The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09
FIGHT OF THE TWO HOUSES.
Speaker Fleming Scores The Senator's TO
Their Teeth.

He Appears Before the Judiciary Com
mittee of the Senate and Reads the
Upper House the Riot Act for It's
Alleged Deal with the Populists to
Kill the Registration Bill and Pass
the Insurance Bill = The Two Bills
Subsequently Put in Position to Be
Passed venable Denies the Alleged
Deal.
Atlanta, Ca, Dec. S.-Tne sensation OF
the session cropped out at meeting OF
the Senate judiciary committee this
morning. Under pressure Of the action
Of the House yesterday afternoon in re-
fusing TO take up the Venable Insurance.
bill until the Senate should take up the
registration bill, the judiciary COMMITTEES
was called together 10 consider the situa.
tion. In attempting to bulldoze the
House the Senate committee realized
that II had struck a big snag, and Il did
not take them very long to decide that
the best thing to do was to take the back
track. They were in bad hole. and the
only thing they could do 70 help them-
selves out was to take up the registration
bill, trusting TO luck 10 smooth the troubled
waters. Speaker Fleming was sent for
and invited TO address the. committee, but
instead OF effecting a peace, the olive
branch turned into a CATO -nlne-talls 10
seourge the bull-dozlng senator's. After
submitting his argument Speaker Flem-
ing set in TO apply the lash. He said he
Intended to talk plainly and in justles
fo he. q
son why the House had determined To
retalate for the committees action in
tabling the registration bill. The speaker
then declared that the report had been
current In the House that President Ven-
able OF the Senate and Senator McGregor.
the populist leader, had entered into am
agreement to defeat the registration bill
and to pass the Venable insurance bill.
According TO this report, Mr.. Fleming
said, Senator McGregor had agreed to
vote the populsts of the House solidly for
the Venable bill. thus insuring it's pas
sage, and that in consideration for this
President Venable was to have the regis
tration bill squelched in the committee
The report Of such trade, which was
given color by the action OF the commits
tee, naturally incensed the House and
caused II to retaliate.
Senator Osborne wanted the speaker to
tel who had told him Of the alleged
trade. but Mr. Fleming refused 10 state
The proceedings In the committee were
liVeiy in the extreme. and when what
had transpired became known In the two
houses there was great deal OF excita-
ment After Mr. Fleming left the Senate
the committee sent the bill into the Sen.
ate and had Il read a second time. When
this action was communicated to Speaker
Fleming he at once took the floor, and
after contendlng with the members, who
still felt resentful and undertook fiIibus-
tering tactics to prevent It, finally sue
ceeded in getting the Venable bill before
the House and read a second time.
Both bills are now in condition TO be
passed or killed at this session. The
House, however, will not take another
step toward passing the Venable bill until
the Senate acts upon the registration BILL
1t would not be a surprise II both are killed
as result Of to-day's disclosures, and the
consequent friction between the two
houses.
Just as the House was dispensing this
afternoon Speaking Fleming was handed
a letter from President Venable by Sena-
tor Osborne. The letter contained de-
NAL of the alleged deal with the populiats
and a request that Mr.. Fleming contra-
dict the rumor Mr.. Fleming accepted
President Venable's denial and answered
that ne would take pleasure in correcting
the report complained of whenever he was
questioned upon the subject.
Senator McGregor made a sensation on
the floor Of the Senate at the afternoon
session by replying to the charge that he
and President Venable were the prlnci>
pals in a trade 70 pass the Venable bill
through the House by populist votes ana
ktll the registration bill in the Senate COM
mittee, as repeated by Speaker Fleming
before the Senate committee this morn
ing. Mr.. McGregor referred to Mr.. Flem-
ing as man snatched from the jaws OF
death to illustrate the state Of Georgia as
speaker of her House Of Representatives,
and yet he so far forgot the dignity OF
his position as to invade a Senate COM
mittee room and repeat ISLANDERS against
senator that would stain the lips of a
gentleman. He denied his alleged part
in the deal in toto.