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ESTABLISHED 1S26.
X.O.VKUUS.
If I were a railroad brakooc aa
i>d holler the stations eo [lain
That Xe man who was going to Texas
AVou’a no clear thronyh to Maine,
rd open The door of the smoking oar
An J fd (.dTO finch a mighty roar.
That the passengers back, in the sleeper
Would ail /all out on the floor; I
For X could'ut afford a tenor voice, I
And X couldn’t afford to speak J
In the sweet, toft tones of the -i-o.ian harj
For eleven dollars a week. ,
If I were a baggage-master
rd rattle thu trunks about;
Fd stand them up in the corner
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And I’d tear their bowels out. •
I would pull the handles out by the roots,
I would kick their covers in,
And strew their stuffing all round the car
And make them lank and thin.
For I wuld not afford to wear kid gloves
Niwto'SmdtothingsgSfly, 6 when all my
JuaUceepa me in bread and meat.
If I were a railroad conductor, *
As through the train I’d go,
W haea lor every MSinflWStM
The answer already: “Don’t know.
Td miss connection for lota of men,
rd run lane passengers past;
I’d uu them 'twaa eight when I knew
And Pd swear their watches were fast.
For I couldn’t afford to bo civil
When I knew every man m the load
Would look at my watch and ring, and say:
m. .tala them things from tue road I”
—[Bflnrnngton Hawk-Eye.
. THE GREAT WEST.
A SI AC UX ITS OX IIIS Tit A VJELS.
Tbe Bulls sad Bears oi the Chines
Call Boni-d—Clnetiinntt"* Ursst 91a.
Sic Hall ami Beautiful Ssburbas
Homes—Scenery on the Erie Moule
to Jfew York
— New Yoke. July 26,1881.
gotxoai Taunuura and Mzwxxoxn: Be*
fore (saving Chicago on the dale of my
last letter,! attended a meeting of tiMbnlls
and bean of the Chicago produce and
grain market at thp “Call Bosrd," where I
uoed by a friend, who in extend-
riia.iou promised me an exciting
The “Call Board” la a distinct organiza
tion from the Chicago “Board of Trade,”
but to com posed of almost the same men.
In a ball on the ground floor a large num
ber of comfortable seats are arranged, am.
pUtheatre fashion, in circles whose com
mon cei.ter is the caller’s stand. Inde
pendent of the large admission fees,a fond
to raised by disposing of these seats to the
highest bidden among the members of the
board. The choicest seats run up as high
as $LOOOtMBaa~ Whsa flie member* are
brought to order by the sonnd of the huge
gavel or. Mm Ciller's desk the holders of
seats tsko their places, and the outsiders,
who c m get in only on a p'clsl admission
card o' . -.ir.ed by one of thelioard, stand
on the i bn to. m outside the railing in rear
of the la : row of seats.
The caller is the medium through which the
trading is all done, and the rules make him
the presiding officer, with authority to im
pose flues for the infraction of certain by
laws, which are prominently posted about
The various itome of trade on'abauge are
brought up in order—pork, clear ribe, lard,
oats, com. rye, barley and wheat.
Tbs caller announces all offers of stuff,
giving the price asked, and atop aU bids by
others who wish to buy. This to done after
the manner of an auctioneer in a stentorian
voice, and as the offers and bids come at
the same time from all parts of the room
and at varying prices, it takes a man of ex-
traordinuiy aptitadein this line to All the
c>l&c6 of “oaller.”
This position in the Chicago Call Board
SJT '&£, 7 "SL “to* JSS&
there to he the best caller in America. I
learned that his salary to MOOO lor serving
an hoar or two at the call board every day.
It seemed liberal oompeiMation wbeulheard
it, but after watching him at work for an
boor I thought hefuBjr earned it
There uro always noise and tumult
enough, but on this occasion when the call
got to wheat the scene was indescribable. A
lot of veritable bulls and bears in a pen
would scarcely have made a greater noise.
The wheat market wee eimted—the
bulls and bears in the board ditto.
Offers and bids came roering and rusting
in from all directions, howled and hurled
at the caller in all quantities from a 1UO.000
bubals to u modebt block of 6,000 bushels,
which to the toast amount dealt in by le
gitimate broken and members of the
board. An awful din is the natural re
sult, and to prevent unnecessary con fusion
a rale permits Mm caller to impose fines on
those who either wilfully, or through fear
of not having their offers or-bids heard,
TBg&aft'SiaL.Mte
the caller's gavel (as large as a carpenter s
mallet) andhe calls out: “OoL B, are you
a member of this board?” “zee, sir.”
“Mr. Clerk, line Col. B a dollar (or dis
turbing the call unnecessarily, and fine Mr.
D a dollar also. Look out. gentler
) dollars to
’and without^furth^ delay he
p;y
_r be
flues and
somebody will have live
presently,” r.nd without '
leaves the clerk to look
wenmes the call.
It would seem impossible in the noise
and oonfuaioa to distinguish what was go
ing on, but the caller has bis quick eats
open and his eye3 going over tue room,
&£attHHPgSi3rs5
wards the seller, and that of the other to
wards the buyer, and walls: “Messrs. A,
B and 0 to Messrs. D and E, 10,0.0 bushels
lof August wheat at Htf.” The clerks at
■ ki below him note and enter the I
Es called, bat the |
■ pausin' an iosttntyl
on with the cube ot offsra and bids ss
before,so that it is hard fora strangerlto tell
that a sale h..s been made without the as-1
usUmceof one of the iu .aa Ad to point it
At the opening of the board the caller
stripped cScoaTand vest and cuffs ae if for
hard work, and aftcrwatching him for an
hour, with voice strained to be heard over
»he hubbub around—e/e, ear and mind
constantly under the sharpest tension,
w.ule the perspiratioa ran from hi* face
m streams, I thought I would call it hard
work. 1 have gone so much into purlieu-1
llarafortheban.u-of mmycf your read
ers interested iu the pr >vision trade, who
have heard of, but never seen, these opera-
ticusofthe Chicago Ujud. Alas to the
field of the “big traders,” cud I saw several
trades made which involved as much a* 2,-
COO barrels cf lord or lW.OuO burhels of
wheat in one sale.
I toft Chicago at 7 p. m., by the Kan
kakee route, uht Indianapolis. By tidal
route the poise:,. may breskfnst in Oiu-I
cinnati, or, lf he destoee to stop at Judian-
apolis, can have choice of two tiaius at S
p. m. or C p. m. uc-t day, .he —.-.s of which
will get him to Cincinnati by by lOp. m.
Great improvement is vir.blo in Cincin
nati since I saw it sovornl years ago, but it
look* rather tamo as a city afier Chicago.]
H i city is surrounded by a range of
hills which rise above the tope oi the I
roada are tazed to their utmost to carry
the immense throng of people who go up
to the hill tops. Here they get out of the
duat and heat of the city and enjoy the
means of recreation around them till late
at night.
