The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-23
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE.
POPULIsTs LINING Up AGAINST THE
DENOCR ATS.

They First Make Themselves Notice
able by Opposing the Bill to Pay
Hon. Columbus blair His Per Diem
for Last Years ScSsion-,Ir. bod
sons Bill in the Interest of Tales
Jurors sent to the GoVernor-A
Bill 10 Restrict the Interest Rate
to = Per Cent.
Atlanta. Ca. Nov. 22-In the Senate
to-day when the resolution by Mr. Rock
well of Chatham came up TO pay. Hon.
Columbus Blair Of Douglass his per diem
for last years session il met with de-
cided opposition from Senators Snead and
NcGregor. populists. Mr.. Barnett. the
popuIst who was ousted by Mr.. Blair.
drew the salary las- session as the sitting
member. The committee on elections de-
cided that SIr. Blair was entitled to the
seat and Mr. Barnett was Ousted. The
pOpulists think Mr.. Barnett was wrong
fully deprived of his seat, and that Mr..
Blair is not entitled TO the pay for the
last session.
Senators Lewis. Beeks and Boyd IA
vored the resolution to-day. All of the
populist members of the Senate voted
against the resolution, and the demo-
cratic members for il. 1t was passed.
The bill of Mr.. Dodson of Sumter 10 pay
tales jurors the same as regular jurors
passed the Senate to-day. and when the
governor signs it it viii be the law.
Senator Mercer introduced n bill making
it a felony for any officer of any corpora
ton or person to charge more than s per
cent for the use of money under punish
ment Of not less than one, or more than
five years in the penitentiary.
Senator McGarity introduced bill TO
levy and collect a tax upon the amount
of money paid by any person or persons,
for life insurance policies This bill aims
10 reach the amount of money man has
invested in life insurance and make ii
subject TO taxation.
The bill by Speaker Fleming to increase
the numNer of supreme court Judges TO
six. and placing their election in the
hands of the people VIII be the basis OF
very interesting discussion in the House
next week The bill was reported back
TO the House this morning boy the general
judiciary committee under peculiar cir
cumstances- When ii was sent to the
judiciary committee that body referred IL
10 a subcommittee. who, after thorough
y considering il, made a favorable re-
port Then when il came up before the
regular committee this favorable report
was agreed TO, but several of the mem
bers coming in just as the vote was taken
a motion to reconsider was car
ed by the committee so as TO
Mace the election of the judges i'm the
hands of the legislature instead of the
people. In this form 10 was reported to
the House minority report was sub
mitted, however, recommending the pas
sage of the bin without the committee
amendment in its original form, giving the
people the right to elect the judges. Since
The minority report was made, other MEM
bcrs of the judiciary committee, who were
not present when the vote was taken in
the committee. have signed it, thus max
ing the number OF members who sign
the minority report which is favorable
TO the passage of the bill i'm its original
form, larger than the number who made
the regular committee report recommend
ing the passage of the bill as amended
by the committee.
The bill is generally accepted as being
the most feasible method of relieving the
supreme court, and will very probably
pass, either with election by the people
or with election by the general assembly
The House this morning had a lively
discussion over the bill by Mr.. Giles Of
Houston, providing that three-fourths of
a jury should be qualified to make a YER
dict. 1t was finally killed, receiving only
Among the new bills introduced in the
House during the day was one by Mr..
johnson of Han providing for the con-
demnauon of lands Tor public roads and
for the payment of the owners of proper
~ so condemned.
Mr.. Battle of Muscogee introduced a
resolution to pay the per diem and the
expenses of the legislative committee
which met here i'm vacation to examine
the Work Oh the cOuluerS ana report on
the same to the general assembly. The
committee spent something like a month
in this work working every day and go
ing over all the laws carefully.
A bill to abolish the county court Of
Taylor county, which last session caused
a hot partisan fight with the populists,
who favor the measure i'm order to get
rid of the only democratic ohice-holder
in the county, was introduced by Mr..
MortfOrt to-day.
There was a somewhat similar fight in
House
Brand to abolish the county court of
Gwinnette county. Mr. Brand is a demo-
crat. but the representatives from the
county are pOpulists and they opposed the
bin when II got through the Senate and
in the House, favoring an amendment all
lowing the people of the county TO vote
upon the proposition. Before the discus
sion was concluded the House adjourned
and the tilt viii be renewed tomorrow
morning.
TWO DIE on ONE GIBBET.