Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-23

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mitchell to Morris; Rawls from Mitchell
TO Morris; Redwine voted for the first time
for Morris, and Whitley changed from
George TO Mitchell.
Mr.. Norris gained strength on this bal
lot, the vote being, Morris, 50; Mitchell,
81. and George. O.
on the fourth ballot there were many
changes, Norris stin leading. but Mitchell
having gained considerable strength in
this ballot, the vote on which was: Nor
ris, Is; Mitchell. q; George, p Eighty
eight votes were necessary to an election.
Great interest was taken in the balloting,
each change by every voter being greeted
with cheers.
on the nth ballot there were also a
number of changes, Morris getting 70
votes. Mitchell IS and George 25. Still no
election and the calling Of the roll for
the sixth ballot was Immediately begun.
Morris receiving n votes. Mitchell Y and
George q.
on this ballot the following changes
were made: Almond from George to Nor
ris; Beauchamp from Morris to George;
Carr from George to Morris; Crumbley
from George to Mitchell; Foster, of Oco-
nee. from Morris TO Mitchell; Rawls from
Morris to Mitchell; RUSSELL from Morris
to Mitchell; Roper from George to Nor
ris. and Stanford from Morris to George.
After this ballot Mr.. Darlington moved
strenuously objected. claiming that the
house could not adjourn until a speaker
had been elected. Mr.. Darlington then
withdrew his motion to adjourn.
On the sixth ballot the vote stood: Nor
ris. 50; Mitchell. 20; George. %
The following changes in the ballots
were observed in this ballot: Almond
from Morris to George; Beauchamp from
George to Morris; Foster, Of Oconee, from
Mitchell 10 Morris; RUSSELL from Mitchell
TO Norris: Parker from Morris to George;
fearis- from hffeciieii- 70 Morriss STANFORD
from George TO Morris; Stewart from
Morris TO Mitchell; Whitley from George
to Morris.
The last ballot taken this afternoon at
SIS O'Clock stood: Morris 10S: Mitchell, 20.
Mr. Rulherin, OF Richmond, offered a
motion to adjourn. but again T. S. Fielder.
OF Bibb, objected seriously and Mr.. Null
herin withdrew his motion Murphey
Gambler. however. moved that the house
take a recess until o'clock and the mo-
ton was unanimously passed by the
house.
Afternoon Session.
Newton Morris, of Cobb county, was
elected speaker Of the house Of represen-
tatives yesterday by a vote of 10S TO
20. over Hon. Fondren Mitchell. of
Thomas.
AIurphey Gambler Of DeKalb. made a
short address. IN which he stated that Mr..
George. OF Morgan. had decided to retire
from the race, and would so announce to
the house.
Mr.. George. in a short speech. said he
had decided TO leave the race because he
had too high regard for the welfare of
his friends and the interest Of the state
TO protract a hopeless struggle. For that
reason, he said. he would leave the race,
and in doing so he would not suggest to
his friends who had supported him who
they should vote for. but so far as he was
concerned he would vote for Mitchell.
The roll was called and the result was
Morris. 100: Mitchell, 20. Norris was de-
clared elected amid great applause and
was escorted TO the chair. where he made
a short speech thanking the members for
the great honor conferred upon him.
The vote on the last ballot was:
MOrris-Adams. Akin, Alexander, AL
mOnd. Arnold. Ayers. Baldwin. Beall,
Beauchamp. Bell of Emanuel, Bell Of Mil
ton, Blackburn, Booth, Brock. Bruce. bur
ton. Calvin, Cam, Carr, Carswell, Cliatt
Conner. Crumbly, Dawes. Davis. Dawson,
Derrick, Dozier. Duckett, Ennis. Evans,
Flanagan. Flynt, Foster of Towns, Frank
lin, Russell, Grenade, Griffin, Hardeman,
Halves. Henry. Hixon of Carroll, Hixon
Of Sumpter. Holder, Houston. Howard
OF Baldwin. Howard OF Laurens.
Johnson. OF Clinch; Jones. Of Dougherty (;
Jones. OF Pickens; Jelly, Kendrick, Kent,
Knowles. Lawrence, Little, Lowe, Mann,
Martin. Mayson, Miller OF Muscogee,
Mills. Mitcham, Mitchell. Moses. Mulher-
in. Mcbride. McCurry. McElmurry. Nc
Henry, Mclean, Owen, Overstreet,
Parker. Peyton, Phillips OF Jefferson,
Phillips OF Quitman. Rainey,
Rawls. Redwine. Reid. Rice. Ridley.
Rodgers OF Hail. Roper, Shackelford,
Shannon, SlatOn. Stanford, Steed of Car
roll, Steed OF Taylor, Stewart, Strickland.
Thompson. Thurman. Warren. Watson,
Welch. Welborn, Whitney, Wilson, Wise.
Wombley, Yates.
Mitchell-Alford. Bowen, Boykin, Brin-
son, Brown, Buchan, Buchanan, Bush,
Butts. Gambler. Darlington, Cook, Cromar-
tic. Deal. Duggan. Dunbar. Edwards, En-
glish. Fielder. Fields, Foster of Oconee.
Gaulden, George, Glenn, Grice, Hall. Har-
den. Hayes, Hendry. Hicks, Howell.
Hutchinson, johnson OF Baker, johnson OF
Crawford. Kilburn, Knight. Lane, La
nier, Naples. Miller of Bullock,
Mizell. Morris. Morton. McRae, Newton.
Nesbit. O'Quinn. Pate OF Dooley. Pate OF
win. preston. Proctor. Rankin, Richard
son. Rodgers of McIntyle. Rountree, San
ders. Singletary, Spence. Stovall, Tignor.
Tracy, Underwood, Valentine Walker of
Monroe, Walker OF Pierce. West, Wooten.
Boifeuillet Elected.
Hon John T. Boifeuillet was placed in
nomination for clerk by L. ]. Kilburn. OF
Bib. Martin Calvin, of Richmond, nom
inted Hon. Mark Hardin. of Fulton. The
roll call proceeded. and when about half
completed Mr.. Calvin announced that he
was authorized to withdraw the name OF
Mr.. Hardin. The election of Mr.. Boffeuil-
let was then made unanimous. He was
escorted TO the chair amid considerabl
applause.
Hon. Dave Howard. of Baldwin. was