Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-12
BUS BILL ACTION
POSTPONED A DAY
BY LOWER HOUSE

After four 15-minute speeches in
! favor of and six against the bill to
! provide that the motor bus lines Of
/ the state be placed under the super
| vision of the public service commits
| sion the consideration of the bill
was carried over to Fridays session
! as unfinished business and the
| house voted to adjourn at 1:20 until
! 10 o'clock Friday morning.
| Those speaking in favor Of the
! bill were Representatives Wood, of
Fulton; Moore, of Appling; Barrett,
Of stephens, and Bussey. of Crisp.
Those in opposition were Representa-
| tiVes Earrell, OF Stewart; Wimberly.
Of Laurens; Under, of Jeff Davis:
Knight, of Berrien; oBswel, of
Greene, and kirkland, of Miller
Before adjournment, the speaker
called the attention of members to
! the fact that sixteen working days
of the legisla tive session had passed
and the house was on the regular
list of unfinished business from last
session. He urged and appealed to
the representatives that q strong
working quorum be present Friday.
Davis Congratulated
A resolution extending Geographic
congratulations to Hon. John w
Davis, the Democratic nominee for
president was adopted unanimously.
An invitation by Representative
Atkinson, of Chatham, inviting all
members of both houses and the rep
resentatives of the press to a dim
ner at the Ansley hotel on July II,
was accepted by a resolution Unani-
mously adopted. Tie representative
explained that the purpose of the
dinner was to lay before the legis-
lators the need of Georgia state
port terminal and reasons why it
should be located at Savannah. He
added that three barrels of SaVan-
nah shrimp and 300 frying size
chickens would be shipped to AT
lanta to supplement the menu.
Representative Wimberly, of
Toombs county, Thursday morning,
was granted unanimous consent by
the house for a hearing by the lower
house, acting as a committee of the
whole, GA lis resolution providing |
for an investigation # the state pub |
lie service commission The measure |
was 1rGVeT Sed in Committee last week. |
Representative Wimberly stated |
that he probably would ask for con-
slderatlon of his measure by the |
house on next Monday. He stated |
that he was not satisfied with the !
action by the committee on the state |
of the republic and announced that !
he would guarantee that ALL his
charges will be sustained if the in
VestIgation is authorized"
A new bill introduced Thursday bv |
Representative Smith, of Bryan, |
would prohibit independent candi- |
dates who bolt primary nominations
II ON using the official ballot of
party in the general election.
Arising to point of personal |
privilege on the floor of the house.
Representative Jones, of Meriweth-
er, author of the bill TO call a con-
stitutional convention to revise the
state constitution, declared he re-
sent the alleged attacks he said
had been made on his bill by certain
members of the house in the lobDies,
and in newspaper interview with
Representative Langley, of Floyd.
Representative Jones stated that
the representative from Floyd had i
charged in an interview that the
Jones bill to call a constitutional con-
Nention was merely an attempt to
hold back consideration of several
DlllS providing for constitutional l.
amendments such as to change the
meeting time of the legislature
length Of sessions, term of COVER
nor and state officers and others /
Mr.. Jones explained that his pUr-
pose was to include all of them in
the consideration given at the consti-
tutiOnal convention and that he be-
leNed the state constitution needed
revising.
- Langley Repeats Charges
Representative Langley rose in an
sWer and explained his charges, re-
lteratinG the claim that the bill to
cal! he constitutional convention
was for the purpose of holding up
action on the proposed amendments !;
because it was talked around the Il
floor that chose things will be
when the constitutional con
Nention is held, so why worry with
then. low"
The lower house had also planned
t otake up the constitutional amend
ment creating Peach county from
portions of Houston and Ma
con counties. This proposal has
been a feature of legislative sessions
for several years and heretofore has
aroused bitter contention. 1t passed
two years ago and was submitted to
the people for referendum in the
general election, but was defeated az
the polls. Subsequently, the matter
was taken into the courts by the
Peach county advocates, but without
success.
The Peach county measure has
been passed this year by the senate
without much difficulty and now
comes to the house for final con-
sideration. Being a constitutional!
amendment, it requires a two-thirds
vote IN both houses.
BY unanimous vote, the house
Wednesday passed a senate bill di-
recting the state harbor commission
to investigate the possibility and adj
for developing a state
owned port. but providing that no
state funds be used to carry on these
Investigations.
New House Bills
The following new bills were In
PRODUCED in tie house Thursday and
referred:
BY Bib Delegation-To appropri-
ate $1,000 for state geological de-
partment. Appropriations.
BY Bibb Delegation-To appropri-