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r> rtf WIFTED - BRITT. pi tl ai Mil ;■ Historic Career. m .* by His Idived Ones, Death Came Calmly. st his home in Atlanta afternoon, the spirit of ex-Sen w t T * 1 H. Brown, after weeks . . waiting, passed i saonths of weary In the fate tike great beyond. the heart of . yibimn light oeased its long mtt senator had •Arnold the hero of Gaddistown— stiio, staple farmer boy of the • Ridge mountains—was asleep earth- at Ml of his destiny. Every bon satisfied—the coveted «f the gabernstorisl chair, the so¬ me bench of the state of Georgia, .I the Ugheet forum of the na d crowing all. a oolossal for tese were the glittering prizes r. plucked by this simple far •j Lt the quietude of his is he oonld look baok over his past sad feel with eomplaoent satisfae i that he had not spent Us years in k and that be had climbed an Intel Hal promontory, from tbe height itdsh it was hu privilege to look m-npoo the homage and respect of His Last Illness. - - than ive years Senator in declining expira- health, tely a year prior offioe to he the not his term of was give to Us senatorial duties tbe m which they required at Us Ineoneaquenoe of this foot he Ifw from Washington and ra¬ te Atlanta in the spring of •ever able from that time to •hm Us duties at the capi¬ ta greater portion of his ill eea characterized by painful though he has several times streets during the has frequently ridden id carriage, which has niliar object to every illness the senator found l the newspapers and to thoroughly informed on tarn of the day. He was > though his physician his active re whim to resume ms the harden of exoes responsibility, Us mind ■ ly employed end hie intol- 7; bright end vigorous ee it ;V- hynof hi* stalwart man & a member of the i oburoh In Atiante and chief pillar, of U. de wall es of hie own im mry. Hie benefactions end liberal, and hi* rs i a* fervent as his mind rn leaves a large family birth, n the order of jhlldreu ere ea follows: Brown, Mrs. B. L Oon ph M. Brown, Mr. Eli* Jtr. Eugenie George Brown. X. Brown Id m he leaves ten grand > sons ere buried in, cry. These era Frank own and Charles He The Utter died while ie State University magnificent and • made to endowment is n fund” end as only the npir M rx % S; £!?S2wSdtteSSe«^.tt«w»r the Must* than perhaps any man who ! - T A Brie* Sketeh of Hi* lite. Joseph Emerson Brown waa born in Pickeng district, S. C., on the 15th day of April, 1821, and was, therefore, 70 rians, who emigrated to this conntry in 1746. Joseph Emerson waa the eldest of eleven children. Before the latter was grown to manhood Mackey Brown, his father, who was then living in Ten nessee, nioved to Georgia, settling in a little valley called Gaddistown, in Union county. Young Brown remained at home do inc the ordinary work of a farmer’s son, varying the monotony with such study as he oould find time and oppor tunity for, until 1840. In the fall of that year, being then over nineteen years of age, he obtained his father’s consent to leave home and see what he could do in the way of getting his an education and generally bettering condition. With a fair supply of of home-made clothing and a yoke Steers, he sought the Calhoun academy in Anderson district, 8. 0., where the prioe Of the steers is said to have been tba equivalent for six months* board, the tuition being given on credit. He was admitted to the bar in An gust, 1845, after a searching examine- with Hod, but he was not yet satisfied his proficiency. With money loaned him by his friend, Dr.Lewis, he en tered the law school of Yale college in October, i845,, and remained there until June, 1846. Returning to Can ton, Ga., he began the practice of law less than six yearsafter he had left Gaddistown with his yoke of steers to gat an education, the rudiments of which hehadyettolearn. He was soeoessful from the beginning. married The next year, 1847, daughter he Elis«bath Gwaham, of Rev. Jowph Greshanh of South Csroliua, and Wh ,° shared u M the fortunate hi8 returns , h0n ^ of his d eventful life for over forty years. His Entry into Polities. The young lawyer, as to many of his brethren seem naturally and in to 1849, do, three soon drifted into polities, admission the bar, years after his to re eelved the demooratio nomination for state senator in the district composed of the counties of Oherokeq and Oobb and was eleoted. Upon returned retirement from the senate he to the praotioe of his profession st Osnton, though still keeping up his interest in politios, being in 1852 a Pieroe and King eleotor.and receiving the