The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-18
ATKINSON'S BILL PASSED
TEE REAPPoRTION3-EST BILL PUT
THROUGH NEXT.

ne Measure Passed n - Original
PORN end Mcintosh County Left IN
tae Firs- D;strscs-A Can That the
Bill Gives tie District e Republican
Majority.
ATLAsTA. GA. SEPT l---Ssastor Csnd-
Is-. wso had tie 11ooE Ehso ne Senate sd
5oqrned Yesterday. c3ntnus1 rs argument
this morning against TIE Atkinson blIL
Sus:or Todd declared Tie b.l an alliance
measure and Vigorously casopionsd i.
ehouvb bs ssii hs Ezs TT II the Senate as
81 sIhznosnan. bH 81 tie choice q tbs
Democratic party Of the Tnirty-dfth dis-
trict
4 uuubs- Z sus1dus14 were voted
down and tbs bi-l vas finally passed By .
vote Il . 70 Is. Senator TsrrslI's was tie
only amendment ed92tsd- Il provides tia.
express oBcss shall Os established where
ever the coum5ssi1ns- shall direct After
iu passage the Oil 7tzs inmsd lstely sent
back to tie House for concurrence II the
adopted amendment
CoSeEEssIOyAL EEAPP18TIJSEEET.
Upon notion q Ssnztor Terrell. the con-
Ersssional rsEppo-Uonms1t OIL Whica had
Lle~5L a. q -f-l-aE4 lIl-=Lr - Hht@4 ~
Senator Lane c-4ers1 TIE first annend-
rnsut. F4s wanted Mcintosh county tzksn
from the First cls:TIcl aud s1dsd - tie
Eleventh.
Senator Galway spoke II favor Of the
GDsndusut. Lp.aIuIng lis intentions and
arguing thai i SHOULD be edoytea bscauss
there were 4. 90 more people ID tle First
district than II The Eieveoth district. 40
cording 70 ths present proposed epOOrtioa-
znsut- The First district gould SIN have
loo more population IL the change pro
posed By tie amendment vas adopted /!
the change was not made the First district
would have large republican majority
which would De dangerous.
Senator Lamb Of the Fourth district pre-
ssutsd e pstitlon from the citizens o
Darisn protesting against Mcintosh bsiui
rranEferred from the 7 rat 70 the Eleventh
district. The Dkrisuitss urged that tn
roesf counties should al BE- represented il
congress by the same representative, Hon
Rufus z Lsstsr who las already done goo
work 70 secure barber Improvement al
still has much IL hand. They thought thsi
material interests, a. well as the IDtsres 4
Of Savannah and BTunswick, would be i'm
paired. aud called upon the representative
from Mcintosh 70 use their utmost sndeavor
to have the county left in the district VIII
the other porus-
SENATOR LANES APPEAL
A vigorous appeal for the smendmen
was made BY Senator Lane, who said TIA
though he did not want % talk ont in meet
ing. he was sure there was something dead
mp the branch. He wanted justice aud ths
WeS all. He claimed that the Eleventh
district had been paloed of on his people
without fair voice in the matter.
Senator Beck didn't want 20 amend the
ball because. be said, much valuable timt
would Be consumed when it went back to
the House, and be wanted 4 speedy Close u
the seesIon. II 1t could De had without any
great Injustice 70 any one, OF any section.
o'SEIL's OBJECTION.
Asa member Of the joint committee on
congressional rsspportiOD usut. Senator
O'Sea Of tie Eighth opposed the amend
rrsnt He argued that If this change were
laAloWs1 8 score O. more others would 81
toncs u skks1- The senator said tbs com
Exnlttss work had bsen done honestly aud
AconEclsntioDsiy, and he wanted ia report
20 stand 90
Senator Lana made 9 second appeal fol
bis aunsrdLnsnt, asking the Senate 70 ''Tigu
lie wrong that had bssn done.
CHATHAN 7HK ONLY oProxEsr.
Ex-senator Galway also took tbs fool
again % knoT Why u was THAI Chatham
was the only county in the First district q
cppose transferring Mcintosh county. h
thought Darisn wOuld gss bstter repre-
BsItatfos Il = district spart from Savaos
nss, as Ehe would certainly Be overshad
owed. and Justly, TO, By ire claims Of
Savannah. he did not think suv time
go1ld " ioE. b. tie changing Of one county.
TIE BILL PASSED.
Tie ayes and lays were then called On
TIE AusndDsut, which vas lost By vote
Of q % =. Tie BIZ was passed By a vote
o. = = q. II ia original form When IL
receives Gov. Sortbsa's signature Georgia.
congressional resppOrtiOnmsat viii be o.
Ge4aly completed.
\ I'LL D. Mr.. Terrell of the Thirty -siIth
district Incorporating the Southern Air
Line Railroad Company was read the third
time and passsi.
The road il 20 run from Atlanta % so-ne
poios o. tbs Florida line By way q Greenl
vile, Aerl Wether county.
A number % bills were read q second
time and Oh Senator Terrsl's motion he
Senate voted % Insst at 9 O'Clock instead Of
10 to-norTow morning il order % transac;
more business
The deficiency appropriation bill was
read in the Secate the first time and went
70 the finance committee.
The only other Dill on first reading was
that by Mr. Birney Of Morgan amending
the charter Of the city Of Madison.
Z. ATLANTA's RAILROAD CLUB.