The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-02
FIXING TO FIGHT FOOT BALL.
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE
BILL INTRODUCED.

University to Prohibit the Came
Mr.. Phinizy OF Augusta sides WftIl
the Foot BaIIists-BOth sides Linz
ing Up FOR the Fray-A Bill Calling
For IA Constitutional Convention
Introduced by Mr.. Nevln of Floyd,
Hut 1t Is Not Thought to lie Favor~
ed-Other nils Introduced.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 1.-If to-day's events
coming closely after the fatal game of
Saturday, between the teams of Georgia
and Virginia, can be taken as the sober
sentiment of the legislature, foot ball Is
doomed i'm this state. Both the Senate
and House discussed the game to-day, and
a strong feeling was manifested in favor
of drastic measures against It.
Last session Mr.. Cole of Carroll who
saw a game on the Atlanta field, intro-
duced a bill prohibiting 1t, and this is now
before the committee. But the tendency
of this bill was not enough to satisfy the
antlpathy Of the legislators to-day, shock
ed as they were at the tragedy Of youne
Gammons death. Mr.. Cole was not pres
ent in the House to-day, and for this rea-
son his bill was not put in issue, but Mr..
Awtrey of Cobb, came forward with q set
Of resolutions designed TO express the
views of the House on the subject, and put
the students of the state college at last
on notice that the knell of the game has
been sounded. This was expressed IN
these words;
Resolved. That 1t is the sense Of the
general assembly of Georgia, that the
game of foot ball should be prohibited
from all schools and colleges receiving
financial aid from the state.
Resolved further, That the trustees
of the state university be requested to have
the said game Of foot ball prohibited from
the university at Athens, and from the
various branches of the same"
The resolutions was referred to the COM
mittee on education, and viii come up lat
er for action. While the House was TALK
ing against foot ball in contemplation Of
the Awtrey resolution, Mr.. Allen In the
Senate was Offering bill in that body
which outlaws the same in these terms:
Section /. Be 1t enacted by
the general assembly of Georgia.
ana 1t is hereby enacted by
the authority Of the same. That from aud
after the passage Of this act 1t shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to play
the game Of foot ball in this state.
Sec. g. Be 1t further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, That any person violat-
ing the provisions of this act shall be-
guilty of mlsdemeanor and punished as
provided in section 1,Os9 of the code of the
state"
While most OF the members of both
houses are outspoken In condemnation of
the game. there are some who ridIcule the
thought of legislation on the subject One
Of the leaders OF this side is Mr. PhinIzy
of Augusta, who declared in discussing the
matter to-day that the Legislature was
full of farmers and jackasses who didn't
know a blankety blank thing about the
noble game"
The friends Of the game are lining up for
a fight against this legislation tonight.
The Kimball house lobby which Is head
quarters for the statesmen, was invaded
by university men, who want to defeat the
outlawry bill although 1t is announced
from Athens that the teams OF the uni
versty Is to be disbanded and the gama
given up entirely.
The most important matter introduced
to-day was O bill calling for a constitu@
tional convention by Mr.. Nevin of Floyd
IL appropriates $4,000 for the convention.
though the delegates are to serve gratis.
The proposition is to be submitted to the
people in February next at a special elec-
ton called by the governor. If 1t is
ratified the convention is to be held i'm
April. There has been more or less talk
OF constitutional convention for several
years past, and IL may be needed but
those who claim to be familiar with the
pulse of the present assembly say they
do not believe any bill of that kind will
be passed this session. There are too
many other issues that must
be settled, and too many other places to-
put all the money that can be raised from
the people, they say, not to mention the
possibility Of a document with more faults
in 1t than the present one In the end.
The House tabled the bill by the late
r. U. Hardeman, requiring each county
participating in the common school fund
to raise an amount by local taxation equal
to that received from the state. The
committee sent In the bill by substitute.
which completely eliminated this issue so
that the House is not put on record on the
merits OF 1t by its action to-day.
Several general bills were passed among
them that of MIR. Freeman of Coweta-
providing that in cases in the courts OF
ordinary, when the ordinary is disquali-
fled, the Judge of the county court or city
the ordinary of an adjoining county, as at
present. Mr.. Brannan of Bulloch offered
an amendment by adding the clerk of the
superior court where there is no county
or city court. This was adopted
Mr.. Felder's bill to expedite the deter
mination of habeas corpus cases was read
the third time. II provides that the party
dissatisfied with the Judgment In habeas
corpus may carry the case to the supreme
court ON fast bill OF exceptions. The
bill was passed.
Upon Mr.. Cannon's bill. making 1t un-
lawful to place an obstruction in the pub
lie roads or cultivated parts of the right
of-way, the committee offered an amend
ment excepting mo fense" counties from
the operation Of the bill. The amendment
was lost. but the bill passed.
Mr. Henderson Of Colquitt introduced a
bill to amend the act protecting game and
birds, changing the dates of prohibition
from March Is to March l. and from Nov.
! to Oct. 10.
In the Senate which was presided over
by Mr. Battle In the absence of both
President Berher and President Pro TEN