highest vote on the tiokel judges Superior court at this time were eleoted by the people, and in 1855 Senator Brown was the demooratio candidate in tbe Blue Ridge oironit, in whioh he was again successful, Judge Brown was on the bench scarcely two years, but at no time daring his extra¬ ordinary career was be more suooeasfnl in the discharge of offloial duty or did more to justify the sound sense ot the people in calling him into the public servioe. He ia Elected Governor. Sometimes men make opportunities, but often they are thrown at them. It is striotiy within bonnds to ssy that Senator Brown had nothing to do with his first *omination for governor. When Samuel Weil, then of Canton, rode to Senator Brown’s house about, sundown on June 15, 1857, to tell him that the demooratio candidate for gov¬ ernor was "Joseph E. Brown, of Cher¬ okee,” the nominee himtelf was as much surprised es any man in the sfkte. The know nothing convention made Benjamin H. Hill the the nominee of thet party for governor. Both oendi datea took the stump end after a most exciting and acrimonious contest, ia which tiie demooratio candidate sus¬ tained himself end hie cause with mar¬ velous ability, he we* elected by over tea thousand majority. the eapitol of Milledgeville was then Senator BroWn the state, and there went ting as her her in chief and magistrate,wejpre- war until final peace that military defeat brought occupa¬ tion whioh deprived him of offioe. — Hla First Be-EfeeUoa. A* the time fur the btiug of of tbe democratic otitis convention 18S8 drew near, it was apparent that there would he no opposition to the renoaination of Governor Brown. That body met at MilledgevUle in June, 406 delegates being present, and passed unanimously the following resolution: the i Joseph honesty, fidelity Brown ability wkfeh A has manifested, as the executin' of Georgia, entities him to the of the whole people of the hs-abyi nee the w of oppo , of Qua 7 eto i ■ la in fceeor X£ " ■'' ■ £*«• H*ocar^ dorxng the fi^t p«t ot tbe war is s oimstiwy. Ho is Again Re-Elected. Governor Brown, in view of the ex isting crisis, was opposed to the hold iagof petty nominating conventions. srmfifflsxrs: Judge Euge tember, which nominated nitu A Nisbet for governor. Gover nor Brown made no speeches and but one written address, nevertheless he was overwhelmingly re-elected. With, the beginning of 1864, and Governor Brown’s fourth term, Geor gia became the center of the confed eraey, and contending armies fought on her soil Late in November of that year the executive Millodgeville department was obliged to leave for a time, owing to Sherman’s ad vance. The legislature met in Ma con February 10, 1865, and Governor Brown, in his message, freely entx cized President Davis, opposed the using of slaves as soldiers, pressed poll- the abandonment of the conscription oy, and advised the calling of a con vention of the southern states. Noth ing was done and the war ended. Gov ernor Brown surrendered the state troops and was paroled. He then oalled an extra session of the legisla tore to meet May 22. He was arrest ed, earned to Washington city and af ter a few week a .mpnsonment re- al eased. The legislature was not owed to meet nor Governor Brown to further discharge the duties of his office. To make the record complete, however, he resigned on Jane 25, 1865. As a Keconstractlonlst. Governor Brown accepted the and new in order of things from the start, ^ptember, 1865, received hi. pardon. He took no part m the reconstruction of the state congJe^iouri by President Johnson, but a. the reconstruction acU of 1866, enfr.nchizing the negro, T 6 d he ftd ^ d thelr ate acceptance and co-operated with the northern republicans. republican He was a delegate to the national convention trhioh nominated President Grant and was the regain oiates senase oeiore r,ue .het^SSSS xep Srss;‘fs ~?-£i between £ Jr hn..Hi.,. Governor Bulloc imme. is e y ap pointed him chief justice of the su preme court of the state, which posi tion he held until late in 1870, when he resigned to beoome president of the Western and Atlantic railroad, which bad just been leased to a company by the state. He took no active part in politics while on the bench, as a mat ter of course, nor after he left it np to 1872. The aoqniescence, forced though it was, of*the demooratio party in the results of reconstruction, and the ac¬ ceptance of Horace Greeley as the can¬ didate for president afforded an oppor¬ tunity of which he availed himself. He voted for Greeley and came back into the democratic party. Hs Becomes United States