The Brookhaven leader., 1890-01-16
MISSISSIPPI SOLONS.
coSDENsKD REPORT OF THE DO
mos OF THE LEGISLATURES
A Movement Looking to the
Disfranchisemen of the
Negro.

Wv. l@VNl = ltSt hiNop"1N "eS hOtHA
in both Houses Wednesday, which
was the principle business considered.
Two or three bills have been intro
duced to define trusts aud provide for
penalties and punishment of corpora
tions. firms, persons and associations
of persons connected with them, and
to promote free competition in the
State.
The vote for Governor was officially
counted before both Houses Thursday.
The count showed that Gov. Stone re-
ceived 1929 votes, with 16 scatter
ing.
Among the first bills passed and APP
proved by the Governor was an act
changing the time for holding the Cir
cult Courts in the 9Th district.
A bill is pending and will no doubt
pass to exempt from execution, at
tachment or garnishment money de-
rived from insurance on exempt prop
erty.
The Senate, in executive session,
confirmed the appointment of Hon.
Thos. II. Woods, as Justice of the
Supreme Court of Mississippi, vice
Judge j. NJ. Arnold, resigned.
Lincoln's Representatives have been
assigned to duty on the following
Committees: Applewhite, Chairman
of Committee on Benevolent Institu-
tions, and member of the Committees
on Ways and Means, Public Health
and Quarantine, and of the Joint Com
mittee on Rules. Hart, on Corpora
tons and Propositions and Grievances.
January % has been set apart as
Davis Memorial day, and committee
appointed to invite Mrs. Davis to be
present.
In order to give the members time
to prepare their bills and allow the
committees time for work, the House
will not meet until 3. p. m. each day
from now until Feb. 3rd.
The Senate has before it n bill to
amend the charter of the city of Jack
son, which provides that voter must
either own taxable property to the
amount of $500 or be able to read and
write.
The Senate passed bill Saturday
under suspension of the rules max
ing a new county out of parts of Sun
flower, Bolivar and Washington, to
be called jeff Davis county.
The two houses met in joint ses-
sion Monday to inaugrurate Gov.
Stone. The inaugural ceremonies were
admirably directed by Lieut.. Gov
ernor Evans and were witnessed by
the assembled wisdom, intelligence
and beauty of the State. Bishop Gal
loway in led prayer, Gov. Lowry in
PRODUCED Gov. Stone, who read his
inaugural, the oath of Office was ad-
ministrated by Justice Campbell, the
Inauguration formally announced by
the Sargeant-at-Arms of the House,
and then Lieutenant Governor Evans
announced that the joint Convention
was dissolved.
The scramble over the office of
Railroad Commissioner was a spirited
one. Sessions, Kyle and MeLaurin
were all candidates for reelection,
and there were besides hurry, Askew,
Wynn, Cherry, Spaulding, Craft Hig-
gle and Holloway against Kyle in
the northern: Glass and Deaton
against McLaurin in the middle, and
Davis, Denny and Watkins against
Sessions in the southern district.
The election took place Tuesday and
resulted in the choice of Sessions,
McLaurin and Askew.
The candidates for State Librarian
and keeper of the capital are Mrs.
Mary Morancy, the present incumbent,
Miss Amason of Alfalfa, Miss Tucker
of Chickasaw Ia daughter of the la
mented General w. F. Tucker), Miss
Dorsey Of :YazOo and Mrs. Wright of
Kinds. These ladies are very active
in their canvass soliciting votes, but
are perfectly friendly. Two of them
were actually seen to kiss last Satur-
day and bere was no sham about it
either. 1Ae election takes place
tonight ~
The most unique measure of the
sessionTis. a preamble and resolutions
introduced in the House Monday by
Gen. A. NJ. West of Marshall. 1t is
a memorial calling upon Congress to
take the necessary steps to repeal the
Fifteenth Amendment, and Missis-
sippi's U. s. Senators and Represen-
tatives are called upon to bring the
subject before Congress for consider
alton and action. The Secretary of
State is directed to forward a certifi--
ed copy to them and certified copy
to the governor of each state in the
union, with request to have them
laid before their respective legisla-
lures. The memorial was referred by
the House to the committee on Fed