The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-04
BUSH'S ANTI-BARROoM BILL.
THE MEASURE AGAIN TAKEN Up,
But NOT DISPOSED OF.


sensatiOn-The Bill Providing for
the Payment of the scott and Hayes
bonds Defeated-Au Interesting
Tilt in the senate over Increasing
the salary of Miss DOrtch.
Atlanta. Ga. Dec. AT noon to-day the
Bush anti-barroom. or dispensary bill.
was reached in the House. When the
bill was taken up and read for the third
time there was Immediately a flood OF
substitutes and amendments. a substi-
tute offered by Mr.. Anderson Of Jones,
provides for the abolition of barrOoms and
the prohibition of the sale of liquors, eX-
cept for medicinal purposes, and one Of
fered by Mr.. Farmers of Coweta provides
for the abolition of barroOms and the sale
OF liquor only in original packages. not
to exceed one pint in quantity.
Mr.. AIcCurry of Hart offered an amend
ment which provides that the bill shall be
submitted 10 a vote of the people at
special election TO be held next March, be-
fore it shall become a law.
Mr. Wilingham of Monroe offered an
amendment excluding from the operations
of the bill the sale of domestic wines made
by the party selling the same.
Mr. Bush also offered an amendment
exempting the sale of domestic wines.
and Mr.. Humphreys of Brooks presented
an amendment exempting Brooks county
from the operation of the bill.
Mr. Rockwell of Chatham also had an
amendment relating to the sale of do
mestic wines.
1t took a half hour to receive these
amendments and TO get them in shape.
Mr.. Willngham of Monroe was the hrst
speaker to get the floor. Mr.. Willngham
precipitated the hrst sensation OF
the session by asking for the
appointment of a special committee TO
investigate the charges of corruption in
connection with the movement 10 oppose
the Bush bill, which appeared IN the col
umns of the Wesleyan Christian AdVo-
cate, a church paper that has been con-
sistently advocating the passage OF the
Bush bill from the outset. In calling LOT
the investigation. Mr. Willngham stated
on the floor of the House that while he
was a friend of the Bush bill, he repu-
dated such charges, and believing that
they were groundless stated that he would
not vote for the bill unless il could be
established that they were made upon
a basis of fact. He would not support any
measure that had to be backed up by such
method of campaign. When the inves-
tigation committee was appointed, Mr..
Winingham was made chairman. The
committee went deep into the charges,
summoning witnesses from distant parts
it all was a report to the
House, stating in the strongest terms
that there was absolutely no foundation
for the charge of bribery or corruption.
1t was found by the committee that both
the friends and opponents of the Bush
bill had raised funds with which to con-
duct their campaigns, but the committee
stated that neither side had use this
money In any other than a legitimate and
proper way. As a further corroboration
of this the committee referred the House
10 the printed evidence adduced before
them In the face of this report. which
he signed, Mr. Wilingham in the pre-
n. declared
he was satisfied from the evidence brought
out by his committee that the 5000 raised
by the liquor men was raised for the pur-
pose of being used to improperly influence
members of the legislature against the
Bush bill. This line of argument nat
urally produced sensation in the House,
and the member from Monroe was be-
sieged With questions that were calcu-
lated to make him feel anything but con-
sistent in his course, or comfortable in
the eyes of his fellow members. 1t was
a puzzling question to the House how
Mr. Willingham could have signed the re-
port denying the charges of bribery and
then get up on the floor and discredit II.
AT the same time many inquired of them
selves, and Mr.. Humphreys of Prooks and
others put the question to him openly how
he could support the bill in view of his
statement that he would not. unless the
charges of bribery were proved, when he
offered the resolution calling for the in
Vestigation.
The Broyles bill, authorizing foreign
corporations to own more than 5000 acres
of land in this state was taken up this
morning and passed.
The old bond measure was killed.
The bill of Mr.. Hodges TO authorize the
payment of certain outstanding state
bonds issued by Cows Mcdonald and
jenkins respectively, and held by Scott TO
the amount of $1,000 and E. l.. Hayes in
the sum of 5000. known as the constitu-
tional convention bonds. was a special or
der to-day. substitute provided for
commission of three. consisting of Cliff
ford Anderson of Bibb, n. J. Hammond
of Fulton, and ]. W. Robertson of Haber-
sham, TO examine the claims and deter
mine their validity or invaliditY. In event
the commission should find in favor of
the claimants, on report from the COM
mission the governor is authorized TO pay
them. If the report be adverse,
then the holders of those
bonds shall pay the commission and its
expenses. The substitute was lost by a
vote OF "a to %, and on motion OF Mr..
HUMPHREYS of Brooks the committee of
the whole recommended that the bill do
not pass. vote was taken on the report
of the committee and the House received
and concurred in the report.
Mr.. Hodges, however viii move to re-
consider tomorrow morning.
The House to-day reconsidered its ac-
tion on the Brannan bill TO subject a per
cent of daily wages to garnshment, which
was killed yesterday.
The Senate had an interesting tilt over
Senator MERGERS bill to increase the sal
airy of Miss Ellen Dortch, assistant state
librarian. She is now receiving $500, and
the bill gives her $1,000 per annum. Her
friends on the floor insisted that she did
the work In the office and should be bet
ter paid, as the librarian receives 81 800 as
his salary. A motion was made to reduce
her salary from $500 to $500, but the gallan-
try of the Senate would not submit to thar.
After considerable debate the bill was
passed, it receiving % votes and Senator
Nenab,e casting the deciding vote, gave
the bill p votes. the necessary number
The bill abolishing the county court
of Glynn county was passed as was also
the bill of Mr.. Dodson to prohibit the
sale of liquor in the town of De Soto,
Lumpkin county.
The bill of Mr.. Screven to fix the status
of the title to a piece of ground on the
corner of South Broad and Abercorn
street, in Savannah, passed.
The bill of Senator Shepperd was passed
1orbidding fishing or hunting on the en-
closed or unenclosed lands of another
The bill of Senator Monroe to allow cities
that have no chain-gangs to hire their
convicts was passed.
Sens tor Harris of the Third district in
troduced a bill for the relief of the Bruins
wick and Atlantic Railroad Company.
Senator Long introduced a bin that the
state relinquish all title to the Blue Ridge
railroad to the bondholders. if within sin
~ days they pay all state and county
taxes. and put on a daily schedule from