The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-19
AGAINST EXTREME MEASURES.
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his official signature to any paper. Alder
man Jarren, who had been sent for to
complete the quorum at the meeting of the
| Committee of the Whole, arrived at the
exchange too late to effect this. The pro
test was presented to him for his sigma
ture. After carefully reading he returned
the paper to Clerk Bailey, with the state
ment that he could not sign It.
When seen by a Morning News report
er and asked for his reasons for not sign
| ing the protest Alderman farrell said that
his refusal was based on principle, and as
the stand which he has always taken on
| these questions is well known, il was not
necessary for him to make any further ex-
! PLANTATION. DIR. farrell is a son of the late
! Rev. A. J. farrell, D. D.. who was fer
| several years pastor of Trinity Nj. f.
| Church. of which church DR.. farrell is
now steward. The Methodist Church
! has for years been outspoken in it's o2po-
| sition to the liquor traffic, and has off,
cially given its Endorsement to the meas
ure now before the Legislature. DR.. Jar
rel felt that it would be inconsistent with
his training and his position in the church
70 lend his assistance TO the opponents of
| the measure.
| In order that the members of the Legis-
| lature may be made fully acquainted with
the position of Savannah's city fathers on
this subject, it was decided to nave several
! hundred copies of the protest printed, the
intention being to have a copy placed upon
! the desk of each member of the House and
Senate on Monday morning.
For the purpose of securing concerted
action in opposition to the bill it was de-
cided to send kilograms to the mayors of
Atlanta, Rome, Columbus, Brunswick,
Macon Augusta and Albany, informing
! them of the action of Savannah's members
| of council and urging similar action upon
| the part of their respective boards. This
telegram signed by acting Mayor Tlede-
man, read as follows:
Members of Inc City Council of Savan-
nah are submitting a protest to the gen
eral assembly against the passage of the
| Willingham prohibition bill urging tina,
suptuary laws are contrary to the spirit
of American institutions and the princi-
pies of democratic government, and cali
ing attention to the satisfactory working
of the local option law and pointing gu,
the impossibility of enforcing the pfovis-
ions of the Willingham bill in the cities
and the disastrous loss of revenues result
ing to them and the state therefrom and
a consequent heavy increase in state and
local taxation They urge immediate
and similar action by your city authori-
ties.
BY agreement between the two opposing
factions in the Legislature the Willngham
bill has been made the special order foi
Tuesday 1t is not unlikely that a SaVan
nah delegation will be on hand then e
lend encouragement 20 the opponents Of
the bill.
At meeting of the Savannah banker.
last week the chairman, Mr.. B. A. Den
mark, president Of the Citizens Bank wa:
instructed TO write the representative,
from this county and the senator from
the First district, calling their attention
to the injustice and injury which woul.
result to the banking business of the statt
by reason of the adoption of the bill, limit
ing the legal rate of interest to per cent
The penalty for violation of the provfs
ions of this act is very severe, includin.
not only total loss of both loan and inter
est, but making the offense a misde
meanor, punishable as are other misde
meanors under the laws of this state
The provisions of the law are such tina
it will make lending money in this stat,
a ticklish business, If adopted