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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1896)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE AND SENATE GET DOWN TO REGULAR BUSINESS. Brief Snmmury of Proceedings of the Two Legislative Branches. House—23<f Day. Wednesday is the regular day for the introduction of new matter in the house and the roll call brought out a number of bills, most of them local, but some important measures. Among these are the bill by Speaker Jenkins to create the office of commissioner of pardons; one by Mr. Mozley, of Cobb, making women eligible to the office of state librarian ; one by Mr. Freeman, of Coweta, allowing children residing near county or school district lines to attend the school nearest their resi¬ dence, and another by Mr. Yates, of Catoosa, amending tho registration law so that no new registration shall be required for voting in elections for justices of tho peace; one by Mr. West, of Lowndes, to amend the school law by establishing a uniform course of text books and to organize a book commission; a bill by Mr. Yates, of Catoosa, to amend the general regis¬ tration law so that no additional regis¬ tration of voters in elections for jus¬ tices of tho peace shall be necessary. As it is now the election occurring in January, a new registration with payment of another year’s tax is re¬ quired by the general registration law. The bill avoids that. Mr. Georgo C. Thomas, chairman of the special committee to visit the State University and State Normal school, sent to the olork’s dosk a re¬ port whioh was read. Tho report showed the university to bo in a high state of prosperity and commended the thoroughness and breadth of the course. The committee had nothing but praise for the present oonoduct of the university. tho There was a spirited debate on question of adjournment over Thanks¬ giving day, end a parliamentary duel ensued between Mr. Johnson, of Hall, and Mr. Fogarty, of Richmond. Tho scene changed and the duel was be¬ tween Mr. Johnson and Hon. Mel Branch, of Colombia, The motion was finally put and was overwhelming¬ ly carried. House—24t.h Day. Friday was a busy day in the house of representatives. No less than seven¬ teen Dills wero passed and sent to the senate; tho biggest day’s work yet done by the house. Quite a number of new bills were introduced and re¬ ferred. Most of the measures passed were of a local nature and only one or two of them are of general interest. An appropriation bill was pat through, the largest yet acted ou by the honse. It is a bill to appropriate $2,500 to the trustees of the Georgia school for tho deaf. Mr. Felker’s bill to provide addi¬ tional methods for collecting purchase money notes when there is a reserva¬ tion of title, was passed. It provides that the holder of a note where title to personal property is reserved will not have to sue in trover, nor attach for purchase money. It will also do away with delay when cases arise where the amount involved exooeds the jurisdic¬ tion of justice courts. House— 25th Day. There was a lively debate in the house Saturday on the Clay county contest case. The question at issue was whether the house would send a committee to Clay county to recount the ballots in tho election for repre¬ sentative from that county. The seat was given to A. L. Foster, populist,by the returning board and his opponent, W. P. Killingswortb, democrat, is contesting the electfon. The main point at issue is whether about thirty ballots cast for simply “Foster” with¬ out initials shall bs counted for A. L. Foster. The oounty board Baid they should be so counted and they de¬ clared the populist elected, the am¬ biguous ballots giving him a majority of three votes. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 62 to 40. A bill providing for an appropria¬ tion of $50,000 for the purpose of es¬ tablishing a state reformatory for ju¬ venile criminals was introduced by Mr. John T. Boifeiullett, of Bibb, who thinks the time is opportune for the state to establish a reformatory for the care of young criminals who are not deemed fit subjects for the peniten¬ tiary. House—26th Day. The muchly abused game of football and the deadly cigarette must go. That is the purport of two bills intro¬ duced in the house of representatives Monday. One of the measures makes it unlawful for any person or persons to sell or furnish to other persons cig¬ arettes and subjects violators to