The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-11-02
DEAD MEMBERS
ARE EUL0GIZED,
House Pays Tribute to Five Deceased
Colleagues.
REVOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
A Constitutional Convention Bill
Intr roduced--Dr. Stubbs Talks.

Saturdays session OF the house was
devoted almost entirely to the consid
Grafton of resolutions expressive Of
regret and sorrow at the death Of
those members who passed away dur
ing the recess of the body.
High tributes of praise and esteem
were paid to the memory Of the late
Representatives Alex s. Erwin, Of
Clarke; T. W. Fain, of White,W W. G.
Wade, of Brooks; W. S. King, OF
Houston, and John 1. Barwick, Of
Emanuel.
Appropriate resolutions were passed
in memory of each Of the dead men,
bers and q number of eloquent
speeches were made. When these
sad duties had been performed the
house stood adjourned out of respect
to the dead.
Before the order of the day, the
memorial services, was taken up, two
motions to reconsider were heard.
Mr.. Tatum of Dade moved to re-
consider the action of the house on
Friday in passing the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Post, OF Coweta, pro-
viding for the removal of farm tenants
in cases of violation of contract or
where the interest of the landowner
demand such action. Mr.. Tatum said
he thought the bill was not complete
in some respects and that the subject
covered was of too wide Importance
to permit of hasty action.
He had no objection to urge against
the purpose aimed at in the bill, but be-
lieved further consideration to be
desirable.
r.IPost, the author of the bill. re-
piled that while he did not believe the
bill was subject to the objections
urged by the gentleman from Dade,
the latter had made strong personal
appeal to him to allow further consid-
GRAFTON. of the measure, and he had no
objection to the reconsideration. The
motion, accordingly, was carried with
out objection.
The house also voted to reconsider
Mr.. Halls bill, defeated Friday,
which provides for an amendment to
the code with reference to the fling OF
suits in certain cases for damages
against railroads.
Fridays Session.
The greatest interest in Fridays ses-
sion of the legislature centered in the
nominations which the governor sent
to the senate for confirmation.
The senate will naturally not have
very much work for several days, as
most Of the business originates in the
house, and it will be some little time
before it reaches the more sedate body
One feature of Fridays session wa'
the introduction of bill providing To-
a constitutional convention. The au
thor of this measure is Senator Nc
Lester. In his bill he provides for
convention with one delegate for ever.
6,OO0 population.
DR.. stubbs Speaks.
DR.. W. O. Stubbs, of the Louisiana
Experimental Station, delivered ar
address Friday night before the Geor
gia legislature in joint session. Dr.
Stubbs is regarded as one of the high
est authorities in the south on all mat
ters relating to agriculture, and hi,
address proved of great interest to all
who heard it. In beginning DR..
Stubbs said.
"Louisiana sends her cordial greet.
ings. to Georgia and bids her godspeed
in her onward march of progress. The
great Empire State of the south is held
in the highest esteem by all OF her
southern sisters, and tonight the Pell'
can State comes to consult with you as
to our general welfare, recognizing q
common interest and awaiting COM
mon destiny"
He discussed at some length the
necessity for educating the farmer
saving Of the experimental stations:
"They are doing magnificent work
and results from the Investigations
along the lines of all kinds of agri.
culture are published and distributed
freely and without cost to every farmer
in the land"
"The success of farmers institutes
has been almost marvellous. So high
" are they appreciated in some OF our
western states that enormous annual
appropriations sufficient to keep the
large corps of institute workers con-
stanily in the field have been made;
In our own state the enthusiasm and
interest which everywhere met our
fifty or more institutes of the past
summer was exceedingly gratifying
z. ...I ~ fIaueral Henry. -