The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-30

in an amendment attached to the House
resolution TO adjourn until Monlay. Mr..
Harrison of Quitman said IL looked as If
the members were too anxious to put their
hands in the state treasury, but the
amendment was concurred in by large
majority.
Many Left for Brunswick.
The House decided to hold no afternoon
session and adjourned at 1:4O O'Clock, D.
m. until 10 a. m Monday.
A large number of the members of both
branches of the general assembly left to-
night for Brunswick, where they viii
spend Thanksgiving day as the guest Of
fhe Fair Association.
There were about 100 members of the
House and twenty-five Senator's on the
special train which left the union depot
at 1850 tonight.
The special order of the day the bill
by Mr.. Pace of Newton, to exempt from
taxation places of religious worship or
burial, and the property of colleges, was
made the special order for next Tuesday.
The bill by Mr.. Brown of Carroll, which
provided that when person was injured
by a railroad company he could recover
whatever his own negligence was equal to
or greater than the defendants was adj
versey reported on, and on the second
reading Mr.. Brown moved that the re-
port be disagreed with.
The author spoke in favor OF the BILL
saving that the change would work no
hardship on the railroads, but would serve
10 remove hardship now resting upon the
plaintiff He said this bill proposes to fix
the recovery upon the proportion of negh-
sence in any case, whether the plaintiffs
or the defendants was the greater. Mr.
Brown commended that the present law
was entirely in favor of the railroad COM
pany.
Mr.. Jones Of Burke took a different view
had stood the test of time and should not
be changed so as TO put a great hardship
on railroad companies. He contended that
the decision of the General Judiciary Com
mittee should be sustained.
Mr.. Brown Of Carroll caused a lively
tilt by asking if Mr.. Jones was in the
employ of a railroad. In a spirited re-
ply Mr.. Jones said:
I have represented both sides under
this statute in my practice of fourteen
years. II is true that l am employed by
a railroad, but ne man is worthy TO rep
resent the state of Georgia who could al
low personal interests to influence his vote
I stand here to-day to do what / think
best for the people of this state, not to
challenge the sincerity of any man, and
I dare any man to challenge mine"
The previous question was called, and
1lr. Brown was allowed twenty minutes
to conclude. He yielded a portion of the
tlfsie 10 SIR. Splnks OF Paulding, who ur-
gently favored the bill.
Mr.. Lane Of Bib and Mr. McLauEhIin
Of Meriwether spoke in conclusion for the
General judiciary Committee, urging that
the report should be sustained.
The vote stood 50 to 60, the report of the
committee was not agreed to, and thus
The bill was killed
Mr.. Reynolds of Richmond moved a sus-
pension Of rules to take up the bill for
the establishment of a bureau of labor
and industrial statistics, unanimous con-
sent having been refused.
The vote stood rs to 16, and the rules
were suspended.
The question of agreeing to amendments
made by the committee was first taken
up. The first amendment provided that
the controller general should be the head
of the bureau instead of the commissioner
of agriculture. The author of the bin
sold the change was agreeable to the
commissioner and the controller, as the
latter would have more time to look after
the new bureau.
As to Labor Statistics
Mr.. Reynolds spoke of the many ad-
vantages that would accrue from the es-
tablishment of the bureau. 1t would have
Information ready mt all times for set
tiers seeking to move to Georgia from
other sections and for capitalists seeking
investment in mineral lands or factories
IN one county OF this state ne said there
are 10 kinds of wood while only half a
dozen of them are used. The bureau
would collect statistics about the wood
of the state to be used by furniture fac
tories and other enterprises. He told Of
the advantage to be derived from bring
ing more cotton mills to the state. and
predicted that such would be the result
of the bureaus work
As4the bill involved an appropriation Of
1920 for the payment of deputy commits
sioner, the House went into the Commit
tee Of the Whole to consider it, Mr.. Lane
Of Blob being called to the chair An
amendment by the committee provided
that the money should be taken from che
insurance fees. All of the amendments
by the committee were agreed TO. Mr.
Calvin of Richmond moved to amend nv
making the active head of che bureau
cnlef clerk, inst cad of deputy commits
sioner. All the amendments being approv-
ed, the committee rose and reported the
plu faVorably as amended
Mr., Morris Of Cobb opposed the bin on
Inc ground that the money would have 10
come from the school fund and no good
could be derived from the measure.
Mr. Reynolds explained the school fund