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About Bulloch times. (Statesboro, Ga.) 1893-1917 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1893)
THE STATE LEGISLATURE. Georgia’s Law Mata Assemble at the Capitol, Routine of the House and Senate Brief¬ ly Reported. TIIK 1IOISK. The Georgia state legislature was convened at. the capitol in Atlanta at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. Speak¬ er Pro Tem Bouifeuillet, of Bibb, in the chair. Mr. John Bouifeuillet, in calling the house to order, made a few remarks announcing the illness of Speaker Atkinson and saying that he trusted the present session would be one full of honor to the state. There were a number of new faces in the ball when the house met. Since the last session the hand of death has been laid upon numerous members of the house and new men have been elected to take their place's. Then a new administration has gone into pow¬ er. and official lightning has stricken several members, removing them from their places among the legislators. The new members were called to the front scon after the 83ssion opened and there the oath of office was admin istered by Judge Hunt, of Spalding. After prayer by the chaplain, Rev. It. A. Fakes, of Newton, a resolution was introduced by Smith, of Gwinnett, to appoint a committee of three to notify the senate that the house was ready for business. Messrs. Gumming, Mer slion, Martin, Hodges and Fleming were appointed a committee to act with the senate committee to notify the governor that the two houses awaited his pleasure. Under the head of new business a number of new bills were introduced. Mr. Ferguson, of Lee, caught the attention of the chair and introduced tho following resolutions, which were the sensation of the morning session in the house. Resolved by the gen¬ eral assembly of Georgia, That our senators be instructed aud representa¬ tives in congress be requested to use all honorable means speedily to pro¬ vide for the restoration of silver to its constitutional place in the currency of this republic, and that to that end the free and unlimited coinage of silver be at once provided. Resolved further, That our senators be instructed and our representatives honorable in congress re¬ quested'to use all means to effect the immediate and uncondi¬ tional repeal of the ten per cent tax on state banks of issue ; and Resolved further, That the secretary of state be instructed to forward both of our sen¬ ators and each of our representatives in congress a copy of these resolutions. The resolutions were referred to the committee on the state of the repub¬ lic. The house adjourned until 9 a. m. Thursday. Thursday, Oct. 26 —The most im-i portant bill introduced in the house Thursday morning came from Mr. Os¬ borne, of Chatham. It is a bill to amend the constitution so that the state may provide for purchasing the Central railroad from Atlanta to Sav¬ annah together with all its apperte nances. It also provides that the ex¬ isting public debt of the state be in¬ creased for that purpose. Another important bill was introduced by Joe Doolan, also from Chatham county. It provides for the creation of a fund to maintain crippled firemen or the families of firemen killed while in the discharge of their duties The bill of Mr. Stapleton of sumpter to An effort to table the bill was voted down, and it was about to be passed as the report of the committee was adopted, when it was discovered that it had only been read twice instead of three times. It was then laid aside, but the outlook is that the bill will pass when called up again, and the cigarette will be driven from Georgia, so far as the house is concerned bill Mr West of Hancock felony“o in troduced a making R a rob a county treasury. There is trou ble up in Hart county over the dis pensary located there. Mr. Hart in trodtieed a bill to repeal the law es tablishing this dispensary. “1 am only following the recommendation of the graud jury,” ' said he. “for the dispensary is no good. The keeper has been managing it in a loose manner and whisky has been given out on forged orders or certificates. It has gotten so that anybody can get whisky wmsxy from irom it it and anu we want want to to be be an- an thorized to go back to straight prohi bition. ’ A large number of new bills of more or less importance were intro duced during the session, and then bills reported on by the committee last session were taken up and quite a number