The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-06
CHARTER BILL PASSED.
FlOrida'S House Finally Comes TO a
Vote

An Effort to Amend the Measure De-
feated-Mr. Fletcher Stirs Up a
Fiery outburst of Excitement The
BUSINESS of the Senate Largely
Routine i, cbaraote,
TaIlabossoo IN, Nrav5 The facttbat
g. l,iI1 NJ o ,,cr,,,Ia,.l - l,ro,,., nc the
TaolreC,,,-i1I, ,,t,,,,to,. hin had bseo made
1870, ,l,;- ,,,,,.,,i,,,, j., +,,,
~ - No., .-,,.,.l fa,. and Nd ~,
q o,oI..-1~ +t,,, 1,.II ,,.,. ,,a.l,od With an
o,,o,+a-,+ - ,,,,r,,,,-,i,b ,,c.e mani,
,,e,.,,I, ,.e,rsee,,tipqr all shades
20 o,;r;~,,s f,,.r, tbo distracted COUNT, If
~ III, l,ill ,.-,s ~, ecrond ,,oadino
and came nm wifi, a long string of amend
, H., a., L., ,,,,,,,-,i..,,
iHen'9 d 'i''" ny ''''
on Guy ana county orRahlldtloh' Wnlch al
vised its passage with the amendments in
question
The first move in the game was
~, 1-1at,,t,,, &c u
maui ~ j wi " Du''l,
VINO opposed Jhe duopJlon OF
the first amendment under cOnsid-
Grafton This amendment provided for
+,ro oo,nciIneD from, each ward instead
- -, an, +,,, l,Ia,,-, ,,,..,-;4
u one anu S'i u'N or'O U'io -" use pio'iu-
ing Tor seven councllmen at large modl-
fication which would give the city eigh
teen councilmen in place of sixteen. Mr.
Evo+obor who l. u birbI,, offoc+i,,a
-
speaker anu one very nluch III earnest
reau UelegfdmS IRON uhe clUllehS OF jack
sonville protesting against the adoption
of the amendment and closed with a
motion 70 +able tho er+i,a 1iet II ,,,os -
-, 90
polu svep anu was sIeeVeu WIN cries Oh
"Gag law and Fiery outburst Of eX-
Citement that for some moments kept the
sneakers gavel busy. The motion was
EN-, ,,-s+1,d,o,,,, ord +bo a., 90 49,
4ili.-'S ~ q ' anu 'ii0 ~" "a GU
quence began IN earnest.
A PITCHED BATTLE.
For more than three hours the crowded
hall rang with the noise of the first
pitched battle of the session. MIR Dell.
Chairman of the committee. made a strong
speech i'm support of the amendments
He was often interrupted, but managed to
onset Mr., FLETCHER kilograms by reading
one mdorsing his own views, signed by
seventy clJlzehS OF JacksonVlile,
MI. Den was i0l!oWed py MeSSrS. Mich
elson, Long GlchrlsI' Jennings Nolan
ozark ana cochran who all desired the
aGoptlon OF the committee amendments
Whlle the opposition was reinforced by
such legislative warriors as Messrs. Gas
AlnS, Matthew's ana wan.
but II tne committee nad eloquence,
lne STOCKTON Iacuon hao the votes When
MI ndWls moIl0n 10 ADOPT the hrst
amenuHlenG was IolloWed by one IRON the
NlglIahJ fletcher TO table sald motion,
the latter prevailed by vote OF IS to y.
lue Jest OF Surehgth was sumclently
ments saw mat notbing conld he e,ained
Inv further resistance The breach vas
omen and MIR CiIcbrist Of Ne Soto
piunoed into il with n timely motion 70
liable AIN the amendments II was mani
mouslv adonted with a roar and r,,sb
and an ATTEMPT was made immediat aly, To
nut the bin on third reading and finisb
The lob But in was late Snealyer
Johnston calmly announced that he was
1nde,. tb. ,areseit,, If l-oi,C, 10 tb do,,at
10 meet his wife which nroved to he oil
on troubled waters and tbe debate which
began bad feeling and continued with
worse ended with a lougb
INV, mn, go
''-i-
ne HOUSE AGAIN convened at O'Clock
When the OIL was put on thlrd reading
ana passed one MEMBER only voted in
S4e negative: lie was MI MlchelSon OF
Nlaols4ll' niue man WIN olg future.
Al the morning session little was done
beyond consideration OF a few bills on
second ~ reaalhg.
IN Ihe afternoon the Dill regulating the !
ffpp aD1 oo,,,t,-