The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-29
HOW MONEY GOES
DIVISION OF STATE FUNDS BUSTED
LEGISLATORS.
1T CAUSED MUCH ARGUMENT.
sANITARIUM GETS 100000 INSTEAD
OF $33O,0OO.

preparations BilI--S05O Given the
Governor for Messenger-In-
crease for the school for the Deaf.
cussinE Taxes - Deficit i'm the
Treasury Is Fought Against
strongly by Some-BiIl Up Again
To-day.
Atlanta, Nov. 2S.-The House to-day
took up for consideration the general
appropriate ns bill. in Comndttee of
the Whole, with Mr.. Slaton of Fulton
as chairman. The only important mat
ters acted on were giving the School
for the Deaf an increase of $780, and
the State Sanitarium an increase of
only $4,000. instead of the $40, 900 ask
ed, both of which propositions br ought
on warm debates. The House was in
session until O'Clock p. m.
The only changes made in the first
section of the appropriations bill was
an amendment providing that the sal
airy of the superintendent of the State
Sanitarium. amounting to $4,000, shall
be paid from the fund for the support
and maintenance of that institution. A
new item of $3.50 for a messenger for
the Governor was inserted. The whole
section relates to salaries, and efforts
made to cut down several of them fail
ed, because the amounts are fixed by
law. The second section, relating to
salaries of judges and solicitors, was
adopted without change.
The third section of the bill. relating
to legislative expenditures, was chang
Rn in univ ri frnlar fha r11ln1hat.
of pages In the Senate was reduced
from four to three. and in the House
from seven to six. The number of door
keepers was also cut down by eight in
the House and Senate.
Then Came the Fight.
The warm fight came when the third
section was reached. and Chairman
Davis of the Appropriations Committee
offered an amendment to increase the
amount to the School for the Deaf
from SIS, 900 to $27 500. Mr.. Hall of
Bibb opposed the amendment, mot be-
cause l am opposed to giving this
worthy school the small amount of ST.
500" he said, but because we have got
to cut these appropriations all along
the line, and ] am going to urge re-
duction of every one OF them"
MIR. Davis of Merrtwether said he ia
vored the appropriation because the
committee had made it. He realized.
however, that il was necessary TO cut
everywhere, or there would be a big
deficit in the State Treasury. Mr.. Reed
of Campbell declared the general tax
bill would not bring in a dollar more
than last year. and unless reductions
were made, the state, even with tax
rate of 5.14. would be confronted by
deficit of more than 100000 He de-
clare he xuo1l1d 40. -
above mills, no matter what appro-
priations were made.
IT'S time the burden on the honest
taxpayer is being reduced" he said,
land since bankruptcy confronts me,
L am as ready to meet it now as at
any other time" Mr.. Reid declared. IL
necessary he would favor cutting down
the pension and common school funds
in order that the state might come out
even.
stOvaII for an Increase.
Messrs. Evans of Washington, Ennis
of Floyd, Blackburn of Fulton and
Stovall of Chatham spoke strongly In
favor of the increase for the School
for the Deaf. Mr. Stovall declared
the state would suffer in the end If
IL persisted In this niggardly policy
with its institutions. No taxpayer would
object to contributing, he said, to so
worthy and so important an institution
as this. IF there is any item that
is sapping our resources" said Mr.
Stovall, there is where the cut should
be made. Let that be reduced. rather
than cut off our institutions. Frankly
/ am in favor of reducing all pensions
TO an INDECENT basis, and / believe the
people of the state would overwheln-
ingly approve such action"
The amendment was adopted by
vote OF 81 to 56, and the school was
given the extra $500.
Inc proposition to increase the State
Sanitarium's appropriat ton from $780,
600 TO $33OOO0, called forth all sorts of
amendments, cutting the amount even
back down TO the original figures. Mr..
Hall opposed the increase on account
OF extravaganza, and the condition of
the treasury. Messrs. Howard of
Baldwin, Miller of Muscogee, Franklin
OF Washington, and others made strong
appeals in behalf of the sanitariuln.
declaring that it was a sacred duty
OF the state to give all needed support
to so important an institution, partic-
uiarly in view of the fact that there
were so many insane persons in county
jails kept like common criminals. be-
cause there was not money enough to
keep them all at the state asylum. IL
costs 30 cents day each to keep them
at the asylum, Mr.. Howard said. and
so cents day in the jails.
VIII Watch Franchise Votes.
Mr.. Gambler Of DeKalb said he would
have to vote against the appropriation
and that he would watch with interest
the vote Of others who were urging It.
when they came TO pass on the fran
cfise tax bill.
The committee amendment, proposing
$33O,00O, was lost by vote of 95 to Al.
The same fate greeted Mr.. Reds
amendment, giving $4,000 and the
amendment by Messrs. Steed and Hix-
on of Carroll, giving the State SANTA
rum 100000, or $4,000 more than last
year, was adopted by vote or SO to 81
The House stopped consideration OF
the bill at this point, and will take 1t
up al O'Clock tomorrow morning, all
leaves of absence, except for provi-
Dental causes, having been refused.
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