In company with a Cincinnati friend, I
went through the splendid building in
which the Cincinnati Exposition 1* held
every full. This uonsists of a large central
building and two immense wings, built on
ground donated by the city for the
purpose. The central building is a grand
music hall, and the exposition buiiaiiigs
are the wings, though the whole of the first
floor is used in the exposition. This Alusio
Hall is a room of vast proportions and com
plete in all its appointments. In its con
struction, comfort and convenience were
sought after more than elegance and orna
mentation, it being finished in natural
hard woods without point.
At the back of the large stage stands the
grand organ, which the Cincinnati people
claim to be the largest now in the United
States. This hall is admirably adapted to
the u=e of large conventions, and has been
notably need for such purposes. Here the
general conventions have nominated Presi-
dential candidates tor both political parties*
In this hall his Frandnlency K. B. Hayes was
nominated for the oflhso to which he was
not elected, but which ho nevertheless filled
four years.
One of the handsomest thingsin the city,
and the one most visited by strangers,
probably, is the Davidson fountain. Any of
yonr readers can find a fall description of it
MACOK, FRIDAY. AUGUST 5, 1881.
description of it
with illu3trationB > in“Pietun*que America,'
and I shall attempt none myself. 7"
It to situa
ted on a special square, known a* “Fount*
ain Square,” just alongside the “Gibson
House, 1 ’ at which hotel! stopped. The
square to raised a few feet above the street,
and paved with broad, smooth stone slabs,
fitting as evenly as a floor and forming a
“ romenade, which to filled every clear
ng. One end to given np to the chil
dren, and on this they amuse themselves
in skating with the roller ska tee. The
smooth stone floor to far better than a
plank floor for this, and I saw a large
crowd of both sexes and all ages from six
to fifteen years gliding about on skates till
10 o’clock p. m. Everyone in Cincinnati
was talking shout the terribly hot weather
which had visited them the previous week,
and which, from accounts I heard, exceeded
anything we could get up in that
line down in Georgia. When .1 was
there, very pleasant weather had followed
this hot spell, and I was sorry that business,
which urged me onward, wonld not permit
me to remain and see more of the city un-
' sr such favorable circumstances.
Having determined to go from Cincin
nati to New York by way of Salamanca
and Binghamton (Erie route), I was ad
vised to start on the midday train, so as to
see the prettiest part of the country by day
light. The country after leaving Cincin
nati to a pleasant one to the eye, and pre
sents many things to interest one from
Georgia, bnt the pretty country mentioned
was to be seen the next day. After a me..t
of sound sleep in a Pullman car running
over a very smooth road, 1 was up in time
to be out at Lake Wood on lake Ohstau-
qua, where quite a number of our fellow pas
sengers toft ue. From this point the oountry
to the prettiest I ever passed through oa a
railroad. Two or three cf the passengers
on board, who had gone over this rente
many times before, bnt always at night,
were so pleased that they said th sy ahomd
always pans over it by daylight iufaiure.
For the greater part ofthe distance the
railroad runs through the valley and along
the bank of some bright stream. The Al
leghany. Genesee, Canisto, Chemung,
Chenango, Susquehanna and Delawa.-e
rivers are followed in the order named. In
the background are keen the beautiful
wooded heights and mountains, while
nearer at head, on either ride, tha ferule
lands sloping toward the streams
present a pleasant picture to the
eye as they ere seen in the various
stages of cultivation. Brown stubble land
on which thereosntiyent wheat to abrad
ing in abocks to dry, fields of waving grain
jet acresped, fine meadows from which
the new mown hay perfumes the air as it is
piled ou wagons or stacked up in the fields,
and beautiful green pastures with fine eat-
tie feeding thereon are passed baton the
don as the train whins
church spirts. On these hide the ]
wealthiest citUuns have il.tjr red fences,
many of which are truly magnificent; anil
while the city proper would r.i/. nt . net at
tention for beauty, few places c.ui to of
a suburbs as Ciueinn:.ti. Around the
circle of ihe-o bills, ,u -i wheie they
overlook theei.y,there have been bn It sev
eral fntfline-pluns railroads, on wii cli ch s
somewhat larger than s.rett «..;■* are Jr.... u
np the steep gride by powerful eu.'lues at
the top. At tin’ bead o* mere in*; ;.ie.i
ties there r..e cxien-ive promeu -i m.
Stall, except one, bet. gardens and oliitrr
places of entertainment. Kvny summer
evening the street cars uud insliue-piune
eye in rapid HI ■■■■■■
along these valieysr For a very great dis
tance along the Delaware river tue canal
follows the river bank opposite the run-
rood track and hundreds of canal boats are
saan phasing both ways. Often half a dozen
ars within easy range of tha eye at one
time. In looking at the small boys perched
on the books of the towing horses or lead
ing them along the tow path, one could not
full to remember that the present bead of
this government to aaid to have onceoccu-
pied that position and to think of the op
portunities offered in this country for a
man of ability to rise from the humblest
po.-ilion to the highest in the land.
As the train, following the course of the
stream,tomsVbout around the bends of the
river there Is presented to the eye more va
riety ot beautiful landscape than I ever
saw in the some distance of railroad travel,
lean heartily recommend this roate to
Georgians visiting New York who profer.to
travel by rail. By taking the Cincinnati
bontbera road, you can make oonnoction
right through twice a day by this route. I
would advise by all means, to arrange so as
to leave Cincinnati by the midday train,
waiting n .few hours at Cincinnati* if
necessary, to aooomplish this, for
it will pay well in the end. Those who stop
at Cincinnati oan get all necessary infor
mation and the moat polite attention from
Ur. D. K. Holmes, the Cincinnati agent of
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio mil-
rood. Thera are a great many people
who think a newspaper man’s opinion on
any subject to ganged by the amouutot
benefit he derives from it, and wonld sup
pose his commendation of any railroad
routs to be in proportion to a free ride over
it. For the benefit of all snoh among your
readers, I will say I paid my way to New
York over this route “jest like common
folks,” and what I have auid above to
prompted by a desire to point out to your
rea ders the pleasantest rati route 1 have
found to New York. As for myself I will
never stand tha dost and beat of any rail
road in summer when 1 can find a steam
boat or ship to take me where I wish to go,
with so loach more comfort. Heartily
sick of railroad traveling, 1 have booked
myself to return by seainona of the splen
did rkipe of the Central railroad line.
FarawtU to the roar and rattle, the dust,
the heat, the cinders of the railroads. Mel-
come tha braoiug sea air, the majestic
swell of old ocean. Those who foohsaiy
dread accidents on a sea voyage, forget
that for everynew risk they take on shipThey
le ivo a dozen more dangerous, though fa
miliar, chnuojs of death on shore. Whare
time to not the main consideration, a rev
voyage to the most pleasant mode ot travel
to those whose stomachs cen stand iu O.
this i oaura n .% csms.vxiaij
Same Iurominfiau in R'gnrd to It.
