The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-18
THE BILL RECOMNITTED.
The Opposition Will Be Heard From
Next Tuesday Afternoon.


Pike Wired That the Bill Gould Only
Be Recommitted on a Request From
the Delegation, and the Delegation
Wired, Giving It's Consecutive Com
mittee to GO Up Monday Night.
The local bill proposing a change in the
registration laws OF Chatham county, will
be recommitted to the special judiciary
committee of the House, and considered
again next Tuesday afternoon, when the
committee selected under the resolution
adopted at the meeting at the Catholic
library, Nov. ?, will appear to oppose
favorable report on the measure.
This result has finally been arrived at,
after much correspondence, and much dis
cussion with regard to who was response
bic for the favorable recommendation Of
the committee last Wednesday, and the
programme which was said to have been
arranged to rush it through the House
without delay, and give those who wished
1t a chance to fight it in the Senate.
The steps taken yesterday have had
their effect. The chairman of the special
judiciary committee announced that he
could do nothing, but that request to re-
commit would have to come from the
county delegation. The request has been
made and the bill is now recommitted.
WHERE THE MISTAKE LAY.
After Maj. Ryals' appointment as a
member of the committee to go to At
lanta, he and MIR. Osborne had a chat
with regard to the measure. That was
last Sunday, when Mr.. Osborne was in
the city.
MY understanding on that occasion"
said Maj. Ryals yesterday, twas
entirely at variance with the course
that has been pursued. Nothing
whatever was said about passing
the bill through the House and then Civ
ing us the opportunity of fighting it
when it came before the Senate commit
tee
THE only thing that was said about
the Senate on that occasion was that they
would probably have Senator Wright in
troduce a similar bill in the Senate, and
passed along with the one in the House,
in order to gain time, and have the bill
sent to the governor by a concurrent res
olution of both houses. The distinct IN
derstanding,n said Maj. Ryals, was that
we were to be given ample notice of the
time at which the bill was to be made a
special order before the special judiciary
committee, so that we could go up and
present our sid of the matter.
THE DELEGATION CHANGES ITS MIND.
In the meantime. it seems that the
Chatham county delegation, or a part Of
it at least, had changed its mind upon the
matter, as letter from Mr. Osborne to
Maj. Ryals will show.
"Wednesday night, when I returned
from my farm, " said Maj. Ryals, Il found
letter at my house from Mr. Osborne.
dated Tuesday, Nov IA. the day the bin
was introduced in the House. I turned
this letter over to Gen. McGlashan, on a
telegram from Mr. Osborne telling me to
do so.
"F'rom this letter it can readily be
seen, said Maj. Ryals, that the course
pursued with regard to the measure
was not the result of any previous under
standing between myself and Mr.. Os-
borne. That letter goes on to state that
Mr.. Osborne and his colleagues, upon
consultation there, had decided to put
the bill through the House and hang it
up in the Senate pending hearing from
our committee. l was surprised to re-
eeive such letter, and Thursday morn
ing / wrote to Mr.. Osborne telling him
so, and that his letter was entirely con-
trary to the understanding, which, l sup
posed, had had with him during the pre-
vious conversation. This letter must
have been received by Mir. Osborne to-
day, as it was mailed and sent off last
night"
Maj. Ryals said the House was undoubt-
edly the place in which to fight the bill.
and if lost there go to the Senate and
fight 1t. 1T is not the thing" he said.
ITO stand still and let them draw first
blood in the House, as it would put the
committee to a great disadvantage in
fighting the bill"
The letter from MIR. Osborne to Mai.
Ryals is now in the hands of Gen Nc
Glashan. It gives as a reason for the
course pursued that 1--WE, - meaning the
delegation, didn't want it to take auv
chance in a crowded calendar in the
House, and goes on to say that if any
amendments or a substitute can be agreed
upon they can be tackled on in the Senate
as well as in the House. IF your com
mittee has any suggestions to make"
says the letter, 'they should be in shape
by Saturday and should be submitted to
us in Savannah at that time. If we can
not then come TO an understanding we
will arrange with you fora hearing before
the Senate committee on Tuesday or
Wednesday afternoon of next week"
This course was entirely unsatisfactory
to the committee here in the face of the
previous understanding which il had had
with regard to a hearing before the house
committee. Hence The telegram from
Gen McGlashau to Chairman Pike. of the
special judiciary committee, night before
last.
in response to that telegram the follow
ing message was received from the chair
man yesterday:
Atlanta, Ga Nov. Up. McGlashan Sa.
vannah, Ga ~ he suggestion to lecommit the
blll must come from your delegation Please
wire them on the subject.
Chairman Special Judiciary Committee.
Thls answer was then sent to chairman
Pike:
Hou. j. j. Pike, House Of REPRESENTATIVES.
Auanta. Ca: Thanks for your courtesy.
have wired Osborne our request.
LA hoi