The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-04
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE.
SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY MAY YET
GET S25,OOO.

The Appropriation Bill 10 BE Given
decentralization TO-mOrrOw-The
Bill Making Women Eligible to
the Office of state Librarian Pass
ed-Biu Amending the Game Laws
Passcd-The senate Kills the Res
OIutiOn NulIifying Gold Clauses in
Contracts.
Atlanta. Ga Dec. 3.-The bill by Mr.
Mosely of Cobb making women eligible to
The office of state librarian was passed by
the House this morning on a vote Of lis
to 90
When the House met this morning Mr..
Knowles Of Fulton county moved to recon-
sider the action of yesterday by which the
bill appropriating $4,000 to the School of
Technology was lost. This motion was
adopted and the bill restored to its place
on the calendar. Later. Mr.. Knowles
moved to take it up and put it upon its
passage, but this motion was defeated. The
bill was then made the special order of
tomorrow, after II o'clock
After disposing of the chronological bill,
the House took up the bill which is intend
ed to pave the way for Miss Ellen Dortch
to secure the position of state librarian.
The bill was introduced at her request and
with the understanding that if it was pass
ed she would be an applicant for the office,
now filled by Col. John Mlledge. Col Mil
lodges friends have of course, opposed
the bill. If the bill becomes a law, and
there is every indication that it will. the
action of the legislature in passing it will
be regarded as a recommendation to the
governor in her favor for the Office Mr..
Boynton of Spalding ordered an amend
rnent to the bill. which proposed to let
down the bars to the women in nearly
every office in the state He proposed to al
low them. to become not only librarian
but county school commissioners, members
of county boards Of education, deputy
clerks of superior courts and county courts,
clerks of courts of ordinary. clerks to
county commissioners. assistant clerks in
the Senate and House, clerks of the execu-
tive department AMI clerks to all the state
house officials. This amendment was TAX
en- to be a weight to cause the defeat OF
Miss Dortch.
Mr.. Reid of Bibb county, as soon as it
was offered, made a speech in which he
declared that Mr.. Boynton had brought in
q Trojan horse for the purpose of destroy
ing the bill.
Mr.. Thomas of Clark spoke in favor of
the bill without the amendment and IN the
couse of his speech presented a petition
signed by 500 lawyers favoring it and an
other signed by 5000 women of the state
calling upon the legislature to pass the bill
and thus give the women some recognition.
ATr Calx If oh he
same line, declaring that II the present bill
was not passed it was only a question of a
short time when a similar law would be
enacted.
Mr.. Oliver of Burke favored the amend
ment by Mr.. Boynton, but Mr.. Pearce of
Houston opposed it and declared that the
original bill should be passed without any
arrangements.
Judge Boynton then took the floor and
defended his action in offering the amend
ment He declared that he was sincere
in mis- position and wanted the women of
the state more generally recognized than
was proposed in the Mosely bill. If it was
good to admit them to one Of
flee which they could fill acceptably
it was good he thought to admit them to
all which they might fill. If his amend
nent was accepted, it would be more than
granting the petition of the 500 lawyers
and the 5000 women. Judge Boynton was
disposed to resent the suggestion that his
amendment was covert attack upon the
bill. Mr.. Reid of Bibb, who had called it
a Trojan horse, arose during Judge Boyn-
toms speech and said he would apologize
for that remark, as he had come to
the conclusion that the gentleman from
Spalding was absolutely sincere in his
desire to see the women given the widest
sort of recognition in the distribution of
the offices of the state.
Mr.. Fogarty of Richmond, chairman of
the special judiciary committee which
favorably reported the bill, concluded the
debate occupying the twenty minutes al
lowed the committee chairman for that
purpose.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Fogarty's
speech the amendment of Mr.. Boynton
was voted on and killed. Then the bill
was put upon its passage and carried with
a whoop The shout that went up when
it passed was heard across the capitol
building in the Senate chamber.
Miss Dortch and a party of lady friends
occupied seats in the gallery during the
discussion of the bill, and when it passed
she was Immediately surrounded and
showered with congratulations.
The bill by Mr.. Reid of Bibb county,
amending the game laws, passed the