The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-06
TO PREVENT A FIGHT
ovrRSTREET HAD TO BE HELD BY
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE.
STARTED TO ATTACK MOSES.
uaorBLE BEGAN WITH QUESTIONS
.s,,rD MOSES WHILE A WITNESS.

,,.,,reseutative from Screven Of
so..d 10 Meet Moses in Hall and
Give Him "AII He Wants'-Mnny
witnesses Testified in the Lobby
i,.. InvestigatiOn-Trip to Lithia
springs Was to POpularize Hotel.
Atlanta Lawyer Tired of Insinu-
..tous Against 'MiII BaPOns.'
Mil Men Never Made ApprOpria-
,ion for "a ChiId's Labor Bill.
Atlanta. Aug. 5.-The feature of
the lobbying investigation this after
noon was what was almost a fight be-
tween Representative Overstreet of
screyen and Mr.. Moses of Coweta,
who was on the witness stand.
Mr.. Moses has testified that he knew
nothing of any lobbying or of any at
commits to influence the votes of mem
hers by outsiders. and then agreed
that Mr. Overstreet should ask him
anv questions he desired Mr.. Over
street asked one or two. questions, aft
or which Mr.. Moses said: IF the gen
tIenan from Screven thinks that every
member of the House except himself is
Judas" but got no further. Mr.
Oyerstreet jumped up and started to-
wards him. Several members of the
committee seized Mr.. Overstreet and
held him back. IF the gentleman from
Coweta will come out into the hall L
will give him all he wants." Mr.. Over
street said.
Made Second Attempt.
Mr.. Moses made another attempt to
say what he had started to say be-
fore. and again Mr. Overstreet start
ed for him, but a difficulty was pre-
vented by members of the committee,
who kept the belligerents apart.
Mr. Deal of Bulloch, the first wit
ness admitted that Barlow Wiling
nam and r. E. A. Handy had asked
him to vote to postpone the uniform
text book bill, and the supposed they
represented the opponents of the meas
ure. Nobody had said anything to
him on the convict bill, except his
friends, John Foy, whom he had in
formed that he was against the pres
ent system.
Mr.. Phillips of jefferson has seen
a number of outsiders. on the floor of
the House, but knew of no attempt to
influence the vote of any member.
MIR. Wooten OF Montgomery said he
had been asked by the County school
Commission OF his county and by the
County Board of Education to vote
against the uniformity bill. He con-
sidered this perfectly proper The Ia
dies also asked him to vote for the
Winnie Davis memorial appropriation.
Trip to Lithia Springs.
About the trip to Lithia Springs, he
said he had been invited to go there
by the T. B. Fielder, Jr., at the sug-
gestion of Clerk Houser of hotel, on
the idea that it would populariZe the
place with members of Legislature, ne
understood. He had offered to pay
his bill, but was informed it had been
gaiG.
Mr. Overstreet asked Mr.. Wooten
about Charles D. Loud of his county,
and whether Loud had any money. He
said Loud was interested in blu be-
fore the Legislature, which he had In
roduced at his request, relating to
some land grants. He said Loud had
apartments at the Kimball, where lie
entertained his friends just as he did
at home. Loud always seemed to have
plenty of money to spend but he did
not know that he was we'll off.
Makes "NIiII BarOns" Tired.
]. ]. Spalding, a well-known Attain
ia attorney said he was tired of all
the insinuations and aspersions against
what are called the Mill Barons."
He said he had never been before
the Legislature except in a proper
way. He had gone before committees
10 oppose the child labor bill as he had
right to do. He had gone as an
Individual, nearly all of his property
being tied up in two cotton mills.
Mr. Splading called attention to a
statement in the Journal of Labor to
the effect that the American Fedora
ton of Labor in session at New Or
leans had appropriated money to aid
in the passage of a child labor bill.
The mill mems association had never
appropriated a dollar for the purpose
and had never sent any representatives
here to work among the members of
the Legislature, he declared.
Clarence Wilson of Clay told about
the same story of the trip to Lithia
springs as did Mr.. Wooten of Mont
gomery He said it cost him more than
ne had paid his bill.
Always Within His Rights.
Roland Ellis of Macon made state
Hent in which he said he had been at
me legislature on one or two occa-
SONS When measures were under con-
sIueration in which his clients were
Interested. He had urged their pas
tose or had spoken against them be-
,pre committees, but never otherwise
siau IN proper way and as he had a
asn1 TO. No charge that he had done
NJ Dt,HerWise had been made, he said.
4ne committee adjourned until 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning.