The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-30
APPROPRIATIONS GET THE Ak.
Committee CUTS DOWN THE SOAP
BILL OF EXECUTIVE MANSION.

P"rter's Pay and Decrease i'm Ser
wants the WeiGhty Questions Con-
sidered by the Appropriations
Committee-GOv. Gamblers Mes
sage said 10 Have Been Pre-
cipitated by the Committees Ac-
tiOn-snVannnh Election Bill
Passes the HOuse-Anti-COmm
sion Bills Referred.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov 29.-The bill to fix the
lime for the election of Mayor and alder
men OF Savannah by Mr.. LaRoche pass
ed the House to-day.
In the Senate all the anti-commission
bills, which passed the House Saturday
were read the first time and referred to the
committees
Neither branch Of the assembly did much
that was interesting to-day. The mes
sage of the Governor calling for retrench-
ment by cutting the school and pension
funds, was the most talked about matter
II was read in the Senate, but not in the
House, though all the members knew
what was in it, The message came some
what as a surprise, as 1t will be remem-
bered that Gov. Gambler declared two weeks
ago that when the Morning News said
that ne intended to send such message
to the legislature that such an inference
was unwarranted. The article of the Morn
ing News followed the conference at the
executive mansion and the prediction
made then was based upon what took
place at that conference. While, under
The Governors own declaration, at that
time he had. no intention of sending in this
message, still circumstances have so shap-
ed themselves up that the message has
come anyhow, just as was predicted in
the light of the mansion house confer
ence.
1t is difficult to tell now what the effect
of the message will be. There was story
afioat at the capitol to-day to the effect
chat the message was precipitated inns
morning blythe conduct of the appropria-
tons committee last night in balancing
with the contingent fund of which the eX-
ecutive mansion gets Its supplies THIS
story is not vouched for by your cores
pondent but is merely given for what 1t
is worth as reading matter.
At the meeting of the appropriation com
mittee last night there was whole lot OF
haggling over small expenses, such as
cutting down porters pay and the like.
The uuestio of the number of servants
employed at the mansion and the amount
of gas consumed there was also under
weighty consideration, with a view to re-
duc.ng the tax rate.
One item presented to the committee was
$3.50 for repairing lawn mower The
story goes that when this was brought up
one of the economists, who thinks the
Governor ought to do his own cooking,
made about this kind of a point: Il don't
see what we want to be paying to keep
a grass cutter up for. Why couldn't the
Governor have his COW led around to the
front yard and have it eat that grass off
and save the cost of the lawn mower?'
There was also much talk about $l6 worth
of starch, and the soap bill of the execu-
tive mansion. The whole thing ended up
in the adoption of a resolution cutting
down the fund TO be used for the mansion
and the capitol from $4,000 to $4,000,
though a request had been made that II
be increased to $25, 900. so as to buy some
new carpets and things needed at the man.
sion and capitol building.
The story is that the Governor fired in
his message on retrenchment when he
heard what the appropriations committee
had been doing last night. The same story
says that one member of this committee
to-day went to Mark Gambler, the Gov
errors private secretary, and asked him
if the mansion could not get along with
two servants. The Governors son, 1t is
said told this "reformer" THAI they could
get along without any so far as the states
pay is concerned, if the state was too poor
to foot the bill.
The appropriations committee this after
noon cut off the military With 81. 500 1t is
intended to apply this only to the mainte-
nance of the clerical force in the depart
l-ment at the capitol
The appropriations TO the asylum for
blind was also cut $1,000. and a limit of
Sc put upon the expenses of all members
who go away on committee business.
The House to-day passed the bill by
Morris of Cobb, which requires judges of
| Superior and City Court to decide all mo-
| tons within thirty days after submission
except for providential cases, under pen
atty of impeachment The bin stirred up
! a hot debate.
The bill to raise the school age to q was
! lost for lack of a constitutional majority.