The morning news., 1894-11-25
A RACY DAY IN The HOUSE.
The Naughty Midway Dance One Of The
Subjects discussed.

! The House Votes Against the Adverse
Report of the Committee and the Bill
/ Win Come Up on Its Passage This
/ Week-The State Liable to Have a
Board of Medical Examiners After
/ All-The House Again Votes Against
SurrenderinE the Election of the Judi
/ ciary Ohoers.
/ Atlanta. Ga, Nov. 24.-Cnless the Sen
! ate interposes there will be a state board
of medical examiners after ALL This
morning the House passed the Fouche
bill without meeting any opposition at
/ all. The bill was passed last Wednesday,
but Thursday II was reconsidered. Yes
! terday. however, the doctors got together
and as a result of their agreement the bill
was talked up and passed this morning
/ with slight amendments. AS passed it
/ provides for three separate board of five
members each, these boards to represent
each of the three different schools of med
icine and applicants for license to prac-
tice medicine to be examined by the board
/ composed of physicians of their own par
ticular school only.
For the second time the House to-day
voted almost solidly against surrendering
the right TO elect judges and solicitors.
The first time it went upon record was in
killing the Houston BILL allowing the
people to elect the judiciary. To-day the
/ Henderson bill, which also provided for
elections by the people, was not only
killed, but the Hopkins bill, for appoint
ment by the governor. was knocked out
by an almost unanimous vote. Both bills
were adversely reported by the judiciary
committee. Mr. Hopkins made an at
tempt to save his bill by having it made
the special order for next Tuesday, but
the members had already made up their
minds that they were not in favor of Civ
ing the governor the power to appoint
the judges and solicitors and so de-
termined TO waste no time on the ques-
ton.
So far as the House is concerned to-
. days work doubtless settles the propo-
. sition to take the selection out of the
hands of the legislature, There are still
{ several bills on that subject pending, but
/ inasmuch as the House has already spok
/ en- upon both propositions Offered in lieu
of the present system, and rejected both,
they are practically dead.
Mr.. Jones of DaugheTty and his bill to
| prohibit the naughty dance "Du Ventre"
| as seen on the Midway at the Macon fair
| in this state, gave the House a brief spell
of real interest to-day. Mr.. Jones was one
/ of the legislators who saw the famous
dance with his own eyes. and Immediately
| afterward went to work to pass his bill
to put a stop to it in the future. The
committee reported adversely on his bill
on the ground that Mr. Jones objections
are already covered by law.
Mr.. Jones made a speech in favor of his
bill. He grew eloquent and during his
remarks lapsed into verses. He said,
[ dramatically: There was a sound of rev.
elry by night
And Macon's plaisance had gathered
there.
Her beauty and her devilty
And bright the lamps shone over
shameless women.
"And a few bald-headed men"
OF course there was loud applause as
the young man from Albany sat down.
Mr. Wright of Floyd said he thought
the bill, if passed at all, should not go into
| effect until after the Atlanta Exposition
i next year. He offered an amenument to
| this effect, but it was not accepted, as
| the debate was closing.
/ Mr.. Williams of Schley moved that Mr..
/ Jones, the author of the bill, give an
the House might vote intelligently.
Mr.. Wilson also made a short speech.
He said he wanted to know how the line
could be drawn on the dancing girls. 1t
would take an expert to watch them con-
( stantly, and this might neCessitate the
creation of such an office as state inspec-
tor of dancing girls.
Finally the House voted against the
/ adverse report of the committee and the
bill will come on its passage in regular
order next week.
The Bailey bill to change the time of
! holding county elections from January to
] October was passed, and the Houston bill
compelling street railway companies to
furnish glass fronts to their cars in win
ter was killed at the recommendation Of
! the committee.
/ .Hutcherson's bill to allow defendants
in criminal cases to be witnesses in their
/ own behalf and to allow husband and
/ wife to testify for each other was also
! killed.
/ Mr.. Wallace of Morgan to-day intro
duced a bill to repeal the Twitty bill,
which abolished attorneys fees on notes
/ when no defense is made.
/ There was a little squaIl in the House
/ to-day over a bill by Mr. Montfort of
/ Taylor county TO abolish the county court
/ of that county He had withdrawn the
/ bill from the special judiciary committee,
/ it appeared, ostensibly to perfect it, but
/ in fact because the committee would have
/ reported 1t adversely. Yesterday Mr.
Montfort reintroduced the bill and asked
! to have it referred TO the committee on
/ county matters. Mr. Polhil objected and
his objection was sustained, the bill being
I sent to the special judiciary. where it had
been sent originally. To-day the squal
was over a motion to reconsider the ref
erence of the bill, Mr.. Polhiil again max
ing a winning fight for the special judi
ciary committee. 1t was brought out
that the court Is the only office held by
a democrat in Taylor county, and the
charge was made that the bill to abolish IL
was a partisan measure to give the popu-
lists things all their onw way. Mr.. Mont
fort, however, denied this on the floor,
claiming that 800 people OF the county, in
cluding both democrats and populists had