The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-30
GEORGIA TO EXHIBIT
HOUSE PASSED AN APPROPRIATED
OF $4,000.
WAS BY A CLOSE SHAVE.
FRIENDS OF THE MEASURE HAD
TO WORK FOR 1T.

linton to the Senate Immediately.
preparation for What He Termed
"JunNet to st. LOuIs''-COnvict
Question Up Again Friday-SeRate
Against Election of Railroad
Commissioners.
Atlanta, July 29.-It was by close
shave that the House passed this morn
ing the Dunbar resolution providing
for an appropriation of $4,000 for the
purpose of making an exhibit of Geor-
gia agriculture and kindred resources
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
next year.
When the roll call had been complet-
ed there were only 50 votes in favor of
the resolution. 1t was necessary to get
six more. Friends of the measure
hustled around and brought in from
the corridors several who had not vot-
ed, one man changed his vote, and
within a few minutes the result was
announced. SO to II, in favor of the
resolution.
Short speeches were made in its be-
half by. Messrs. Dunbar of Richmond,
Cam of Chatham, Conner of Barlow
and Nisbet of Burke.
After the vote had been taken, Mr..
Dunbar moved that the resolution be
Immediately transmitted to the SEN
ate. Mr.. Hall of Bibb gave notice of
a motion to reconsider, saying he
intended to oppose the appropriation
to the last ditch. Despite this the
House voted, SO to 45, to send the
resolution Immediately to the Senate.
The amendment that was put on it
in the House provides that all of the
state exhibits which are permanent
in their nature, shall be made part OF
the State Musuem in the Capitol at the
conclusion of the Exposition.
For Asylum Buildings.
Following this the House passed the
bill by MIR. Howard of Baldwin to an
propriate $4,000 to the State Santa
rum at MiledgevilIe. This amount is
needed in order to equip the two new
buildings with lights and get ready
for the reception of patients. There
| are now $50 applicants in the state for
| admission to the sanitarium. who can
I not be taken in until these buildings
are opened. Mr. Hall opposed the bill.
as he stated. solely because the House
had voted an appropriation Of $4,000
for "junket to st. Louis" The vote
was 129 to 81.
Uniformity Men Disappointed.
The advocates of uniform system
of text books in the public schools of
|
! up Immediately after this, but Speaker
Morris ruled that it had been displaced
by the foregoing bills, which were con-
| tinuous special orders: The resolution
fixing the uniform text book bill had
put it Immediately after the reading of
the journal. Since it could not be
taken up at that time, it was displaced.
Mr.. Mitchell of Thomas. one of the
authors of the uniform text book bill,
| appealed from the decision of the chair.
The chair was sustained by 81 to 20.
Convict Question Again.
Mr.. Fielder of Bibb then moved to
reconsider the action of the House, in
defeating the Steed bill relating to the
disposition of the states felony con-
victs.
Mr.. Flynt Of Spaudling also spoke
for the motion, while Messrs. Steed of
Taylor and Moses of Coweta opposed
1t. The result was very close. the
House reconsidering its action by a
vote of 70 TO 70.
"A resolution has been offered fixing
the Clements bill. relating to the con-
victs, which has already passed the
Senate, as the special order for next
Friday. The object of reconsidering
the Steed bill, 1t is stated, was solely
for the purpose of Offering the Gambler
compromise as a substitute for the
Clements bin when the latter comes
up. This will open up the whole con
Wet question again on Friday on prac,
tically the same basis on which IL
stood under the Steed bill.
The House killed the Adams bin,
which proposed to make it a misde-
meanor for any person to obtain ad-
vances with fraudulent intent on con-
tract to perform labor of any kind. 1t
was taken from the table and the re-
suit announced. IS to 20. Four MEM
bers changed their votes, but ii was
not sufficient to pass the bill
OHered Many Revolutions.
Twenty six resolutions We're offered
to-day, fixing special orders for next
week. If they are adopted the regular
order will stand little chance.
Among a number of bills introduced
to-day was one by Harden of Chat
ham to amend the constitution so as
to permit the passage of local bills by
a majority of those present in either
house, instead of requiring a constitu-
tional majority. Under the present ar
rangement a local bill is scarcely ever
passed by constitutional majority, as
they are nearly all passed on Satur-
days. when there is not a qurom pres
tent.
Not by the PeORle.
BY a vote of 2S to 10, the Senate de-
feated overwhelmingly the bill by Mr.
Rankin of Gordon, which has already
passed the House, providing for the
election of Railroad Commissioners by
the people instead of appointment by
the Governor, as at present The
principal speech in opposition to the bill
was made by Senator Alex Atkinson,
who charged that such a law would
have the inevitable effect of bringing
the railroad question into politics, and
the probable control of some or all Of
the members of that body by the rail-
road corporations.
Senator Davis made the principal
speech in favor of the BILL
Judges Salaries Raised.
The Senate passed, by a vote of 81
to 4, the bill by Senator Comas to
increase the salaries of Supreme ana
Superior Court judges. 1t originally
proposed to make the salaries of Su-
preme Court justices $1,000 and of SUI
perior Court judges $780, An amend
ment was adopted, cutting the amount
down to $4,000 for Supreme Court JUS