The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-20
A BIG TILT IN THE HOUSE.
FELT IN AND HUMPHREYS GIVE
EACH Other TIE LIE


Apolog re to the House for the
Language of Which They Had Made
Use-Ihe Indu- trial Bill Fails to
Pass = ut Win ave l,ually.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 19--Ih the debate
in the House yester lay the bill { es alb
lish an Industrial SC col for white girls.
Mr.. Hump .rey. Of Boo 5 county ?. fl ,cted
upon the state universi y, opposing the II
because il WAS proposed t. make tho dus-
trial College a branch f that insUitut IN.
Or. Felton, replied, deteHdi he iversity
snd vigo. Dusty a saul ing us oppone :.
To-Day 81 Humphreys re led t. the
doctor 5 attack. DR.. Fe tCn had SAID that
he dii not know where Brooks cou y va.
Or. FELTON, interrupted with a Hat denial
of IS statement.
MIR. II mUbreys referred tho doctor to
the columns 4 a newsfar er from which he
gu tel. He complained Il III attack upon
him by tie gentleman from Barrow, D.
cause ne DIN cred with MIN in opi ion. lie
said he had been inform q a DR.. FELTON,
had reiusei 10 shelter a won ded ltor
from the cenfedei ute army who had come
to his house for shelter. He told them Tat
they could not find shelter In the same 70 IN
In whicl lie aud his wife we're
living. They cou d 60 into outh uses.
''AN UNQUALIFIED FALsEHooD."
DIR. Felton, pronounce that an uaqual-
fled fal,enood.
81 have ii - said Mr.. Humphreys, "fr0m
Mr.. Lyo f Ba tow, wEo says this charge
was made IN the Lest aud FELTON, cam
palg and uOr deHed"
''Wncey made il" shouted DR.. FELTON,,
cit j. lieT'
''The lie, # lie it is. is between you and
your accusors. / stat tie char ,e upon tie
authority # Mr., Lyon 40 says 1t was
made and neve' iefuted."
DR.. FELTON, eple s.: You have all the
fac S. The gentleman said he would not
have a preacher f ON the universi Y to
preach to him. | said that anted t. know
where Brooks county is which sands a
new light here that would not have
preacher who graduated a. the w.. Hty
Dr. ach o him. | waltel to see the sand
hill that produced him. His attack vest r
day was directed only al the uni. er,l y.
He wanted this m ney turned ovr to the
common schools So that the colore1 girls
could share he bene6t with the wnite girls
of Georgia"
HUMPHREYS HITS BACK.
Mr. Humphreys denounced that as an I'M
qualified lie
DR.. Felt continued: 1.-THE charge re-
ferred to by he ge tlema was male int q
campaign betwee Col Lester a d hmm ;elf.
Ii was made aud published before the CO
federate veterans, and at he received "a
majority oil l $40 il hat electi N. Ough
only 10000 votes ere poled. That's the
way the veterans a swered this infamous
lie. The gentleman from Brooks is a new
Solomo come 10 he t rome # jIdgmen
He said that not ray of light hal reached
Brooks unity from The university
Mr.. Humphreys sad at there are
$4,000 persons in Georgia who ca .noJ read
or " tie.
MUST BE IN BROOKS.
"a large pr portion of this go OO0," said
the doctor, Unjust be in Br k, c uIty, tie
con til uency Of this w hgh-. de has dis
C vered new heaven aud a eH be J. He
has found moderaized hell, and he he
shall toe judged aud sentenced at tla last
day he wou d say, oh, LO- d, VIII re is
Brooks couatyp" LLluglCerl Adjourn
n.ent ended the co trovers5
In the afternoon both Dr.. Felton, and Mr..
HUMPHREYS, having had time t. think over
the h. at Of the m rniug, offered apologies
TO the House for Q lauguaSe of which
they had made use.
THE BILL DON'T PASS.
The indus ia school bill tailed by two
votes T. get turolgn. lh-re is doubt of
its ultimate pa-slSe. 1t will have at least
ten more votes tina are needed for he
Co stitu iOnai mai l-iry. The vat. this
afternoon was Sc to "A. McIvsr L berry
county, the c are member vosel ives"
he House next took up Mr.. Gordpn's bill
70 Tx the iare on cotton baggiig, and MIR
Gordon rose TO exp'ai the bill. He "a d
the I'LL was an experiment, but thong the
farmers probably viii not yet muca benefit
from 1t this year. he hoped it would place
them in a D, sitlon eve tually TO whip /. g
fight agai ST tue jute trust The law of
Georgia only all wed the sale of cotton by
gross eight. Outside the United States it
sold erywhere at its net weight. l. tie
Liverpool market reductio is made If
thirty pounds on the bale of 500 pounds for
bagging and ties, " hereas the actual weig
OF tuese articles Is ly twenty four pounds.
A LOSS.
Producers, therefore, who had thought
thev were paid for bagging. in fact lost toe
value of SIX pounds PER bale. The plan to
correct tits proposed In he bill see neI the
only pract cal one. 1t had been
recommended by a conven ion COM
DO ed of all the parties at intere t,
vie er tuyers or sellers Tue use Of colt N
baeg ng 81 ould be inaugurate ed for future
gooa to producers, even # no was lived
from it this sea on. The eff ct Of the bill
would simply be to put the matter in shape
TO carry ont thu reconme dation of the
Georgia alliance
Mr.. Snelson of Meriwether alone opposed
the bill. He III ugnt no such measu q
needful, and hat none sucn had been
dema ded by The Georgia alliance.
The governor day signed big batch
of bills; among OF erS the following:
g immortal cigarette bill prohibiting
persons from selling or otherwise furn sni 2
cigarettes or materials for tleir manufact-
ure, to minors.
SAVANNAH OYSTERS.
OF more interest to Savannah is the ap-
proval of the Postell bill regulating e
taking or longing f oysters OF tie G sorgia
coast. In his connection the bill of air.
Tyson II Mcintosh, introd reed this morning.
will prove inter, sting. 1t clli upo !
the United States Cover nment o affo d the
assistance to Georgia, already rendered to
North Carolina 10 encourage her oyste
indus ry, by making tho ough survey of
the coast to ascertain what waters are pro-
ductiveaId fit for the cultivation of oysters.
In the Senate.
The Senate spent The morning di cussine
the G enn cou ty railr al tax bill The
minority report against the passage of the
bin has a stro flowing. Chairman
Bartlett hi self opposed it, ard made a
strong speech to-day, in whicl he
took the position that railroad CO npeti-
tion would lie impossi le under its
provisions. He tn Int the West P int
Terminal would gobble every road III the
state, never feeling the burden of the ne ~
tax on eccoun Of the exemption undef
Their charter Of most of the lines comp IS
inc SIS gvSterO Tho So a+a ,di nv a