Mrogimmiite.
. Tht proposition to send n Georgia Mili
tary organisation to i'orktown, to repre
sent the State at tha approaching ccnton-
nial, has bseu referred to a special togis*
atire committee that will report this week.
Strong lulUis have been forwarded to the
Governor to lure, if possible, the Second
Georgia Bniallion appointed, in esse the
committee reports favorably. This organ
ization to peculiarly fitted for (he honor,
It to probably the bent organized and equip
ped body of men in the State, with
a splendid record and reputation. More
over, ss before stated, it was literally bom
on Virginia soil and composed of the first
jjouth n troops that entered that Slate.
It is to be hoped that tha representative*
of Bibb, Baldwin nnd Pn’.wun counties
will vresi the claim* of their military. A
prominent, gentleman of this city offers to
r.e.-i„t ia defraying the expense! of a com
present on the occasion, and the impossi
bility of securing simu’.taneon* transporta
tion, the Yoikiown Centennial Association
have arranged the following programme
for the instruction and pleasure of the visi
tor* ;
October Cth—Thursday. Tim anniversa
ry of the opening of the first parallel of the
siege ot the allied armies. The opening
ceremonies as above descried, with mu*ic,
arranged for th. occasion, by no of the
beet national bands.
7th—krjday. The anniversary of the en
trance into the parallel by the Light In
fantry, drums besting and oolora flying,
will be devoted to the reception of the del
egates of the ni oad, eteamslti and other
transportation C ’ropnnlef. Ge- era! W. H.
Wickham, ot the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, will preside*
Hh—Saturday. Thto day will be occupied
by the universities, colleges, schools and
other institutions of learning. John Eliot,
LL. D.. president ot Harvard University,
the oldest institution of learning in the
coanlry, will be invited to deliver an ad-
dreea.
fith—Sunday. Religious *er lees in the
Grand Pavilion, 'the Bight Reverend
Bishop Keane, of the Catholic diocese of
Yirgiuia, will officiate.
loth—Monday. The anniversary of the
opening of the fire from the American bat-
teries, when Washington, in person, fired
the fiistgnn. Tins day the mi. lieipaliiies
ot the cities enu towns of the Colonial
Stale*, and the chambers of commerce,
board* of trade, produce excliangca and
other commercial bodies will be received.
Samuel B. Bebcock, president of the New
York Chamber of Commerce (organized
1703), and the oldest restitution of the kind
in the United States, will be invited to pre
side. In the evening of this d r—the an
niversary of the grand oonllaxration which
was wiluraseilrethe harbor of York on tho
night of October 9,1781, when .be British
vessels set oa fire by the Freucu batteries
were consumed- there will be a grand py
rotechnic display by land and water.
11th—Tuesday. The anniversary of the
opening of the second parallel by the Amer
ican division, under Baron de Steuben. On
this d*y the Germiras of the United States
are expected to be present by delegations
from their several societies. The industries
and mechanical arts will be represented
throneh their org inizatiou*. T a Hou. Al
exander H. Bice, of Mateachuselis, will de
liver an address.
12th—Wednesday. Will be assigned to
tho farmers mid planters, who will be ad
dressed by the Hon. William IVindom, of
Minnesota.
13th-T'onrsday. In respect to the memo
ry ot Robert Morris,Ammeter of the Conti
nental Congress, this day wilt be devoted to
tha financial institutions of the country,
banks, bankers »:>d lusurnnee companies.
Mr. Joseph lMierson, of Pennsylvania,
President of tha Western National Bank
and Philadelphia Clearing House, will pre
side.
liih—Friday. The anniversary of the
sio.ming of the British reuonbts by the
aihed troops; ihr.t on the right by the
Freuch; that on theby ths American
Light D.fnutiy, .he etnrq -'s uc Lafayette
commanding, tinder whom were Lien’t
Colonel Giu-.iti, 1deutenaut Colonel Ham
ilton and ColocR Laurens. In this attack
Major Nicholr* Fish were also distin
guished for gallantry. This day wilt be
commemorated with appropriate exercises
by tho Society of Cincinnati. The Presi
dent of the General Soetoty, ilia Hon. Ham
ilton I'i-h, will preside, awisteu jy Alexan
der Hamilton, K-q.', of New York. Al. de
IrtFuyetie, At. d<- Koeliambesnr.ndtbe rep.
resematives of Hie Fieach society of Cin
cinnati, will be then leoeivrff. In the
evcningtherowiilbea grand ball in the
FavIUoiIs
loth—{Saturday. Will be exclusively given
up to the fitweeudanto o' the officers and
soldiers of the Revolution. An address
wiil be delivered by John Austin Stevens,
of New York (editor of the Magazine of
American History), grandson of Lieuten
ant Colonel Ebeiie.wr Stevens, of the Sec
ond Regiment New York Artillery, one of
the officers who commanded the batteries
during the sie<rv. Mrs. Ellen Hardin Wal
worth, great g.. nddsughter of Lieutenant
Hardin's Corps of Riflemen, and daughter
of Colonel John IL.rdin, of Illinois, who
fell al B .ena Vi-t«, will receive the ladies.
16th—Sunday. Religious sendees, con
ducted by the Iter. Richard S. Storm, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
17th—Monday. Anniversary of the send
ing out of a flair of truce by Lord Corn
wallis, asking a cessation of hostilities
(also the anniversary of the surrender of
Burgoync at Saratoga). Thto day the Me
lanie. the Odd Fellows nnd other orders,
the militia trad municipal fire depart
ments will be received and escorted to
their quarter*. This day’s proceedinta
will be under the direction of CoL J. >;.
Peyton, the general supeiinlendent of the
Yorktown Centennial Assrciution. The
control of the grounds will L i this day
transferred to the Joint Congressional
Committee.
EJ.TTOVAX, CZBEttOtOES.
On Tuesday, the 18th ef October, the
grand national ceremonies will be opened
nailer the direction of toe >'ut congres
sional committee, and cmducted accord
ing to their programme, as follows: Pray,
er nnd a chorus of one haudrod voices, af
ter which the Honorable Jolin W. John
ston, United Slates Senator from Yirgiuia,
chairman of the joint congressional com-
miltte on tu3 < elebmtiou, w 1 formally
open the proceedings. Tue Honorable P.
W. Al. ilolltosy. Governor of the Slate of
Yirgiuia, will deliver nn address ot wel-
come.
The cornerstone of the monument to tho
Victory aud the Alliance will be laid with
the wind imposing oeiemonies by Mr. Pey
ton Cole*, grand Masonic master ofthe
order for Hie Suteof Yirgiuia, assisted by
the mauler* of tho order of each ofthe
oilier Colonial Butte*.
