The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-16
PRESIDENTS SPEECH PRAISED
HOUSE CoMMENDs HIS REFERENCE
TO CONFEDER ATE DEAD.


lures knock at the Capitol An
sNered Only by Porter-Jubiiee
shirt Made Representative Neg
lect Scnnte BiIIs-The Only Member
who signed Secession Ordinance,
seconds the Mckinley ResoIu-
lions.
Atlanta. Dec. 15.-The Georgia Legisla-
ture got mixed up with the jubilee to-day,
and some uncommon things happened in
consequence.
In the first place the House had 100
much of the jubilee spirit in it to do any
routine work; then some of the senator's
got rufled at the House because it adj
iourned with a lot Of Senate bills hung
up until next year thereby, and lastly both
Senate and House deserted the capitol
without waiting 10 receive the Alabama
Legislature.
When these visiting solons arrived there
was no body on hand to greet them but
a couple of porters. All lined up in their
best clothes, the Alabama statesmen, not
unlike that ancient king and his 1000
men. marched up capitol hill, and then
marched down again.
Just how 1t happened that the Georgia
LEGISLATURE forgot the Alabama statesmen
seems to be a legislative enigma. 1t IS
certain that the coming Of the Alabamans
was known on advance, and on that ac-
count the visitors felt considerably disap-
uointed when no one but porter answer
ed their knock at the portals of the CAPT
l. nlaaI
rival of the train bearing the visiting so
Ions was the cause 1t did not reach the
city until l o'clock.
Speaker Little and President Dodson
hurried back to the capitol in a cab as
soon as they heard of the arrival of the
train. and the fact that the visitors We're
headed for the capitol. Later on the pre-
siding officers of the Georgia assembly ar
ranged for reception TO the Alabamians
at the executive mansion and there the
Georgians and Alabamians shook hands
all round, and the latter forgot the I'M
pleasant little incident of their lonesome
arrival
About the only business transacted in
the House was the passage of a set of
resolutions, offered by Mr.. Calvin of Rich
mond, commendatory of President McKin-
Iey's address yesterday. In Offering the
resolution Mr. Calvin said, being a Con-,
federate soldier himself, the words of the
President brought tears to his eyes.
Hiram P. Bell, the venerable member
from Forsyth, in seconding the resolu-
ton made an affecting reference TO the
slost cause, and the scenes recalled by the
occasion He was a member of the Con-
federate Congress. He said;
''Mr. Speaker: ! was the only one pres
ent in the vast throng yesterday who
signed an ordinance of secession. VIII
messed what 1 then thought the madness
of that hour l had some share in the
storms of war, and bore an humble part
in the councils of the Confederacy. l
thank God that / have lived to witness
national brotherhood and fraternity, and
10 hear from the chief magistrate such
sentiments as those to which we listened
in this hall on yesterday. l heartily sec
ond the resolutions"
The resolutions were unanimously adop-
ted and sent over to the Senate and con-
CURED in They are as follows:
Resolved by the House of Representa-
tives That as the chosen representatives
OF the people of Georgia we desire TO eX-
press our high appreciation of the chaste,
eloquent and enthusiastic address deliv-
cred In the presence of this general assem-
bly, in the hail of the House of Represen-
tatives on yesterday by his eXcellency,
William Mckinley President of the
United States.
Resolved further That President Nc
Kinley, by his ready recognition of South
ern ability and Southern worth in military
appointments made at the outbreak and
during the recent Spanish-American war
won a warm place in the hearts of all our
people and endeared himself to the coun-
try at large.
Resolved further, That we desire es-
pecially to commend and applaud the gem
erous and soldier-like suggestion made by
his excellency, that every soldiers grave
made during out unfortunate civil war Is
a tribute to American valor; and while
when those graves were made we differed
widely about the future of the govern
ment, these differences were long ago set
tied by the arbitrament of arms, and the
time has now come in the evolution of
sentiment and feeling, under the provl-
dence of God, when in the
spirit of fraternity we should
share with you in the care of the graves
of the Confederate soldiers. The cordial
feeling now happily existing between the
North and South, prompts this gracious
act, and If 1t needed further justification,
II
union and the flag so conspicuously shown
in the year just passed by the sons and
grandsons of those heroic dead
These be words that might fitly he
written with letters of gold on papers of
silver. They do credit to the heart and
head of the distinguished citizen who ut
tered them-a man who has proved MIN
self to be the chief executive of the en-
tire union-capable on great occasions of
rising high above party and sectional
lines.
Resolved further, That the secretary OF
the Senate and the clerk of the House OF
Representatives be instructed Immediately
after the adoption of these resolutions, tc
have a copy of the same enrolled and duly
attested, and that they deliver the same
TO His Excellency, the President. In per.
son, before he leaves the capital of The
state"
After passing a few bills the House ad
journed until tomorrow morning.
To-day was the last upon which a Sen,
ate bill might be read the first time i'm IN,
House ana passed the Senate. In conse