pun¬ ishment as prescribed in the act defin¬ ing misdemeanors. The football bill makes it unlawful for any person to engage in a match game of football in this state and enacts that violators shall be deemed guilty of a misde¬ meanor. Both bills were referred to the general judioiary committee. The house worked itself into a par¬ liamentary The tangle during the session. trouble oame up on a motion of Mr. Baggett, of Laurens oounty, to take up for a second reading his bill to abolish the county court of Laurens county. The bill was reported ad¬ versely by the committee on county and county matters, and under the rule of tho house the bill went upon the table. Mr. Baggett, who is a pop¬ ulist, secured tho floor and made a red-hot speech, asserting that the democrats had made a party meas¬ ure oat of his bill and reported it ad¬ versely for partisan purposes. He said it is a local bill and that tho peo¬ ple of his county want the court abol¬ ished in the interest of economy. Ho asserted that only the judge of the court, solicitor and bailiffs wanted the bill perpetuated. Mr. Dodson replied to tho argument of Mr.Baggett,denying that politics cut any figure in the consideration of tho bill. He said the people of Laurens were satisfied with the work of the county conrt, and that they wanted it left alone. Before Mr. Baggett could an¬ swer the argument of Mr. Dodson Mr. Calvin obtainod tho floor and made tho point of order that debate was not in order on tho motion of Mr. Baggett to take up the bill and put it noon its second reading, ce react to ibe bouse a spe¬ cial rule, introduced by himself sever¬ al days ago, preventing the Beeond reading of adversely reported bills, which rule was adopted. He asserted that the motion would change the or¬ der of business, and for that reason it was not debatable. The point was not understood by many members of the house and the result was that a tangle which lasted until the hour of adjourn¬ ment followed. Senate—23d Day. Senator Redwine, of the Thirty third district, introduced a bill in the senato Wednesday placing express com¬ panies operating in this state under tho supervision of the railroad com¬ mission. The senate in exeoutiva session con¬ firmed the following appointments of the governor: Wm. E. Lester to be judge of the county court of Jones county for tho term of four years from Nov, 6, 1896. F. H. Johnson to be solicitor of the county conrt of Jones county for the term of two years from the date of his qualification. judge of the W. M. Weaver to bo county court of Greene for the term of four years from Sept. 17, 1897, W. F. Eve to bo judge of the county court of Richmond for the term of four years from Sept, 24, 1897. C. H. Cohen to be solicitor of the city court for the county of Richmond for the term of four years from Sept. 24, 1897. • H. C. Kettles to be judge of the county court of Screven county for the term of four years from Sept. 6, 1897. T. W. Oliver, Jr., to be solicitor of the county court of Screven for the term of years from Dec. 8, 1896. R. R. Martin to be solicitor of the county court of Terrell for tho term of two years from Oct. 5, 1897. George W. Williams to be solicitor of tho connty court of Bullock for the term of two years from December 12 th, 1896. H. J. Brewer to be solicitor of the county conrt of Elbert for the term of two years from December 8th, 1897. Hon. F. G. duBignon to be a mem¬ ber of tho board of trustees of the University of Georgia, representing tho state at large for the term of eight years from August 23, 1897. Hon. W. E. Simmons to be a mem¬ ber of the board of trustees of the University of Georgia, representing the state at large, for the unexpired term of Hon. H. Y. M. Miller, deceas¬ ed, the term endeng August 23, 1903. The general judiciary committee re¬ ported adversely on Senator Yancey Carter’s bill prohibiting members of the general assembly and state officials riding on railroad passes. On motion of Senator Battle, the senate adjourned until 11 o’clock Fri¬ day morning. The finanoe oommittee of the house has reported favorably the bill by Mr. Knowles, of Fnlton, to appropriate $25,000 for a new building and equip¬ ment for the Georgia Institute of Technology. Senate—24th Day. The first real argument of the ses¬ sion in the senate came up Friday over the senate bill No. 5., which was intro¬ duced by Senator Gray, aad defines the crime of stealing hogs, cattle and other domestic animals