Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-07-12
FILlBUSTERED TO
DELAY CONNOR BILL
Mr.. Flynt, of spalding, Held
Floor ofHouse Two Hours.
FINALLY RULED OUT OF ORDER

Mr.. FIynt's Fiibusterine Will Gain
Votes for the BlI--No Legislation
Accomplished at Morning Session.
Atlanta, July 1.-THE house of rep
resentauVes met at 8 o'clock Wednes-
day morning, after having held a morn
ing and afternoon session on Tuesday
with but little accomplished in the
way of legislation.
Parliamentary procedure was thor
oughly exploited, all to the effect that
it rests with the speaker of the house
to close irrelevant debate when he
sees fit, an exercise of power which
the speaker, in view of the constitu-
tional right of any member to be heard
upon any proposition, is reluctant to
exercise.
Immediately after the usual routine
of the opening Mr.. Flynt, of Spalding,
obtained the floor at 1910 o'clock up
on a motion to adjourn until five min
utes after 10 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Flynt obtained the floor under this
pretext, his real object being to defeat
the consideration of the bill by Mr..
ConnOr, of Barlow, to appropriate
100000 for the establishment of an
agricultural college at Athens. Mr.
Flynt obtained the floor just subse-
quent to the motion of Mr.. Fielder, of
Bibb, to take the bill in question from
fhn tahln and fa1lynH Prom M
o'clock in the morning until noon,
promptly at which hour the speaker
ruled that the gentleman from Spald-
ing was out of order, in that his re-
marks were irrelevant and out of or
der, violating rule No Of the house.
The balance Of the morning session
was taken up by the call Of the yeas
and nays upon different propositions
to adjourn Mr.. Flynt addressed him
self to an essay upon patriotism, as
serting that the house had never in its
history adjourned on July 10, 1906, and
that it owed itself this treat after Mr.,
Hall, of Bibb, had robbed it of the en-
joyment of the Fourth Of July. He
was frequently interrupted by ques-
tions, Mr.. Knight, of Berrien, being
his faithful lieutenant, to give him
breathing time, but he held the floor
until noon, when the speaker ruled
that under rule /, which invests the
speaker with power to suppress irreIe-
want debate, he was declared out of
order.
Said a prominent supporter Of the
bill which Mr.. Flynt succeeded in de-
feating the consideration of: Let
him talk. all he wishes to; he but
gains votes for the bill, and we have
122 votes checked up in It's favor and
its passage Is assured"
An afternoon session was held. up.
on motion of Mr.. Wright, Of Floyd,
commencing at p m. at which the
bill Of Mr.. Blackburn, Of Fulton, to
establish police patrol In each mill.
tia district Of the state, was consider
ed in the committee of the whole
house, adopted by substitute as amend
ed, and reported to the house with
the recommendation that 1t do pass.
Pending further consideration Of
the bill, as reported by substitute and
amended, was in order.
The BILL as reported by substitute
and amended, provides for the estab-
l1shment of q rural police patrol in
each militia district Of the state. such
to be established upon the recofifnen.
dation Of the grand Jury IN each coun-
ty. The bill was amended so as to
provide that the police patrol should
consist Of captain and not less than
two or more men to be selected AMI
appointed by the grand jury in each
county, who should have the power to
patrol the militia district, and is effec-
tive in each county Of the state only
upon the recommendation Of a grand
Jury.
Mr.. Blackburn, the author Of the
bill, made an able speech in it's SUD-
port, claiming that the purport of the
bill was an effort to protect the wo-
men Of the state in the rural districts,
The author of the bill was frequently
cheered in his short speech, and the
probabilities are that the bill will mass
the house with an easy majority in its
favor.
The amendment of Mr.. Rainey, of
Schley, that each patrolman be pro-
vided with four gatling guns and six
bloodhounds, was voted down by
vote Of 68 to So
Senate Wants Lieutenant Governor.
A bill was passed Tuesday by the
state senate favoring a lieutenant gov.
ernor by vote of 80 to 5. Those who
voted against Senator Wheatley's bill
were Senators Adams, Graybill, King,
Miller and Steed The bill as passed
Is simply for a constitutional amend.
ment providing for lieutenant gov.
ernor. If 1t is passed by the lower
house the amendment will then go be-
fore the people of Georgia for ratifi-
cation. If the bill is passed by this
years session of the legislature, 1t will
be placed before the people for rati-
fcation at the approaching primary.
According to the bill, the lieutenant
governor shall be ex-oricio president
of the senate. 1t does away with the
senator's election of their own presi-
dent. He will be elected directly by
vote of the people.
Eight Years for Murder.