Oa Wednesday, the 19th, second day of
the grand nation;)! ceremonies, -n address
will be doliiered by the President of the
United btoies; au oration by the Honorable
of Ms
Robert C. Winturop,
lusAsehnselte; a
poem by Colonel James Barron Hope, of
Virginia; au ode by Mr. Paul IXityne, of
booth Carolina.
On 'i hursday, the 20th, the third day of
the oelebrr.tiou, there wilt be a military re
view on the held of Yorktown.
On Friday, th ’ fourth day of ’’is celebra
tion, there will no a naval review in Hatnp-
ion KOMI*
The announcement baa been made that
the United H-*tea steam man-of-war
Trenton, flag-shin of the European station.
Re-.r Admiral 1 :<weU comma ding, will
sail for tiia Uni- -d States nbo^. .he 10th of
Bsptembar, having on board the descen
dants of ti .-uei-ai Lai’ayel le, who visit the
United btr.'e* as goetis of the government.
Commandant l.ichtousieen, of President
Grew'* inillthiy household, w< represent
hls K- eetiency, tne Prc»ideut o. the French
liepni’ito. 'the zorktowjxCeurennial As-
coct-itioa stale w.ey will endeavor in every
possible way to care for the comfort, the
health and the plcas-re of the > in tom to
this ceuteaui.il celebration of the victory
which eetab’ished the iudependenoo of the
Uuited B.atce.
The incorporators represent Conuerticii t,
District of Colombia, Delaware, Maryland,
Georgia, Mos^nchusett*, Mew Hamiwhire,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Peuusylvaum, iuiode Is.and, booth CaroU- the following bill*
ns, Virginia, iho-e Loin* G-orgia art
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
PJtOCEBDIX&S OF THE AO-
JOUJBXED TEEM.
mlitee to go to Ati .iiiii nnd lay the claims j f u ? .
before tho J^egiH'.a'.ure. ()jr military men V.iut to bother with*
eliould IhWc time by th-j forelock uud pre>s
ihi in liter.
In view of the vast number oi people who
have nuuouncel their intention of being
Hon. A. U. B .ccj, Major lho.r,..s 1‘. Crsw-
foid, Uoa. Reese Crawford, CoL J. H. Ei-
tiU, Hon. Evan P. Howell, Hon. H. Twiggs,
Hon. Patrick Welsh and General P. M. B.
Young.
The Cutthront.
The cutthroat now in jsll In this place
under the name of 0. H, Franklin has de
veloped an olios. From memoranda found
iu his pocket the chief oi police learned
that he had once lived in Fayette county,
and addressed a note oi inquiry concerning
him to the sheriff of that county, receiving
the follow ing answer:
“C. II. Prescott is not wanted here for
We could not do anything with
racer, a;,d wo don’t
him now that he has
lett the county,”
The name C. II. Prescott was found
signed to a letter in his pocket which he
had written to » girl.
ft>.trial Cor. TUorraph an it Metmatr.
SEW BILLS.
Senator McDaniel, a bill to define tbe
law of prescription lu certain Ju
diciary committee.
Senator Parks, a bill to amend section
3260 of the code. Judiciary committee.
BILLS ON THIRD BEADIXG.
A bill to enlarge the act allowing pur
chasers of railroads to form corporations.
Passed.
A bill to prohibit the sale of liquors
within one mile of any chartered college,
unless the sale is made in some incorpo
rate city. Laid on tbe table.
A bill to regulate tbe mauner of letting
out contracts for building bridges over
water courses that divide one or more
counties. Passed.
A bill to change tha time of holding tbe
terms of tbe Superior Courts for the coun
ties of Lumpkin and Dawson. Pawed.
A bill to allow the town of Sanders-
ville to levy a taz for school purposes.
Passed. s «• ..• an j.< ' .
The Senate in executive session con
firmed Theo. M. Wynne to bo solicitor
of the County Court of Liberty, after
which tbe Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
After the reading of the journal, Mr.
Jemlson moved to reconsider tbe vote by
which the House parsed the bill to pro
hibit keepers of liquor saloons from em
ploying minors therein.
Mr. Jemlson said that under tbe bill
the parental authority was taken entirely
away by the action of tbe House. He
moved to amend by a proviso that the
father or mother might employ his or her
child in tbe business of such parent. He
thought H wrong for the Legislature to
take entire control of the parental au
thority.
Mr. Northern opposed tbe motion to re
consider: He said that tbe object ot the
bill was more fully to carry out tbe law
forbidding tbe sale of liquor to minors-
He denied the right of parents to put
temptations before their children. The
bill only proposed to provide safeguards
for the children where the parents failed
to do it.
Mr. Wilkinson moved to lay the mo
tion to re consider on the table, and on
this motion the yeas and nays were called,
aud stood—yeas 69, naya 40.
CALL OF THE COUXTIES.
Under the rale, the first regular busi
ness of the morning was tbe call of the
counties for new matter, and the follow
ing bills were presented and referred as
uoted:
By Mr. Denton, of Ware, a local hill to
prohibit the floating of timber unrafted
threngli a bridge on SatiUa river. Also,
a bill to undo; it a misdemeanor to ob
struct tbe free passage of timber in rafts
through any stream in the State. Ju
diciary.
By Mr. Bull, of Troup, a local bill to
abolish tbe county court of Troup. Special
judiciary.
By Air. Wingfield, to make amendable
any of the affidavits in sections of tho
code relating to forclosot es of liens. Gen
eral judiciary.
By Air. Crawford, to amend an act for
the regulation of railroad tariffs, passed
in 1679. (Increases the salary of the sec
retary to $2,000, and provides lor excep
tions to tbe rulings of the commissioners,
to be tried iu the superior courts—the fil
ing ofthe exceptions to be a supersedeas
until tried.) Railroads. (This accords
with the recommendations of the com
mission.)
By Mr. Spence, to regulate tbe practice
against officers of courts. General ju
diciary.
Air. Janes, chairman of tbe committee
to report on the impediments to legisla
tion imposed by the new constitution, re
ported a bill to submit to tbe people the
question of amending the constitution of
1877, by striking out paragraphs 15 and
16 of article 3, section 7, relating to local
bills. Referred to the special judiciary
co nmittee.
By Mr. Bacon, to repeal so much of the
charter of the city of Savannah as relates
to the election of a jailer by the mayor
and aldermen. Corporations.
By Mr. Perkins, a local bill to repeal
the act to incorporate tbe town of Law-
toavUlo. Corporations.
■ By Mr. DuBignon, a resolution to au
thorize the State treasurer to sell to the
ordinary of Baldwin county $1,600 of
bonds of said county now iu the Stato
treasury. Finance.
By Mr. Martin, of Taibot, to establish
county boards of agriculture. Agricul
ture.
By Mr. Singleton, a local bill to extend
tbe provisions of sections 1,449-34 of the
code, relating to fences, to certain districts
in Screven county.
Air. Rice, of Fulton, moved to taka np
the bill to authorize purchasers of rail
roads to form corporations, etc., for tbe
purpose of acting on the benate’s amend-
ini-nis. The House concurred in the Sen
ate's amendments.
