that compares in it's
satanic results--lf understand them
to what we have listened 10 for the last
hour. Never before have j listened TO any
man in this State who, as far as | was
able to judge, had but single purpose,
ana that to array the capital and the labor
OF Georgia against each other. The House
fairly shook with applause and the ex-
citement was intense. A hundred men
were on their feet, and 800 yelled, howled,
shouted and stamped the floor and pound
ed the desks.
COMPARED TO DENIS KEARNKY.
1t was some time before order could be
restored, and when the uprOaT had been
somewhat quelled MIR. Harrison pro-
ceeded. "Ihe shades of Denis kearney
in the sand lots Of San Francisco pale
into insigniicance this afternoon" Here
again the applause was tremendous,
and it was some time before
shook the building. "The result can only
embitter feelings and engender strife, and
his conduct is violative of the spirit of
the master he serves. How comes it, oh,
shade of the holy Nazarenel that one of
his avowed followers should give utter
ance to no sentiment save that which in
its legitimate results can bring only
bitterness and strife between menW
NO OIL ON THE WATERS.
He took no step TO still the troubled
waters. He brought no oil to pacify the
angry passions of man, but here he seeks
to create division that the commune of
France IS not at all comparable to. More
than fifty years ago the State of Georgia
wrestled with the subject OF transpOrta-
ton. At the home OF the gentleman from
Barlow, mink's skins were legal tender,
and in the county OF Quitman the gopher
was the staple commodity. The city I'm
which we stand was a wilderness that had
scarcely been visited By man., What has
brought this change? Railroads have
OLD METHODS DRIVEN OUT,
They have driven out the old methOdso of
transportation and given US a quicker
and cheaper system. They do the work
cheaper than the old system and cheaper
than anybody else can or will do 1t, and
yet the gentleman is not satisfied. Moth
ing can satify him on this subject
and he comes in reeking with bitterness,
and presents as the basis Of his baranRue
the petition OF 90 citizens asking you 60
keep this Railroad Commission In power
that they, the beneflciaries OF the. rail-
road that they did not build may be pro-
tected under thispsurpation OF authority.
Applause.
THE sHAREHoBDfrIss
They fail TO listen to the complaints Of
4,300 shareholders when they are on the
verge Of bankruptcy, Mr.. Harrison re-.
ferred to the fact that Georgia had
failed to make a success of run
ming her own road and had then
capped the climax by putting all other
roads in the hands OF three men TO run,
and two out Of the three don't know the
value OF cross-tie. He spoke at some
length on the necessity for a change in the
law and said the matter ought 10 be de-
cided justly and without prejudice.
Mr.. Hawkes., OF Sumter, secured the
floor and was opening his remarks when
Mr.. Butt, Of Marion, Interrupted him to
make motion to adjourn, and the motion
prevailed.