The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
ATLANTA GLEANINGs.
Some Interesting Points About Legis-
latora

lstors
ATLANTA, GA, Nov 16.-Atlanta's elect
carry into their conduct of municipal
affairs principles which they may have
| illustrated and now enulats-thoss sar-
torial ethics of the dear old mothers, gener-
Gus Of warp and wool, who cut young
hopefurs garments so roomlly that only in
the third or fourth season, when they had
been adorned with divers patches, did they
begin to hang with anything like snugness.
| Every lineament of Atlauta's nervous.
b1oyant. bright-eyed autonomy seems 70
say, Come back and see ne when I'm
housekeepingm
The ultra conservatism of the Bull street
haoluue; the quiet satisfaction of the Au-
! GUSTAV and the pnlegmatic counting-room
| air OF the Maconite are laid aside when
they are dumped under the shadows of the
Kimball house. They find congenial COM
| panions or old friends, and the pleasant
mood Of the moment. be it from political
or professional attrition or the amenities of
social intercourse, the surroundings borrow
phase of the innate mplscency.
| Durlngtthellast few days there have been
| from three TO four hundred ladies in At
lanta without escort who would read the
above paragraph a second time TO reassure
| themselves of Its tenor. Tney are the De-
| egates who have come to the annual con-
vention of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, and are having great difficulty
! in finding even fourth rate lodging accom-
| modations.
They have long looked forward to this trip
| to Georgia, and it is to be regretted that
! they could not have each secured the best
room at the Kimball But so many politi-
cal sets are each Boosting "headquarters'' at
that house that the supply has been cor
nered. One of the delegates told me she
| could not reconcile the sights about her
with the south she pictured in imagina-
| ton, where negroes lolled on bags of cotton
and the whites wore arsenals in their belts.
She was sharp-featured little lady, with
corkscrew curls fiuttering in the breeze
The punch-nose pebble glasses that lent a
| crescendo to her '.down eastn pronunciation
| completed the makeup of a character in
| strlcklng contrast to her sister of the south.
| am too gallant to pen comparisons even if
| | drew them. l was sensible, however, Of
| feeling that [ liked our dainty little Georgia
| girl, with her deDure looks. puzzling ways
and delicious softness of voice which invest
''kiuder" and "reckon son with the rhythmic
effect of a madrigal
A newspaper man who contributes to
| several papers gives it as his conviction
that organizations with long names like the
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union are
| IN league with the telegraph companies,
which charge by the word. Atlanta is just
| now wrestling with another--the s. P. G..
| A, just organized. The assembling of a
| legislature ALWAYS adds to the active uoliti-
| cal life of the city. In the train OF the
| legislators always come aspirants for honors
! political, clerical or other wise, and this
| element constitutes colony of its own.
LEGISLATORS NOT YET ACQUAINTED.
While the second week of the general
assembly is drawing to close, the members
| are as yet d staat to one another and far
removed from public cognizance. They
| have been heard from only as the intro
ducers of bills. To come in touch with them
I candidates must be pushed away from their
elbows, and the tricks of the lobbyist
| resorted to.
The contest for senatorsaip has had much
to do with this state of things. The legis-
lation, so far, has been carried on seemingly
i subservient to the absorbing question of the
| hour-who will be senator?
| During the first few days of the session it
| was interesting to observe the methods of
office-5eekers and their friends. Every
| body was a stranger to everybody else, ex-
! cepting few old timers When a member
responded to roll call, or in any other way
revealed bis identity. a score of directories
were consulted, and the uawary found him
| fidence game Men whom he had
doubtless never met would grasp his
hand, asking How is Brother BlankT
This is the alliance form of greeting. This
could safely be done, for where 500 intro
| ductions are crowded into single day, with
the mind da7ed by new environment, it
| would be the most natural thing in the
| world for name and face to fail recall.
Then, too, they like to think that they are
| already known; mans inherent vanity is
| easily fiattered.
NO LEADERSHIP DISTINGUISHABLE YET.
l have, during several hours each day,
| been in intimate intercourse with mem bers
of both the House aud Senate, and as vet
have failed to note any pronounced devel-
opmen5 Of leadership. In the House are
Atkinsoa of Coweta, Beraer of Monroe,
Whitfield Of Baldwin, Fleming of Rich
mond, Warner Hill of Meriwether. and
HUFF Of Macon, all of whom, by fact of past
records, hold prominent places in the House.
A little incident betrays how matters stood
the first few days of the session, and how
essential to the machinery Of the
general assembly is a ooterie of
members of former legislature.
Gov. Northen's inaugural ceremony had
already ben mapped out and committees
appointed to wait on him, but never &
word was said of hearing, consolidating
and formally receiving the votes in joint
session, as required by law. Some feeling
has been eviuced against lawyers by the
present legislature, and few of the latter
fancied it would be a good joke if Mr.. Nor
then took the oath OF Office without being
legally le governor of the state. Their
sense of duty to the st1te prevailed, now
ever, and resulted in bill, calling for the
election returns, and their subsequent rati-
fcatio1 smoothed away threatened COM
plication.
IRREGULARITIES OF MEMBERS.
Some biographical matter might be in
teresting, but there are couple of hack
writers ebont the capital who interview
member, at SO much per line, to appear as
correspondence in the home paper of the
subject of the sketch, and my efforts in this
line would thIeaten budding industry.
While bills are being read the second
time in that monosonous tone which is
peculiar 10 such work, interest will be
seized by those little accidents which al
times cain the consideration that should
be yielded alone to essential. have pen
cilled on one of the roll call sheets some
statistics which, when tabulated, present
somestriking totals.
Pnysiogaomists claim that one of the
most eloquent features of the characters
tics of a subjec5 is the hair. Doubtless from
these compilations a composite picture OF
our general asssnlnly's temperament may
be drawn. Hero are some points about the
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