The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-22
SEES SION OF THE SENATE.
Senator Ellington Replies to the Attack
OF Representative Fleming.

Senator Ellington Replies to the Attack
OF Representative Fleming.
ATLANTA, GA, July 21.-Before to-dav's
session of the Senate began it was generally
known that Senator Ellington would
answer the attack made by Mr.. Fleming in
the House yesterday. No one would have
been surprised if he had been much more
bitter than he was. An opportunity did
not present itself until 1880 o'clock, when
the senator arose and said
Mr.. PREsIDKNT-I rise to a question NJ mar
sonal privilege. On yesterday an attack was
made on me in the House by one OF the repre
sentatives from Richmond which calls for a
reply from me. When first heard Of the at
tack, / was indignant and thought would an
swer in no measured terms but have changed
my mind. When he went into a discussion of
his reasons for opposing the House bill to
re-apportion the senatorial districts He
said that the gentleman from Richmond
was very smart but others had
brains besides him and the Senate was not to
be governed by any such. He seems to me To
be fit illustration of Jones' dog-it's the hit
dog that yells. | don't mean to insinuate that
the gentleman has selfish ends which he wishes
70 gratify by the passage of this bill but it GER
talnly seems so to me. Mr.. President with
THESE remarks. leave the gentleman to the con
tempt he deserves.
THE STATE SCHOOL CORRESPONDENTS
The bill providing that the office Of
the state school commissioner be made
elective by changing the constitution
so as to permit it. was taken
up and read a second time. This bill
has been before the judiciary committee
and was reported unfavorably, but. on mo-
ton, the report was disagr eed to. Mr.. Cab
aniss, member of the Judiciary commit
tee. wanted it returned to the committee.
Senator E. B. Smith wanted it sent to the
agricultural committee Of which he was a
member. He made some remarks that Mr.
Cabaniss understood as a reflection on the
fairness OF his committee, aud Mr. Cabaniss
made very warm rejoinder. Mr.. Smith
said he intended no reflection. Both of the
gentlemen wanted chance at the bill in the
committee rooms. One wanted to kill it
and the other wanted to pass it. 1t went 70
the judiciary committee
President Mitchell appointed a commit
tee to investigate the freight and passenger
charges of the railroads in the state as fol-
lows: q. w. Warren of the Eighteenth. J
NJ. Terrell of the Thirty-slxth and w. c.
Gill of the Tenth. These are to act with the
House committee.
DRUGGISTS LICENSES.
There was quite lively discussion in the
Senate this morning directly after the
reading of the journal. Mr.. O'Neal of tht
Eighth district moved to reconsider the pas
sage of the bill restricting the issuance Of
licenses by tie state board OF pharmacy. II
was soon seen that both sides would make 6
hard fight. Mr.. O'Neal lead for reconsider
alton, and Mr.. Cabaniss and Mr.. Beck lee
the opposition. The bill changes the Law
in one respect only-physicians must bt
examined the same as all other applicants
for license to sell drugs. The vote stood
ayes 10. nays Is,
Hon. F. g. duBignoa of Savannah was
invited to a seat on the floor during bis
stay in the Senate.
A member of the House of Representa-.
tives of the state OF Illinois, Hon. E. L.
Merritt, one of the 101 who held out so
long for Gen. Palmer in the late election
for United States Sc. a;cr. was invited to a
seat on the floor.