Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-08

for" have had the same under cOnsid-
Grafton, and have agreed and instructed
TO report as follows:
"lst. That the Senate reCede from lite
second amendment to House bill,
which amendment strikes out 9th
clause Of section q, and inserts q clause
10 lieu thereof.
'2nd. That the Secretary Of the'Sen-
ate be required 10 correct the engrOss-
ment Of the third Senate amendment
10 House bill, and the House consider
the said amendment when re.engrOss.
ed.
"3rd. That the Senate recede from
lie 9th aud 7Ih amendments.
cath. That the House concur In the
9th Senate amendment (the MOffet
Register bill), with the following
amendment thereto: Strike out OF
section II the sentence In 42ad, 43rd,
4lth, aud 45th line, aud insert In lieu
thereof he following: That one.half
the amount collected shall be paid
monthly over TO the State Treasurer TO
be distributed pro rata among the
educable children of the State as part
OF the general school fund, and the
other half shall constitute a common
county fund for the support Of the free
schools of the city or county where
collected, to be disbursed under the
orders of the Board Of SUPERVISOR
18Th. That the House concur IN 9th
Senate amendment changing the title
of the bill.
Respectfully submitted,
ar. .. REYNOLDS,
"Chairman on part OF Senate.
"H. N. STREET,
chairman on part OF House."
Mr.. TlsOn moved 10 disagree 10 the
9Th amendment.
A discussion, animated and pro-
longed, now ensued. Mr.. PegrAm, of
Warren, who, from the beginning, has
been an earnest and efficient opponent
Of the Mofiet Register bill, took the
AOer and made an able speech against
cOncurring in the Senate amendment.
Messrs. Mckenzie, Young Of Cal
houn, Love, Roane and Tison, also
opposed the MOFet Register amend
ment of the Senate.
Messrs. Miller Of COpiah, Moody
Irwin, and Tucker favored the amend,
memt. The speech Of the latter gentle
man wal noticeable on account Of 1T
length, and severity towards newspa
pers and liquor dealers. Some speak
ers on the other side had read extract
from newspapers to show the inefi
cheney aud impracticabillty Of the Moi
fet Register system, and In abiding Il
this Mr.. Tucker said that those opln
ions amounted to nothing-"that an!
newspaper could be bought to supper
almost any proposition, for $25." Thi
was about the substance of his Ian
guage, II not the words. Mr.. Tucke
made a streng argument In support o
his views-as he always does when b.
, takes the iloor-but in less than fv
minutes after he had made his unwar
,, ranted allusion to newspapers, he tounI
1 ii necessary to strengthen his speech b
a reading an extract from the Baltimor
4 Sun affirming the success Of the Motto
Register system.
"a MT Aibou uAuNoN NhO pANNAVu9 HNS
ton on his motion to disagree TO Il
9Th amendment of the Senate-tl
f MoGet Register bill, Aud bic motto
was adopted, the House for the thir
time rejecting this bill.
, Mr.. Street moved that q new Cor
ference Committee be appointed, bI
! withdrew hi9 motion.
n On motion of Mr.. Street, the Hous
refused to concur III Senate amend
ments to Revenue bill, and asked for
:. Committee Of Conference.
! The Chair appointed az Commltte
= on part Of the House, Messrs. Stree
Mckenzie and Moody,
THE MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Mr.. Seabrook introduced q bill 81
provide for the appointment Of a Con
mission to ascertain the actual cost
the construction Of the Mobile an
Ohio Railroad, and the net earnings
said Road" Passed.
n House took recess until 4 pm.