Mr. Sweat offered a resolution instruct
ing the committed on finance to Inquire
into the expediency of aliollshirg the tax
on sewing machines. Finance.
By Mr. Price, to make it a misdemea
nor for any person to violate a written
contract for labor. Agriculture.
BILLS ON TBIBD READING.
I The bill of Mr. Gaskins, to extend the
provisions of an act fixing the amount of
license for selling liquors iu Coffee coun
ty, to wines, cider, etc. Passed.
Tho bill of Mr. McAllister, to fix the
time of holding the the Superior Courts of
Monteoinerv county. Passed.
Tho bill relating to fences for stock, in
cluding sections 1449-54 of the code, was
laid on tbe table.
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
A number of bills from tho Senate were
read the first time and referred to com
mittees ofthe House.
SENATE AMENDMENTS CONCURRED IN.
On motion, the House then took up the
House bills that hail come back from the
Senate with amendments, and tbe House
concurred in tbe Senate’s amendments to
wing
To amend the charter of the Gaines
ville, Jeffwson and Southern Railroad
Company.
To amend an act to create a board of
commissioners for the county of Cobb.
BOUSE BILLS ON 8XCOND READING.
The House then took up bills on their
second reading.
Mr. Milner's bill to pay J. E. McGuire
$5,000 for injuries received by the explo
sion of an engine on tho Mate road in
3857, while lie was running it tor the
State, was reported against by the finance
committee.
Mr. Milner explained the case, and
urged the passage of (tie bill. He made a
strong appeal to the sense of justice and
humanity of the House.
Mr. Miller, of Houston, said that the
circumstances stated by the gentleman
from Bartow were not proved before the
committee. He said that McGuire had
already received relief from the State, by
seated to the Legislature, and that action
and acceptance ought to be considered a
settlement of tbe case. The present ap
plication was simply for a donation. The
claimant had no legal right.
Mr. Milner said that the objections to
paving tbe claim wc-re not founded in rea
son or Justice, but were only frivolous
technicalities.
Tbe report of tbe committee was sus
tained by tbe House, and the bill lost.
At fire minutes past 1 tbe House ad
journed until B o’clock to-morrow.
During the morning the committee on
corporations reported In favor of tbe bill
to incorporate tbs Cincinnati and Geor
gia Railroad Company, and against tbe
bill to incorporate the Georgia Southern
Railroad Company. u (3
The bill passed by the Senate, and
which w as to-day read tbe first time in
the House, to apportion representatives
among the several comities oi the
btite, gives to tho six counties ot Bibb,
Burke, Chatham, Floyd, Fulton and
Richmond, three representatives each, to
the twenty-s'-A counties of Bartow, Car-
roll, Cherokee, Cobb, Coweta, Decatur,
DeKalb, Greene. Habersham, Hail, Han
cock, Harris, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson,
Meriwether, Monroe, Muscogee, Ogle
thorpe, Pike, Putnam, Thomas, Troup,
Walton, Washington, and Wilkes, two
representative* each; and to all the other
counties one representative each.
Atlanta, August 2.—Tbe Sonate met
at 10 o’clock.
Several reports from standing commit
tees were made.
A number of House bills were road tha
second time.
BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
A bill to carry into effect paragraph 18,
section 7| article 3 of the constitution.
Passed. - I
A bill to amend the charter of the city
of Griffin. Passed.
A bill to amend the charter of the
Gainesville and Southern railroad.
Passed.
The bill to Increase the salaries of gov-
ernor-and judges cf Supreme and Superior
Courts, which was made the special order
for to-day, was lost, the vote standing 22
nays, 11 yeas.
A number of House bills were read tbe
first time. tv -
HOUSE.
The first business iu order before tbe
House was a special order, the bill to pro
hibit the granting by tbe courts of this
State of more than two trials to any civil
cause. The judiciary committee reported
against the passage of tbe bill. * .
Mr. Wright moved to disagree to the
report of the committee, so as to allow
him to Introduce a substitute limiting tbe
prohibition to only one new trial. His
substitute was read, and he called for
the reasons which induced the com
mittee.
Mr. Hqmmond, chairman of the com
mittee, said the request of the gentleman
front Floyd was a novel one, as that gen
tleman concurred iu the action of the
committee on the original bill, and that
was tbe only bill reported upou. He said,
however, that the original bill was disfa
vored by the committee because it vras of
mote than doubtful constitutionality; also
because It infringed upon the great popu
lar right of trial by jury—at least a right
to trial by au impartial jury. The com
mittee regarded the bill not only an In
novation without merit, but as one that
might be dangerous.
Air. Wright said that aflerheariDg the
gentleman from Thomas, he was more
titan ever convinced that hla bill ought to
pass. He had introduced the Mil after
mature thought and consultation with
distinguished jurists, who were almost
upanimous iu approving it. He mention
ed Hon. L. E. Bleckley as having drawn
the bill. He said that he found la the
codes of many other States laws similar
to that which he proposed. It bad long
been on tbe statute book of Great Britain.
He was sorry that the committee did not
agree with over half the States of the
Union lu their estimate of the measure.
He had heard that tha action of the com
mittee was not unanimous. He wanted
the House to consider tbe substitute, and
not the original bill.
His reasons for urging the passage of
the bill were given. He said every reason
of opposition to It was founded on dis
trust of the jury box. He deprecated the
day when the people of Georgia should
have a similar fear. Ha sain that all
courts ought to be so constituted as, first,
to be able to settle all questions submitted
to them, and,, second, to settle
them as speedily as possible.
He supposed cases of dif
ference between the courts and the Juries,
and said that would be a deplorable state
of affairs. It would cause endless litlga-
tiou. A man wbo now enters the courts
lias no Idea when he will be able to get
oaf—he does not know when the question
will ever be decided. Endless trouble
and endless expense would result. The
bill simply provided that tha jury should
have the final decision of any case. The
spirit and letter of our law gives to the
jury this t ight. HU bill proposed to give
tbe jury tbe final right ot psasing upou all
questions of fact. The jury box was es
tablished because the judgment of twelve
men was better than that of one man or
three men. It was also incorruptible, or
less liable to corruption. He said that
the Supreme Court of Georgia had rules
substantially la favor of bis bill. It wss
tho old common law that the courts
should not grant any new trial, and it was
unfortunate that it had been changed.
His bill hai been drawn by men ol great
judicial experience, with a view of pro
tecting the people from endless litiga
tion, and iie hoped :t would past. Tbe
creatJBritDh revo.ntio:! established the
jury box as the guardian of popular rights
and liberties, and ail that he asked of the
House was to perpetuate this great safe
guard of the rights of the common peo
ple. . '
Air. Basinger (aid that the remedy of
judicial ’.rials was coevalwith the system
of trial toy Jury, smi that the system of
trial by jury would be arbitrary and in
tolerable if there was no way of correct
ing its errors. He regarded any bill Inn
itine tbe power of judges to grant new
trials ns unconditufiuuiil. aud Mid that
no judge would he bound to abide by it.
