The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-16

Oktibbeha, Williams, of Grenada ana
Hoyle, of Grenada.
The portly form of A. j. Frantz' OF
Brandon. and the flowing locks of Capt B-
F. Jones, of Winpna, were among the at
fractions of the House yesterday.
Ex-senator Glead will address the people
tonight at the Hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives on the interests of the coiored
people.
For continuous courtesies on the part of
the Clerk of the House and his assistants
to the reporter, many thanks.
Should the bill to amend section 1914
become law it will exempt from execution
and attachment in addition to property
now exempt, one hundred bushel of Pota-
toes, kind not stated, ten bushels OF peas,
one hundred chickens, twenty turkeys,
twenty geese. twenty guineas, fifty ducks
| and ten pea fowls. An amendment Is III
preparation looking after the old rooster.
| Col. McRae. of jackson county, Is con-
| fined TO his rodm with severe cold.
Mr.. Lem Moore, of Issaquena, argued
Yesterday IN favor of the repeal of the law
requiring publication of petitions by retail
d, alers.
The act to amend the Homestead laws OF
the State which has occupied considerable
time in the House is an act to repeal an
act to amend the Homestead laws OF the
| State approved March 9th, 1882.
When Mr.. Houston gets the floor, the
members always look for something good.
Besides being an able argurist, he possesses
a vein of humor which almost draws a
smile from the stove-piPe.
Hon. NJ. G. Johnson, Of Franklin, who
has been confined to his room at the Ed
wards House, by sickness, since Thursday
last, received telegram from Natchez,
stating that his wife was extremely ill. he
left on the first train.
Kinds county had three bills introduced
Yesterday under the roll call of counties.
Mr.. " ats of the lower House was ex-
cused from attendance yesterday on &C
count Of sickness.
The novelty of the converting of the Leg
| islature has wCrn off, and the members now |
/ nave tLAS nan pASAts NSlA ~ 1hNAA3NANN''
"The streets are quite impossible" re-
marked one member to another, On Thurs
day last
Eyes, but very pleasant overhead"
"True, but don't happen to be going in
| that direction
Occasionally lacy pays the Capitol a
visit. In the Senate Chamber they are
kindly cared for as there is ample room,
but in the lower House, perforce they are
compelled to mount to the gallery for lack
of room below. and the accommodations
are not the b>st.
! A bill now before the House providing
/ for plenty of scrapers and novels and hoes,
to be furnished by the Board of Supervisors
OF Kinds county, will, if it becomes a law
enable the county (supposing it passes and
the implements are handled properly TO
have tirst-class roads.
Two new committees were appointed in
the House yesterday, viz: Ga Temperance
and Public Lands The latter was an
nounced during the morning session, and
permission was given To the Speaker to
appoint the Temperance Committee at any
time and have il published He gave in
the list to the Secretary yesterday evening.
A member from - county this morn
ing remarked to a citizen that he supposed
the places in the sidewalks where the bricks
were out were soft places left purposely, so
to rest the feet when they got weary
walking over the hard places.
The proposition made in Mr.. McNeely's
/.
Court in Kinds county, introduced yester
day morning, provides for holding the Cir
cult Court in the First District on the first
Monday in January, and continue twenty
four days, and on the fourth Monday OF
June, and continue eighteen days. In the
Second District geographical ccntre) Q
begin the fr,t Mollay n February and
continue ty elty-four days, and on the third {
Monday OF July, All continue eighteen
days.
The question OF the right OF the Legisla
tu,e to extend an oficer-elect's time in I
which to make his bond, he having failed :
to make it within the time specified by law
was raised yesterday morning by the intro
duction OF an act for relief. Some doubt :
exists as to the power of the Legislature {
in this matter The bill was referred :
Speaker Inge has thus far presided with >
great ability and acceptance, but it some !
times happens that he is called out to see y
a man, or something requires him to va
cate his chair for the moment. On such
occasions some member OF the House IL
called upon to assume the duties of the /:
chair. On the several occasions on which b
the Speaker thus far has called upon his Il
associates to assume the honors, the chair a
has been filed by members who have dis V
played full knowledge of parliamentary
usages and have welded the gavel with
much grace. s:
The various committees OF the Legizla- a.
ture were generally in their respective
rooms yesterday e5ening pushing business
through. re-
Henry Tison, Boone Williams, George d,
Wofford and Art ur Billion, all sprightIy
looking lads, have been appointed as pages
N the lower House. The Speaker feels is
lis mind relieved of great weight. =,
The entsrprising I'D. proprietors of 10
New Orleans, through its representative, "
sapt, Emnet L. Ross, at this place, gratu- = III
tously furnished the members of the Leg IA "a
stature yesterday morning gith copies Of tn
is Issue containing the Governors Message. On
m
Immoral literature is the btne OF the
Using generation, and the suppression Of
he circulation of such in Mississippi will til
qark bright day in her. era. Several tiC
MS have already been introduced looking en-
0 this good end. en-
The various reporters Of the press in the wa
oyer House were interviewed yesterday all
lornlng by newly appointed colored of
orter who was extremely anxiogs that en-
ley should spell his name correctly. of
aking him at first for a member the re-
orters were very bland, but their disgust
as infinite When the identity cropped out, IN.
While Speaker lingo vas announc- - -
g the several standing eomn.it- ~ ="
es yesterday morning the name t..
MIR. Williams, of Grenada, was ln'
He'd as a member Of the committee pol
! Public Printing. Mr.. Williams arose !
I'd declined to serve on the committee OF
wing as reason that his constituents did wa
Il seem 10 think the committee of any i'm It !
'rtance. The Speaker exoused the mem tina
T from the committee and appointed her
mself instead, which explains how Mr. for
'eaker came to be on the committee on unc
Iblic Printing tiso
tina
A questacn arose in the House this morn to {
9 regarding the rules by which bill w
yeKned from the time OF its Introduction Hla
its final passage. There appears to H. a -
nfiict between Barclays Digest and The Iasl
institution OF the State, and the Speaker
sired 10 obtain the sense of the House a /.
ne ale resso,,Ir. s;,s's i.-.. Nohs ~ SON
,norters nf Rarcisv s,,d 40 ~, 'ts,seA ne diss
! Constitution as to which should pre- slne
1. TE5 Speaker was not at all in doubt Detl
TO what The former sllsiEgs had been, GUS