The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-12

said They Voted IgnOrnntly.
The House then adopted the substi-
tute and passed the bill by the vote
stated Mr.. Hall, in explaining his
vote, declared that not a half dozen
members in the House knew what they
were voting on, though the matter has
been regularly in the papers for the
last six months. Messrs. Harden and
Stovall voted for the bill.
The Railroad Committee this morn
ing, through its chairman, Mr.. Cam
of Chatham. made an adverse report
to the House on the bill passed by the
Senate to require railroad companies
to equip their lumber cars with proper
standards. This means the bill is dead
for this session.
The House spent most of the day in
acting on Senate measures and con-
ference committee reports. The Sem
ate did little but wait on the House,
outside of acting on the school fund.
AS the House acted on measures, they
were sent to the Senate for concur
ence in amendments, If there were any
The bill by Senator Sweat to pro-
vide for a commission to report on new
counties, was reconsidered and killed a
second time By the House.
Messrs. Dunbar of Richmond and
Steed of Taylor were appointed COM
General Assembly visiting the st.
Louis Exposition on Georgia Day,
Sept. 2s. under a joint resolution.
The bill by Senator Davis, which
passed the Senate. providing for the
removal of the State Department of
Geology to the State University, and
making the state geologist professor
Of geology, WAS dealt a quick death
thrust by the House. The North Geor-
ryfa ftau nCtrtaffoc npnogaA
ure, Messrs. Rankin of Gordon. I'm
derwood OF White and Gross of Nc
Duffie making speeches against It. The
House disagreed to the favorable re-
port Of the committee by 6S to q, and
thus killed the bill.
Action on other Measures.
The House reconsidered. and a sec
ond time killed the bill by Senator
Park, permitting counties which work
only half of their misdemeanor con-
victs to receive felony convicts from
the state.
The House killed the Senate bill to
increase the salary of the clerk to the
Commissioner of Agriculture from ST.
200 to $1,000, and passed the bill to in
crease the salary of the clerk to the
Attorney General from $500 to 81 200.
The House agreed 20 all Of the Sem
ate amendments to the boil weeVil bill,
and the measure goes 10 the Governor
as the Senate fixed IT, The Senate
reduced the total appropriation from
$4,000 to $4,000. struck out the section
providing for the destruction Of cotton
fields In which the boil weevil might
be found, and added a new provision,
requiring the State Entomolgist to
visit agricultural Institutes and other
agricultural gatherings, and TO lee
ture on fruit and plant pests and dis
ease.
To Prevent sale OF Votes.
BY a vote of 1O5 to s. the House pass
ed the bill by Senator Snead Of the
Twenty-ninth making II a msdemean-
or for any one to buy or sell a vote in
any primary election In the state The
bill also provides that either the buyer
or the seller may be made to testify
against the other, II he is not, himself,
on trial. Heretofore there has been
no law against the buying and selling
OF votes In primary elections. or at
least, there has been no penalty at
tached 70 f. though vote buying in
regular elections has always been a
crime.
The House and Senate got together
on the judges increased salary bill.
the only amendment being one to