The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-29
AUGUSTA MEN
WANT NO DRAWS
UNTIL YEAR HAS PASSED.
ARE ASKING WAR DEPARTMENT.
FOR AN EXTENSION.

Augusta Would Have to stand Extra
Taxation to Put Draws in the
River Bridges NOw-TherefOre the
Requcsts-News and Notes from
the National Capital - Georgia
congressman Are Coming Home.
BY r. M. Larner.
Washington, April ga delegation,
representing the City Council of Angus
ia arrived here to-day to present to the
War Department the resolution recent
ly adopted by the Council, asking for
an extension of time for the construc-
ton of drawbridge. which, under the
terms of an order of the War Depart
ment, was to be constructed within a
year.
The Augusta authorities seek to
secure the approval of the engineer
department of the War Department to
an extension of time within which the
improvement may be made, as it's
construction now would involve an in
creased taxation. The Augusta COM
mittee, which consists of Capt. Dunbar
and Messrs. Eve, Wingfeld and Henry
Cohen, will visit the department to-
morrow morning with Representative
Hardwick and Senators Bacon and
Clay and present the matter.
GeOrgians Coming Home.
Most of the members of the Georgia
delegation will leave for home to-mor-
row. Judge Adamson left tonight.
Judge Bartlett and Mrs. Bartlett went
with the congressional delegation to
st. Louis to attend the opening of the
exposition. Col. Livingston will be kept
here several days attending to some
minor matters for constituents.
Excluded Mrs. Roosevelt.
The necessity for the confirmation of
Georgian. who had passed his ax-
animation to the Marine Corps, and of
a Georgia postmaster, operated to turn
Mrs. Roosevelt and other members of
the Presidents family out of the Sem
ate gallery, almost Immediately after
they had entered for the purpose of
witnessing the Senate's close. There
had just been an executive session, and
it was supposed that all necessary bust
ness had been completed, when Senator
Clay appeared with these nominations,
of which he had just succeeded in Sc
curing the approval of the committees
ne dl OllCG IuONCQ oil executive SGSSlOH,
which was held. and the nominations
of Postmaster Jenkins at Ashburn and
OF Lieut.. Pettijohn of the Marine Corps
were confirmed. In the meantime,
however, Mrs. Roosevelt had to re-
main on the outside of the gallery
doors, as did everybody else.
Mix is Now Relieved.
Just before adjournment, while the
President was in the Presidents room
at the Capitol, Representative Bartlett
secured his signature to bill which
he vetoed at the last session. This was
the bill to relieve Harry Mix of Macon
as surety upon the bond of A. F. Holt,
who used to be postmaster at Valdosta.
After the alleged shortage of Mr.. Holt
had been made good by him, he went
to Mexico, supposing that this dismiss
ed the proceedings against him. Later
the case was called and the bond for
feited. The last Congress passed a bill
relieving Mr.. Mix from responsibility
upon the bond, but the President, on a
report from one of the clerks of the de-
partment of justice. vetoed it. Judge
Bartlett had the bill again passed, and
by presenting the matter in person to
the President. secured executive APP
proval.
Hall Gets His S1,5s5.
Hon. Hewlett A. Hall of Newman will
be paid 1855 by the government of
the United States in full for services
as one of the representatives of the
United States at the Paris exposition.
This amount was held back by the
disbursing officer, owing to a differ
ence of opinion concerning the terms
of the contract with Mr.. Hall. Judge
Adamson introduced a, bill for the set
Element of the claim and after it had
passed the House Senators Clay and
Bacon took it up on the Senate end
and secured it's passage. Judge Adam
son followed 1t up and was present
to-day when it reached the President,
and secured his signature to it.
victory for the House.
Under the terms of the agreement
reached by the conferees on the Pan
ANA canal legislation, the House Sc
cured a victory. While the bill, as 1t
stands, contains the Senate provisions,
the House bill, which was championed
by Judge Adamson, as a member of
the Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce, both when the SEN
ate bill was before that committee
and upon the floor of the House, was
incorporated into the measure in a
way to make it really the only por-
ton that is operative.
Lever Has Recovered.
Representative Lever, who has been
confined to his rooms for several days,
has practically recovered and would
have been at to-day's session had the
weather not been SO bad that his
physicians advised him not to ven
ture out. He is, however, about well
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