The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-01-21
JOINT SESSION.
INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR.

INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR.
The Governor elect Robert Lowry
was announced; and entered with the
joint committees on inaugural preceded
by the Capital Light Guards, Hunter.
the Governor was introduced i'm an
excellent and appropriate speech by
Senator Sykes. The Governor then
responded in an address which was
frequently applauded. He closed in
the following language:
"Many causes have cOnspired to re-
tard the growth and aspirations of
Mississippi, but in spite of all, the evil
dences of moral, intellectual and mate
rial improvement and advancementa are
abundant in our midst. Until within
the last few years, the strong arm of
the general government was felt by our
people, producing confusion, discomfort
and violent disorders, gut the result of
the late Presidential election changed
the aspect of the political horizon to-
wards us and caused MissippiaDs to
| feel that the State is once more, in
fact, as in theory, a part of that ''in-
distructable union composed of indis-
tructable States" established by the
fathers of the Republic.
Consecrating afresh all my energies
and faculties for the next four years to
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the service of Mississippi and, pledging
myself by the help of God, whose aid
l earnestly invoke to administer the
high trust committed to my charge,
with an eye single to the interest and
welfare of the whole people of the
State, and according to the terms of
the solemn oath which I am now about
to take, l am ready for the oath Of
Office to be administered"
The address concluded, the oath of
office was then administered by Chief
Justice Cooper, the joint assembly dis
sembled and the Senate retired to their
chamber.
SENATE-10th Day.
Leave of absence was granted from
day to day to Senators Binford, Dodds
and Morris on account of sickness.
The special order of the day was
{ then taken up, being the following re.
port from the Judiciary Committee:
Mr.. President:-1n response to the
resolution of the Senate recommittine
| to the Judiciary Committee, Senate bill
requesting that said committe report
their conclusions, as to whether Judge
t Trimble can be addressed out of Office
under section 81, article of the Con
stitution of the State, beg leave to re
port that the entire Judiciary Com
mittee entertain grave doubt as to the
authority above mentioned; and hav,
r not had time within the limited tim,
allowed them to examine the question
thoroughly SO as to mature a positiv,
conclusion in regard to such matter
but that majority of the Commute,
entertain the opinion that said author
ity does not exist. The Commute,
recommends that the accompanying
bill be substituted, it being the sam,
, as the original except that the pream
BILE is so amended as to show the doub
above mentioned, and to provide fo
the payment of the half instead of tn,
, whole salary of the Judge therein
ma med.
J. P. WALKER, Chairman.
The bill was taken up, An act to al
low the Hon. B. F. Trimble, Circuit
Judge of the Fourth Judicial Distric
to retire.
The substitute recommended by tn
Judiciary committee was adopted anC
passed.
The morning session was consumed
in debate upon the subject. the MAORI
ty of the members expressing theil
views on the question as to the right
) of the body to act. The bill passed by /,
vote of p yeas and IA nays.
HOUSE-10th Day.
, An act to confirm and ratify th,
' corporation of the Memphis, Selma ant
Brunswick Railroad Company and TO
: other purposes, was taken up.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Bur
r kit, which was under discussion yes
Y terday, was lost by vote of 81 to SO
The debate during the morning wa
: participated in by Messrs. Burkitt
q Gordon, Henry, Gwinn, Mccabe, VII
Hanson, of Kinds, Buchanan, Norrel
: and Hoyle, and was exceedingly inter
: esting and racy,