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Continued from Page One.
wishes In regard to the matter In the
Macon platform." •*
"Did you stand by the Macon plat,
form on the prohibition bill?" asked
Mr. Hall.
•There was nothing In that platform
prohibiting the prohibition bill," re
plied Mr. Alexander.
Although the motion was made to
reconsider the action of the house In
adopting the amendment fixing the time
for the bUl to become effective, the
debate unconsciously turned upon the
relative merits of the two anti-pass
bills before the house.
Mr. Rayton, of Worth, affirmed .that
ill the people of Georgia desire Is
bill which ..wiu tutor passes out of the
pockets of bfflco-hottfers unit he there
fore favored the Hall bill.
In a lengthy speech In support of
tbe Hall bill, Mr. Johnson, of Jasper,
renounced the Macon platform and de
clared that It Is no more binding-.on
his conscience than the bull of the pope
of Rome.
‘We discarded and threw aside the
Macon platform when we voted to pass
the prohlbl
ittlon bill," said Mr. Johnson,
‘and’ It Is not for us to ever open our
mouths again and proclaim our allegi
ance to the Macon platform."
Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, spoke In fa
vor of the motion to reconsider and de
clared that he was unwilling to Impose
upon another legislature something
that the present legislature Is un
willing to Impose upon itself.
from railroads.
The amendment was voted down by
a vote of 46 to 70.
Mr. Holder, of Jackson, moved to
reconsider the action of the house In
adopting the committee amendment ex
empting attorneys and physicians from
the provisions of the bill, when they
are elected to office while In the active
employ of railroad, telephone and tele
graph companies.
After some discussion, the motion
was adopted by a vote of 79 to 83. ,
At 12:57 the house adjourned until
3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The following local bill was passedt
By Mr. McMahan, of Clarke—To
amend act Incorporating Citizens Bank
ot Athens.
Bills Introduced.
By Mr. Mays, of Mutts—To amend
Section 1115 of Code In regard to wit
ness fees.
By Mr. Cowan, of Rockdale—To add
Bank of Rockdalo to list of state de
positories.
Monday Afternoon Session,
At the afternoon session Monday the
house resumed consideration of the
general tax act, and when the hour of
adjournment arrived at 5 o’clock, had
disposed of nine paragraphs of sec
tion 2.
On motion of Mr. Wise, of Fayette,
section 1, which Axes the tax rate for
the years 1908 and 1909, and which I
was the sole topic’ of discussion Mon
day morning, was temporarily passed.
The paragraphs of section 2 which
wlopted were as follows:
aph 1, which Axes the poll
the Macon platform and could not
low the lead of the gentleman from
Bibb.
Mr. Deen, of Floyd, spoke In favor of
the substitute for the Hall bill.
"This discussion haa resolved itself
Into a debate between the friends of
the Macon platform and the opponents
of the Macon platform, If there are
any." said Mr. De
"I was not In that convention and
I was not Invited to be In It, but plat
form or no platform, administration or
no administration, I am In favor of this
bill."
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, followed Mr. Deen.
He declared that he had nothing to do
with the amendment providing that the
hill should go Into effect In January 1,
1909.
”1 am In favor of putting it Into ef
■ de
fect Immediately after Its passage,
dared Mr. Hall.
"The fight on this bill Is a fight on
me and every Intelligent man In Geor
gla knows It.
"Talk to me about the Macon plat
form," shouted Mr. Hall, as he paced
er’s stand. "Why, gentlemen,
men supporting the Macon platform
who have voted against every pass bill
that has ever been introduced."
Fought All His Life.
"I have been fighting corporations
>11 my life," declared Mr. Hall, "and
I bear upon my back the marks ofr
their disfavor."
Waving a copy of The Atlanta Jour
nal above his head, Mr. Hall said:
“Now, I want to read you something
form this paper, which I denounce as
a dander.”
The article In question was reprint
f| l from The Augusta Herald and In
effect charged him with having been a
lobbyist and now arm In arm with the
railroads.
"I have been the defender of the
common people all my life," declared
Mr. Hall. "U am accustomed to such
•Hacks as this, and no two by four
newspaper In Georgia can Injure me.
