The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-06-10
THE A LEGISLATURE


II NAu
Jackson, May 1.-The senate and house met
this m"Tning AZ q O'Clock. and bV,b houses soon
thereafter. WiihuH; ,rabsacliBg any business,
adjourned until , O'Clock this afternoon. The
house received the iollOsing message from the
governor
10 the senate and House Of Representatives:
Il viii be ready 10 act on mouse bill No. u
capitol blIl by I O'Clock this afternoon, and re-
quest thtt when yoh adjourn THIS morning you
ADJOURN TO iiIat hour to receive a message On the
tit Should fiiis ne convenient iU you. | VIII
with Your permission file my message and the
bii with the clerk Of Your hniy SOME time dur
ibs the afternoon, Most respectfully.
A resolution by Mr.. sinners vi Pearl River,
couplIHieating SPEAKER McCoal for his faithful.
shIr and Impartial maDGer OF presiding, WAS
adopted by a rising vote.
lie bah OF the house Of representatives was
p1esrd aud damned with m eager ihr0ng long
before I o'clock this afternoon, The governors
message OF THIS morning, stating That he would
have y communication 10 make u the le.isia-
thre a! that time, meanI that his message would
be received on the capitol bill. II WAS gener-
ally hrli-Sed that the message would lie a veto.
but theTe was great interest 70 know Just what
grounds me governor would base his objections
lpoH.
Il - generally conceded that the document Is
. me paper, and that the governor mas given
tue question careful and thoughtful consldera-
ltou, HIS principal objections refer TO defect
iseness in specifications. He started out by
giving a history OF the capitol question from the
tthe the last legislature ordered It's eaamina-
ton up Ia The present. He said he had given
the tlIl the best consideration he could within
the time ALLOW cd Eve days, He believed the
capitol commissioners we're officers, and that
the leg stature could not elect them. He CITED
numerous authorities to sustain this contention,
and show ed the difference between the capitol
commissioners ami the Venitrntiary commits
stcners, and that while the after, under an opin-
inn OF ~. supreme court Judges. we're not
Officers, he believed the former were. lie also
objected ma, the hill had not been c%oRstitu-
~ttoHaily passed, Ia that II had not been read on
three separate days In each house and had not
been read In fuii before 1t, final passage.
lie found that the specifications were very de-
icVtiNe, and That they clearly shpwcd they were
not designed Tor a capitol, but for a courthouse,
Presumably erected at some point in Texas. He
showed where the specifications In several sec
tlons reai courthouse, and a%iierwsri had been
etnSscu'atei by erasures. Neither Of the capitol
commissioners, he said, believed these specifca-
tons we're before them shen the plans were con
s.uei ed.
He referred to the fact that he had sent Hon.
gft Of Nicksburg TO San An.
tonic, Texas, 10 investigate a courthouse erected
by j, Riley Gordon, whose plan The legislature
had adopted. He had understood this building
was only TO cost $4,000 when the actual cost
ierred members to MI Mcknight, whom he
sali was in the city.
He believed that all constitutional objections
TO the btil could be cured. and said he would APP
point any commissioners the legislature might
select, and cornplimented those already selected.
He said he MAS welded to no plan, and it would
be better, rather than to make a mistake, to
.eaNr the selection OF the plans and speclhca-
lions TO the capitol commissioners.
lie closed by saving there should be no per.
'ohal feeling injected into 4 case OF 50 much
Importance, but that all branches OF the State
government should work together for the best
Of the state. He had done his fun
lnty as he saw IL, and regretted that he was