were passed. The bill to in crease the number of supreme court judges ip from three to five was called and made the special order tor Wednesday, November 1st. Tho following bills were read the third time and passed: To authorize banks the’act and establishing’ “^anies totoan money ekaminersT aboard of pharma centical to amend the local game law of Chattahoochee Stewart,a'n county; to relieve W. W. Wood,of old one-legged soldier,from tares imposed on him for running a pool table when he was informed that under the law he was exempt; to prescribe the time and manner of appointing counsel in crim¬ inal cases so as to allow time to pre¬ pare the cases for trial. The house then adjourned until Friday morning at 9 o’clock. Friday, Oct. 27. The deadly cigar¬ ette must bid adieu to Georgia soil if the house of representatives has any say so in the matter, for it passed a committee substitute for the bill of Stapleton, of Sumter Friday morning. Stapleton’s bill provided that should within ninety days from its passage it be unlawful for any person to sell cigarettes in Georgia. The committee on hygiene and sanitation to which the bill was referred went Stapleton one better and amended it by includ¬ ing cigarette tobacco and cigarette paper. After the vote on the bill had been taken but not announced Har¬ rison of Quitman took the floor and made a strong appeal against it. Hen¬ derson of Troup followed in speak¬ ing against, and then Bears of Webster, made a strong appeal in its faver. The yeas and nays were then called, and the bill was passed by a decided majority. Battle, of Mus¬ cogee, gave notice thut be would move a reconsideration of the bill Saturday. Johnson, of Clinch, intro¬ duced a bill to license the pistol toter. Allen, of Upson, introduced a bill in behalf of the confederate widows of Georgia. The bill provides that the widow of any veteran living in Geor¬ gia at the time of his death shall be entitled to a pension. Walden, of Stewart, introduced a bill about which there has been considerable talk in the state. It is’a bill to pay election managers and clerks who have hereto fore served without compensation, The bill allows managers $2 a day and clerks $2.50, and provides that they shall be paid from the treasury of the county in which the election is held. A large number of other new bills wi're presented and read the first time. The bill of Graham, of Appling, to require corporations to redeem scrip in cash when demanded and also the bill to refund taxes paid on wild lands, the executions of which were illegal were called up, but went back to the committee. The house then adjourned until nine o’clock Saturday morning. Saturday, Oct. 28.—The coffin tack, as Battle, of Muscogee, put it, or a cigarette, occupied the attention of the lioip>e of representatives Saturday morning. After the smoke of the early morning skirmish blew away the cigar ette looked rather droopy, for the mo- ; tion to reconsider was lost, the vote j being ayes 41, nays 84, and it will now be forced to leave the state if the ate follows in the way the house has blazed out. As soon as the jour nal of Friday had been read and approved, Mr. Battle, of Muscogee, took the floor and spoke in favor of reconsidering the cigarette bill passed on Friday. Sears, of Webster, spoke against reconsidera¬ tion. He was in favor of the bill to ! banish cigarettes, and it advocated , was > by the business men of the eta e, , 1 hen there was a split m the delega tion Iroin Iloyd, Mr. Bryan, a lletho dist preacher, advocating reconsiders tion, and Neel, a lawyer, opposing it. , The yeas and nays were then called on the motion to reconsider the bill aud it wois lost by a vote of 41 to 84. \ unanimous consent a number of new bills were introduced and lead lirst time. The house then adjourned un i Monday morning at 9 o’clock. IN T,IE '-ENVTt. The seiiata was call ® d *° °^ le1 ' , bls 8Ca *- ^eneia uc < lapam, -“ ev * J°“ n Jones, offered a -<-i\ ent ’ prayer, an d at lts conclusion the senate was reac b r proceed with business 3 ust wbere left off '% hen it adjourned on the 15th of last December. Mr. Gorput introduced a resolution that the president appoint a committee of three to notify the house of represen tatives and the governor that the sen ate hau convened and was ready for business. Adopted, and Senators Gorput Edwards aud Robinson were appointed as the committee. Secretary Harris called the roll for the mtro duction of new bills, and