The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-31

Committee WIN Look Entodhe Matter
and Report 90 the General ASSEM-
bly-statc OmciaIs Think AdJutRnt
General should Justify Hi- Charges
or HcsiEn-adIutnnt General nSrd
said ue Did Not IRtend co nencct
Upon Anyone.
Atlanta. Oct ROLAND Ellis of Rlhb
county created a sensation in tae senate
this morning when hc introduced rfso-
luton TO defend the name Of the late Adit
Gen J. Mcintosh Ken. whom tho people
Of Georgia held IN such loving memory
and respect
In his annual report regarding the
building and grounds of the state Capital.
Phil @. Byrd. keeper Of public building.
and lately appointed Adjutant General hy
the Governor. used language concerning
the administrator OF Gen Ken. which. la
the opinion OF many. reflects on the char
acter OF the late General Mr. Byrd re-
fcrrcd 10 the supplies issued in the Capito,
20 the porters OF the various department. o.
lie cires instances or "g.iar.ng differences
IN the price OF articles and ln the number
used IN the different departments. Tahu-
lated figures are gwen TO show the diffcr-
encc In his administration and in that OF
others. But who; brought on the resolu-
lion Of Mr.. Ells and what caused the SEN
sation IN the senate was the fact that the
words criminal looseucss were used
var. EIIis' Resolution.
Adjutaut General byrd refers 20 the ar
ticles used In the Treasury Department
In one year ana gives examples Mr.
Ellis took exception 20 the report and In
tr0duced the following resolution.
whereas the report 81 the acting keen
er OF public buildings and grounds uses
the following language tn recitinw GER
tain figures. I quote the above because q
is about the worst case I nnd and shows
TO what criminal degree Of looscntss
this branch ~ the depar mcnt had arrived
at when your oNccllcncy put mo on duty
with instructions 20 stop every leak I
could hnd out And.
Whereas this branch OF the department
referred to was az the time indicated un-
der the supervision OF John McIn 0ah Keli.
and.
Whereas the said John Mcintosh Kell
was paralyzed AZ the time the said report
was made and has since died leaving TO
this state his name az precious herita se
BE Il therefore resolved by the senate,
the Ttoise roncurrinR. that a comm tes
the House be appointed to investigate tho
justice OF this charge and report e. tho
General Assembly
Upon the adoption of tho res1lut on
Senators Herndou. Upchurch ana Alcx1r-
der were appointed on the committee from
the Senate. and as soon as the committee
from the House Is appointed. the lnvesu-
CATION will proceed.
Officials We're Indignant.
The report was only made public TO
day. but when Capitol officials read IL
they were Indignant They stated that
. hile there may have been some extrava-
Fance in the administration OF affairs. b
was rot criminal looseuess. and that the
Adiutant General now should be made 10
Justify the charges OF resign. Like Sen
ator Ellis they consider q a reflection on
Gen. Kell's name.
Gov Gambler. when asked about the re-
port. said he had not read "a and could
express no opinion
Adjt Gen. Byrd. when seen by Morn
ing News reporter and Informed OF the
resolution in the Senate. said.
Il did not intend 10 reflect on Gep Kcll
or anybody There were acting Keepers
Of public buildings a. well as myself. ana
what I said ia the report was not made
as a reflection. The figures. however. viii
show for thcmselves"
Roland Ellis. who introduced the refou-
ton In the Senate. VIII probably assist
the committee in the investigation lie Is
very much aroused over the charges made
IN the report
when informed that Mr. BYRD had said
he intended 20 reflect on nobody IN the
ONCE Mr. Ellis said:
Wen. why doa't he withdraw his TO
port. II f. a charge that should be iusu-
ied or Withdrawn. and am going 90 hcip
the committee. ] have been told hy poo-
pie around tho Capitol here that Byrd. In
order 10 make greater showing Of econ
omy. cut OF the necessary supply Of ev-
crything"