when the value is less than $20 as being a misdemeanor. The bill was reported adversely by oommittee and the motion to agree to the report of tho committee was then adopted by ayes 20 ayes, nays 17 and the bill was killed. Senator Sheffield’s bill requiring connty tax collectors to make monthly reports and turn over to the state treasury or to the state depositaries the amount of money in hand at the end of each month, was reconsidered, and after a brief speech by its author, was passed by a vote of 34 to 0. On motion of Senator Hopkins, the bill providing for the election of judges and solicitors by the people, and which has received an unfavorable report from the committee, was made a special order for Wednesday. Senate— 25th Day. The senate spent Saturday morning in routine work. The only thing of general interest was the passage of a bill incorporating the town of Fitz- gerald. It was a very long and elabo¬ rate document and covered everything necessary for a municipality. Senate—26th I>ay. Two new bills represented the total now development of Monday’s seesion of the senate. One of these was by Senator Carter and it aims at prevent¬ ing double taxation upon certain property. It provides that a man holding bond for title for property shall only be taxed on his proportion¬ ate interest in that property. The other bill was introduced by Senator Comas and provides for the repeal of the act establishing the county court of Appling county. The balance of the session was devoted to reading senate and house bills the second time. MANY SPANIARDS KILLED. Maceo Repulsed the Onslaught of Weyler’s Men. The Ward line steamship City^ of Washington, which arrived at New York Wednesday from Havana,brought some interesting news of the engage¬ ment which occurred recently near Mount Rubia between the Spanish troops and the insurgent forces, head¬ ed by General Maceo. One day last week the government organ, La Lnoha, called for trains to convey 1,000 wounded and sick sol diers from Candelaria to Havana. This was the first intimation that had been received that the engagement had been serious in its results. One of the passengers on the City of Washington, who, for obvious reasons, did not wish to have his name mentioned, gave an interesting ac¬ count of how the battle was fought, and this to a great extent, it is thought, explains why General Weyler returned to Havana so soon. Mount Rubia is twenty-six miles west of Havana and about twelve miles from the northern coast of the island. General Weyler had spread his trocha across the island in its narrowest part to prevent Maoeo’s forces moving to¬ ward the east. Then the remaining forces were di¬ vided into three detachments, one of 5,000 men, another of 10,000 and the third of 20,000, the latter being led by’ General Weyler himself. These detachments moved toward the moun¬ tains from different directions. The detachment of 5,000 reched the mountain first, and after heavy fight¬ ing was repulsed by Maoeo’s forces, with 700 wounded and it is not known how many dead. When the second detachment of 10,000 men, under com¬ mand of General Eohagne, arrived and began to storm the mountain they found that the enemy had disappeared. approached General Weyler, who from the trocha, did not have a chance to smell powder. Details are lacking, but it appears that Maceo had another engagement west of Mount Rubia, in which 1,000 of tho Spanish troops were injured. Five hundred of the wounded were brought int@ Havana by rail and 200 were brought by water, leaving 1,000 sick and wounded on the field. Weyler’s failure to locate Maaeo would appear to have been the cause of his hasty return to Havana. GOV. OATES INDIGNANT. Says Alabama Is Not So Deep in Debs As Reported. The report of the oommittee of the Alabama legislature to investigate the condition of the state’s finances has caused a lot of talk by the people of the state. Governor Oatee, in an interview con¬ cerning the matter, said: “The report undertakes to find the true state of tho treasury on Deoember 31, 1896. They find thatthore will bo a deficit at that time of $568,068.84. To find this they include in liabilities then due $50,500 to tho First National bank of Mobile, when it is not duo nutil February 10, 1897. They also fiud the $100,000 to the Selma bank due January 1, 1897. This is an error to the extent of $150,000. “They estimated receipts to the treasury from November 17 to De¬ cember 31 at $280,000. But the re¬ port says nothing of the receipts into the treasury during the first three or four days of January, whioh this year was over $500,000 and next January will be as much more—very likely more. “The only true method of ascertain¬ ing a deficiency is to take the proba blo receipts for that year and the lia¬ bilities for the same time, including that whioh was due at the beginning of the fi-cal year, October 1, and what the receipts lack of discharging the debts is the deficiency. “It is utterly unfair to take January 1 and find what the money in the treasury the day before lacks of set¬ tling the claims then dne, and to oall that the deficiency. "The report in this way ignores the incoming revenue. The amount claim¬ ed by the report of the committee as a deficiency of the revenues is not true. It is misleading, and no good business man can sanction it.” Will Stop the Fight. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight can¬ not be pulled off in Brooklyn, N. Y. This was definitely settled at a con¬ ference Saturday morning held in the office of Foster *L. Backus, district at¬ torney of Brooklyn, The law is against it. NATIONAL CAPITAL. WASHINGTON NEWS AND NOTES OF INTEREST. What is Daily Transpiring at Uncle Sam’s Headquarters. The November treasury deficit, from official figures issued Tuesday is §7,- 621,000, and for the five months of the fiscal year to date of $40,500,000. The committee work on the appro priotion bills began at "Washington Monday in response to a call by Chair¬ man Cannon of the house committee on appropriation of the several com¬ mittees. George Y. Coffin, the famous car¬ toonist of Washington, died Saturday afternoon at his apartments in the Gar¬ field flats from a complication of dis¬ eases, the culmination of an attack of locomotor ataxia. The president has made the follow¬ ing appointments and removals of postmasters: Illinois. Evanston,Charles Raymond vice David P. O’Leary, re¬ moved; Missouri, LaPlato, W. Over street vice William E. Cole, dead; Mexico, Luke W. Morris vice John W. Mason, removed. The First National bank of Tyler, Tex., failed Monday. At the date of its last report the capital of the bank was $200,000 ; due by it to other banks $9,000; due individual depositors $231,000; borrowed money owed $224 000. Bank Examiner Cannon has been placed in charge. A change in the postmastership of Memphis, Tenn., will be made in a few days, though the new appointee has not yet been selected. This is the natural result of the shortage of over $12,200 found in Postmaster Armour’s accounts, and whioh has been under investigation by the department. The report of the inspector says the short¬ age has been made good by Armour’s sureties in whose hands the office is now being run with the assistant post¬ master in charge. Consul General Lee says the rnmor that he may not go back to Havana because Spain objects to him has no foundation in fact, He oertainly would have heard of it if there were any truth in the idea. Eis relations with General Weyler have been cor¬ dial, and when they parted several weeks ago they exchanged photographs bearing autographic expressions of friendship. There can certainly be nothing personal against him, and offi¬ cially as consul general of the United States in the present situation Spain could hardly take an exception to his performance of duty. That congress will either recognize the independence of Cuba or the bel belligerent rights of the Cabans during the first few days of the session is practically the unani¬ mous opinion of those senators and members who have already arrived in Washington, But few of them believe that Spain will, in oou sequence, deolare war against the United States. They believe Spain will make a big bluff, but they know that the Spanish government is in no condition to go to war with the United States, and that the good sense of the government officials will prevail over the anger of the populace. Internal Revenue Collections. The collections of internal revenue for the month of October were §13,- 275,205, a deorease from those of Oc¬ tober, 1895, of $475,008. The amounts credited to the several sources are: Spirits, $7,908,945; tobaoco, §2.633,-" 167; fermented liquors, 02,597,590; oleomargarine, $97,874; filled cheese, $813; miscellaneous, $36,805. The only inorease was $22,087 from fer¬ mented liquors. For the four months ended Ootober 31st there was a de crease of $424,600 in the