when he called the name of Mr. McAfee he in troduced two, one providing tor the establishment of public schools in Canton, and the other to prevent any one f rom riding faster than a walk over the bridge over Little river, in Cherokee county. All of the house bills on the secretary’s desk were read the first time, as were the bills ready f ** * ® ° H ® £i' The governor’s e a8 th t \ and read ’ , . . .. ^ a ", 11C ie ecna e u 3 . ' V, 26 —After A nraver * and , reading the journal . . „ ihursday ■, , morning, the senate passed a lull al lowing the city of Mncou to take into c fP° r “ to 1/mito certain lands on Houston street. Ihe roll was called for j-troduction of new bills and a number were read first time The governor returned, with h,s veto the ” Bed ryagraph 1, Sectnml, Article 8 of ,te lhe <? ov<!tnor ?»ys among other things: “This bill !“ contradictory in its provisions, and the studies that shall be taught in the schools, and then authorizes license to be issued to teachers who upon exam¬ ination are found to be incompetent to teach them.” Friday, Oct. 27. —The senate passed a resolution fixing Monday as the day for electing judges and solicitors. Mr. Daly introduced a bill to repeal section 1329, which prescribes how proceedings in contested elections are begun. Oth¬ er bills introduced were as follows: To amend the laws relating to seduc¬ tion; to authorize the town of Wash¬ ington to issue bonds for the erection of school houses; regulating the duties and fees of court stenographers; for the establishment of a city court for the county of DeKalb; to amend the law relating to put¬ ting in claims for property levied on ; also a bill to amend section 2582 of the code; also a bill to amend the act appointing a board of county com missioners for heard county; To re¬ quire the board of commissioners of Catoosa county to appoint election managers; also a bill providing for payment for services rendered by the school commissioner . of Catoosa coun¬ ty. Several house bills were read the first time, among them the bill intro¬ duced by Mr. King, of Fulton, author¬ izing banks to loan money on real estate at 8 per cent per annum. The senate ran out of grist at 11 o’clock,and adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o’clock. COTTON FIGURES Showing the Movement of the Staple Since the Season Opened, \ Xow Orleans dispatch of Friday sav8 . Secretary Hester’s weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement again showed a larger movement of j u K jght than expected, the to tal for tin: week exceeding the seven days ending October 27th last year, 80,639 bales, and falling short of the Ha me seven days in 1891 by 13,837. This brings the total excess f or the twenty-seven days of October over last season to 136,122, a nd makes the deficit thus far for the month under the corresponding twenty-seven days of October year be fore last 408,696 ; the aggregate for the fifty-seven days from September 1st to October 27tli being 105,093 ahead of the same fifty-seven days of last year and 7g6,754 behind year before last, A Little Rock, Ark., special says: The jury in defaulting State Treasurer Woodruff’s case, after being out three days, reported Friday morning that it Avas unafer to agree upon a verdict ftnd V7as discharged. The jury stood ten for conviction and two against. FROM OPULENCE TO PENURY, A Millionaire Twelve Years Ago anti Penniless To-Day. A New York morning paper says that Cassius Read, twelve years ago, was a man reported to be worth from $700,000 to $1,000,000, was principal proprietor of the Hoffman house, owner of large esta tes in New York and yj r gi n j a> and was interested in a dozen business ventures, requir j n g u ie ou tlay of large sums of money> The same Cassius Read to day j s ga j d }-, e practically penniless uo interest in the Hoffman house and no estates in New York or Vir gj n j aj G r real property upon which he cou ia negotiate a loan of $100. Mr jj eaf p s fl ome a t Far Rockaway wa>. BO i d under a foreclosure proceedings October 13th. Kscapiu^Torture. K i Torture United States’ Indian wars, some of the p j^sh, r j sone; - S| taking advantage of the thick broke through the line of the t ro0 p S an( j escaped to the prairie. Major Elliott, calling some of his men to follow, dashed off in pursuit of the fugitives, ^,ot one oi the nineteen cavalrymen was ever again seen alive by a white man. 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