The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-26
CLAIM THE BILL is LOST.
OSBORNE SAYS HIS OFFICE WILL
NOT HE DIVIDED.

Assertions BASED ON Advices From
AtIantn-It Is Said These show
Things Are All Coming His Way.
Strong Forces Arrayed in Oppose
ton TO Passage of the Bill Great
ing a Solicitor for City COurt-OP-
position HOOts Mt the Idea of As
sured Success for the Other Side
and Themselves Claim The Victory.
The Fight Toss-Up stiII, with
No Fnvorites.
The friends Of Solicitor General Osborne
were jubllant yesterday over advices they
said they had received from Atlanta. that
things were coming his way and that the
defeat Of the bill creating a separate So
ncitor for the City Court was already
virtually assured.
Those who we're in possession Of this
bit OF private news were not willing to
give either its source or its particulars.
They simply said that a canvass of the
Legislature had been made and that its
results had surpassed the expectations Of
those who oppose the bill. They seemed
confident though, that the bill would not
become a law and appeared TO retain the
facts and figures upon which their conf
denee in the ultimate result is based. 1t
IS a thing beyond peradventure that since
the converting of the Legislature the great
majority Of its members have been APP
preached on the subject by both sides. II
is equally certain that very many of them
had been reached by letter or wire before
they reached Atlanta and that they mad
Iaa Ill ta1 To anfe "A
have been advanced. pro and con.
Il don't see how the bin can become
law" SAID a prominent member of the
Citizens Club and friend of the Solicitor
general, yesterday. In the first place,
Mr. Osborne himself has many friends
throughout the state. who will stick %
him closely and will not permit his in
terests TO suffer If their presence or in
tiuence can prevent II. In the Second
place. he is a strong university man and
can be relied upon to rally to his standard
this always strong and influential ele-
ment of the Legislature. In the third
place, The bin Will be opposed by every
solicitor general in the state, who will
realize that che passage OF one such OH
win set a precedent that viii iniure him
when Il Is followed. Add TO this that it
will be impossible for the Liberal Club
people to show that the office has suffered
because the incumbent has had charge of
Nlt interests OF the state III boltl the lily
and Superior Courts, and ii is easily I'M
derstood that its passage viii not be a
simple matter. l don't think the opposl-
ton can muster sufficient strength 70
make the bin law This has been my
opinion all a,ong, and 1t has been strength
ened and confirmed by what l have heard
from Atlanta"
There is mystery in the city as to the
time when County Treasurer Waring Rus
sell left and whittier he has gone and what
he is doing. The secrecy that has been
maintained as to his departure is evidenced
by the fact that its time has been desiguat-
ed as of three different occasions since
Monday night, each Of which has its warm
adherents, who are ready TO swear posi-
lively that he left at the hour they advo-
cate. The Liberal Club members are
ready to swear also that he IS in Atlanta,
aiding the ambitions of Mr.. Osborne and
seeking TO defeat the passage of the bN
creating the Office Of solicitor general Of
the City Court.
A Citizens Club man. who was seen wan
dering about the streets. was asked to
furnish the Morning News with some abso-
lutey reliable Information touching this
vexed problem. With the air Of one i'm
parting a most profound secret, that was
at the same time the solution of the enig
ma that would be at once accepted this
gentleman leaned towards the ear of the
reporter end whispered;
Cherokee county TO look after some lands
that ne owns in that part Of the state. He
has learned thai one of the citizens of
the county has squatted on his land and
he has gone up TO try and get him of.
There has been some little interest in this
matter, and If you Will write what l tell
YOU, you VIII sci The whole thing at rest.
You may rely upon II that this informa-
ton is perfectly authentic"
in the fight for the creation of a sepa-
rate solicitor. the supporters of the Chat
ham delegation are banking strongly on
Senator Grovenstein. They are firmly of
the opinion that he win support the bill
and believe that his influence will be all
sufficient to secure its passage in the Sen
ATE and nullify the effect of any filibuster-
ing tactics hat may be reSorted TO by
the friends Of the opposition They claim
that the support of the Senator viii be
easily won, when he is shown the official
figures of the revenues of the solicitors
office that the Representatives. from this
county carried with them to Atlanta SO
far as the House is concerned, with the
Chatham delegation solid. they do not
anticipate any difficulty in securing the
passage of purely local law. in which
the other counties of The state have alb
solutely no interest.
So the matter goes. Before the bill has
been introduced, the victory is claimed by
the adherents of both factions, with equal
NtIHuti|t. N tAic tOiltitbtitilr AhOuEh H.
il might be well for them all to remember
that in the past the Legislature has shown
itself to be a very 'unsartain" body. and
the old saw anent the difficulty the leopard
is said TO experience in changing the spots
with which nature has provided him.
With the system Of philosophy that might
be builded on this basis, both sides win
be prepared for whatever fate overtakes
the bill or them, and be able 10 meet vic
tory with becoming moderation and defeat
with patient resignation.