The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-24
POLITICIANS ARE ALL THERE.
nrADY ron rHE OPENING or THE
IEGISLATIRE TODAY.

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No Opposition 90 Lille for Speaker
of che House or Howell for Presi-
dent OF senate-Northen VIII Ne
Secretary of senate-t'"Ner""rs
u...aRe WIN ne Read This Morn
,u.,.somr of the principal Points
tte viii Present.
Atlanta. oct a.-The opening Of the
c.,rcr,t ArsemhIys session tomorrow
has Attracted the politicians from All parts
81 thc state and tonight the city ~
.ro0dsd. as De- usual. on the eve Of open
ing day.
There are no Judges and solicitors On
hand however. and the pressure IS re-
ueved somewAot
clerk John Boiieuulet will call the
House a. order tomorrow morning At y
o'clock. ana Secretary Charlie Northcn
will rap Tor silence IN the Senate az the
same hour.
Nearly every member will be IN his seat
o., the time. and az soon a. tho organizi-
ton is perfected. the Governor will send
Ia his annual message
The reading Of the message viii occupy
some time. and after that - eompletea'
the general assembly Will adjourn.
Candidates for doorkeeper Of 'he Sen
ate ana House are busy to-day, as are
also candidates for messenger OF the
House ard Senate
Both Are Claiming u.
The aspirants for Speaker pro tenn are
getting In some work The race Ia be-
tween Fondrsd Mitchell OF Thomas ana
Newton Morris Of cobb The South Geof-
gia contingent is sticking 10 Mitchell ana
he also has a number - supporter from
North and Central Geors.a. Both Messrs.
Morris and Mitchell ere claiming their
election as speaker pro TEN.
Il have eighty-hve votes 80 MS hour'
said Mr Mitchell tonight. and think
can hold them and Re' a few more. You
may say that ! am a. certain 20 he elect
cd a. tomorrow sun BE- to rise
Mr. Morris refused 60 estimate his vote
hut said. ia will he enough 10 elect
do not think my election has been IN douot
at any time since ] arrived
For doorkeepcr ~ the senate. Wilson. 81
Whitneld. Green. % Hahersham. and
Cauik Of Jefferson are candidate. and
for doorkeeper Of the House. WiliifoFd Of
Fayette. Brady. u Dougherty Lewis. Of
Thomns. ana Miner Of Campbell are ~
the race.
Fivnn Harget,. of HARRIS J. ". Nc
Curdy. Of DeKalb. s y Paulk. o. Irwin
and w J Harris 81 TwiRgs. have an
nounced for messenger 81 the senate. ana
today n looks a. n Hargett, 81 Harris
or McCurdy. Of Dekalb. viii be the lucky
candidates.
Sneaker and President.
Speaker John D. Little vii be reelected
without opposition az will John T. Bot
feuilet as clerk
clark Howell will be president Of the
Senate and Charlrs s Northen. secretary.
Secretary Northern anuuonced his ap-
eiEante this morning. They are c. I.
Houston 81 Thomas assistant secretary,
O. p Erwin Of Habersham. message clerk.
and Query Brannon q opitman. journal
clerk
Speaker Little viii announce. soon Of
ter me House Is Organized. the posim's-
tress 81 the House There are twcnty-four
applicants FOR the place. but II 8 believed
that either Mrs. Armstrong Of Atlanta.
Mrs Thomas n r. Cobb OF Atlanta. or
Miss Marion Smith Of Cartersviile viii
be appointed
II Is not likely that any bills will be in
troduced az the hrst day's session Friday
the regular routine will be- commenced.
and on Saturday the Governor will be in
augurated.
GOV. CandIer's Message.
GOV CardIer says the Atlanta depo;
problem wiz be handled In a special mes
cage 90 accompany the commissions re-
port recommending that the state build
a. and accept S per cent. from the rail-
roads az annual interest for nineteen
years
The school question will he handled ex-
piicitiy ana In detail He will favor
low compelling each county 10 bear Its
share Of the school expense. ana not Al
low county 20 draw more from the
treasury than Il pays into that fund
The financial interests Of the state viii
show prosperity. and IN consequence Of
increase IN taxable property. a decrease
Of one dollar per thousand IN taxes.
The Uniformity text book question will
not he touched upon as predicted. as Gov.
Gamblers information from Governors
sayres Of Texas MCMILLAN Of Tennessee
ind insolvency Of South Carolina e. 20
the effect that the workings of that sys-
tenn IN their respective states Is burden
come and unjust to the people
Nothing will be said on the prohibition
question. An the state educnt ional sys-
TENS are shown 70 be In an extremely
prosperous condition
The Democratic caucus Evil be held to-
morrow morning al . O'Clock.
STOPS THE CoUGH AND WORKS OFF