"You know who started the reform
movement In Georgia which culminated
•n ihe convention down yonder at Ma
con. You have gotten the results of
Jhat convention and now, gentlemen,
I beg you to stand by me In this
bill."
Mr. Candler, of DeKalb, asked If
■he gentleman from Bibb would consent
!’> an amendment to his bill embodying
■he principles of the Ferry substitute.
"I cannot do that," said Mr. Hall,
because I do not believe It Is right
and 1 do not believe It Is legal.”
Mr. Perry, of Hall, spoke briefly In
’"Wort of the motion to reconsider.
The motion was carried by a vote of
Ml to 48.
The committee amendment making
bill effective January 1. 1908, was
next voted on and was adopted by u
Vn <« of 85 to 49.
grai
tax at 31.
Paragraph 2. providing for a profes
sional tax of 110.
Paragraph 3, which fixes a tax of 310
on all photographers.
Paragraph 4, which provides tor a
tax of 310 upon loan agents for each
county In which they operate.
Paragraph 6, which fixes a tax of
325 upon auctioneers, was amended so
as to exempt Confederate veterans
whose names appear upon the Indigent
pension roll.
Paragraph 3, which taxes billiard and
pool tables 335 each, was amended so
as to exempt disabled Confederate vet.
erans.
Paragraph 7, which taxes all games
for gain at 325.
Paragraph 8, which taxes shooting
galleries, skating rinks, etc., 325.
Paragraph 9, which seeks to placo a
tax on all vendors, was temporarily
passed upon request ot Mr. Hail, of
Bibb, and will be acted upon later.
Messrs. Burwell, of Hancock, and
Dykes, of Sumter, Introduced an
amendment to the act, which sought
to add a new paragraph to section 2,
and which provided that a tax of 2 1-2
cents should be placed upon each bale
of cotton compressed In this state.
The amendment met with much op
position on the ground that while It
sought to tax the compressor, the bur
den would eventually fall upon the
farmer, and the amendment was voted
down.
The following bills were passed at
the afternoon session:
Bills Passed by House,
By Mr. Heard, of Dooly—To amend
act establishing city court of Vienna.
By Mr. Domlny, of Irwin—To repeal
act establishing city court of Fits
gerald; to establish city court of Ben
Hill county.
To establish city court of Bafnei’
vllle.
By Mr. Strickland, of Pike—To es
tablish city court of Barnesvllle.
By Mr. Boyd, of Spalding—To make
change time of holding superior court
of said county.
By Mr. Buchanan, of Early—To
change time of holding Early superior
court.
By Mr. Wise, of Fayette—To repeal
act to protect fish and game In Fay
ette county.
By Mr. Slaton, of Fulton—To allow
Fulton county commissioners to ap
propriate money for purchase of Old
Women’s Home.
By Mr. Orr, of Coweta—To establish
city court of Newnan.
New Bills In House.
The following new bills were read
•the first time and referred:
By Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond—To
create board of commissioners for
Richmond county; to provide for their
choice and powers.
By Mr. Guyton, of Effingham—To In
corporate the city of Springfield,
My Mr. Hardeman, of Jefferson—To
repeal act establishing public school
system of Louisville.
By Mr. Furr, of Banks—To pay pen
sion to Mrs. M. L. Hughes.
By Mr. White, of Madison—'To amend
charter of Carlton.
By Mr. Bond, of Forsyth—To pay
pension to W. J. Stanford.
By Mr. Estes, of Pierce—To antend
charter of Offerman.
By Mr. Thurman, of Walker—To ex
tend powers of Justices of the peace.
By Mr. Fowler, of Bibb—To estab
lish state Inspector for weights of
Georgia
By Mr. Townsend, of Church—To
repeal act Incorporating Homervllle.
By Mr. Sheffield, of Decatur—To
amend act establishing city court of
Cambridge.
T
TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF
ATLANTA
Gives
Attorney-General
Opinion on Use of State
Money.
elective by people.
1 Glynn—To amend the
Grtl
By Mr. Lee, of
establishing of city court of Bruns
wick.
