Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-02-20
FROM THE CAPITAL.

The past week was q busy o1e for the
legislature. Beth Houses had two OF
tbree sessions q day and hundreds of
bills we're disposed of. many Of them
gong into the s'waste bssket.'
The county of Pearl River was man
ufactured last woek both houses passing
the sb,li over the protests Of the local
representatives.
The county OF jeff Davis wss lost in
the House, and the probability is the
county of Bolivar will be called JEFF
Davis lR honor OF the great ch,eftsin.
The House adjourned Saturday for
the purpose Of going TO Mardi Grss ;snd
they will moi meet again until Wednes-
day eve. The mo,ion to adjourn till
that time met with very warm opposi-
ton. Gen. West ard J. w. Winter
both very earnestly opposed iS.togcs her
WITH many others. Ghey called a rneot-
ing fer Monday 20 pass resolutions T
suppose) condamning the action OF the
maipriiy.
Ida legislature will probably be here
3 week OF iea days longer. There will
be Hide general legislation OF interest
besides the constitutional convention
law. The Senate passed trust bill and
q bill to abolish tha Office Of Saperin-
ttendent of Pepiten.iary aud 60 acthor-
iZs the Board OF Control to purchase q
prison fern, but both bills were lost in
! the itouse.
| The Senate passed bill to remove
the tax from physicians. bat the Hoase
defeated the bill, and doctors will nc
doubt continue TO pay the privilege tax
1 and ''eaS" the patien. accordingly.
Weather is beautiful mere in Jack.
SOC, have had but little rain th;i
| winter.
Chie{-Justicc Thomas II. Woods re-
! ceiyed ssroke Of paralysis Saturday
night, and all dsy Sunday it was thought
be would die, but he is somewhat better
/ stzshis writing.
| Representative Eartsfieid, of Itauambs
! county, died Sunday, Feb. 8. He hat
| been sick ten days and suffered yer,
| much Ills wife reached his bedside til.
day beforr he died. The legislature adj
| iourned in respect to the dead member
| and draped his seat in mourning afte
passing appropriate resolutions and ap-
pointing a committee to accompany th,
remains TO THEN last resting place.
| Representative Rodgers, OF Tishomin
| go county, has been sick, but is able tt
| be in his seat at present.
! The bill passed by the Senate by an al
| most unanimous vote TO create q new
county to be called JEFF Davis county
| vas defeated in the House ov large ma
iority; SO, also, did the House defea
Senate bis prohibiting trasts in tbis
STATE. Also, the bill abolishlng the ciiict
! OF superintendent of peni:entiary, anC
/ authorizing the Board of Control 10 par
| chase Il pl son farm. All these bills were
passed in the Senate by large maiarities
| TIE Senate kills a basketful OF House 10.
| cal bills almost every day. 1t seems the
| two Houses can agree on nothing except
the bin calling constitutional conyen
ton. Many politicians think all oUi
troubles viii be over when the conyen-
| ton meets. II may be tina. they Will
have just begun.
| Several candidates fer secretary OF con-
vention have already annsunced Also
several candidates for delegate. Quite 8
number OF the members OF this leglsla.
ture woBld he to serve as delegate ii
] the convention. An amendment to the
bill making members OF the Legislature
nyt eligible as delegate wa5 voted down
| BY large majority. So / suppose we
will have number of wise men of this
booy In the convention.
| There viii be little general legislation
| this time. The passage of the g. G. law
[ win cause the legislature to adjourn
much earlier than usual.
| Lieutenant Governor Evans makes 0
| splendid presiding officer, so too, does,
irregular order" Madison, Speaker OF the
| House. President pro. tem. K. s. Dean