Wt must consider this question In its
bearing on our own State, and not in view
of what other States have doue. Every
constitution of Georgia has given to the
judges tbe right to grant new trials. Be
fore 1803 fins was the exclusive right ol
the Superior Coitus. The judge was not
to act upon his o vn caprice, but upon
le^al grounds. True, lb i matter is left to
the Judgment ofthe ju lie, but it it to bis
judicial juJgm&nt. if ;he constitution of
Georgia had made the judges independent
of the Legislature, as u certainly had, tbe
Legisiatuie could not impair the right.
He contended ilia’, the bill did seek to im
pair it, and that no judge would be bound
to obey it. Tbe number of new trials
was very small in proportion to the num
ber of cases tried. The object of courts
was not simply to settle iirigated questions,
but to settle them justly.
Mi. Jones, of DeKalb, said that, much
as bn admired the ability and judgment of
the framers of the bill, lie bad more trust
in the judgment of tbe able judiciary com
inlttee of the Home. He did distrust the
verdict of juries sometim e. Ho hoped
the substitute would not be adopted.
Mr. Wright said that, as lie expected
the gentlemen who opposed the bill baser
ru appropriation of $500, which McGuire j their opposition so.’-.dy on distrust ot the
accepted. His whole case was then pro- jury box. He wanted that distinctly un-
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derstood by the House. He seed that if
the bill was unconstitutional, it was
great wonder that other States, having
constitutions aud -ystoms of government
like our own, had not found out that foot.
The bill did not propose to take awMfacy
of the rights of the judiciary, bnt only to
proscribe bow they should exercise their
rights. He defied any man to advance
a single aigument against the bill outside
the distrust of the Jury box. Its reply to
Mr. Basinger, he asked who was to settle
difference* between tho courts and juries *
It monopolies and corporations should
control the Legislature and tbe courts,
what rights would the people have to ex
cept that of a resort to the juries to pro
tect them ?
Mr. Jemisoo said that a groat part of
Mr. Wright’s speech was a fling at the ju
diciary committee; therefore he wonld give
his reason, as one of that committee,
for opposing the bill. He repudiated the
imputation that the committee entertain
ed any distrust of the jury box. Bnt he
was ss far from any distrust of the judi
ciary, which the bill involved. Had not
tbe gentleman heard the decision of the
Supreme Court that no new trial would
be granted upon a decision on the facts of
a case by a lury t He deplored the prac
tice of legislating In view of the individu
al experience of men. (Sweeping changes
of our jurisprudence ought not to he
made on such feelings or experience. He
was unwilling to see it hacked at in this
way.
Mr- Mitchell called for the previous
question, whl-h was ordered.
On tbe question of agreeing to tbs ad
vene report of the committee, the vote
was largely In the affirmative. So the
bill was lost.
Several committees of the House made
reports on bills referred to them.
BILLS ON THIRD BEADING.
The bill of Mr. Turner, of Floyd, to in
corporate the Rome Southern Railroad
Company, with several branches.
Air. DuBignon moved to recommit tbe
bill to the committee on railroads.
Lost.
Mr. Jemlson moved to lay the foil! on
the table, that it might be printed. Lost.
The amendments proposed by the com
mittee were then read aud adopted.
There was some inquiry as to the
brauches proposed by tbe bill. Mr. Estes
•aid the bill had been framed In accordance
with other hills incorporating railroads;
that all the objections to branches for for
mer roads were on the ground that they
were indefinite as to their termini, but
that this bill was explicit in that particu
lar. j
Mr. Jemlson, offered as an additional
section an amendment repealing the fran
chise If tbe minimum of capital stock
should not be subscribed and the work
completed in five years.
Mr. Estes moved to make tbe bill a
special order for Monday, which motion
prevailed.
On motion of Mr. Jemlson, 300 copies
were ordered to be printed for the use of
the House.
The House took up the bill to create
and organize a new judicial circuit, to be
called tbe Northeastern circuit, and to be
compoeed ot tbe counties cf Union,
Rabun, Habersham, Towns, White,
Lumpkin and Hall.
Mr. Kinsey, of White, advocated tbe
passage of the bill, on the ground of the
great extent of the circuit now embracing
tl »e counties. He said that tbe judge
held court for thirty-six to thirty-eight
weeks in the year, and it was desired to
increase the jiervlce by about ten weeks
more, which would he imposing too much
labor on the judge, even if it was prac
ticable.
Mr. Barrow also supported tbe bill, and
cited facts to show the groat need of a
new circuit for the northeastern part of
the State. He said that the people of
the counties of that section were actually
deprived of tbe right to have their cases
tried in court, because the judge could
not hold all the courts within tha time
allowed. Several of the counties needed
more time for their courts, hut it could
not be allowed.
The report ofthe committee was agreed
to, and the bill passed.
Under a suspension of the roles Mr.
Carilbers, of Walton, introduced a bill to
amend the act to incorporate lb* Walton
railroad company, so as to allow tbe com
pany to make a connection with the Ma
con and Brunswick extension, alto with
the Northeaetara railroad at Athens. Re
ferred to Urn committee on railroads.
Mr. Render introduced a local hill to
incorporate tbe Greenville and While
Sulphur Springs railroad company. Cor
porations.
Mr. Janes introduced a bill to make all
tenons or companies telling commercial
1 fertilizers warrant the same to be suited
to the ute for which intended, and de
claring void all releases given without
such warranty.
On motion of Air. ALlner.the hill for the
better management and control of the
penitentiary convicts was read a second
time and made tbe special order tor Tues
day morning next.
On motion of Mr. Martin, of Talbot,
the bill to require solicitors to bring rules
against attorneys in certain cases, wss
taken from tbe table.
Mr. Martin moved that tbe House disa
gree to the adverse report of tbe com
mittee.
Mr. Hammond, chairman of tbe judi
ciary committee, sustained tbe adverse re
port and opposed tbe bill. He said that
attorneys were already subject to ruling,
aud it was already the duty of other attor
neys to prosecute them for routining the
money or their clients.
Mr. Martin said that the object of his
bill was not to change the law, hat c-uiy
to give additional remedies anu make Us
execution surer. He insisted that attor
neys did not like to bring such rules, and
iu many cates would not do it. But if it
waa made the duty of the solicitor gene
ral, tide neglect would be obviated.
The adverse report of the committee
was sustained—yeas 71, nays 40.
The bill of Mr. Davis, to appropriate
*20,000 to rebuild the Agricultural Col
lege at Dahioncgs ; tbe bifi to tax circus
companies 16, 000 for each performance;
the bill to change tbe time of revising
jury boxes; the bill to punish persons
presiding at gambling tables as agents of
another; tbe bill to declare the head of
navigation »f the Oeoulgee river to be at
Macon, with several local bills, were read
a second time, and advanced to a third
reading.
