People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-11-12

Of the house. Hogan of Lincoln sar
castically offered resolution Friday
allowing all citizens of the state now
in Atlanta to be admitted without
further special resolutions. This hit a.
the popular and lax custom may be
effective.
Items of the Work.
The house passed the anti-foot bal
bill Monday by almost a unanimous
vote.
Representative Fielder of Fulton, in.
PRODUCED a bill making attempt at rape
punishable with the death penalty.
Blalock's bill to authorize the state
treasurer to borrow $780, 900 to pay
school teachers salaries next year when
their quarterly salary became due was
passed. This allows the governor to
use the money from other funds.
Tuesday, Nov. 10, is fixed for the de-
bate on the convict question.
Meldrim of Chatham, in waging war
against the Savannah citizens club, has
had passed bills abolishing the fire.
water and police commissions and
board of tax assessors all being now
filed by mem hers of that club. The
Liberal club IS now in power and the
clash between the two factions result
ed in an appeal to the legislature
Senator Geiger of the Senate will fight
the bills in the Senate. If the bills
pass in the Senate, every office in Sa
vaunah will be cleared of its present
occupant.
The library bill providing for CON-
mission of who shall work to improve
the libraries of the state was killed.
Two bills passed interest lawyers.
They allow man to appeal case by
making an affidavit he cannot pay the
cost and by giving bond separately
A bill making it criminal to race a
horse with others out it's class was
killed,
A bill finding ministers or others who
fail to return marriage licenses was
passed.
Representative Swift's bill repeating
the funding act of the State University
was favoraoly reported.
Boifeuillet of Bibb introduced bill
appropriatinR $4,000 for textile de-
nartment in the Psychological school.
This is to teach the construction use
and management of all machinery and
material used in cotton manufacturing
The Hall bill providing for the care
and employment of state convicts was
defeated in the committee and the
joint committees report will be repor-
ted favorably to the house. This
tavors a new lease.
The school book commission has re
ported adversely on the plan of uni
form school books One of the com
missioners, J. G. Beauchamp, made a
minority report, showing the cost OF
school books in Kansas and Georgia,
the cost in Kansas being in nearly
every instance only one half of the
JsEce+pIfd ia LnIo -Cdvo, IL low caI-
! pTS4sJion several million dollars would
be saved annually to parents by the
uniform system The maj ority report
recommends that counties be allowed
to buy books and rent to the children
and tear and that such counties as wish
to bs allowed to adopt the free school
book system.
A bill has been introduced and favor
ably reported providing for constitu
tional convention to be held the first
Wednesday in July, 1898 composed oil
ten delegates from each congressional
district, who are to serve without pay
and expenses
The vote Of 50 against 80 killed the
child labor bill, against which there
has been considerable lobbying. The
bill proposed to prohibit employing
Of children under 10 years. Variou'
amendments were offered one of which
excepted cotton factories This was
adopted and later the bill vas defeated
The state gaologist's department. will
troi of board if the Little bill passe'
the house. The B alock report recon
mends abolishing he office.
The joint resolution which has passed
the house recommending that the PEG
pie ect the U. S. Senators is now il
the senate.
Mcfarland has introduced in the
senate bill forbidding the sale o
cigarettes or cigarette paper in thu
state.
Drs. Gambler and Nunnally addressed
the legislature Tuesday favoring the
repeal of the appropriation for tn
University and advocating common
schools.
Bills introduced to allow confederat
veterans to conduct any business ex
cept selling whisky without license; t.
pay all school commissioners a pc
ceutum on sums paid out; authorizing
L ,grange to build water works; ralsin,
pay of justice court jurors to 81 so pc
verdict instead of 81 rs; prescribing
penalty for school commissioners fail
ing to pay out school funds to tn
several sub school populations accord
: ing to the last school census.
: The Gray bill is in special order Tues
day.
i Bills introduced in the senate, regu
; lating inherit&nces, publication of vel
diets of juries; new system for regr
: lation of Voters; providing for retur
/ for taxation of life insurance policie;
Law Maker.
Y. f, Bagby has been justice of tn
peace of Wild Cat District, Forsyt
county, for 50 years, and in that tim
has failed to hold court first Saturda
in each month, but one time SOUR
. Bagby cannot read or write, but wha
ever he says is law and goes as Law
Where he doesn't know law to fit
particular case he makes it.
Populist Meeting Meeting Postponed.