The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-16
END OF THE LEGISLATURE
TIE SESSION CLOsE AFTER lat
DAYS.

Adjou rnment Reached at l O'clock.
Mr.. Trammell's Resolutions on the
Ccala Platform Adopted-A Mock
Session With Mej. Rysls in the Chair.
The Work OF the Senate.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct 15-Bosh branches
of the general assembly adjourned sine die
at l O'Clock to-day after total sitting of
l47 days. The Senate passed a great many
bills, but topped Off its work with wrangle
over the Ocala resolutions, and then all
differences were forgotten in a champagne
layout rendered by Senator Cabaniss.
In the House the session was spent In
variety OF ways. First number of Senate
amendments to general aud local bills were
concurred in. Then the Ocala resolutions
came up and were disposed Of After that
the members became very festive and in
dulged in mock session, interrupted by a
number Of presentations to Speaker Howell
and the various heads of committees.
THE ocALA platform FIGHT.
The fight on the Enforcement Of the Ocala
platform was Of course the most interesting
period in the dying commissions Of the
famous farmer legislature. At Just II 80
o'clock the struggle came on. Mr.. Tram
nell called for the previous question on the
Sibley reso ution introduced yesterday. The
Sibley resolution is a radical indorse-
ment of the Ocala demands. Mr.. Ira mmelI
offered conservating substitute, and Mr..
Reed OF Putnam offered as q substitute for
the whole an indorsementioJ tho democrat o
platform. with Ocalaism and the sub-treas-
ury bill totally ignored. But a demo-
cratic resolution without Incorporating
the sub-treasury bill in some form stood no
more showing in the Georgia House than a
feather in a whirlwind, aud the Reed sub
stltute was voted down.
THE TRAMMELL COMPROMISE.
Then the Trammell compromise, semi
Ocalaism, was taken up and adopted with
only five dissenting votes. The rramm nell
resolution is as follows:
Resolved, BY the House of Representatives
(the Senate concurrinR) that oCr senators and
representatives in congress be and they are
hereby requested TO use their influence and
votes TO secure legislation which will correct
the evils complained OF by the National Farm
er5' Alliance and Industrial Union in convention
at Oca'a Fla, especially those that relate TO ths
present financial and taxation policy OF the
government.
Res Jlved, That his excellency the governor
be requested to transmit to each OF our senator's
and representatives q certified copy OF the fore
going resolution.
A MOCK SESSION.
atboi tu0 OChAu nSub buO OOOhf
recreation by INDUCING in a mock session
for fifteen minutes, Maj. Ryals Of Chatham
presiding Ia his own peculiar style. On
taking his seat the genial major delivered
himssh thusly:
I'VE are going to come no more.
We wish we hadn't come before.
Maj. Ryals is formidable rival to Hon.
Tom Watson in his something better"
theory. To-day, pending the fight on the
Ocala resolution, he convened half the
House in one of the committee
rooms TO hear his something better" He
gave it out oonfidentially that he had been
working on 1t all the session, and had just
got 1t completed in time TO save the House
from giving its Endorsement to any such
foollshuess as the Ocala platform.
THE SOMETHING BETTER.
Maj. Ryals had the doors OF the caucus
room closed. and then, going to desk, took
out little brown jug with this inscription
more whisky; more whisky. more demo-
Gratis" That was his something hotter"
In the Senate this morning the Wheeler
bill. amending the constitution so as to pro-
vide for annual sessions Of fifty days, was
passed.
The Senate amended Dr. Baldwin bill PEN
sioning all INDECENT ex-confederate soldiers
and sent it back TO the House The House
refused to concur in one of the Senate
amendments that provided for the issue OF
100000 Of ten-year bonds to pay pensions;
a conference committee was appointed but
this committee failed to agree and so the
bill is a dead letter.