Two or three local bills, upon which
there were advene reports, were lost or
withdrawn.
The bill to amend tbe fence laws so as
to require landlords to furnish pasturage
for tbe stock of tenants where the
present fence system is changed; also, to
extend the provisions of the county op
tion fence law to militia districts, was
read a second time, and, on motion of
Mr. Twiggs, laid on tha table.
The btti of Mr. Price, to provide for the
pay of managers and clerks of e lection t,and
the bill to authorise the adjustment of tbe
claim of Howard Yau Epps, lata solicitor
of Fulton county, tor insolvent costs, were
read a second time.
The bill of'Mr. Sweat, to change the
time of holding elections for State officers
and members of tbe Legislature, was re.
ported against and lost.
When the House adjourned at 1 o’clock,
it had under consideration a local bill by
Mr. Jenae, of Douglas, to enlarge the
limits of the court bouse square kt Doug
las? ilia, over which there was a lively
rosiest between him and the committee
corporations,
mst It,
w&teh hud reported
•gainst
The committee on corporations made
an adverse report ou the bit! to incorporate
the HtwkUssvUSe and Florida railroad
company. M-
Atlahta, August 3 Senate met tA 10
o’clock.
Reports were made from several stand
ing committee*.
Most of the morning was consumed in
reading House bills tbe second time.
afiUtA ON THIRD BEADING.
A bill to alter and amend section 329
of the code. Passed.
A bill to amend an act requiring the
ayor and council of Athens to levy a
tax to pay the Interest on the bonded
debt. Passed.
A bii! to allow the city of Athens to
buy a hit for a fire company. Passed.
A bill to allow day scholars to attend
the deaf and dumb institute at Gave
Springs. Passed.
A resolution authorizing the Governor
to purchase three hundred copies analyti
cs! digest of Supreme Court reports from
volume 41 to volume 61 inclusive, from
J. W. Burke A Go., of Macon. Passed.
A bill to appropriate $2,509 to the deaf
aud dumb asylum to fit up apartments for
colored mutes.
The bill to prevent judges of the Su
preme Court from presiding in cates they
tried when judges of tbe Superior Court
was taker up, discussed and passed—yeas
27, nays 10.
HOUSE.
Alter the reading of the journal, sev
eral of the committees made reports on
local bills; and the committee on the Lu-
datlc Asylum reported favorably on the
bill to require tbe various counties to pay
a part of tbe expenses of lunatics sunt
from, them respectively.
SPECIAL ORDER.
Tbe bill to provide for tbe uniform as
sessment of railroad property, and the
collection aud return of taxes thereon.
(. This bill requires the return and pay
ment in each county of taxes on property
owned by railroad companies in that
county. The committee reports<r a sub
stitute not materially changing this feat
ure ofthe bill )
Air. Twiggs.opposed tbs bill and sub
stitute. Be thought both impolitic and
illegal, If not unconstitutional. Hu did
hot share in tbe feeling of opposition to
railroads. He thought they had rights
which ought to be respected. The blil
proposed an enormous burden upon them
—the imposition of a county tax. He
alluded to the great benefits of railroads,
and their inspiriting effect upon the peo
ple and their property, but said that just
as soon as the last spike was driven a
feeling of opposition was manifested. He
believed that railroads had done more
than anything else to advance the pros
perity ot the State. He combatted the
notion that railroads should pay county
taxes like other property. He said that
there was no analogy in this respect be
tween railroads aud individuals. The
railroad had no fee simple title to the
right of way which it used. Tbe railroad*
largely increased the valr.e of the proper
ty in their neighborhood, and thus bene
fited the counties through which they
nn.
He Velieved the bill to be illegal, be
cause the constitution provided for uni
form taxes on all property of the same
classification, and ad valorem. Railroads
could only be taxed upon the whole value
of their property; a tax upou county sec
tions could not be ad valorem. He asked,
how could railroad* be taxed ad valoretn.
which were partly iu tbe State and partly
out of it:’ Values outsido of a county
could not be made to aSscr values on
weperty inside of it- Tbe tax provided
'or by this bill could not be uniform as
required by the constitution, because the
charters ot three of the principal roads
limited and prescribed the rate of taxation
to them—the Georgia, the Central, and
the Western and Atlantic. The bill could
not Impose a dollar of tax on either of
these roads, and therefore its taxation
could not be uniform.
Mr. Miller asked him bow it was, then,
that the State could tax these roada?
Mr. Twiggs said he did uot believe the
State tax was constitutional, but that the
railroads had submitted to it. But it was
not a good reason to impose one burden
because soother had been Imposed. What
would be tbe result, if the law were n ot
unconstitutional? Tbe money would
come out of the hard earnings of the peo
ple. The railroads would have to increase
charges, and the railroad commission
would have to sanction Sti The railroads
had to make a living, and tbe intelligent
people of the btate would accord it to
them. Air. T. Insisted on the impractica
bility of taxing li e rolling stock of rail
roads in the separate ccuniias through
which they run. The comptroller could
not accurately appot, on tbe value of this
property among the counties. He made a
strong and pointed speech.
Mr. Miller, of Houston, supported tbe
bill. He disclaimed that the railroad
committee was making war on tbe rail
roads. A large portion of Mr. Twiggs’
argument arose from a misunderstanding
of the bill. The railroad committee bad
reported a substitute, not tbe original bili.
The principle of the bill was that rail
roads should conform to th* ruie of other
corporations in the payment of taxes.
The railroads were required to return
their fixed property in each county—noth
ing else. He said that tho Supreme
Courts of Georgia and cf other
States have decided against the argument
that the tax was unconstitutional because
not uniform. He combatted the idea that
the State should not allow counties to
tax the roads because the State controlled
them. He said that tbe same argument
would exempt from local taxation the
property of banks and other corporation*
controlled by the Slate. According to
the argument of Mr. Twiggs, if properly
extended, every working man or institu
tion that augmented tbe value of proper
ty, ought to be e.cemj t from taxation. Why
should not this tax be imposed ? It
would not do to answer this question by
saying that there was a war on railroads.
The railroads made tbe people pay full
price for what they did for tbemj aud
ohould pay just as the people did.
In reference to rolling slock, be said
that it was property that had no homo;
the counties of the term.ni were no mors
its home than the counties through which
it runs, it would, therefore, b« unjaat to
allow the counties of the termini to have
all this tux. Be did not see how any
man could vote against a plan of taxation
so Just and uniform as this bill propose a
Even if the House differed from the com
mittee in regard to the rolling stock, that
was no good reason far afcaudotuug the
principle of tbe bill.
There was some colloquy, partially in
audible to the reporter, between Messrs.
