The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-11
IN HALL OF FAME
WHAT GEORGIANS SHALL STAND
MEMORIALIZED IN MARBLEs
DR.. LONG AND ALEX STEPHENS
DOUBTLESS, II AN APPROPRIATION
is HELD CONSTITUTIONAL

cred the Hall of Fame Question.
Reached No Conclusion, but Re-
ported PrOgress-Discussion VIII
BE Continued TO-dRY-Plan Is to
Appropriate acknowledgements Doc
tors Give $1,000 Toward Longs
Sthtue-Mntters of Legislation.
Atlanta, July 1O.-"Shall statistics of
DR.. Crawford w. Long famed as the
discoVerer of anaesthesia, and Alexan-
der H. Stephens, one of Georgia's
greatest and foremost of statesmen,
grace the Hall of Statuary in the Ma
tiona1 Capitol?"
This is the question with which the
House of Representatives was wrest-
ling at the hour of adjournment to-
day. Most of the speeches made on
the subject were favorable to the pas
sage of the resolution providing for the
necessary appropriation, and it was
only over the constitutional point
raised that there occurred any partic-
ular hesitation.
The resolution providing for an APP
preparation for these statues was the
mission appointed under a resolution
passed in 1901. following the report of
the commission. a resolution was in
troduced providing for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to have made statues of
those distinguished Georgians, to be
placed in the Hall of Statuary in the
Capitol at Washington. The Georgia
I, II,
$1,5O0, to be used towards purchasing
the statue of DR.. Long, and under the
resolution the appropriation to- be made
from the state treasury would be re-
duced by that amount.
MIR. Tigner of Muscogee, while not
opposing the resolution outright. ex-
pressed grave doubts as to the con-
stitutionality. Mr.. Tigner offered an
amendment, proposing to strike the
name of Mr.. stephens, and insert in
stead that of James Edward Oglethorpe,
founder of the colony of Georgia.
Mr., Harden of Chatham explained
that he had been a member of the
commission which had selected the
! names, and said the commission had
reached the unanimous conclusion that
the duty before it was to select only
men who were born on Georgia soil.
Mr.. Hall of Bibb opposed the reso-
luton on the ground that it was UNI
constitutional.
Mr.. Stovall of Chatham applauded
the selection of the two men whose
names appear in the resolution, and
said there was just as much author
ity for making this appropriation as
for building a monument to Georgia's
dead on the BATTLEFIELD of Chicamauga
Messrs. Houston of Fulton, Moses
of Coweta, Evans of Washington and
George of Morgan all made strong
speeches in favor of the resolution.
The Committee of the Whole report
ed progress on the measure and win
take it up again for consideration
early next week
Killed 1t Quickly.
The House proceeded to kill in short
order a bill by Mr.. Mills of Cherokee,
providing that the registration books
for voters should be placed in the
hands of notaries public and justices
of the peace in each militia district
or ward in each county, instead of in
the hands of the tax collector, where
they are kept at present.
Mr.. Wombole of Upson made a brief
speech in support of the bill, while
Messrs. Hall of Bibb and Kelly of
Glascock spoke strongly against 1t. 1t
was declared the measure would deal
a death blow to the present registra-
ton laws of the state and would open
the way for more fraud and iilegality
in elections than had ever existed be-
fore. 1t was evident the House was
not in favor of the proposition, FOR
motion to postpone it indefinitely by
Mr.. Lane Of Sumter was passed by
an Overwhelming vote.
This action means it will not be
heard from again in the present Leg
islature.
To Supplement Insurance FUND
The House passed the resolution by
Mr.. Davis of Meriwether, appropriat-
ing $4,000 to supplement the insurance
fund. which will enable the state to
insure for the period of five years the
new building at the State Sanitarium
and the State Normal School at Ath-
ess.
New Bills in the House.
Among the new bills introduced in
the House to-day were the following
By Mr.. Connor of Bartow-To re-
quire the state to pay the expenses of
any LITIGATION for which any county
may be liable for the trial of cases
against the Western and Atlanta Rail-
road.
BY Mr.. Dawson of Greene-To au-
thorize the pension commissioner to
pay the pension of any person who
may die to the ordinary of the county
in which he lived.
BY Mr.. Cam of Chatham--To amend
the charter of the Savannah Trust Co.
BY Mr.. Adams of Putnam-To make
it unlawful to procure an advance on
contract to perform labor with in
tent to defraud.
BY Mr. West of Lowndes-To make
it a misdeneanor to adulterate spirits
of turpentine or naval stores.
BY Mr.. Slaton of Fulton-To appro-
pirate S.. 1000 to the trustees of the State
University to be used in building a
mess hall for the Theological School.
Passed "A New Ffve-MiIIs Bill.
The Senate to-day passed by vote