The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-27

TWENTi-stCOSn DAY.

Jackson, May 2l-Ihe hoUsc assembled At .
O'Clock.
nonDclnG that the senate hal passed house hul
No. &, an act for this issuance ut state bombs
with which Ia hnitd a capitol The senate made
som" slight amendments, and Mr Glover moved
70 concur. winch was DOM A oHrr and without
dissent.
4 message from the governor was received, as
foliuNs.
To The Senate and House Of Representatives,
he bNl known As the capitol hill came to me
Yesterday, the first time | hat seen It. and rs 1t
Is u matter Of great Importance la the entire
state, ! desire to have tine to thoroughly con
sider anu examine II, A bill that has required
thfre weeks consideration by your able body
could not be considered by me- IN time To act on
It TINS week. In consultation with the liputen-
ant governor and speaker uf the house, to which
lhey invited me this morning. 1t was our unani.
nous opinion that no harm can result by the de-
lay until next wiuter, that viii give tuli lime to
consider the Dill and allow the legislature ca ad
lnnrn today, as the business Ot the session, As /
understand, Is practically done.
\ the suggestion OF the lieutenant. governor
and speaker u the house, whose excellent iuds
nhcnt | am sure viii commend Itself To you for
iheir calm and cool consideration, | scnd you
llls message 10 suggest that yam dc not con-
tlnlie the session for my action ON the capitol
bili and that your adjournment cannot hurt the
public good, hut VIII allow fun time for the cool,
UNINTERRUPTED consideration Of II
Respectfully, A i. MCiATRtN"
ii'H 81 bNltiiNNtil " Ilthifl III llt ahilNt lt
greater sensation could have been created,
\ recess was taken Tor So minutes.
The house reassciHblel at ~ O'Clock, A cor
rected message Was sent to the house by the
governor. The last paragraph vas amended 50
as to read as follows!
II suggest that You do not continue the srs.
sion for my action on this bin, and tnai your ad-
louThIneni viii allow full time for The calm and
uninterrupted consideration OF II.
Respectfully, A, j. MCLATElS."
Speaker MctoJl then stated that tlr confer.
ehct was an entirely informal one, thar The gov
efh0r gave nm and the lieutenant governor 10
understand that II the house remained In SEES
sion TO the constitutional limit he would veto
me blll. Then, very reluctantly, he gave his as
sent 10 an adjournment, believing that /, vas
better TO do that than to stay and have 1t vetoed,
Tor heiulint believe that 1t could be passed over
his veto, "lu his first message he old not quote
me fairly he has cndeayofed TO shItt the re-
sponsibiiily upon the lieutenant. governor aud
myself, The second message Is equally ohiec-
tlUuaDlt, said the speaker, and most heartily
advise the house not to adjourn, but to remain
III session and let the governor take the fcspon.
ssbility himself and not put 1t upon tho house
and senate
The house resolved into a committee OF the
to consider the messages.
Mr.. Glover introduced the fOll0wing: RE
solved, mat the sergeant lt-arins Is hereby in
to notify all absent members Of the
house to report Tor duty at once
A concurrent resolution from the senate was
received hiking Thursday. May q, as the day Of
adjournment. Mr. Glover moved to adopt,
which was done by a large majority. Then Mr..
Glover renewed has resolution for the sergeant
81 arms to send for absentees, 1t was adopted
by "A vote Of 81 TO 81.
senate.
Mr.. Hardy moved to take up the motion on
tered by Mr.. Rowan to reconsider the vote
whereby the senate passed house bill No. u, pro-
vlding for the issuance Of $500 state bonds
for the purpose of building The new capitol, and
to table the motion TO reconsider, which
motion, on a division, was lost by a vote Of III to
II. Inc motion TO reconsider its passage and
third reading prevailed.
The bill was read q third time and passed by 4
vote ol ~ yeas 10 II nays, being the exact con
vote.
A recess was taken for an hour. On reas-
sembling the lieutenant governor stated that In
the governors Message the governor had mis-
understood hin, and SO misunderstanding had
IIlsrepreSented him. and he asked PERMISSION
that the governors message be allowed To be
amended 50 far as he. the president, Is con
cerned. He said that II had never been his puT- |
pose to dictate to or advise the senate.
Mr., Smith moved that when the senate ad- |
)purh II WIN adjourn until 10 O'Clock tomorrow |
indicating that there should he An ad-
from day to day until Wednesday
unless \ communication in the meantime
a definite character should be received.
The vote was then taken on the motion that
when the senate a~dIourns today 1t adjourn until
morning at 10 O'Clock. which resulted
as follows
Yeas-Bowers, Causey, Clark, FalRner, Greg- |
Dry, Greayes. Hardy, Kcndrlck, Lamb, Lewen. |
Lhali. Magrudtf, McIlhenny. Mckinney, Miller,
Mitchell. Nixon, Moore, Nesbitt. Noel, Rain.
water, smith, Soinerville, Trigg, Wclis-2i.
Nays-Atams, Boyd, Brewer, Byers. Cook, |
tray, Harrison, Hicks. Mcintosh, McLauTin,
Moore OF Thirteenth District, Price OF The fiith
District. Price VI the Sixteenth District, Rowan
IA.
Mr.. Eainwater offered the following resoIu-
ion; Resolved, That the TWO house adjourn
day on Thursday. the nth instant, at "
,'clock M Adopted by a yotc Of - to Is.