The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-13


tie OlRs q like chance.
Ny friends, we have as governor Of Georgia a
farmer teac9er who is srxious to give the bows
and girls Of his state chance. bid him god
speed in his efforts ana ask You to lend him your
aid.
COL NOSES ON IMMIGRATION.
Col. Moses OF Coweta, congressman-elect
from the Fourth district, followed Com
missioner Bradwell. He took radical stand
on the immigration question, which he con-
sidered part the educational question. GOD
forbid he said, that the lands Of Georgia
should be sold TO northern and western
spectators. Leave the immigration ques-
tioa to the young men of Georgia, and
they will settle it." Col. Moses wants
GeorgiaRs and nobody else to occupy Gsor-
gia.
Following the immigration question he ad-
dressed himself to the educational question.
With all respect to the commissioner of ed
ucation, Col. Moses charged his department
with the illiteracy of Georgia's children.
The present public school system he de-
nounced as stencil in the nostrils of the
people. Teachers are put, in charge of
the schools of Georgia, he said, who are not
fit to be there. And why are they therel
Because competent teachers will not do the
work for the pay they receive The state
does not pay its teachers. When we pay
our stable and farm hands more
than we do our public school
ateachers we can expect nothing else. We
are paving more for the care of our horses
and cattle than we are for the instruction
of our children.
AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER.
Col. Moses was interrupted by an old
farmer named McRae, from Telfair county.
who was very anxious to second all that
gentleman had said. President Waddell
had considerable difficulty in bringing him
N Aaa Al naI
his remarks the member from Telfair took
the floor and started off in a long har>
angue, which was entirely an apology for
his addressing the convention. He wanted
his auditors to understand particularly that
he was al uueducated wiregrass cracker.
Col. Carmichael, 75-year-old delegate,
made point of order, and, on being re-
laughter by stating that the point was
that no enc in the house under.
stood what the gentleman was in
favor OF. President Waddell ruled Col.
Carmichael's poiut not well taken. Then
the apologetc orator made wordy attack
on Col. Carmichael and was finally ordered
to take his seat by the president From that
until the close of the messing he insisted on
| making q speech on everything brought up,
much to the annoyance of every one present.
and had to be repeatedly ordered to take his
seat by the president.
COL MOSES REPLIED TO.
| H. H. Colquitt Of Fulton replied to Col.
Moses on the immigration question. 1--WE
| don't want any people from Castle Garden,
/ who are ignorant of our laws and our
country" he said; "but we do want intelli-
| gent people from the north and from the
east and from the west. We need
intelligent. educated people from
anywhere. The position that we do
not want intelligent immigration from
the north and west is in the way of the
progress of Georgia. Let the people come
from New England, from the middle states
and from the west, aud develop our lands
and the public school question will settle
itself. Theprfce of land will be increased
and we will have schools at every cross
road"
DR.. Burroughs of Camden heartily
Endorsed the immigration movement.
PROF. WHITES ADDRESS.
Prof. H. @. White was called on, and
said that his name had been put on the pro-
gramme without his knowledge and he had
been notified by the secretary after the act
had been committed. Still he could not re,
fuse the society any time it called upon fol-
a speech, as it had many times listened t
his long addresses. He said the only them,
on which he could speak at momeut'
notice was the subject of education, and h
thought the members had heard enough fol
the morning on that subject.
DR.. White said he could not forbear in.
dorsing everything that had already BEEF
said. He was ia favor of moro schools, anc
better schools. Money was the necessary
object In education, and he did not thinl
there would be any trouble about securing
1t when the peeple were shown the necessity
of education. He urged the farmers to q
home and create a demand in their differ
emit communities for good schools, and TIN
legislature would soon find means to rails
the required funds.
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Gov. Norebsn asked permission to present
an important matter to the conventions
which was granted and had the secretary
read letter from Col. Charlton Fl. Way,
one OF the commissioners of the worlds fair
from Georgia, requesting the agricultural
society to take steps to have Georgia rep.
resented properly at the exposition.
Gov. Northen said he had notified Col
Way that the general assembly had nS
power to appropriate money for this pur-
pose, and he thought the farmers were the
proper people to take the initiative in the
matter. and since the threatened obnoxiou.
federal legislation would hardly become
law he would like to see Geor gia represented
in becoming manner; far better than lsht
had been at the New Orleans exposition
The governor then moved that a committee
of two be appointed from each congress
sional district TO aid Col. Way and Gen
McLaws, Georgia's commissioners, in get.
ting up proper exhibit. The motion was
unanimously adopted.
A MONUMENT FOR LEWIS.
Gov. Northen said there was another
question which he would like to have the
| convention take action on, and that was IL
aid in the erection of suitable monument
to David w. Lewis, once secretary of the
agricultural society, and who had passed &c
the world where Gods people CO. He said
that committee was endeavoring to erect
a monument to the memory of the great
and good man, and he would like to give
the members of the society an opportunity
to contribute to the worthy object He
made motion, which was adopted, that a
committee of two be appointed from each
congressional district for this purpose, anc
to aid the other committee in its efforts.
INVITED TO TYBEE.
Col. Warren entered the hall shortly be
fore IL o'clock and extended au invitation
to the members of the society and theii
ladies to meet the committees at the Savan
nah and Atlantic railway depot at o'clock
to proceed to Tybee to partake of the enter
tainments prepared for them. The invita-
tion was received with much applause.
Prof. j. W. Glenn offered the following
resolutions which were adopted;
Resolved, That the director of the expert
| mental station. or Lhe authorities. bs