By Mr. Flanders, of Johson—To re.
peal act establishing city court of
Wrtgbtsvllle.
By Mr. Williams, of Dodge—To re
peal charter of Eastman.
By Mr. Guyton, of Effingham—To
abolish county court of Effingham.
By Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton—To
provide for fixing salary of Fulton
county treasurer at 33.000 per annum.
By Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond—To
create office of solicitor of county court
of Quitman.
By Mr. Slaton,’ of Fulton—To regu
late the fees of justices or the peace
and constables In this county.
By Mr. Geer, of Miller—To repeal
act establishing’ city court of Miller
county.
By Mr. Geer, of Miller—'To establish
the city court of Miller.
By Mr. Chanties, of Floyd—To cre
ate a new charter fo!»the city of Rome.
By Mr. Johnson, of Jasper—To
change time of holding Jasper superior
1 "to establish city court of Montlcello.
« By Mr. Wise, of Fayette—To nuthor-
... Hill, of Monroe, ottered' ar ise the Kontw* i" 1 jL orro ' 1 ' money lo
amendment to Mr. Hull’s bill prevent- oSywm Efflnghara-To
’ 3e.*itorneys from accepting passe* Hy Mr. t.uyton, ot x-auigasm
The debt of the Georgia Jamestown
commission will be paid off, and this
will practically end a matter that has
caused much comment.
In an opinion rendered Governor
Smith, upon request of the sub-corn
mlttee of three from the commission,
Attorney General John C. Hart hold*
that the Indebtedness can be paid out
of the general appropriation made for
the exposition.
This debt, of course, arises out of
the erection of the Georgia building, a
balance of 36,600 being claimed. Judge
Hart holds’
"The legislature has heretofore ap’
proprlated * the money, the purpose
being to enable the state to make a
display of Its resources at Jamestown
and empowered the commission In
charge to do certain things which
necessarily Involved the expenditure
of this money. Upon that authority
this debt has been contracted and to
repudiate It now on a technicality
would subject the state to the gravest
censure. I do not think, therefore, that
It Is the time nor the place to look with
microscopic vision for constitutional
objections to the payment of this hon
est debt. It Is a debt contracted by
our representatives for the benefft of
the state of Georgia and the state In
good morals cannot afford to repudiate
the debt. If It Is conceded, therefore,
that the resolution approved August 16.
1906. Is constitutional, the commission
ers have authority to use so much of
the money appropriated as Is necessary
to pay off the debt now due the con
tractors for erecting the building.”
Out of the S30.000 at proprictlon made
for an exhibit at Jamestown, about
112,000 remains. The entire amount of
Indebtedness, Including amount due
contractors, carriages and other ex-
Is-nses of Georgia Day. Is about 37,000.
The commission has about 31.000 and
about 31.500 Is due from cities on the
buildings. If the bonus of 31.000 to
the contractors la disallowed. It will
leave only about 33.600 to come from
the original appropriation.
The -nib-committee, consisting of
’ommlssloner Hudson, Mr. Calvin and
Lionel Dunlap, ore still at work au
diting the expense account submitted
by Chairman W. N. Mitchell.
In the primary tomorrow you will have an opportunity to declare whether or not you desire that the
qualified voters of the city shall have achoice in the selection of those officers who collect and spend the peo
ple’s money and administer their government. This opportunity has never been presented beofre, and it is
up to the people to assert their rights at this time. Otherwise when an effort is made in the future to elect some
of them by the people, it will be insisted that the people themselves have declared against it.
Unfortunately for the cause ,a number of these officers are lumped together in the proposition upon
which the people vote. It would have been much better to have separated them and allowed the people to
vote on each separate proposition. I made an effort to have this done, and thought that the city executive
committee had so ordered it, but in this it seems that I was mistaken.
It may be that some of these officers you would not choose to elect, but under the rules of the primary
you must vote to elect all or none. I ask the friends of popular election to waive their objections that they
■may have to some of these and vote for them all, and in the future, if you find that it is not the best for the city
that all of these be elected by the people, then we can take out those that should not be elected by the people,
and leave the others to be elected by the people. If the voters declare against this proposition, the politi
cians will take that as a lever to prize the public out'of practically all of their elections. .