total receipts from those of the same period in 189o. No More Gold Certificates. There is no likelihood that the treas¬ ury department will voluntarily re same the issue of gold certificates for bullion gold deposited. sterling Within the past week ex¬ change has steadily grown stronger until now it has reached within a frac¬ tion of the gold exporting point. Dar¬ ing December and January it is usual for exports to be heavy, as a result of whioh gold has to be sent abroad in January and February to meet the payment of the goods thus imported. At present the gold reserve is $30, 000,000 above the reserve limit and the treasury rather disoourages than otherwise the receipt of gold, as it re¬ duces its supply of currency. In round figures it has ou hand net $70,000,000 in currency available for daily bnsi ness. Treasurer Morgan’s Report The aDnnal report of Dauiel Mor gan, treasurer of the United States, just made public shows the total re¬ ceipts from all sources during the fis¬ cal year ending June 30th last to have been $326,976,206, as against $313,- 390,055 for the fiscal year 1895, an in¬ crease of $13,586,123. The receipts from enstoms aggregated$169,021,7ol, iaternalrev a gam of $7,863, 134; from $3,341, enue $146,762,864, a gain of 192; from sale of public lands $1,005,- «* , a loss of $97,823 ! hots 060 ia were 4.rvP 400 le of * n v bonds t recei sold P ts from the * 1896 in icq, tne report were §294,164,295. Coa ’ “In ordinary says: nary circumstances times and ^ flow of gold the,, which often is to».,d ta paoity of the treaty ooi, h apecie The prodnet , finds its „f „ way to th e . paid for by checks and tW «eated at the counters of treasuries, or through the house in New York, ss curie; gations. The result is an in the gold reserve and the available balance of ver certificates. Gold import form of bullion or foreign usually the c same course. GEORGIA DEFEATS Ai In the Annual Football Coni Score of 12 io 6. j The University of Georgia ball great match annual at Thanksgiving Atlanta, defeati burn by a score of 12 to 6. It was unquestionably the b bition of scientific football ever seen in the Bouth. The ianB contested every inch of and worked with splendid i face of defeat. Between 8,000 and 10,009 y the battle. It was the largest a enthusiastic throng of epeetsi ever witnessed an athletic’ south of Mason and Dixon’s lj There were few accidents at juries of a serious characti game was played in sports style, and victors and losers of the contest without bitte ward their rivals. For the fourth time the God Alabama football champions I in an anuual Thanksgiving di before an Atlanta audience. | Twice have the Auburn n for the second time have the i the University of Georgia v triumph. "With precise rej the two teams have alternated victories, First the Alabam umphed. That was in 1892 there was an intermission of t when the teams did not me trustees of the Georgia univer hibited the game at that in for two years, The Auburn have alwajB encouraged athle every year sinoe 1892 the ians have turned out a sti In 1894 the Georgian? vitl we allowed to compete old-time rivals, and they brilliant victory. The follow; 1895, Auburn was again tor, and this year the Geor nailed another victorious flag masthead and evened things their rivals. ___ SIVLKR MEN TO BANQ 1 Bryan Expected to bo P reS Make a Speech. The Bryan Lagne, the new zatiou of Cook county silver < will have an elaborate baaqt hotel in Chicago to be naan special committee appointed arrangements at a meeting o ecutive committee. The date will be January anniversary of Andrew • birthday. An invitation baa t to Mr. Bryan, at Lincoln, at ho returns from Colorado a acceptance is expected. decs - 11 to have other prominent the speaking hst. • The treasury department of beita ~ a call for redemption amounting! ■6 per cent bonds, 000,000 face value, waned July 2, 1864, in aid of cerw 3 These bonds are c< railroads, sixes anil known as currency due Janna rv 1 st TitXt FREEZING IN NORTHYj Deaths in the Storiu-'WPPt I j Occurring Dal ? Advices received ScI111 t»H ® 7 J P«„l state th.. tbs weather wbieh 1 S * b ’thfoTSrib>..W sets in Sto*. ™ A, Moorh«d, derson, a yonng «» n her a ti# woiuau to ’ rli reach his own, u lies buried in a now Devil's Lake, ’ ^ At * • j • rongno, of , St bt. Paul, * man cle ull f* { S 8 to walk to town At I , e He never V.ob, ^ * D.. Frank ou the prairie, pro* ---- * ! Bant Opposite « F. CumsiocE .ate i D. f
