The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-26
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
SESSION OF LEGISLATURE
HAS QUESTION RAISED AS TO ITS
LEGALITY.

state Treasurer Park Has Asked the
Attorney General for His Opinion.
Capt. Park Wants to Know Before
He Makes Disbursements on Ac-
count of the SessiOn-Newt Morris
Publishes His Side of the Contest.
Atlanta. May 25.-State Treasurer R.
E. Park has called into question the
coming session of the Legislature and
has asked Attorney General John C.
Hart for an opinion as to whether he
can legally pay the members their per
diems and pay other expenses of the
session out of the state treasury. At
torney General Hart says he will give
his opinion in the matter within the
next week or ten days.
Personally, 1 do not think there is
any question of the legality of the
coming session" said State Treasurer
Park, but 50 many people have ques-
toned it, one prominent lawyer going
so far as to say that if l did not
take the matter up he would, that [
have decided to have it settled. The
claim is made that no Legislature has
the right to hold three sessions, as
the present one will do, because of the
fact that the sessions were changed
from October to June. The expenses
of a session of the Legislature are
about $4,000. All l want is to get the
Attorney Generals opinion, saying that
there is no legal or constitutional inht-
bition against the session before paying
out the money"
Morris Gives His Side.
Hon N. A. Morris. Speaker of the
House of Representatives, who was de-
feated in the recent primary for the
judgeship of the Blue Ridge Circuit, and
whose contest before the State Execu-
tive Committee was decided adversely
to him, has had printed, all of his
pleadings, aft1davit5 as to the frauds in
Fannin and other counties. and the
speech of his counsel before the COM
mittee, in pamphlet form for distribu-
ton. Copies will be sent to all the
members of the state convention, MEM
bers of the Legislature, State House
officers, and all others interested in the
matter. 1t is not understood to be Mr..
Morris purpose to carry the contest
any further. but merely to put his side
of the case to the politicians and repre-
sentatives of the people.
Not Equal to Hardeman's.
State Treasurer r. E. Park, in COM
menting on the fact that Mayor Me-
Clellan of New York is to sign one
thousand bonds a day for thirty-seven
days, remarked that New York's Mayor
would not accomplish so marvellous q
feat after all as compared with what
was done by the late treasurer of Geor-
gia. r. U. Hardeman. Treasurer
Hardeman, in signing the last issue of
Georgia bonds, signed $500 bonds and
1875, 900 coupons. making a total of 20l.-
300 signatures within the short space
of two weeks.
Object to incorporation.
Some of the citizens who live in that
portion of North Atlanta to be taken
in, according to agreement, if the city
purchases Piedmont Park, have enter
ed serious objections to becoming in
corporated within the city on account
of increased taxes. The representatives
from Fulton will have a hearing in the
matter before deciding whether they
will support the necessary amendment
for extending the city limits.
Young Woman Missing.
Some excitement has been created
over the disappearance of Sophie
Kloeckler a pretty women of "a years.
She left her home yesterday, supposed
ly to go to her work at the bakery
on Pryor street. and since then nothing
has been heard other. Her mother and
sisters are much alarmed. No clue
has been discovered as to her where
abouts.
Wright and Cook Also.
Controller General w. A. Wright and
Secretary of State Phil. Cook gave
brief interviews to-day, opposing in
structed delegation to the st. Louis
Convention. They practically indorse
the attitude taken by Gov. Terrell in
his interview yesterday.