Your attention is called to the fact that a great deal has been said in the newspapers against the elec
tion of the Superintendent of Public Schools by the people. ‘ I caution you that this is a mere blind to take
the mind and eyes of the public off of some other officers that are proposed to be elected by the people. There
is less reason against the election of a Superintendent of Public Schools by the people than any other officer
proposed.
There is no department of the government that the public guards with more jealous care than that of the
public schools. The most vidious man in the community will, when it comes to the selection of a teacher for
his own children, vote his own best judgment. ,
Popular elections have given to this state its very best officers and have demonstrated that the people
can be-trusted in the selection of those who are to rule over them. If the people can be trusted to select a
Governor, State House officers, a Legislature, Judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Superior,
Courts, City Courts, and all county officers, Mayor of the city, Aldermen and Councilmen, surely they can be
trusted to elect such officers as Superintendent of the Waterworks, Recorder, Superintendent of Public
Schools, and other like officers. • 1 i
When you go into the booth to prepare your ballot, be sure that you strike off the words “AGAINST,
POPULAR VOTE TO ELECT,” and leave on your ballot the words “FOR POPULAR VOTE TO ELECT.” \
You can not make a mistake in this, but if by a possibility you should make a mistake as to some, it is the
people’s mistake and one that can be easily remedied. Very sincerely, v
• A. L. CURTIS, Alderman From the First Ward.
bill Is about 32.400. Mr. MHrhall haa
returned 1500 In cash to the commis
sion, and other Items have been ellmt-
(f wilt require it least another day
.,,r the sub-committee to complete Its
Work of auditing and. until then the
committee decline* to iqake any state
ment.
Vets Elect Officers.
At tbe reunion of the Tblrtj-.-Ighth Geor
gia regiment, reternii* of Kraus’ lirlgmle,
Army of Northern Virginia, held nt Ktt.ne
Mountain. August I. the following officer*
were elected to serve for Hie ensuing yeur:
I*. A. Fhestnut. president; J. W..Met only,
tirst rice president; W. H. Mllebet, sec
ond rice president: F. A. Iilckenem.
third vleo president: P. l». SteCregjr. eh.in-
Inin: J. N. Nosh, e-.-retsry. The next
The emlro amount In this expense July, 190S.
(la., on tbe last Wednesday In
GIRL'S ESCORT DEAD
Shot -When Pretty Anna
Markowitz Was As
saulted.
Dayton, Ohio, Aug. «.-Abe foUen. t sec-
Tbe coroner finished the autopsy on the
body of the dead girl today, and while It Is
irtriij I>| IUC UIKI Sill Kiua;. ■III! nuiir 16 IP
not officially announced. It Is ssld the deed
Anns’* brothers, Harry nnd Jacob, and
her sister, Bertha, with Cohen nnd Auim
when tbe attack was made, are being held.
GEORGIA’S SAILOR
SUDDENLY MISSING
Grandpapa Lawson.
Boston. Maas., Aug. 6.—Thomas W.
Lawson, Boston's famous copper mil
lionaire and author, Is a grandfather.
This morning a baby* was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Arnold Lawson at their home \
In Winchester. Bulletins Issued by tho
. M. r Mr. Luws.m Hay that tho “little
lady
Xew York, Aug. 6.—The police were, call
ed on today to Investigate the mystery of
the disappearance of Hnny Lynch, a sailor
on the battleship Georgia. The officers In
formed the father laat night that the hoy
fell overboard while fixing a light Haturday
evening. He waa never found. Six of the
lisrry disappeared because he “knew
about the recent turret explo-
L are doing well."
6U8PECT1NG FOOL PLAY,
NEGRO 18 ARRE8TED.
Home, Ga., Aug. 6.—John Richards,
colored, has been arrested, charged
with the murder of Julie Little, a 8-
S car-old negro girl. It Is charged that
Jchards shot the girl and placed her
body on the Western anad Atlantic
railroad tracks some time Saturday
night. The body was run over by a
train early Sunday morning and fear*
fully mangled.
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