The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-30
.oMMITTEE'S ACTS ILLEGAL.
..r..s DEPOT PROPOSITION
HITS ANOTHER ROCK.

adler Appears to Have Been
,rnorcd as Chairman of the Com
..,cc-Biu Introduced Relative to
nenot-Committee Has Allowed
military only $I2,5OO-Senate
..,yerance Committee Will Make
.obIe Report on WiIlinghRm
Bill.
cogitation on the new depot
81" sf..on the special committee from
p'-.,. legislature discovered yesterday
wv IN that its acts were illegal and
.,srred for naught.
7,,ropgh no fault of the committee, but
Ugh the omission by printer of an
'-..,,r.,nt part of the original bill Great
.,s commission, Gov. Gamblers name
,h,frrnan of the committee was ignored
. or tbe committee meetings.
rba bill itself states that no act shall
tioa.re- unless the entire committee is
,,,,rimous in it's approval. The printed
-,,, If the bill does not mention the Gov
ernor
oo. Gambler has not approved single
.,t Of tbe committee because he did not
Low he was on it, according to the print
"a ,onv and the entire work of the COM
r,ttee through all the hot summer
rooptbs must go by the board. Gov.
cardler is now chairman of the commit
tee and by his assumption of the office.
ro,. force IS given 20 the movement for
q now depot
TGs following is a copy of the title of
.heb Kim agreed upon by the Legislative De-
mai commission and will be introduced
4, the House by Representative Brandon:
"To amend an act approved Dec. L, 1898,
creating a board OF commissioners to con-
sent on behalf of the state to the erec-
,on of a new union passenger station on
tbe states property in the city of Atlanta;
10 further define the powers of the COM
mission and for other purposes.
Child Labor Bill.
The child labor bill was reported favor
ably to the House to-day by the Com
mfttee on Labor and Statistics. The vote
STOOD : 10 2 in favor of the bill./
The mill presidents had appeared in force
at the meeting on last Friday night and
made lengthy arguments against the bin.
Mr. c. T. Ladson, representing the Fed
Grafton of Labor; Mr. c. c. Houston, edi-
for of the Journal of Labor ana secretary
of the Fedora lion of Labor; Mr.. Garrett,
president of the Federation of Labor, and
Mr. w. G. Cooper of the Atlanta Journal
appeared for the bill
only S12,5OO for Military.
The Committee on Appropriations re-
ported favorably this morning the resolu-
tons TO appropriate 81, 200 for a clerk for
Adit Gen. Keu, and also 5000 to repair
the old capitol at Milledgesville, Ga. 1t
voted favorably tonight on appropriating
$3.50 to the military for next year, and
aO5S} to the Griffin Rifles for services
several months ago in quelling a riot at
the Griffin Cotton Mills between some OPP
eratives and negro employees Acting Ad-
jutant General Byrd and General Inspector
Obear appeared before the committee to
urge the $4,000 appropriation named in the
HaTdWick resolution, but the committee
cut it half in two
The Corporations Committee voted unan-
imously against Mr.. Halls bill to amend
the charter of the city of Macon. Five
aldermen and the city attorney opposed
the bill.
Report on WilIingham Bill.
The Temperance Committee of the Sen
I ate acted favorably on the Willingham bill
to-day the committee members opposed
to the bill remaining away so that il
could be reported favorably and a square
cut test could be had on il on its merits
In the Senate.
An ant-prohibition member of the House
who voted against it said tonight that
the Senate stood nineteen to nineteen with
Il six nOn-committal