The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-02
DOWN ON THE RAILROADS
THE HOUSE PASSES a BILL THAT
Is MUCH LIKE B4RNRRS.


t,,ras OBJECTED to by the Friends OF
+ha Roads-Auother Fight to os
Made To-day.
Ar1.NrA GA, Oct. 1.-The Smith SUD-
stit.,ta for the Berner bill passed the House
.b;s morning bv a vote of 90 TO 63. 1t en-
hodias practically all the distinctive feat
uras Of the bill drawn and championed oy
M Rerner himself. No more exciting SEES
sion If the House has been had during this
session of the legislature than that OF TINS
morning. which marked tho end OF the
struggle between the railroads and the al
lance. The passage Of the Smith suostl'
tute was somewhat Of surprise. 1eSVeF-
dav the prevailing impression was that the
Chappell bill would be adopted or 1na'
none of the proposed measures would re-
ceive enough votes to pass.
TWO VOTES CHANCE
Messrs Brown of Forsyth and Hogan OF
Lincoln, at the last moment, cnangeG tnelI
votes in favor of the passage OF the Dill anu
Mr. Dismuke was allowel 6he prlVl'5Se Vi
voting after his name had been pc, sed, on a
motion TO ADOPT the Chappeil substitute,
the farmer bill as it has been called, though
~ was really drawn up by q lawyer OF the
House in the interest Of the railroads IN
lien Of the original bill Il was lost by
vote of n to a. Then the Smith subsi-
tute was in order. 1t was adopted enid
great enthusiasm, as already stated, by
vote of 30 to 63.
THE YEAS AND NAYS.
Here are the yeas and nays on the Smith
substitute, or practically the Berner bill:
YEAs-Messrs. Atkinson of Columbia; Barrett:
Bennett, Berner. Brown of Forsyth, Brown OF
HARRISON Burge. Crimson, Bush, Barney, Cason,
Chapman, Crowder, Davis of Burke, Davis OF
BuAock Davis OF l.umpkin. Devore, Dismuke.
Dodson, Duuwody, Z ienield, Faust, Fleming,
Glover Goddard, Graves, Hardeman, Halne
Harrison, Harper, Hagan, Hancock, Hin or
Cherokee Hill OF Meriwetner, Hendrix, Herring
ton. Henderson. Hogan, Humphreys, Ingram.
Kemp, Kennon, Kimbrough, Lane, Hoke,
Maxwell. Mcdonald of Banks, Mcdaniel
of Meriwether Mitchell, Motley,
Nosley, Monroe, Norman. Otis, Odom. Parker
of Thomas. Parham, Payne, Peacock, Peoples,
Rainey, Reed, Sapp of Mitchell, Sinqueileld.
Smith of Butts Smith of Decatur, Smith of
Green Sharpe Stokes. Strickland, swain, Tar
YER Thompson. Traylor, TIammel, Twltty
Waller Whatley, Wheeler. Wisdom. Wright
willy, Wooten and Young.
NAYs-Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Baskin,
Baxter Bofeuillet, Branch. Broadnax. Bryan,
Calvin. Chappel Clifton, Cooper, Craig, Craw-
ford Cults. Dennard, Etheridge, Gardner CHI
bert, Goodwin, Griffith, Hall. Hand. Harris
of Catoosa. Harris OF Quitman, Hartndge,
Heard, Holzclaw. Hobrook, Holzendorf, Hullsey'
Huff Ivey, Jackson of Oconee, Jennings, Jones,
Ketchem, Lamsden, Martin. Matthews of
Montgomery, AIcAtre, Mcclure Montgomery,
Morton Pearson. Phillips. Pope, Pembert,
Ryas, Sapp of Chattahoochee Seay. Sibley.
Tatum, Turner, Underwood, Ware, Wells eff
Marion. Wells Of Lee, Whitfield, Witgel, Will
Jams, White.
TWO SPEECHES.
Two speeches were made to-day for the
bill and one against it. AT the opening of
the session Mr.. Calvin of Richmond spoke
in favor Of the Chappell substitute as
against the Berner bill or the Smith SUBJ
stitute.
Mr. Smith of Decatur spoke for his sub
Stitute.
MIR Hill of Meriwether was accorded the
usual twenty minutes in which tc sustain
the report of the committee. His time was,
however, extended. and he spoke an hour
and a half. Mr.. Hill concluded at u o'clock.
and the yeas and nays were called for on
the substitute by Mr.. Chappell of Laurens.
The yeas we're "a and the nays n and the
Chsppell substitute was lost.
THE SCHOOL BILL.
The only other business of any note done
during the afternoon session was the refer
ence Of the school bill TO joint conference
committee and the setting OF the bill to es-
tahish pension department as the special
order for Friday.
TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
The Berner bill Is to be heard from again.
A motion To reconsider it will be made to-
morrow morning. This afternoon Mr.. Hill
OF Merlwether moved that the Senate sub
Stitute passed at the morning session be i'm
medacely transmitted to the Senate.
- Objection was raised, and MIR. Hill in
sisted on his point by moving that the rule
be suspended.
MIR. Hartrldge moved to adjourn in order
TO avoid the issue, the opponents of the
Berner bill being determined not to allow
1t to leave the House until tomorrow, so
that the motion to reconsider can be made.
Before the announcement of the vote on
adjournment Mr.. Hill withdrew his motion
to suspend the rules in order to avoid stir
ring the question up any further. The
motion TO adjourn was lost.
A few minutes later, however, after the
withdrawal of Mr.. Hips motion, Mr.. Chap
pell moved to adjourn, aad it was accepted.
So the indications are that the Berner bill
battle will be fought over again tomorrow
morning.
TEXT OF THE BILL.
Following is the full text of the Smith
substitute:
"a BILL 70 DC enIlIleQ an ACT TO enlarge the DOW
ers of the railroad commission. so as to give
It supervision over the sales. leases contracts
or agreements OF railroads in this state; to
authorize it to institute suit in certain cases:
10 provide penalty to preserve the benefit of
competition, and to protect the people
thereof against monopoly. and TO secure the
penent OF competition, and for other pur-
poses
SECTION I. Be it enacted by the general as.
sembly OF Georgia, and it is hereby enacted nv
tne same, tnat from and after the passage of
this act il shall be the duty of the railroad com
mission in this state to inquire into and examine
all sales, leases, contracts and agreements here
tofore or hereafter made. by which the opera-
tions OF railroads in this state are controlled
and TO this end or notice. railroad companies
existiog in this state, and all nonresident per
sons, natural or artificial. operating railroads
in this state, shall file with tbs
Sepa a0d t fG9es sb. Of i0o all such
between other corporations or individuals
by which the operations of railroads in thi,
state are controlled. In their investigations
said commission shall have the aid and assist
snce OF the attorney general or counsel actips
for him. and the railroad companies and inter.
ested persons shall be entitled to hearing II
their investigations the commission shall con
slider the whole question of competition to de
termine whether the same has been incre ase(
or promoted, defeated or lsssened. And if any
sale, lease, contract or agreemen
ia found 10 be contrary to the law, sale
commission shall fix a reasonable time
in which the said railroad companies o. persons
shall resume their proper legal positions; the
commission shall provide Just aud rensona BILE
the subSta utlal benefit OF competition II said
railroad companies or persons fail TO compb
with the order or rules of the commission
then said commission sGall. and it il
authorized by and with the advice OF tn,
attorney general and tue governor to insti
tute proceedings to set aside any such illega