Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-03-10
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS

Both. Houses now hold three ses-
sions a day.
The House has passed on three sew
oral days by more than a two-thirds
majority Mr.. Cooks resolution to make
chancellors and circuit judges elective.
1t now awaits the action of the Senate.
The vote on the first day stood 20 to %.
Mr. Bellamy's joint resolution No. 5,
proposing an amendment to section
14l, article Il of the constitution by
changing the requirement of one years
residence in the election precinct be-
fore election to six months was defeat
ed in the House by vote of 55 nays
to SO ayes.
The joint resolution by Mr.. Marshall
to amend the Constitution by substi-
tuting another article on opportion-
ment for article ID, was defeated by a
vote of over 20 nays to u ayes.
The Senate refused to concur in the
House amendments reducing the sal
airy of the Governor and other State
| officers, railroad commissioners, cir
cult judges and chancellors, district
attorneys, etc. The House refused to
recede.
The Governor has approved the bill
for the relief of druggists who sold al
cohol in good faith to elect chancery
and circuit clerk in SunAower; to au-
thorize sale of certain Kinds county
school property; to provide for exami-
nation by jury during trial in certain
cases; to divide Perry county in two
districts; to extend collection of taxes
in Tunica; to repeal law in relation to
swine running at large in jefferson
county.
combinations in bidding for public
work to be performed for the State or
any county or municipality thereof,
with but one dissenting vote.
On Saturday the House adopted the
code chapter on municipal corpora
tions, after making numerous amend
ments. 1t was so amended as to make
the qualifications of electors the same
as in State electors. A lengthy addi-
tional section was adopted prescribing
manner in which charters of munich
palities now existing may be amended.
The report of the conference COM
mittee on chapter on 'crimes and mis-
demeanors' made several days ago,
and previously noted, was taken up in
the House Saturday and adopted. 1t
provoked warm discussion, the chief
point of contention being whether the
House should recede from it's amend
to permit betting on horse racing, tar
get-shooting and yacht racing. 1t de-
cided to recede.
The Senate indefinitely postponed
the bill to create jeff Davis county.
THE "DRAMsHoP's" CHAPTER.
The Senate took up the Dram
shops" Chapter this morning. A good
ly sprinkling of well-known Prohibi-
tionists were in the chamber, and a
number of saloon-keepers. The Sen
ate first took up the Senate amend
ments to the chapter which the House
refused to concur in, and receded from
all these, with varying degree of OPP
position. Finally the House amend
ments we're reached the first being
the reduction of license made by the
House. On motion of Senator Teunis-
son, this was passed until the next
was decided (which was to cover all
license money into the State Treasury.
After speeches against concurrence by
Messrs. billiard, Watts and Kiger the
previous question was called and con-
currence refused by the following
vote
Ayes-Bloomfield, Broyles, Davis,
Dean, Dockery, Freeman, Hamilton,
Heidelberg, Hicks, Kearney, Love,
Mayes, McGehee, Purvis, Roane, Scott,
Teunisson, Watkins, Winter-19.
Nays-Carmichal, Caruthers, Dill
lard, Fox, Harrison, Jayne, Jones, Kger,
Martin, Rush, Scudder, Sherard, 81
monton, Stephens, Sullivan, Totten,
Wharton, Williamson-20.
Pairs Kendrick aye, Watts nay !;
Hill aye, Baker, nay.
Senator Jones had entered motion
to reconsider.
When this report closed the Senate
was still on the bill and had just re-
fused almost unanimously to concur in
the House amendment reducing the
license fee.
The Alliance Manufacturing Company.
1t is to be greatly regretted that the