The age-herald., 1898-12-17
LEGISLATORS ! !
 VERY SORE. Did Not Relish Their Treatment
 In Atlanta. ] ADOPTED HOT RESOLUTIONS Conforming the InciWIity of the Georgia Assembly, Qu's DIFFERENT AT TuskEGEE LS~
 S g sS z men Lavish in Their Praise of |iS Z Joker Washington and Citizens. :
 PRESIDENT GREATLY PLEASED Highly Complimented the Principal and Scholars Upon the Institution-The
 Legislature Adjourns Until Jam
 uary 24-Thanks to Waller.
: men Lavish in Their Praise of
 Joker Washington and Citizens.
PRESIDENT GREATLY PLEASED

Montgomery December 16.-(Special.) .)-The general assembly had barely been called to order today on their return from Georgia, when half dozen members were on theip feet with resolutions with red hot roasts fop the Georgia assembly, and Atlanta 1 Every member has felt keenly the treats ment accorded them by their sister state. and to fully vent their spleen they selected the method of resolutions. But while abus} ing Georgia, they have been lavish in thein praise of the reception at Tuskegee. ! MT. Screws, member of the house whd did not go to Atlanta, was the first to gain recognition, and he presented the following resolution, which was read amid cheers: l The Tuskegee Visit
 .ewhereas, The members of the gen- eral assembly who attended the peace jubilee in Atlanta were mistaken sforN tramps, hoboes and adventurers, and ! were brutally routed by the police from |, the capitol and public hotels of Georgia's 1 boasted capital, barely escaping with 5 life and liberty; and Whereas, The sacred flag which is Alabama's title to place in the sister, [ hood of states, was ruthlessly trodden | under foot in this unnatural conflict to ! the great humiliation of our lawmakers ! and the burning shame of the Georgia police; therefore be it l
 Resolved, That we felicitate our brotl1- . CTS on escaping with their lives and ! suggest that hereafter they await the comin of the elephant with more pa- [ tience and thus save our proud state the : burning shame winch hov i,,ok ! been subjected to by the unnatural ! oeofsiahs. .H
 The Screws Resolution The Tuskegee visit received quite difs ferent resolution. Every detail of the Tuss kegee programme was perfectly carried out. and the praise of that little city, its citizens and Booker T. Washington has been on the lips of every one President Mckinley exs pressed great astonshment at finding such an institution in the south as Washington's school, and he, too was lavish in it's praise. The following resolution offered by MT. Cofer was unanimously adopted p
 "Be 1t resolved by the house, the sen- , ate concurring. That the thanks of the i general assembly of Alabama are hereby uenuereu the cltlzenS or Macon county. Booker T. Washington and the teachers and pupils of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial school for the cordial, hearty and courteous reception given the mem- bers of both houses and their guests on the 18th day of December, 1898, on the occasion of the visit of President Me- Kinley to Tuskegee Normal and Indus- trial school" MT. Cheatham, the populist member from Butler. offered the following resolution oe thanks to Speaker Waller, which was adopted amid uproarous applause, and td which the speaker responded in very feel. ing manner:
 Resolved, That the thanks of the house be rendered to the speaker of the house for the able, impartial and faith full manner in which he has performed his duties during the first half of this session of the general assembly,"
 The clock. doorkeepers and pages were also extended vote of thanks, as were also all the distinguished guests who spoke this afternoon. At 6:3o o'clock the assembly, adjourned to reconvene on January A
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