The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-23
THE HOUSE NOT WORKING.
MOST OF THE DAY SPENT IN FILL
CLUSTERING.

Motion 10 Limit Speeches to Ten
Minutes Brings on Lengthy Dis
cussiOn-OppOne nts of Depot Bill
Strongly Opposed 1.-THE House
Turns Down All Requests for
Special Orders-Hardaway's Emas-
cuIation Bill kiIIed-Chatham
Representatives Introduce Three
Bills.
Atlanta. Nov. 22.-The House was
not in a working humor to-day. and
spent most of the session discussing a
resolution by Mr.. Miller of Muscogee,
limiting individual speeches on all
questions to come before the House to
ter minutes.
This rule was looked upon as a very
harsh one by the depot filibusters who
came to the conclusion that it was
aimed at them, and they violently OPP
posed it's adoption. Fully an hour was
spent in discussing this resolution, and
the rest of the report of the Commit
tee on Rules. The resolution was
finally adopted, and hereafter to the
end of the session, nothing but ten
minute speeches will be allowed in the
House. The House showed that it
was averse to fixing any more special
orders, and resolutions reported fav-
orably by the Committee on Rules, fix
ing the Soldiers Home bill, the Bla-
lock resolution to pay interest from the
public property fund, the child labor
bill and others as special orders were
promptly voted down.
resolutions was followed by a large
number of requests for unanimous con-
sent to introduce bills or to have local
bills passed. All of them were refused
and motions to adjourn, made on an
average of every five minutes, were
voted down.
The bill by Senato Hardaway. pro-
Yiding emasculation as a punishment
for attempted criminal assault. which
was passed by the Senate, was killed
by the House.
The following new bills were intro
duced in the House:
BY Mr. Miller of Muscogee-To re-
quire fire insurance companies doing
business in the state of Georgia to
write insurance through licensed
agents.
BY Mr.. Miller of Muscogee--To cut
down appropriation for INDECENT wild
ows.
BY Mr.. Miller of Muscogee-To APP
fund.
BY Mr.. johnson of Baker-To appro-
pirate all moneys arising from costs in
county courts into county treasures.
BY Mr.. Jordan of Jasper-To estab-
fish an agricultural and scientific
school at Griffin.
BY Mr.. Wells of Chatham-To amend
the act creating commissioners of
Chatham county.
BY Mr.. Wells of Chatham-To pro-
vide how vacancy in office of ordinary
shall be filed.
BY Mr. Harden of Chatham TO hold
no session on Thanksgiving Day and
declaring same dies non.
BY Mr.. Slaton of Fulton-To require
old line insurance companies organic
ed under Jaws of foreign governments
to make a deposit.
Among the bills passed by the House
were the following:
BY Mr.. Ousley of Lowndes-A bill to
establish the City Court of Valdosta-
BY Mr.. Ousley of Lowndes-A bill to
abolish the County Court of Lowndes.
BY Mr.. Burnett of Clarke--A bill to
create dispensary for Athens.
AtIanta's Charter Bill.
The Senate this morning. after an
explanation from Senator Howell of
the Thirty fifth, passed a substitute
for the Atlanta charter bill, emitting
all the provisions relating to taxation
of franchises. These provisions, it is
stated, have simply been held up for
the present, and a bill providing some
additional method of taxing corporate
franchises will be passed as soon as
some compromise on this line can be
agreed on.
The Senate to-day passed many local
bills. The House resolution providing
for an investigation of the affairs of
the Soldiers Home was concurred in.
1t was decided not to have a session
on Thanksgiving Day and that it be
declared as a dies non.