Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-16
ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS
AFTER AN ALL-NIGHT
FIGHT ON SCHOOLS
Compromise Is Reached on
Fund and No Extra Session
of Legislature viii Now Be
Necessary

At 4:so o'clock Thursday morning the
Georgia senate and house of represen-
tatives' reached a compromise of their
differences on the appropriation bill and
an extraordinary session of the legisla-
ture was averted-
When three conference committees
had failed TO agree a fourth was ap-
pointed and after a two hours session.
in which the governor. president OF the
senate and speaker Of the house par
ticipated. a S3,500, 900 common school
fund for 1919 was agreed upon In ad-
dition the senate conferees agreed to
The pe ssage OF three special appropria-
tons on which the house insisted
S2o, 900 for extension work at the Geor-
gia Normal and Industrial school at
iLIedgevflle: s6T.s8g for the State Nor.
NAL school at Athens, and $4,000 for
the completion OF power plant at the
Georgia school or Technology.
The fact that Governor Dorsey had
indicated 70 the conference committee
that he would veto an appropriation bill.
carrying larger expenditures than the
one finally agreed 20, and the pressure
brought to bear upon the common
school advocates TO avert an extra ses-
sion. fnaIly brought about a settlement
\ small but determined minority
r1aintAined its position in the house un-
til the last and went down with its
proverbial boots on. Five members OF
the senate held out until the euT for
Assoc. eco for tho common school fund
and recession whatever from the
senate's original position.
Extra Session Averted
Appeals made to the house TO cast
aside passion and prejuoice and to look
at the matter from 4 business and COM
nonsense standpoint brcke the solid
ranks of the common school adheTents
20 the s4.0e9. 600 proposition. And with
in a few moments the complexion of the
entire situation was changed. As the
fnzI roll call proceeded IN the house on
tne question OF concurring in the last
conference report il became apparent
that the state was TO be saved from an
extra session. fOr members who had con-
sistently stood for four million-dollsr
common school fund. cast their votes for
the compromise
The final vote in the Rouse was 50 to
SIS. while in the senate the vote stood
IS to 5.
The house members who maintained
their positions to the last in an effort
TO force agreement to a $4,oOo,OOO fund
were.
Anderson. of jenkins BagwelI. Bal
lard. of CoIumbias Barrett. of Whitfield;
Barwick. Brinyon. Burch. Burkhalter.
Carroll. Carter. Clements, Collins, of
Union: Cook. Crasey, Culpepper, of
CIiuch: Davenport, Dennard. Ennis. Eve.
Fowler Frohock. Foy. Harden. of
Banks: Harvin, Hayes. Hinson. Hodges.
HoIlingswOrth. Howard. OF oslethorpe;
Johnson. of Barlow: Kelley. Kidd. Lank-
ford. Lasseter, Mathews. Mercier. Null
Inns. McCrory, Picksen. Reese. Roberts,
Scott. Sr.ith OF Dade. Smith of Telfair.
State. Strickland. Swint, Swords. Tram
nell. Vincent. Walker of Ben Hill,
westmoreIand. Williams. OF Worth,
VIM. Woods. Wyatt
The five members of the senate refus-
ing to agree to the So. 600 fund were
Senators Brown. Elders. Ficklen, Hop
kiBs and Riner.
Clocks Are Stepped
The clocks in the senate and house
mysteriously stopped at 1870 and Of
ficiaIly the general assembly did bust
ness during the day of Wednesday, -Au-
gust IA.
Esof<ferous scenes were enacted on
the floor of the house as the advocates
o. At least a s4.000. 900 common school
fund became aware that the senate was
determined to Withstand their demands
and that the governor was equally de-
termined to diSapprove attempts TO ex-
coed the estimated revenue of the state
for 1919.
Charges and counter charges were
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