The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-29
NO MONEY FOR THE MILITARY
The House by 81 Votes TO Is Refuses TO
Make an Appropriation.

The Delegation From Chatham Speaks
in Favor of the Bill-All the Populists
Vote Against the Arpropristion-The
House Also Refuses to Appropriate
$4,000 for New Buildings for the
Girls Normal and Industrial School.
Atlanta, Nov. 2S.-By a vote of 81 TO As
the House refused to insert an appropri-
alton of $4,000 for the military in the gem
eral appropriation bill to-day. All the pop
ulists voted against the appropriation,
having caucused upon Ii.
When the House met this morning the
appropriation bill was Immediately taken
up where it was dropped yesterday.
Mr.. Wright of Floyd resumed his speech
in support of the Hodges amendment
giving the military and agricultural col
leges at Nfnledgeville $1,000. He was fol-
lowed by several others. but the House
Overwhelmingly refused to grant the ap-
preparation.
Mr.. Boifeuillet of Bibb brought on a
other discussion by an amendment to in
crease the appropriation to the Girls In
dustral and Normal College at Mnledge-
vile. for which $22, 500 was appropriated
yesterday, $4,000 for the purpose of erect
ing new buildings. Mr.. Boifeuillet argued
that the appropriation was needed and
that 1t had been requested by the COVER
nor in his message sent to the legisla-
ture The House got all tangled up on
this question. A rule limiting speeches to
ten minutes had been adopted, but Mr.
Boifeuillet had a speech to deliver, and he
managed to get it off in the general con-
fusion, after making three efforts to do
so, taking up altogether half an hour
He was cut off right in the middle of a
sentence twice. and each time when he
began again after the confusion subsided
it was in the middle of the sentence
where he had been interrupted. The elo-
quence of the member from Bibb was Of
no avail however, as the House refused
to entertain the proposition to add the
$500 to the appropriation, the governors S
request Notwithstanding.
The next appropriation was adopted,
$780, 900 for the common schools, together
with whatever other funds may be in the
treasury at the time of making the appor-
tionment as required by the code. Should
the returns of taxable property for the
years 1895, and 1896 prove to be greater than
S429, 600 900, then the sums arising from the
general tax levy upon these returns of tax
able property in excess of $i290 100000 is to
go to the common school fund of the state
in addition to the 100000 appropriated, and
in addition to the moneys appropriated by
the existing laws to the common schoo
fund. The usual appropriations were made
for other departments of the state gov
ernment. The contingent fund was cut
down to 100000 the committee having
recommended $4,000; and the sum Of $500
recommended by the committee for the
board of visitors to the experiment station
was cut down to $500; 1870, 900 was given for
soldiers pensions and $240,000 for widows
pensions.
Mr.. Rockwell of Chatham made one OF
the strongest arguments of the day In IA
Vor of the military appropriation. Mr
Dempsey of Butts had offered an amend.
ment giving the military $500 each year
Mr. Rockwell ridiculed this proposition in
his speech. He argued for the appropria'
tion from a business standpoint. citing the
recent calling out of the military in Sa'
vannah to preserve the peace. In two
years the military had been ordered Out
five times in Savannah. He also REQUIRED
to the Jasper county lynching, and claimed
that this would never have happened hac
| the militia been well organized there.
Messrs. Screven and Doolan also urged
| the appropriation, and a half dozen other
| speeches were made in favor of It, but the
| House stood by the report of the finance
! committee and refused to grant 1t.
/ The Senate committee to-day agreed tc
recommend favorably the Venable insur-
| ance bill. Under the bill, as recommended
| brokers representing fire insurance com
! panies having no deposit in the state treas
| ury are to be licensed upon application
! to the insurance commissioner. They are
! to be required to make semi-annual state
| ments of the condition of all the compa-
MES they represent, the same as companies
| regularly doing business In this state
! and are also to be required to make sworr
4 exhibits to the insurance commissioner
showing the officers charter etc, of their
/ companies before they get license.
! The dispensary bill was made the spe-
| cial order for next Tuesday, when It's
! fate will be settled by the whole Senate.
Senator Tatum has introduced bill tc
/ regulate the sale of liquor in Georgia
/ providing for the analysis and inspection
/ of all liquors offered for sale in Georgia
/ Two important bills were passed to-day
! The first provides for the appointment oi
/ auditors, prescribes their duties, fixes
| their compensation, provides for a methoc
/ of making their reports and regulates
/ the practice in cases where exceptions
/ are filed to their reports. The othel
/ bill is to regulate the law Of assignments
/ for the benefit of creditors to fix Tho
rights and duties of assignors, creditors
/ and assignees. 1t practically does away
/ with the extravagant charges Of receivers
| and the creditors will get the money in
/ stead of the receivers.
/ Another bin passed was the one intro
/ duced by Senator Harris to relieve tn,
supreme court from writing out theii
/ opinion In certain cases. except when tn,
/ case is reversed, when they will send with
! the remittitur the grounds of reversal J.
affirmed, they simply announce theii
! verdict.
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