The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-03-02
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
FORTY. EIGHTH DAY.
MONDAY. March lst. 1880


Senate met pursuant to adjournment, Lieu
tenant. Governor Sims in the chair.
Leave OF absence granted to Messrs. An
derson, Griffin and Jarnagin
Leave Of Absence was granted to the Ser
geat-at- Arms, on account of sickness.
Mr.. Bills presented petition from the citi-
zens of Corinth, praying for prohibitory
liquor law.
Mr.. King offered the following, which was
adopted;
Resolved, That tie President of the Senate
be requested, when the House messages and
bills are taken up, to bring forward the bills
Of the most general importance first.
On motion Of Mr.. Gibbs, the Senate agreed to
the conference asked for by the House on the
disagreeing votes of the two houses on Chap
ters 70, n and 81 of new Code
The following Senators were appointed on
part of Senate:
On Chapter 20; Messrs King, Singleton
and Gilbert; on Chapter II: Messrs REYNOLDS.
Brown and j. p Carter; on Chapter 81,
Messrs. Gibbs, GitzGerald and Bills.
DISPOSITION OF BILLS.
Mr.. Cowan called up the bill ito amend an
act to appoint an agent to investigate funds
and collect revenues due the State" etc., was
amended and passed.
An act to make an appropriation for the
erection of a tire-proof building in the city of
Jackson or contiguous thereto, foran Asylum
for the Blind. The Finance Committee had
reported against the bill
Mr. Stewart, Chairman of the Committee on
Humane and Benevolent Institutions, took the
floor and advocated the passage of the bill.
He said there was no question as to the duty of
the State to care for and protect this class of
unfortunates. He then read from the estimate
of the House Committee on Ways and Means,
to show the ability ofthe State to make this APP
preparation without hampering its financial
condition.
Mr. j. P. Carter, Chairman of Finance
Committee, replied to Mr.. Stewart and OK
planned the reason governing the action of his
Committee.
MIR. Bills said that the present Legislature
had been so reckless, or liberal, he would term
1t, in its appropriations, that he thought the
appropriation for this building should be de-
ferred until the next session of the Legisla-
tturee,, when he would be glad to see $4,000
building erected.
Mr. West said the difficulty could be solved,
and the State saved from expense by giving
the Governors mansion for that purpose as il
was not used by the Governor anyway. Or, a
hre-proof building could be erected very eco
nomically by using the convict labor of the
State in manufacturing the brick and con-
structing the building. He favored, however,
getting rid of the Governors mansion.
Mr.. COwan said he could not understand the
purpose OF collectng taxes, unless it was to
use them in defraying the expenses of the
State Government, and taking care of
of its unfortunate, afflicted citizens. He
said the appropriation was the most
necessary one before the Legislature.
The blind were the most afflicted of all
the uDfortunates in the care Of the State,
and il was absolutely necessary that q fire.
proof building should be erected for their
use. Ifa fire should occur in the present d.
lapidated frame structure, the chances were
that the unfortunate inmates would not be
able to escape, and many of their lives would
be sacrificed. He was opposed to locking
the doors of the Treasury against these poor
unfortunates. The present Legislature had ap-
propriated thousands of dollars for educa-
tional institutions; but as far as he was con-
cerned, he would prefer that his children
should do without education during the
next two years, than that these blind
people should be subjected to danger and not
comfortably housed and cared for. They were
more entitled to theprotection and commisser-
alton of the State than any other class, and
he would cheerfully vote for the appropria
ton, and hoped that the bill would pass.
The previous question was ordered on the
passage of the bill.
An amendment, offered by Mr.. Stewart, was
adopted, by a vote of Is to IL.
The bill was then passed by the following
vote;
YEAs.-Messrs. Cowan, Crigler, Dalton. |
FitzGerald, Hamilton, jackson, Johnson,
Longino, Lowrance, Magee, Reynolds, Single |
ton, Stewart and West.-l4.
NAYs.-Messrs. Bills, Brown, Carter LIST |
District, Carter 9th District, Cooper, Gibbs, /
Gilbert HUMPHREYS, King, Ra tiff, Rogers, |
Vance and Walker.-lS.
ABsENr.-Messrs. Anderson, Birehett, Breu.
ham, Bridges, Gayles, Griffin, Jarnagin |
Peery, Perkins and Wilcox.-l0
Amotion to reconsider the vote passing the
bill was carried
A motion to indefinitely postpone the bill
was lost
Amotian to reconsider the vote whereby the
bill passedto its third reading was carried.