The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-28
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The registration bill for this county
! which takes the registration out Of the
/ control Of the county commissioners and
/ places it in that Of the ordinary, passed
1 the House yesterday. II received a
/ few more votes than the required ma
/ iority.
1t was hardly expected that it would be
I defeated in the House, because all the
mem bers of the Chatham delegation
urged its passage. It is probable that few
members outside OF the Chatham deleEa-
ton understood the bill or its purpose.
Most OF those who voted for il did so
probably because the Chatham delegation
favored it. What is called Legislative
courtesy prevails TO such an extent that
IL is dincult to get the member 10 oppose
a bill from any county tina. is supported
BY the representatives from that county,
however bad the bill may be.
This registration bill for Chatham
county is a bad bill. Il is a bill that will
work great injury to this county. II is
Dill that, as far as the public knows, was
gotten up by few men to accomplish a
political end, and not for the public good.
1t is not generally known who those few
men are. Even those who support it have
never given any satisfactory reasons why
it should become a law. The reasons
against it are conclusive.
It is to be regretted that the House re-
garded it as its duty to pass a bill that
will be productive of evil to this, one of
the richest and most populous counties in
the state. If it were the deliberate judg-
ment Of the House that the bill is good one
there would be no room for complaint, but
we do not believe that the House took the
trouble to make itself thoroughly ac-
quainted with the bill
It is said that big petition was gotten
up here and sent to the legislature in sup
port of the bill We do not know who the
signers of the petition are, but we will
venture to assert that very few of
them have any idea of what
the character or purpose of the bill is
Doubtless most of them signed the petit
ton because they were asked to do So
There is petition at Atlanta against
the bill. 1t is signed by men who are
profoundly interested in promoting the
prosperity of this county The most, if
not all, of them know what the purpose
of this registration bill is, ands they are
satisfied that if the bill becomes a law
the county will have ample cause to re-
greet it.
The bill now goes to the Senate. No
doubt an effort will be made to check its
progress in that body. There certainly
ought to be. Let the senators ex-
anime the bill carefully Let them hear
with unprejudiced minds what each
side has to say If there are
any reasons why the bill should pass
let them be given their full weight. But
if there are no strong reasons in its favor,
and if the reasons against it are conclu-
sive, let it be defeated.
We oppose this bill because we are sat
isfied that it is a bad one 1t is a bill
from which great harm to the interests
of the people Of this county will come.
1t is bill not called for by the people of
the county and against which about all
of those who understand it and have the
good Of the county at heart are arrayed.
Senator Wright of this district has a
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bill. He cannot afford to say he cannot
oppose it because the county's represen-
tatives favor it. There may be reasons
they do not give as arguments why they
favor it. 1t is Senator Wright's duty to
examine the arguments for and against
it and to do his utmost to defeat it if he
finds that it is a bad bill intended to &C
complish a personal purpose rather than
serve the interests of the whole people.
The people look to him for simple JUS
tice,