Senator. General John B. Gordon resigned his seat in the United States senate in May, 1880, and Governor Colquitt Brown im¬ mediately appointed Senator to the vaoant place to hold offioe until the meeting of the legislature. This sotion was resented by a very large number of democrats, so that the state convention held in Atlanta in June, 1880, was unable to renominate Gov¬ ernor Colquitt under the two-thirds rale. It recommended him to the peo¬ ple while the minority of the conven¬ tion pat forward ex-Senator Thomas M. Norwood. These were the only two candidates, and upon the issue of the oanvass depended in a very large measure tbe Colquitt political fortunes both of Governor and Senator Brown. The result wss sn overwhelming victory for both. Governor Colquitt leading his oppo¬ nent over 50,000' votes, beating him nearly two to one. Senator Brown’* confirmation to his sens tori al mat by the legislature naturally followed, he receiving 146 vote# to 64 for Gen. A. R. Lawton. 8ix years later he wes re-elected, there being only two votes oast against him. As a senator he was earnest, watchful, patient and dill gent. Senator Brown commenced savftg when he first began tbe practice of lew in Gen ton end daring his long rear what ie now an immense fortius. Hfe investments are large, in reel estate ia Atlanta and elsewhere, in iron and coal mines, in railroads and so ident of tbe Western end Atlantic __ rail¬ road he is also president of the Dade Coal company, of the Walker Iron and Coal , and of the Southern and ie Brown was one of the i and original man of k in this country. To bin SUghty salf-reliantTadmirably patient, n. Pm . ■ - ■. . ■ THE T EQISLATHEE. -«sr GEORGIA'S LAW-MAKERS MEET A»D BEGIN WORK ._ Senate-Bills of Interest. ____ wMmam or tot hoosjl. 27 th Bax—The entire session of the house Tuesday morning waa taken up in discussing a few sections of the ftp propriations bill. The amendment ol Mr. Hopkins, to increase the asylum appropriation for 1895 to $21,00C and for 1896 to 8230,000, and 81,000 to restore the wornout pumps used in the waterworks system of the institu tion, came np first for consideration. The amendment, after considerable talk, was agreed to. The next sec tion considered was that appropriating 816,000 for the suppert of the academy for the blind for each of the years 1895 and 1896. Mr. Hurst, of Wal ton, offered au amendment mcreas i D g the appropriation to 818,000. Mr. Fleming said .that $16,000 was the regular appropriation, andthe could see no use of increasing it. Mr. Hurst insisted that the attendance was larger The amendment was killed by a vote of was 109 to 12. Eight ftJ^Tlsh ^oUars nty^at^Athens,’*22,500 nological school and $22 foL*°Tech- 000 tor the ^ “ nd Thenext 2c tlon 7 40 »PPf 0 P nate #8 ; 00 ® .“ e ings of toe North .Wicuu ral College at Dablonega. Speaker Whmwg tee from the house to visit the State University and examine the bnild “f “ d g™*' h “ “«riatinc -“oO ftn r te he collece was ^an adooted Mr SfhiT^rtion tSbiH ed amendment to this portioia of of tha tWJpP"” ”« ® 2 ’ 0 J° ^Sl A t ° L n] turfl jhfs Amendment CoSce Lt M - SSsSJSf* tsssffs: mkpj leave was rrmn rfrrl nnrrrm to Cha J ha m?moved that the time be fixed M,^^^ckwellwLlori. for 7-30 at niuht The motion of Mr £n Reagan ^kck of Henrv ^erX moved to adiourn morning It was carried by a vote of 73 to 72. Mr. Jenkins announced the house ad journed until Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock, at which there was applause, 28th DAY-The house -or Wednesday i jt morning immediately resolved itself into a committee of the furtk^ consideration of the appropr a rion bill. The amendment of Mr. Hodges, of Bibb, to restore the $2,000 appropriation Mihtary andI Agricultural to the^ M^ale College Georgia was rion C a U v P ote wm Uken^ Thi smendi ment ment was was lost lost bv by a a vote vote of ot 102 iuz to to 42 The next section of the bill adopted that anuronrlatinir PP P ^ ^^ Colored *8 000 for the for people Then then came came the tne section section to to pay par the uio in- in terest on the land sorip fund due the s teufflet ,. fn T'niversitv ofSbb 46 314.14 Mr Boi teouuht on anotW discussion by an amendment to in tbft nnnrnTiriation N^mri to the Girls' {SSSte Industrtel and Sa ColleRe MoJlaan- at M l far Tueldav wMA to^«6 S 5»e 000 purpose ol erecting new buildings. Mv ro-patod SfrAtenSr considerable bv Me Mid ended his remarks by a poetical Candid mi., which hi JoUe*™. waa loudlv ap ia^ bv The mntinn reconsider was tben 105*^1 noon and was lost the vote be annronriatfon • vs and 38 veas The next adonted was $600 000 ‘S common schools, and whatever ^ “ r 7 8hould the M of taxable or3to property be^eat! few the rn,m^ f?nm «Sal U? the leVJ sums arisiDR th^S toe u^n 7l returns £ of hnSS^Jd?iSty-n?nrSr taxable property in exoeas fe lion dollars is S lo Sgtein^diti^ go to toe common to the $600,000 appropriated and in oddi tion to the moneys appropriated by ,n * W ^ rL vaos ^J 1 tooc for b. ■ mm On ->Tp I was ea n to im * : mi m •V * ****'’*' oW toiMmpsirs to pablio baildingsTto and furniture for the executive mansion and to pay engineer guards, servants and one ’ department in the f or ^ state eapitol. Governor Atkinson thonght one porter for every depart the number of porters be left to the discretion of th% governor. The amendment was adopted. For paying expenses of officials in visiting the CO j, T j ct cadips 81,500 was appropri- 4ted ' p or j n6ur ing public property *?’ „ «DDroDriated and on mo Mr ‘ Johnson of Hall, an , t wag adopted ^ setting aside ** in(mr : n _ th Dahlonega Col Vjelialf _p, g b t Q j tb e day was of the military. The appropriation i- J bill prepared ftnnron £*'.*' ate «on ’ 000 tor organizing, 8 an(i eani ^ in „ t b e volunteer * th s at e The finance com . etlt out thiB section and left the , £ without a cent Mr. Hodges, offered an amendment ap wn.fi. gjO 000 for this purpose, thisamendment was being (lis ., Rockwell J, moved that the re r t progress and ’ * * 1 The motion Adjourned After some discussion J until 3 p. m, so ^ flnish _f appropr j a t iol , bill, ^ DAr T h e house of represen tatives was in session Tbursday.de ^ ^ fact thflt it wafl a legfll holi . and that the members of the sen ate were observing it as sneh. The house f grew industrious and passed qu te a number of bills, as follows: To transfer Dawson county from the Bine Ridge * judicial > circuit to the North SSTflSTteWitt««,unty; 0 | r0 uit; To create a public To 0 f rom the citv court of Atlanta SuSta?to . . . ■ *i. an #100 - t. stationary engineers in Fulton county; To incorporate the town of Oakman; To change the time of holding the Dawson superior court; To ai low judge8 to hold court in a county other than their own; To establish a board of commissioners in «■?^ T »*>»“'• ficials of Dougherty county pay the Sfi W ss’to with Code and other books for the county of Heard; To provide compen Bation for the county commissioners of Colquitt county ; lo create a sinking ^ for years 1895-6 of 8100,000 each J ear to be collected by special levy “ d *° b « °f d to pay valid bonds; To provide for a board of commis aioners of roads and revenue for Jones county; £ To incorporate F the town of Newb rne> in N ewton county; To ftbo jj ab the county court of Lowndes county; A bill for the safe keeping of tfae registration books of Chatham coun ty ; To require the registration To of tbe voters in McIntosh county; establish a city court for Macon, in Ribb county; To regulate for the reg Ration of voters in Baker county. The following senate bills were passed. A bill to abolish the board of roads , revmna rev e ? n f in Carroll countv* oouniy, a A bill niu !° , P ro ^ . d « [° r ^ he “^P® 1 eleot ^ n 1° ® ttvaa ? ab * b J Pf bo J a f' ^ ® house adjourned at 12 o clock to meet Friday rnaa J mornintr morning. 30™ Day.-Iu the house Friday morning the committee on privileges and ®l® otl0118 made their report on the Cook-Blalock contest from Fayette oount J- Majority and minority re ports were presented. The majority 8eat re ^ r ko ‘ un8eatl Blalock ^ f^^nt^rite^a was adopted after a hteet * diBcussion. Mr. Blalock was tben sworQ in b 7 Cbfe* Justice Sim mons. Speaker Fleming announced the receipt of a memorial from certain c °l° red citizens of Polk county, who wished migrate to some free conn - .T he memorial sent tothe tr J- was j Qdioiar J committee. Mr. Arnold B 10 ?!® 8 * °1 Fulton, introduced a bill that will create a good deal of fe wfnl fe r tbe clerk or ‘h® reporiei ot the 8a P reme 00014 or f* risUnts or partner, at law to practice in that court. Mr. Boyett, of Stewart, introduced a bill tending to pre Tent the «pread of gUndew among bor8e8 - It prorides tlmt the owner of took if he think. gUnderslm. effected “J bora ® or mule, shaU notify the Vmo* a * ono ° andhe ‘** U M “ d ? * H°ha °dSd2 4 « owner shall no mals and asaes their yalue. Tbe state shaU then have the animals killed and bnmed and shall pay the owner seven £5.°o< maagr ouwr new or introduced and read. The s es sio n was extended to 1.