The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-28
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
GEORGE BACKS OSBORNE UP.
SAYS THE REPLY OF MORRIS WAS
INJuDICIOUS.

Corporations, George Says, Used
Their Influence Against Mitchell
for the Speakership and Supported
MOrris-But for the Corporations
He Could Not Have Been Elected.
George Says There Is Much Truth
i'm What Osborne Says.
Atlanta, Dec. 27.-Hon. Emerson
George of Morgan county, who was
candidate for speaker of the last House
in opposition to Speaker N. A. Morris,
gave out an interview to-day in which
he criticises the reply of Mr.. Morris
to Mr.. Osborne as injudicious. He
practically commends Mr.. Osborne's
course in seeking to reform the Demo-
cratic party within party lines.
A great many of the votes for Mr..
Morris were due to personal friend
ship, Mr.. George says, but he as
serts that in his opinion, Mr.. Morris
could not have been elected without
the influence of the corporations. But
for the most earnest and bitter fight
made by the corporations against
Fondren Mitchell, Mr.. George asserts,
Mitchell would have been elected. Mr..
George says the corporations did not
fight him because they We're too busy
fighting Mitchell: but that they would
have fought him if Mitchell had been
out of the wav.
Mr., George says there is much truth
in what Mr.. Osborne states, and the
Objectionable features should be elimi-
he no, -fy 10 lid
by declaring himself for Murphey
Gambler of DeKalb for President of the
next Senate.
For Wesley Memorial Hospital.
Reports of subscriptions to the Wes-
ley Memorial Hospital fund, taken in
Methodist churches all over the state
on Christmas Day, are coming in slow
ly. The total includes two personal
subscriptions of $500 each from Rev.
Sam P. Jones of Cartersville and T.
j. Benton. A wealthy Albanian, said
TO be Asa G.. Gambler, has agreed to
give S12,500 to the memorial condition
ed upon the raising of a like amount
in Atlanta. About $4,000 has already
been raised in this city
Contributions in Georgia towns on
Sunday for the hospital, so far report
ed, show that $1.75S10 was raised in
the Methodist churches at thirteen
SCAhSs AOiie VI tie large cities having
been heard from. This brings the to-
tai amount contributed to 81, 900.
Reward for Gin House burners.
A reward of $3.50 was offered by Gov
Terrell to-day for the arrest and con-
viction of the unknown parties who
burned the ginhouse of E. S. Russell
IN Jones county several nights ago.
Bonds Were Taken Up.
The sum of $500, which has been w.
ing dormant in the state treasury since
1856, was paid out this morning. 1t
was appropriated in 1896 for the pay-
ment of outstanding bonds and in
terest, to the amount of IS. 900. but at
the time of the appropriation il was
not known who held the bonds. The
money has been kept IN the treasury.
however, waiting for the bonds to
show up. To-day they were sent to
the state treasury by d. 7. Tate of Sc
Broadway, New York. There were
three of these bonds for 81 900 each.
and the interest amounted to $4,000
Treasurer Park mailed a check for the
amount to-day.
Left for Dead ,by FoOtpads.
d. Newton Curbow, of n Jones
street, is in the hospital with a frac-
tured skull received early yesterday
morning, as the result OF an attack by
highwayInen. He was robbed and left
on the street for dead. He has not re-
gained consciousness, and il is said
cannot recover. He has a wife and
family.