The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-22
FOR The STATE
No New Bills Without Unanimous
Consent Alter Monday.

Mr.. osborne's County Drainage Bill
Made Local in its Application.
Teachers Institutes Escape Adolf
ton by a Margin of Only Eight
votes-A Change in the Credit sys-
tenn Proposed.
Atlanta. Ga. Nov. 21.-After next Mon
dav no new bills can be introduced in the
House at this session except by unanimous
consent. The committee on rules submit
ted a report to that effect to-day, and it
was adopted.
The House reconsidered the bill de-
feated yesterday placing on the pension
roll the widows Of confederate veterans
who have died since the act Of December,
1890.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Osborne, Of
Chatham, was also reconsidered. 1t
granted to counties the right Of eminent
domain. 1t especially authorizes county
authorities to condemn land for drainage
purposes, Mr.. Martin, of Fulton,
thought to-day that the bill should have
therefore been a local one, and should not
affect all the state. 1t was recon sidered
on this idea, and, after being so amended,
was passed again.
The proposition, by Mr. Wilcox, of
Coffee, to abolish all teachers Institutes,
created a lively breeze, and the future of
the institutes had a very close call.
Mr.. Thomas, of Coweta, declared that
the common school fund was for children
only, and that the institutes were run in
violation of the constitution. The teach
ers ought to be educated before they be-
gin to teach, anyway.
Mr. Short, of Marion, believed the
monthly institutes were robbing the
children of Georgia, for whom the money
was appropriated. The annual institutes,
he said, took teachers away from the
schools when they were most needed. If
the teachers were not qualified, they
should not be engaged. 1t was a case of
the blind leading the blind.
MEAN GREATER EFFICIENCY.
Mr. Fleming, of Richmond, thought
that the institutes mean far greater eff
clency among the teachers. There was
no sense in spending Sl,500,00 a year on
the schools unless the teachers were com
petent The normal schools were accom-
plishing this purpose, and hence, Of
course, benefited the children. 1t was
an undenied fact that the teachers needed
training.
MIR Rankin laughed at this. It was
like employing an artisan, he said, paying
him his salary and then teaching him his
trade He dealt another blow to the tech
biological school by saying that it, like the
institutes, was not supported in ac-
cordance with the spirit Of the con-
stitution.
The vote resulted as follows: Year, 50 4:
nays, 81, lacking eight of the necessary
constitutional majority. The bill was
therefore lost. and the institutes 20 on,
for the present at least.
Speaker Atkinson announced the com
mittee to look into the matter of physical
pools as follows: Messrs Martin, of Full
ton; Strickland, Bryan and Harrison, of
Twiggs.
Mr.. Charters, of Lumpkin, introduced
bill to-day proposing a change in the
credit system in the state TO the extent
that any person obtaining credit from any
other person by representing that he has
due, or that he has certain property and
promises TO pay out of the money, proper
ty or other thing of value, and fails to do
so, shall be guilty of & misdemeanor.
AT a meeting of the committee on educa-
ton to-day the Fleming bill to suspend
the schools six months and then pay
teachers quarterly out of the pension
fund by paying soldiers pensions
quarterly instead of annually, was re-
ported favorably. The bill is generally
regarded with favor and will very
probably become law. I