The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-12
BUSH CAN'T CLOSE THE BARS.
ENOUGH VOTES PLEDGED TO DE-
FEAT HIS BILL.

Seventy-EiEht Members of the House
and Twenty-Three Senators Al
ready Under Promise 10 Vote
Against 1.-THE Temperance Com
mittee's Favorable Report TO Count
for Nothing Speaker Fleming
Champions the Bill 10 Make Mar
ried WOman's Personal Earnings
Her Individual Property.
Atlanta. Ca. Nov. IA caucus Of
members Of the legislature opposed to
the Bush anti-barroom bill to-day showed
that there are in the House seventy-eight
members pledged TO vote against it and
in the Senate twenty-three members.
From these hgures it viii be seen that
on a fun house the bill might pass the
House. but il has no chance TO get
through the Senate. 1t is very seldom
thing. however. that there are fewer
than twenty absentees in the House and
with seventy-eight votes solidy against
the bill, and many of the remaining
ninety-seven doubtful. ii is not probable
that the bill can pass the House. Even
in the Senate its friends number only
nine out of the forty-four members. 1t
is almost a certainty, however, that the
House bill will be favOrably reported by
the committee tomorrow or the next
day. the majority of the temperance
committee being in favor Of it. There
will. however. be a minority report
against it and then it is probable that
the bill will be referred back TO the
general judiciary committee.
These figures on the sentiment of the
assembly are from a reliable source and
may be depended upon. They are the re-
suit of the poll made by the steering COM
mittee in charge of the bill.
Mr.. Screven Of Chatham to-day intro
duced the bill 10 permanently fix the ute
and status of the piece OF ground Ola
the southeast corner of South Broad ana
Abercorn streets, in the city OF SaNah-
One Of the most interesting events OF
the day in the House was the discussion
over the bill introduced by Speaker tleic-
ing to make the personal earnings OF u
married woman her individual property
and not liable for the debts OF her nus
band The speaker took the moor 70 chaIh@
pion the measure, and was urging IT when
the House adjourned for the day. II Will
be the first thing TO come up tomorrow
morning, when the speaker VIII again take
the floor as the champion OF the properly
rights of women. The speeches in oppo-
sition to the bill to-day came from Mir.
AIddlebrooks of Newton and Mr.. john
son of Hall. both of whom took the posi-
ton that the bill would open the way TO
endless frauds through the medium or
EeCreL
For instance, Mr.. Middlebrooks said that
a tenant might be furnished supplies by
his landlord with which to make a
crop and when IL came time for settle
ment under a secret contract the wife
might come in and lay claim 10 most OF
the crop for labor done in making II, ac-
cording to a secret contract with her
husband at the beginning Of the season:
This would defraud the landlord out OF
his rights.
Mr.. Hodges of Bib got through his bill,
- OK hae - inn "a n
railroad litigation. II provides that en-
ployes who may be injured while in the
service of a railroad corporation through
the negligence of the company employees
may sue the receivers or assigners of
such railroads, the suit TO be brought in
the county where the injury was done.
AS the law now stands persons so injur-
ed can get into court only on consent OF
the receivers.
The House passed the resolution this
morning relieving the bondsmen OF the
Brunswick State Bank from the payment
of the interest due the state on the II. ia.
issued by the governor against that bank
when II failed to collect the 100000 of the
states money on hand at the time Of the
failure. This interest amounted to about
5000. The failure OF tina bank was large
ly due to the Generalization of things
caused by the last yellow fever epidemic
at Brunswick.
Senator Cummings bill to provide for
the revision of the jury lists annually in
counties where there is a town of 1000
people, was passed this morning. The
Senate also passed a number OF other
bills most of them being of only local inn
portance, and none of especial general
interest.
Among the new bills introduced in the
Senate was one by Mr.. Whitney making
prize fighting a felony in this state.
Senator Johnson introduced a bill to
make il a misdemeanor to charge more
than per cent. for the negotiation of a
loan, as well as a misdemeanor to charge
rate of interest greater than the rate
allowed by law.
Senator Bussey introduced a bill TO pro-
hibit the sale of all limitations of butter
in Georgia. This bill Is after the sugges-
ton of the state commissioner of agri-
culture, who, in his annual report, called
attention to the fact that a great deal
of imitation butter was being sold in this
state. in defiance of the present laws on
the subject, and as this business greatly
Injuries the dairying interests of the state,
he suggested that some law be passed
that would put stop TO it.