Twiggs and Miller in regard to a decision
of the Supreme Court touching tbe taxa
tion ot roiling stock, and the proposition
of the former that if the railroads increased
their chargee to pay increased taxation,
parties that did not share tha benefits ot
the taxation would sufier from the in
creased c! surges.
Mr. Sweat said he was no champion of
railroads, but ancoEuiced his purpose to
vote against the bili and substitute. He
thought tiuK unjust. He wat satisfied
that on* result of the bill would be in
creased passenger and freight rate% and
that the railroad commission would have
to allow it. if tbe bin should pass, it
wonld oe to th* iafcmast of ratlsxmds to
have as little property aioeg tiwir lines
as possible, and this was another reason
for opposing Vse bill, tin bettered tbs
but* had gout- for enough iu sis legisla
tion against raUroads,
Air. Branson thought a more equitable
or fairer bUl then this had uot been Intro-
duced tnMre Ssuee- 44* said that to al
low these gigantic corporations to travel
through tbs State with tbeli- palace care,
aud with all thesr privileges,
without paying taxes in the
counties through which they
run, would not do. He alluded to a
great expense imposed on Bartow county
by the Western and Atlantic railroad, by
litigation, and thought the counties ought
to be allowed to make such corporations
pay for their privileges and gains. All
ether property was taxed by the counties,
and why not railroad property ? He
, thought railroads were doing as much
bans as good to the people. He attribu
ted to them the change in the planting
economy of Georgia, Inal had made its
farmers dependent on the West for food.
D wss too Ute to talk about tbe great ad
vantage* derived from railroads—that bad
played out. The people were made to
pay for everything they got from these
corporation*. He derided the argument
that, because three railroads bad been ex
empted from this taxation, nil other roads,
including the legion now asking for in
corporation, shoutd also be exempt.
Air. Bull, of Troup, offered an amend
ment making the bill apply only to rail
roads herealter to be iucorpoi atect. He
zsiu that it wdUld be unjust to Ur in this
way railroads that Usd been built with
the understanding that they should not
be. He drew a discrimination between
the right of way held by a railroad com
pany and tha fae simple titles of individ
uals. He also objected to the taxation ot
rolling stock, and contended that its home
was tne principal office of the company,
and there it should be taxed. The bill
proposed a new aud stronger system of
taxation, lie disputed tha proposition
that the main principle of the hill ought
uot to be defeated because ot defects in
seme of its delatti—said that the measure
ought to be perfect iu all its details.
Air. DuBignon regarded tho bill as the
most important one that had yot. come up.
He denied that the property of tha rail
roads was analogous to that of individuals;
said that as the railroads did not fix their
own charges as individuals d'd, their
status waa diifent. The Railroad Com
mission having fixed just aud reasonable
rates of charges by the railroads, when
you impose this additional burden you
give them a fair claim to liigber rates.
Bearing ia tuiu-i that several of lbs large
corporations are exempt from tbe tax, and
that it must be borne by smaller ones
struggling for existence, he asked where
was tne justice of the matter .’ He read
some statistics and calculations to show
tbe inequality of taxation uud«? the bill,
and the unequal distribution of the in
creased charges which the railroad would
have to make to enable them to pay it.
He contended tha! county taxation being
unequal in its rate, there could be no uni
formity iu distributing aaioug the counties
the tax on the roiling stock of railroads.
He deprecated the prejudice against rail
roads, and highly appreciated the benefits
they had conferred upon the State aud
people.
Mr. Strother wanted some arrangement
by w hiefc railroads that had received State
aid might be properly taxed.
Mr. flutes said that the essence of a rail
road charter was nothing else than the
privilege to take private property and ap
propriate it to public use. Because the
State aud the railroad had thus taken the
property at the individual, was no reasou
why the property thus taken should be
exempt from taxation while bcionmag to
the corporation. He contended that the
principle of the btti could be put Into suc
cessful practice. The Supreme Court had
decided that the people ot tha State had
the right to tax all railroad property not
specially exempted from taxation. He
said that the 'proposition w as uot to tax the
trauchise, but the tangible property of the
railroads. He showed how the
taxes cn rolling stock could be equitably
aDportioaed among the counties, acbord ig
to the distance tl»*jt tht roads run tbrougu
each county. The Comptroller General
would find a wayto epportion the taxes,And
It was useless to raise difficulties before we
got to them. He was ao opponent, but a
friend to railroads. It came with bad
grace to talk about unfriendly legislation
towards railroads, when ao many were
applying for charters. Ha said the rail
roads would pay tbe tax, and not a dollar
oi increased charges by them would have
to be paid by the people- Mr. Estes
made a mow earnest and effective speech,
of which the above is a very impel feet
sketch.
Air. Hunt offered a resolution to re
commit the bill for amendment, so as to
exempt the railroad beds from county
taxation.
Mr. Jemison coaid not vote ter tbe bill
as it stood, because it violates a principle
of constitutional law in taxing rolling
stock in the manner proposed. He
thought it could only be taxed at the
home of the corporation. He therefore
favored recommitment.
The resolution to recommit was not
agreed to.
Mr. Winston coiled for Use previous
question, and the House sustained the
call.
Mr. Ranktu, author ofthe bill, made a
legal argument in Us favor, claiming that
tbe taxation of railroad property by tha
counties was neoeseary to secure the
equal taxation required by the constitu
tion. Ho went over the whole line ol op
position to the bill, and ingeniously and
ably met the arguments ot its opponents.
Mr. Bull withdrew his amendment.
Mr. Barrow called for a vote on the
bill by sections:
The first section of the substitute was
ad-pied by a vote of Mtt to 30. Tbe sec
ond section was adopted by 84 to 53. The
third section was adopted by SH to 50.
The fourth section was adopted by 90 to
42. The fifth section was adopted, Tho
sixth section was adopted.
Mr. Hunt, made the point of order that
the second section had not been adopted
by the conatitutioo&l rote..
The Speaker overruled tbe point, on
tbe ground that ibis was not tbe final
vote, hut only a vote putting the substi
tute in the place of the bili.
The report of tha committee waa
agreed to.
Mr. Hunt called for a role on the pas
sage of the bill by tedious, and Mr Bar-
row coiled for tbe yeas and nay*.
The vote on the Aral section stood, yes*
10o,iiays 49. On tbe eecond section, yeas 89,
naya 82—the needful cunstitistiousl vole.
The third section was passed, 63 to 55—
only one vote to spare, f he'fourth section
panted, yeas 89, navg 54. The fifth sec
tion passed, 190 to 2& Tbs sixth section
passed, SB to 31.
Tne Speaker declared tit® passage of
the till by the vote on its several section*
Dr. J. L. It. Curvy was invited to address
the General Assembly in regard to T
Peabody fund.
The House adjourned at a quarter past
one o'clock, M.
enlarged upou Mr, Twiggs'' argument that
under tbe bill some of th® railroad* won Id : oammittea repost enbelaatiaily in fovur
ho taxed aud other* would tfob U* ' President Bwtlsti,