The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-06
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
TwENTY.sEvENTH DAY.



Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Lieut.
%s IN AkG g nrsSiGn "a aylee
and Singleton.
Consideration Of chapter ls Of the Code, il
relation TO free public schools was resumed
Mr.. King moved TO strike out $50 and inser
$50 in the amendment reported by the commit
tee. tSaid amendment fixes the pay of County
Supcrintendents at the rate of $50 per eacl
one thousand educable children.)
| Mr.. Bills opposed the amendment He was
in favor of paying the County Superintend.
ents fair price for services; the taxpayer.
were also in favor Of it, and would willingly
pay taxes for the purpose of educating Their
children; the new law would increase the du-
ties of the County Superintendents, and the
pay should also be increased.
Mr. Brown favored the amendment offered
| by Mr., King.
Mr.. West spoke in opposition He thought
that some other field for the practice of econ
omy should be selected.
Mr.. Griffin favored the amendment; the
people wanted no increase, and the Superin-
tcndents themselves were perfectly satisfied
Mr., johnson opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Gibbs was in favor of increasing the
efficiency of the free school system and hoped
that the amendment adopted yesterday in
Committee Of the Whole would be adopted.
Mr.. J, P. Carter thought all the amendments
should be defeated and the chapter adopted
as reported by the Code Committee.
MIR, Lowrance said there was u clamor for
an increase of pay; that the pay should be in
creased.so that their efficiency might be- the
cause OF education in Mississippi needed to
be stimulated.
Mr. King said that the bill decreased rather
than increased the DATES of the Superintend-
ents, and urged the adoption of his amend
ment
The amendment was lost by the following
vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Bridges, Brown, Carter LIST
District, Carter 9th District Cooper, Griffin
Humphries, King, LonginO, Magee, Peery
aud Rogers.-l2,
NAYs-Mesrs BILLS, Birchett, Crigler, Dalton,
NzGeraud, Gibbs, Gilbert Hamilton, Jack.
son, Jarnagin johnson, Lowrance Perkins,
natlih, Reynolds, Stewart, Vance, Walker,
West and Wioox-20.
ABSENT AND NOT voTING-Messrs Anderson,
Brennan, Cowan, Gayles and Singleton.--5.
A vote was then taken upon amendment
adopted by Committee of the Whole, fixing
the salary of County Superintendents at not
more than 50 90 nor less than 81 %, or $50
for each 1000 educable children, il was adopted
YEAs.-Messrs, Bridges, Brown, Carter, LIST
District Carter, 9th District, Cooper, Griffin,
Humphries, King, Longino, Magec, Peery,
Rogers.-l2.
NAlS.-MeSSrS. DllS, BlrChett, Crlgler.
Dalton, FitlGerald, Gibbs, Gilbert Hamilton,
Jackson, Jarnagin, johnson, Lowrance, Per-
kins, Ratlif, Reynolds Stewart, Vance,
Walker, West Wiloox.-O
ABSENT AND NOT VorlNG,-Messrs. Ander-
son, Brennan, Cowan, Gayles, Singleton-5.
Mr.. Bridges called up his amendment ex-
cepting the counties in his district. and it
was tabled by vote of 20 to -
Mr.. Reynolds moved reconsideration of
the vote whereby the provision reauiring |
school Trustees to be able to read and write. |
was stricken out He desired that Judge
Campbell might be heard by the Senate on |
the subject Nearly all the frauds perpetra-
ted by teachers in this State were in Districts
where there were ignorant Trustees, whose
names aud marks were forged in order that |
dishonest teachers might draw pay for duties |
not performed. He thought that school Trus- |
tees should at least be men ofordinarv infelli- |
gence, and be able to read and write.
Mr.. Griffin said that frauds could be nerne- |
trated in either event; ii would not do 10 anplv l
the rule even TO the Legislature-some Of |
them, in all likelihood, would be ruled ami for
not being able to read aud write the English
language correctly. He said that this was an |
effort TO get rid ofthe negro in every eapaeity.
it would be bad policy on the part Of a Demo |
cratic Legislature to make such A law--it
would have the effect of driving the negro |
away from the party. He would vote To main. I
tain them in all their rights.
Mr.. King ION whose motion the qualification