The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-05
FAvoRs BIENNIAL SESSIONS.
Absolutely Pure

LIZ gisiature Could Transact Its BUSH
ness in n Fifty-Day Session Every
ether Year, MIR. Mcmillan Thinks.
Hon. T. H. Mcmillan came down yester-
day from Atlanta. He and Representative
MeDonough will return tonight leaving
Mr.. LaRoche to guard the interests of
Chatham in the House to-day. Mr.. La
Roche spent yesterday in Macon, but viii
be at the capital this morning. The Chat
nam representatives usually manage to
leave one of their number on guard,
though as matter of fact all three are
present the greater part of the time.
A Morning News reporter had chat
with Mr.. Mcmillan on local and general
legislation. Mr.. Mcmillan is of the opinion
that both the bill repeating the act Great
ing the board of tax assessors and the
one amending the act of 1854 for the incor-
poration of Collinsville 50 as to make the
property there subject to immediate TAXA
ton will become laws. Some amendments
may be made, however, in line with re-
quests from Council, should such requests
be made.
Il see no reason why the tax assessors
should be retained and the other commits
sions abolished" said Mr.. Mcmillan. IF
assessors extended for brief period for
any purpose we viii have no objection to
extending the time at which the act viii
take effect. The people of Collinsville en-
JOY some of the benefits of the city al
present, but not all. The property owners
there win doubtless be able to reach some
satisfactory understanding with Council
as TO further development there. I think
the bill will be passed. but if Council de-
sires it will be amended
There is no doubt that the bill to place
the election of the city officials in the
hands Of Council for the ensuing two years
will become a law, Mr.. Mcmillan said.
Il think it is a step in the right direction"
he said. THE members of Council who
have served two years with the city Off
Gals are better qualified to say whether
or not man is competent official than
a new board the members of which may
be wholly without experience in such mat
ters.'
Mr. McDonough's city election bill is
also approved by Mr.. Mcmillan. Mr. Nc
MILAN is one of the representatives who
is strongly in favor of Biennial sessions
of the legislature ut seems to me-" said
he, that fifty days sessions every two
years should be sufficient 10 transact all
the business which should come before
the legislature during that time. There
useless and unnecessary discussion. Val
liable time is wasted. too, in discussing
many measures which never amount to
anything, and which were of small i'm
portance in the beginning. Much unnec-
essary legislation is introduced, and
great deal of valuable time is taken up
in discussing local business of a trivial
nature which should be provided for in
some other manner All this is costly
70 h., etc 70 7 Gol ~.
DDS of trausacting business in the legis-
lature could be greatly simp,ifed, and
much useless discussion avoided. This
will result if the legislature be limited to
a fifty days session every two years"
Mr.. Mcmillan is member of the mill
tary committee of the House. and is hear
tily in sympathy with the military of the
state.
THE appropriations committee" said
he, have reduced the military approprl-
alton to $500. The members of the mill
tary committee viii endeavor to secure the
restoration of the former figure. The APP
preparation bill will not be allowed to pass
without fight on this point"
Mr.. Mcmillan was asked If this reduction
was made because of any spirit of antag-
onism to the state military.
mo, 1t is not that" he said at is a
part of the general determination to cut
every appropriation possible. Those fav-
oring the cut argue that the members of
the state militia have had sufficient ex-
perience in the service of the governmnt
| recently not to need any state encampment
for a time. There are also those who hold
that the military are not a special neces-
sity. The people of the interior counties
are well armed, they say, with rifles and
shotguns and able to take care of them
selves without the aid of the military
They do not give credit 20 the vast moral
force which the military exerts by reason
of knowledge of the fact that it exists and
can be called into service at any time. We
certainly cannot afford to do without the
military in this section of the state and
l shall use what influence L possess TO see
that the appropriation is increased, even
| if we cannot secure the former figure"