The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-07-26
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AGENTS OF AGRICULTURAL DE-
PARTNIENT MADE ATTEMPT TO
DEFEAT INVESTIGATION.
A SUDDEN CHANGE OF FRONT

Came Up for Second Reading.
Openly Charged That $4,000
Year Is Used to Pay Salaries to
Unnecessary Employees.
ATLANTA, -Notwithstanding
the fact that the department of agri-
culture took the position when the
Ault investigating resolution was
before the house that it courted the
proposed investigation a remarkable
state of affairs developed when it
came up for consideration in the
senate yesterday.
1t will be recalled that the inves-
tigating resolution passed the house
overwhelmingly. When the resolu-
ton was read the first time in the
senate it was referred to the COM
mittee on agriculture and reported
favorably.
Yesterday under a motion to take
up bills and resolutions for a second
reading this one was about to be
reached in it's order when, much to
the surprise of many of the senators,
Senator Sheppard of Commissioner
Hudson's home county asked that
the senate reconsider it's action in
ordering second readings of resolu-
lions, he not Directing to the second
reading of bills.
Motion Is Killed.
The vote was put and II senators
voted in favor of reconsidering and
16 against. President Slaton, from
his seat in the chair, voted against
reconsideration, which made the vote
tie, thereby killing the motion to
have the senate recede from it's or
der to have this resolution read the
second time.
The resolution was accordingly
read, and is now ready for it's third
and final reading.
Department Agents Busy.
For the past few days agents for
the department of agriculture have
been busy in their efforts to have
the senate choke this resolution,
practically the entire list of the SEN
ate having been checked off and no
stone being left unturned to defeat
the resolution.
When the secretary announced the
caption of resolutions to be read for
the second time in the senate Sena-
tor Sheppard interrupted with
question: do I understand that Mr..
Harris request provides for the Sec
ond reading Of resolutions also?"
Mr.. Harris: ut does"
Moves Reconsideration.
Mr. Sheppard: eff that is the
case l move that we reconsider our
action so far as the second reading
of resolutions is concerned"
May l ask the gentleman why he
wishes this? We have no other bust
ness on the desk at present." re-
marked Senator Bush.
Senator Sheppard replied: "The
reason | object to the second reading
of resolutions is that there is an inn
portant one from the house, the Ault
resolution, which my friends and I
prefer not to be considered at pres
emit
Senator Sheppard called for a vote
on the reconsideration question, and
it was defeated by the vote given.
Following the vote the Ault resolu-
ton was read the second time.
One of the Charges.
1t is openly charged that as much
as $4,000 year of the money voted
laby the state to be used primarily for
the benefit of the farmers is being
diverted, not to illegal, but to un-
worthy purposes, and that the de-
partment is dissipating thousands of
dollars annually in the maintenance
of an unnecessarily vast payroll. This
money comes from the tax payers,
and every dollar of it that is diverted
from the agricultural purposes for
which it was intended is a direct
loss to the farmers of the state.