The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-14
GETTING DOWN TO WORK.
THE LEGISLATURE TO WASTE NO
MORE TIME.

The Committees Organized and TAX
ing Hold With a Vim-The General
Judiciary's Big Job-Gt VIII Report
Bavorably the County Commission
ers Election Bnl-The Prospect OF
the Nunnelly Bills Passage-The
Military and Penitentiary Commit.
tees Work.
| Representative DOolan was in the city
yesterday. He said the Legislature has
now got down to active work, and for the
remainder of the session there will be no
wasting Of time The elections of judges
and solicitors general wasted considerable
valuable time, and the national election
also interfered with the business Of the law
makers. but since these things have passed
the representatives are evincing lively in
terest in matters pertaining TO the welfare
of the state.
The committees are thoroughly organized
and have taken hold of their work with a
vim.
THE committee which has the biggest
job at present. said Mr. Doolan, "is the
general Judiciary. Nearly all the impor-
tant measures 80 far introduced have been
| assigned to this committee. and it has
enough business on hand now to demand
| daily sessions for couple OF weeks. CHAIR
man Hill informed me Friday that the COM
| mittee had decided to report favorably the
| Martin bill which provides for the election
OF county commissioners by the people in
stead OF the grand Juries in counties of
10000 inhabitants
INTENTION OF THE BILL.
"The intention Of this bill is to make the
law general, and indications point to It's
| adoption by the House. OF course, as
| Chatham county already has special law
on this In portant subject, it is necessary in
connection with the general bill to have &
| bill amending or repeating the special law
| now in force, and this is the purport of
| Representative Osbornes measure, which
has already been reported favorably by the
special judiciary committee and read a
second time.
1.-The feeling among many of the members
| of the present legislature is to put every
thing in the shape OF office in the hands OF the
| people. There is even talk of the introduce
ton Of bill TO make solicitors and judges
elective by the people Of each circuit but
the probability is that Representatiye
Nuunally's measure, making these officers
appointlve by the governor, subject to con-
tirmAtion by the Senate, will be adopted
The scenes of the recent campaign for these
offices has disguised very
large number of legislators and they desire
to have the matter taken out of the hands
Of the general assembly altogether.
THE MILITARY COMMITTEES WORK.
Tho military committee meets for the
| first time tom borrow to consider the needs
Of Georgia's volunteers and to draft q bill
providing for an appropriation for next
years encampment. The committee is COM
posed mostly Of military men, and the SOL
| der boys will be given good treatment
| The majority of the committee
favor doubling the appropriation,
and bill to this effect will likely be offered
during this week. Lieut. Satterlee will be
invited TO appear before the committee and
offer suggestions.
THE penitentiary committee has i'm
portant work before IL. 1t has to look up
plan to take the place of the present lease
system. which expires in a few years. The
committee Is one Of the largest in the House,
aud many OF the members are talking of
using the largest portion OF the convicts for
draining the swamp lands of the state for a
few years on the plan Of Chatham county g
| convict force"