The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-28
TALLAaAsszE's RUNAwAYa
The Seventeen Senators Spend the
Dav AZ ThOmasUilla

The Seventeen Senators Spend the
Day as Thomasville.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. May q. - The
seventeen senators were absent again this
morning, still leaving the Senate unable to
transact business for lack of a quorum.
The absentess registered at Townsville,
Ga, thirty-six miles distant this morning.
The House has been working on the gem
eral appropriation bill nearly all day.
Items providing appropriations for the
railroad commission, normal schools and
governors stenographers we're stricken out.
Nearly every item in the bill was reduced.
Mr.. Mann Of fernando submitted a
minority report in the Newlan bribery
case,to the effect that the evidence was con =
f1icting aud that Mr.. Newlan was not
guilty. Mr.. Carter also made similar re-
port, adding that the House had no juris-
diction in the matter and recommending
that no further action be taken in either of
the bribery cases. The case was set for to-
morrow, and the reports and evidence were
ordered printed.
TUESDAYS JOURNAL.
Mr.. Shine made an effort to have the
journal of yesterdays joint session COR
rected, but failed
MIR. Dougherty asked unanimous consent
to have his objection to the ruling of the
chair on the quorum in the joint session
properly stated in the journal. The request
was denied. 1t was stated that the Joint
session journal was approved yesterday.
Senator Calhoun this morning struck a
correspondent of the Jacksonville Metrop-
oils for language used offensive to him.
Nobody was hurt.
No demand has been made on the gov
ernor for certificate of election for Senator
Call. All who know Gov. Fleming fest
hot he 4 lrxx zhok l.,
as he understands it, will justify him in
doing.
The senator's now at Thoma sville will re-
turn here tomorrow morning.
SEARCH IN VAIN.
This morning President Brown called the
Senate to order, and after the roll call
ordered the sergeant-at-arms to go out, hunt
up the missing senators, arrest them and
bring them before the Senate, but should
they pledge their word to appear here inn
mediately not to keep them under arrest
posse was again organized by the SER
geant-at-arms and started out in the search,
but subsequently, reported that the missing
members could not be found.
Senator Myers has introduced a bill
authorizing the establishments at each
county seat of meridian line, and to mark
the extensions of the same with permanent
ly fixed monuments, and the laying off on
the court house floor the standard length of
two or four pole surveyors chain.
The following county commissioners have
been confirmed:
CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE.
For Holmes County-W. D. Williams, J.
R. Herring. Jonah Shy, j. B. Williams and
j. w. Hathaway.
For Washington Couuty-Walter W.
Miller. A. w. Weeks, Greenwood Worth
ington, William B. Gamer and J. W. Ham
ilton.
For Clay County,. E. Low, E. W.
Holt, Henry b. Hudson, vi Prevatt and
w lillian H. Wilson. Il
THE BOILERS AT THoMAsvILLE
TOWNSVILLE, GA, May 27.-Fourteen
boiling Florida anti-Call senators arrived
in the city last night and are still here.
They are Messrs Hammond, Myers, Wall,
Rogers, Bardeh, Beak, Brett, Boye, Bristol,
Ring, Farmer, Johnson, Kirk, and Wiki
inson. They left Tallahassee yesterday
morning at O'Clock in o private convey
ance to break the quorum of the Senate
and prevent, as they claim, the legal
election of Senator Cali. kilograms have
been flying back and forth all day, and the
seceders arestiA undecided tonight whether
TO return or not. They left the state Of
Florida and came to Georgia to prevent
arrest and forced attendance upon the
sessions of the Senate. They contend that
there being no quorum'in the Senate Sem
etor Call is not elected and that a quorum
IN joint session Of both houses is not suf-
ticlent. The bolters have about decided to
remain longer, as their communications
with their friends at Tallahassee are not
satisfactory. Townsville people almost
unanimously sympathize with Senator Cal /