Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-08-01
LOBBYING CHARGED
IN LEGISLATURE
Georgia Senate Has Adopted
Resolution.
IS TRANSMITTED TO HOUSE.
Referred to Committee on judiciary.
investigation OF Alleged Charges OF
Lobbying-othe Matters consid-
cred.

cred.
Atlanta, July 31.-Charges Of lob
by1ng' made upon the floor OF the
house, and the report of these charges
by the newspapers accompanied IN
some instances by comment con-
Strued as rejecting seriously upon the
members of the general assembly
were responsible for the senate's adop-
ton, yesterday, of a resolution call
ing for a joint committee of inyestiga-
ton. This resolution was immediate
ly transmitted to the house, where it
was referred to the committee on jul
dietary. This committee at it's meet
ing in the afternoon adopted substi-
tute FOR the original resolution in which
the wording of the original was some
what changed.
With the adoption of either set of
resolutions an investigation is assured.
The men who have made charges of
lobbyism-w is a crime clearly de.
fined in the statutes of Georgia-will
be gwen full opportunity to produce
their proof, if they have any; an
any person or persons have been gull.
ty OF this crime, the way will be paw
ed for their punishment.
The house spent large part of the
day yesterday in seemingly unneces-
sary Wrangling. There was a long
discussion Of the question as to wheth-
er members of visiting committees
should have only actual expenses as
per ltemized statement, or should be
permitted to charge railroad fare when
they travel on passes. The itemized
statement won the day
The vagrancy bill by Mr.. Calvin,
of Richmond, was passed, as were also
bills to amend the alternative road
law and the law about one railroad
paralleling another within 10 miles, so
as to exempt suburban electric lines.
The house spent some time consid-
ering reports from the committee on
rules. 1t refused to entertain the idea
of a steering committee, and instruct
ed the rules committee to report on
the resolutions calling for special or
ders
An hour Of the afternoon session was
spent in debating point of order and
an appeal from the decision of the
chair relative to a substitute on the
uniform textbook question
Then when resolution was report.
ed fixing the convict bill as a special
order for next Tuesday morning the
house refused to adopt it, passing in.
stead a resolution to stick to the house
calendar until Wednesday,
Absolutely nothing has been done by
the house relative to the disposition of
the felony convicts and the body ap.
pears to have been largely frittering
away its time in useless wrangles.
The indications are now that this
question, the most important of the
session, will not be settled before mid.
night of the last day of the session,
perhaps not until early morning of the
day following.
The house passed, by a vote of 88
to 2, the bill of Senator Perry, of the
thirty-third proposing to amend section
2180 of volume of the code relative to
the laying out of routes of street rail.
ways.
This bill exempts street and subur.
ban railways, operated by electricity,
from the provisions Of the law which
prohibits the building of one line Of
railroad within 10 miles of and paral
lei to another. There was no special
opposition to the bill and 1t would un.
doubtedly have had a larger vote had
not the attendance been small.
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