The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-16
THE LAWMAKERS WORK.
COMMISSIONERS TO BE ELECTED
BY ALL THE COUNTIES.


a Debate Over Asking Congress to
Repeal the o Per Cent Tax on State
Banks - Representative Guerard
Makes His Maiden Speech on the
Subjeot-He Defeats the Movement
20 Fut a Farmer on the State Rail-
road Commission.
ATLANTA GA, Nov. 15.-The general
law repeating the right of grand juries to
elect county commissioners. which the
MORNING News in Mondays issue indi-
Gated would pass, was adopted unanimously
by the House this morning.
Representative Martin Of Fulton, the au-
thor of the bill, made brief speech on the
subject. stating that it is the desire of the
people all over the state to elect their own
county commissioners. No objection was
raised and not a vote was cast against it.
The first matter to bring on debate in the
present House was a resolution of Repre-
sentative Calvin Of Richmond, calling upon
congress to repeal the 10 per cent. tax on
state banks 1t was Mel Branch's oppor-
tunity, and the leader of the forlorn third
party contingent on the floor spread him
self and got a roasting from the famous
Ham.
Mr.. BRANCH'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Branch sarcasticslly said the resolu-
ton Of the gentleman from Richmond indi-
Gated that he didn't have confidence in his
own party since it had come into power
Mr.. Branch believed that repeal of the tax
would hood,the country, with wild cat banks,
and be would oppose it. He demanded the
yeas and nays, to put every body on record
Mr.. Calvin replied in q warm argument,
claiming that the depression in the banking
circles in Georgia is attributed TO the ta1,
and IL repealed the banks will be in
position to furnish the people with a sound
circulating medium. Before the tax was i'm
posed, Mr.. Calvin said, the era of prosperity
In Georgia was unsurpassed. Outside of
the tariff and the force bill issue he con-
sidered repeal OF the tax one OF the most
important issues Ia the interest Of the
people.
HAM SURPRISED.
Mr.. Ham expressed surprise that any
man should get up on the floor Of q dem |
ocratic House, In view OF the recent deVel- /
opmeDts, and oppose such measure, and |
particularly leader Of the party whose |
sole CRY and strongest plank has been more |
money. The objection raised by Mr.. Branch |
was the same argument Mr. Ham had heard
during the recent campaign emanating
from republican speakers and republican
organs, and plainly showed the sentiment
of the party which had done little in this
little disturbance in other places Mr.. Ham
said he didn't like 10 rub any more salt into
Mr. Branch's sores. as be had already ex-
perienced suffciency. He invited Mr..
Branch and his followers to come over on
the Lords side
Mr.. Branch answered by saying he didn't
khink the general government has a right
TO decree to any banking institutions the
power OF Issuing a circulating medium.
The circulating medium should come only
direct from the government.
GUERARD's MAIDEN SPEECH.
Mr.. Guerard OF Chatham made his
maiden speech on the subject, and acquitted
himself admirably. He said Georgia's state
banks are equal to any in the union, aud
with repeal of the tax would become mag
dihcent financial institutions OF great aid to
the people. Mr. Guerard scored Mr.. Branch
aud the third party, stating that ne uodsr-
stood that the root OF the organization was
scheme to get more money IN circulation,
and when opportunity appearsiin sight dis
oiples OF the new faith suddenly arise and
object.
The resolution was passed by vote OF
IA yeas to IA nays. Elevel third party rep
resentstives, two republicans and one demo
Graf voted against it. STYLES of Liberty
voted yes because, as he said 81 am for
anything which will give me more money"
GUERARD KILLS ANOTHER BILL.
Representative Guerard to-day killed in
committee a bill providing that one mem
Der Of the railroad commission should be a
farmer. He suggested that If the farmers
wanted to run the railroads they had better
be put In the engineers place first to learn
by experience. The pertinency Of point
caused unanimous defeat Of the measure.
Representative Osborne defeated in the
general judiciary committee a bill 10
pay nonresident witnesses for
defendants in criminal cases out of the
funds of the county. Mr., Osborne's state
Enent that if the bill became law it meanr
at least $1,000 year additional burden on
The taxpayers of Chatham county. mad
great effect, the committee deciding to re,
port it unfavorably.