The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-03


Been Agreed Upon by, the Commit
tee of the WhOle-OnIy Change
Was to Draw the Agricultural
Fund From the Fertilizer Fees, In
stead of the General Fund--Hard-
est Fight Was on the Military APP
preparation.
Atlanta, Dec. 1.-The House finally
passed the general appropriations bill
at five minutes to o'clock this after
noon by a vote of 102 to IA.
The whole day was spent In con-
sideration of the bill. though not an
item in 1t was changed from the shape
in which the Committee of the Whole
left it. The only change made in the
bill was the provision thst the &c.,
900 maintenance fund of the Depart
ment of Agriculture shall come from
fertilizer inspection fees instead of
from the general fund. as heretofore
Several of the appropriations had
hard fights made on them, but they
withstood the shock and came out tri-
umphantly.
The fourteen members who voted
against the bill, because they thought
some of the appropriations were ex-
travagant, were: Messrs. Bower OF De-
catur, Bush of Miller, Bell of Milton,
Glenn of Whitfield, Henry of Murray,
Hixon of Carroll, Kent of Johnson,
knight of Berrien, Lowe of Chattooga,
Mayson of DeKalb, Thurman of Wal
ker Underwood of White, Valentine or
Echols and Yates of Catoosa.
stabs mt the Military.
The hardest fight was made on the
military appropriation, Mr. Rankin or
Gordon raising the point of order that
under the act OF 1899, as codihed In
Section 1915 and 1916 of the Code, the
annual appropriation to the state troops
was limited to $1,000, and that no larger
amount could be inserted in the bill
1t was shown by Messrs. Fielder and
Hall of Bibb that the law referred to
applied solely to encampments, and
that the appropriation in the bill was
for support and maintenance. On the
vote the House refused to increase the
| amount already given, but by a vote
| of 81 to 25 gave the $40. 900, as inserted
| by the committee.
| Another fight was made to reduce
| the INDECENT pension fund to $3S5.000
4
| voting on amendments and calling the
| yeas and nays, but finally, by vote
| of II to AZ, the House kept the amount
| at $4,000. as fixed by the Committee of
| the Whole.
Mr.. Hall of Bibb fought for reduc-
ton of the appropriation of $4,000 to
the archaeological School, but Mr.. Sla-
tons able statement about the work
the Tech is doing carried the day, and
no change was made.
Public Property Fund Stands.
Another very interesting debate oc-
CURED on the subject of the public
property fund, Mr.. Davis of Meri-
wether making an effort to use what
is left of it to pay the interest on the
bonded debt. Mr.. Hall of Bib and
Mr.. Mitchell Of Thomas led the oppo-
sition and won out the House refusing
by a large vote to authorize the use
/ of the fund. This action was
taken in the face of the fact
that it will increase the de-
felt in the treasury by about
$125, 900.
A special bill has been introduced by
Mr.. Davis looking to the use of the re-
mainder of this fund for the purpose
stated.
Mr.. West of Lowndes was again UNI
successful in his effort to add $4,000
TO the state school fund, and the
amount was left at 100000.
Neither would the House agree to q
change in the Soldiers Home appro-
priation of $12,500 In fact, every 9TH
err item in the bill was passed up, just
as it had come from the Committee of
the Whole, and when the bill was fin
ished, ii was ordered Immediately
transmitted to the Senate.
During the discussion of the meas
ure, Mr.. Reid of Campbell Offered an
amendment to make the appropriations
bill applicable for two years, so as to
save time at the next session. This
was defeated on the ground that the
whole work had been done on the one
year idea, and It might be necessary
to change appropriations next year.