-46 and at that boar the 31er Day—T he house of representa¬ tives is hard at work on the gw registration bill At Saturday 1 * sion it devoted the entire time to the nutted oration of this while it did not finish with the hill oa der consideration, it got through with i nrictifltblfl *,» wtnamHMown w. supreme"oaurt and .write to announce the* ite deem not out, when the amount involved is kee than $500. Th« committee on elections, through its chairman, Mr. Little, snb mitted a report in the contested elec tion case jszs&sies of Whitley vs. Williams, of the election precincts, where Will isms received large majorities. The report also cited the fact that Will iams had not paid his taxes for three years before his election, and for that reason was not entitled to s seat in thK senate. It recommended that Williams be unseated-and'Whitley be given the seat. The report was adopted, The oath *f office was then adminis tered tq Senator Whitley by Associate Justice Spencer Atkinson of the sn Pteme court, and he was escorted to the seat formerly occupied by Mr. Wil liams. It was a coincidence that Judge Atkinson, who administered the oath and Dr. Whitley were raised together and were schoolmates. The house bill introduced by Mr. West of Lowndes providing for paying the public schools next year was taken up and passed, As soon as the governor signs the bill it will become a law. It provides pay m ent of teachers from January 1st, 1895, to July 1st. 28th Day -Governor Atkinson has started on his appointmente. Wednes day morning he sent a longlist of them to the senate, among them being that of ProfeB8 or P. D. Pollock, of Macon, to be state school commissioner in place of Hon. S. D. Bradwell, the present incumbent. Immediately af ter the reading of the journal Senator Tatum moved that the argumentive portion contained in the minority re port Seufrom of the committee on elections be the journal. The pres ident rnledthat the report could not ho chanced L SETSen^r whereupon Mr ^d“ Tatum chairman of the temperance committee, submitted a report on the bill to abol ish barrooms. The report recommends that the bill pass by substitute, which is the bill of Senator Mercer. Anum her of new bills were introduced. The following bills were passed: Bill pro ae«< ors, prescribing their duties, fixing sssasstft'ssvir, the law A bill to regulate creditors, to ments for the benefit of fix the rights and duties of amiguors, creditors and assignees, (this bill prac tic?11 charges y does of receivers, away with and the the extrava^nt creditors will get the money instead of the re¬ ce i ve rs); Bill to relieve the supreme court from writing out their opinion i n certain cases, except the? when the case i 9 reversed, when will send with the remitter, the grounds of reversal, If affirmed they simply announoe their verdict. Hon. Troup Taylor, of the county of Fulton, was authorized to mske the indexes of the house and senate journal. The senate thenad journed until Friday. 3Qth Day _ Iq the senate Friday, tbe general judiciary committee Venable’s re portea t d favorablv Iav ??,, ly ?“, on Senator V , D8uranoe bill and also - on the vn bill m troduced by Senator Wade to change the constitution so as to exempt all property used d for # _ „bnrnh ebureb narnosee P®rpc»es, from taxation. Both bills were order ed printed ISr the use of the senate, Senator Sheppard’s resolution asking congress to repeal the 10 per oent tax on state banks was unanimously agreed to. Senator Venable introduced another important insurance bill. It provide. f ° r into effeck thoc ? M ^ ti ? n requiring insurance companies to make a deposit with the state treasurer. The bill requires only a deposit of $1,900. The present law we^e requires $25,000. The following bills passed: Hoime bill to amend the chapter of the town of goeijj oirde; Bill authorizing Ool 0 nel Troup Taylor to index the jour 0 f the senate and house; Bill re pesling bounty the act abolishing Twig|s, the office of treater of and order in Jsnuary. At 12 o’clock the senate went into executive session to act upon the sppointmente of Prof. PoUock as sUte sdiool commissioner, and Judge Ross as judge of the city court of Ms Senator Harris,who had intended Baking a fight on the appointment h^ of withdrew objection, ^ he was confirmed, as wsa Prof. Pollock, 3181 Dxr-lmmcdiately after the readin « ot ^ record in the senate “ Jg°P* ^ “ of ” ber; that ww learn with profound re win gret of his lamented death, and that extend our sinoerest sympathies to the grief-stricken family in their sore bereavement; that these resolutions be and that a copy be sent tbe family. ” Shortly af wolutioa and the governor’s men im. regard to the In in committee had btM - rV •»** — mjr. iM mM