The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-31
HOUSE DOES LITTLE.
,,,rrIcuLr FOR 1T TO GET DOWN
TO WORK.
IN TALK AND IN WRANGLES
,,zMRERs CONSUME MUCH OF ITS
TIME.

Couvict Question Cannot Come Up
Hefore Next Wednesday, and II
uax Not DO So Then-ReguIar CAL
erdar Is to Be Resumed-HOuse
Needles for a New Law Touching
Vawrants-ChanceIIO Hill of the
University to Speak.
Atlanta, July S0.-The House of Rep
rssentatives dealt with number of
questions to-day, but accomplished lit
t,o of consequence. Much of the day
was spent in debating useless points
of order.
No day has yet been fixed for the
consideration of the convict question,
and it looks now as if it will not be
settled before midnight of the day of
adjournment. The House, it would
appear, has simply been frittering away
time in useless wrangles.
Vagrancy Bill Passed.
The House passed to-day the va
erancy bill by Mr.. Calvin of Rich
mond, by vote of III to Z. This bill
defines new classes of Migrants, and
makes the vagrancy laws more strin-
gent than ever before. should It be-
come a law. 1t provides that person
charged with being a vagrant must not
only have visible means of support,
but must have either steady employ
ment or property from which he de-
rves his support.
1t creates as another class of va
grants, all persons who are able to
work and do not work, and who live
on the wages of their minor children.
This is one of the features Of the child
labor bill, and was promptly recog-
nized as such when it was offered as
an amendment to-day.
Several Resolutions.
long discussion took place over a
resolution by Mr.. Steed of Taylor,
which proposed to rescind the Davis
resolution passed at the last session
The Davis resolution saved the state
about $4,000 last year. The House de-
feated the Steed resolution by vote
of rs to So.
Mr.. Hall of Bib had a resolution
read that has been adopted by the
Auditing Committee, stating that COM
mittee will in future demand not only
itemized statements, but receipts.
A resolution from the Committee on
steering committee to fix the order of
business, was voted down, and the
Committee on Rules instructed to re-
port on resolutions fixing special or
ders
Will Take Up she Calendar.
This afternoon the House decided to
follow the calendar for the next four
working days, so the convict question
can hardly come up before Wednesday.
The House passed the bill proposing
to let the people vote on the question
Of the adoption or the rejection of the
alternative road law. 1t also passed
the bill by Senator Perry. which per-
mits electric suburban railways to
build lines within ten miles of and
parallel to other railway lines.
Chancellor Walter B. Hill has been
invited to speak before a joint session
of the General Assembly at noon to-
morrow, on the subject of the state
University" An interesting address
is expected.
The House passed a resolution, ac-
cepting life-size portrait of the late
Ex-Governor James S. Boynton, ten
dered by his wife, and thanking her
for it. 1t will be placed in the Capt.
toll.
Text Book Commission.
The uniform text book bill was taken
up this afternoon, and Mr.. Cam of
Chatham introduced a substitute, pro-
viding for an appointment of a COM
mission to investigate and report to
the next session. Mr.. Mitchell of
Thomas made the point of order that
the substitute was not german, which
the speaker overruled. An appeal was
debated until the hour of adjournment
when the Speaker was sustained.
TaIk of Extra SesxfOu
There is considerable talk to-day of
the possibility of an extra session of
the Legislature unless the convict
question should be settled. Gov. Ter
rell would express no view of the mat
ter, but it is said something must be
done, as the present law is of force
only until April next
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