The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-23
No CHANCE OF A SALE.
THE BETTERMENTS QUESTION
ALSO KNOCKED OUT.

AAOO Il ~ - -
Mr.. buff Tries to Spring an Inquiry
as t. What the Lessees Want, but
the House Heads Him Cf-Dr. Felton,
Succeeds in Burying the O'Nein
Amendment.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 22.-Before the
lease bill vas taken up this morning Mr..
uff of Bibb county spr ing the question Of
bettermsnts again by Offering resolution
that before the H1use should again 20 into
committee of the whole to consider aud
finally pass on the state road lease, com
mi tee Of five should be appointed to con-
municate in writing with President joseph
T.. Brown AID sac who are the Legal claim
ants for bet ermsnts, WHISTLER the old or
new lease, whether they act by auth 'rlty
and al o what is claimed, aid that the
committee should report by nool Fri lay.
Mess. HJff a d Simmons OF Sumter urged
the al ,pti IN of ths resolution, but it was
tabled by vote Of IS to 60. This IS tho
ron ge5t 70 o aIy propo 1Gion looking to
Detterme ITS has yet received.
THE LEASE BILL TAKEN UP.
When the lease bill came up in committee
Of the whole. the first business was Mr.
! FeltOn's motion to reconsider the ONeil
| amendment Over this there was lengthy
| discu sion, during which Mr.. FELTON, charged
that the opponents of the lea.e were doing
ali they could TO defe It t Q lease by amend
ments to the bill ana by della s, and that
| paid lobbyists swarmed the capitol for toe
same purpose.
MIR. Lamar of Richmond made the most
effective argument for reconsideration. He
sad frankly that he had favored a sale, be-
! lieving it best for the state, aud had done
all he could honestly and fairly to bring
| the committee TO that view. He had be-
come satisfied that the House and the peo-
| Pile were opposed to a lle, and he would
| silence his owl C 1nyic,ions, yielding to tue
| inevitable, aid proposed to turn now am
! do all in his D jwer to secure the best lease
possible.
| SNELSON'S OPPOSITION.
Mr.. Snelson of Merlwether said the
| amendment ought not to be recOnsidered
as it was the Only thing in the bill that
stood between the people and the monopo-
lies of the nation. He thought there had
been enough discussion over tn lease bill,
but he feared that the House would stay
| till icicles hu & from The capitol.
! The motion to reconNiier passed by vote
of % to So and tho amendment was the
| lost by vote OF 40 to 81.
Mr.. Huff S amendment to the first sec
| ton, excluding from the le SO all real estate
not necessary 10 the operation of the road,
came up, pending discussion of which the
| committee rose.
Mr.. Tigner of Muscogee, offered resolu-
ton permitting the lessees to submit an
itemlzed claim for betterme- is, but the mo
ton was promptly ia lei.
SALE OF THE OLD CAPITOL.
The 4 nrIa,. h. NJ
Jullan's resolution authorizing the governor
! TO advertise the old capitol for sale to the
| highest bidder. Mr.. Bartlett moved to
amend by fixing the minimum price at
| Sl25, 900, whica was accepted
Mr. Gibbs wa Ced to make it 5000, 900,
but his motion was lost. Further consider
alton of the resolution was postponed till
| tomorrow, when it will follow the bill ad-
versely reported to lea,e the building to the
confederate veterans.
Senator JohnsoA's bill, making 1T INSIDE
meanor for a minor to enter a saloon, was
! lost
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
| In the House the bill to reorganize the
| board of trustees of the state university
| was called up, and certain Senate amend
n.ents were concurred in. Thu original bill
provided for one from each congressional
district, and two fro n Athens, who are ap-
| ppl l'u Nv UIe SONeTuOI, WHO SHOULD %
ex-oilicio members. The Sena added four
trus ees from the state at large, and tie
chairman of the board of dire tors of the
school Of technology as al ex-otilco mem
| Der. Tne house concurred in these
and the bill went 10 tho governor,
who signed it this afternoon. He will end
the following appointments to the Sc iatc
! for co .tirmadOn: State at large, A. r.
Lawton. years; II. d. Media iel, years;
n. j. Hammond, years; DR.. W. H. FELTON,.
2 years; from Athens W. W. Thomas, 4
years; A. L. Hull, years; from the con-
| gresslo lal distric g. j I'm Screveh # Chat
ham, s years; A. 7. Mcintyre of Thomas,
s years; D. b. Hollis Of Sumter, years
w. A. Little of Muscogee, 6 years; Il. w
Ora ~ of Fulton, 6 years; J. j. Gre ham
of Bib, 4 years; ID. B. Hamilton
of Floyd, years; N. l.. HUI cnlns
of Gwinnett, , years; P A. Stovall
of r .chmond, 2 years. All of these, with
the exception of M. Hutchins, are mem
bers Of the old board. There was no
| representa- i've from that district on the
old board,w ich accounts for the exception.
The new board will meet on the third
Wednesday in next month and organize.