The morning news., 1894-11-24
SPIER LOSES HIS SEAT.
The House Gusts POpuliSt From
Ellingham County.

o. E. Bird Declared the Legally Elected
Representative-TheS State to Issue a
Pamphlet TO Inducs sImmigration-The
Military Appropriation Bill Set for
Next Mopd as a Special Order SEN
stor osborne's Registration Bill
Passed.
Atlanta, Ca. Nov. 2S.-There is now
one more democrat i'm the House of Rep
resentatives. and one less populist than
there was yesterday. This morning the
report Of the committee on privileges
and elections sent William Spier d popu-
list. back to his home i'm Eftugham coun-
ty. and put O. f. Bird. o young democrat,
in his place.
This case has been before the commit
tee for nearly a week. Nr. Gignlliat of
savannah acted as attorney for NIr. Bird
Yesterday afternoon the committee met
at .: 81 o'clock. and continued in session
until o'clock when il adjourned until
last night at O'Clock Tho members
came together again at $ o'clock. and
continued i'm session until o'clock this
morning. when it was agreed 10 recon-
mend the seating of the democrat
When Chairman Harrison moved that
the committees report Doe adopted at this
mornings session Mr. Hogan of
Lincoln. populist member Of the
committee. rose 10 saw that he
had no objection TO the report Of the
committee being adopted. but ne did not
think Mr.. Bird, the contestant, was le-
gally entitled 10 the seat 5c held this
position, because il was i'm evidence that
Mr.. Bird was on the tax defaulters' list
Mr. Harrison replied by saying that the
committee had found Mr.. Bird entitled
TO the seat because he had received
majority Of the legal votes. There was
controversy as to his being a deiaulter,
but he showed that he was at Emory
college al the time and that his property
had been neglected.
The election returns showed Spier 20
h elected by fifteen votes. hut The COM
Yiittee after throwing out the illegal votes.
found Nj Bird to nave a majority OF thir-
ty-two Mr. Bird was sworn in by Assist
ant Justice Atkinson of the supreme court.
Mr. Spier, the unseated popullst was quite
popular in the House. ana many regretted
10 see him leave. lie left for his home
Tonight.
Mr. Foeartv Of Richmond introduced
bill this morning creating "a commissioner
OF immigration It provides that the com
missioner Of agriculture shall be eX-ofiicio
commissioner Of immigration, and in
structs him to prepare a hand book on
the resources of the state which he shall
let any one have at its actual cost. The
bill appropriates $1,000 for the purpose,
and an other funds in the treasury TO
the credit of the agricultural department.
about $4,000, which makes $1,000 in all 10
be used for advertising Georgia If the
bill becomes a law.
The bill of Mr. Reagan of Henry TO
prohibit Convicts from working at night
or on Sunday came up for final action,
but was sent back to the committee to
be amended.
A minority report to appropriate $40 600
to the military for the encampment of
1866 was made in the House to-day.
The appropriation bill was set for next
Monday as a special order, and a warm
fight viii be made over IT,
In the Senate bill was passed to-day
abolishing the county court of Elbert
county. and ordering the records, etc,
turned over to the city court of Elberton.
Senator Osborne's bill providing a reg
istration law for Savannah was passed
this morning.
Senator Roberts, who represents the
bailiwick where Miss Ellen Dortch resides,
and who was an applicant for secretary
10 Gov. Atkinson, and who could not hold
the Office because of the law being against
IT. to-day introduced a bill to do away
with any objections to women holding
civil Offices in Georgia, and providing
that hereafter the governor can appoint
them TO office when he sees proper.
The Senate substitute for the Rock
well election bin did not came up in the
House to-day. Mr.. Rockwell says he
wants to be perfectly satisfied that the
bill is all right before he has it called
up. j have not called the bill up in the
House. he said because / want time
10 thoroughly investigate the legal prin-
ciples in the substitute as proposed by
the Senate. The bin on this subject that
I drafted and introduced was perfectly
legal bill, and I want TO be sure the Sen
pte substitute is the same.