Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-25
STATE LEGISLATURE.


FIFTH DAY.
Mr.. McGuffey introduced . resolution
memoralizing Mississippi representatives in
congress to urge the passage Of bill to
refund the cotton tax collected Immediately
after the war from ten States.
| The judiciary committee Of the house re-
ported on the matter Of dlsposlng Of the
sealed returns Of the special election for
State treasurer and secretary Of State,
which were referred to-the speaker by Sec
retary Of State Power. The committee re-
commended that the speaker should open
and canvass the returns as provided In the
constitution for general elections Messrs.
Power and Carlisle, the present incumbents,
were formally declared elected.
Senator George introduced q resolution
Instructing the investigating committee Of
the penitentIary to continue Its sessions
with open doors, and to be empowered to
summon witnesses, whose expenses are to
be paid out Of the contingent fund, and the
said committee to further continue its In
vestigation Of the management Of the pen
ltentiary and report.
The resolution was adopted By vote Of
20 to ..
Senator Crawford offered q resolution
requiring the secretary Of the board Of con-
troll to file an inventory Of the property on
hand to this committee, as provided for by
section 1882 Of the Code of 1892. The reso-
luton was adopted by unanimous vote
A resolution was offered increasing the
salaries of the judges of the supreme court
and also increasing the number Of judges
from three to five.
SIXTH DAY.
TIL events of the proceedings Of the leg
| III. A.... nF
house to Increase the appropriation for the
common school fund from S1,000000 to ST.
250, 900, and the receipt Of a special mess
age from Governor Longlno submitting for
action the question of State prohibition.
There are only about dozen counties in
the State in which liquor is licensed to be
sold under the present local option plan,
and the prohlbtlonists now seek to stop
the sale in these counties by a general pro-
hibltlon strong delegation Of the W. c.
T. U. is here, and Miss Belle Kearney ad-
dressed the house in the interest Of the
measure In the afternoon.
The house took up the resolution Of Mr..
McAllIster of Madison, inviting Admiral
Schley to visit the capital, declaring him to
be the real hero Of Santiago. The resolu-
| tion was passed by unanimous vote.
Both houses unanimously adopted reso-
luton declaring Rear Admiral Schley to be
the rlghtful hero of the battle Of Santiago,
and entitled to the unfalling gratitude Of his
country" The resolution indorses the re-
port of Admiral Dewey in the Schley court
Of inquiry, and condemns the majority re-
port of the other members constituting the
court. By this same resolution the legis-
lature extends a cordial invitation to Ad-
miral Schley to visit Jackson and receive
public manifestation of the exalted re-
spect, confidence and admiration in which
he is held by the people of Mississippi"
| SEVENTH DAY.
Mr. McAlllster offered two resolutions,
one calling upon the judiciary committee
to ascertain the extent of the decision Of
the United States supreme court on the
| original package law as bearing on tine
| dispensary system; the other was directed
| to the liquor traffic committee, calling upon
them to investigate the workings of the
| South Carolina dispensary system.
| The resolution commencing Admiral
Sehley and censuring the adverse verdict Of
| the court of Inquiry, which was passed by
| the house, Is couched In very strong IAN
| guage. 1t was offered by MIR. MeAllister
Of Madison and Is as follows:
| Whereas, In the late war between the
| United States and Spain Admiral Winfield
S. Schley, of the United States navy who,
on July 3, 1898, in the harbOr Of Santiago
| Qe GuDdt won one OF Lne greatest naval VIC
| tories recorded In history and
Whereas, For the past three years Ad-
miral Schley has been pursued by methods
which stand opposed by the frowns Of all
enlightened nations, in an attempt to d.
vest him of the laurels achieved by his
| splendid naval genius upon the occasion re-
| ferred to and
whereas, The vast volume of testimony
adduced before said court not only acquit-
ted Admiral Sehley Of every charge noised
against him, but presented him in a far
| stronger light than before to the great body
| Of his cOuntrymen; and,
Whereas, To the surprise and humllia-
| tlon OF the public sense OF justice, ma
| jority of said court made a report adverse
| to Admiral Schley, which has become q
| part Of the record of naval history; and
Whereas, Admiral George Dewey made a
report in accordance with the facts OF the
case and in harmony with the cherished
| principles of justice generating Admiral
| Schley and giving him due credit for his
immortal victory at Santiago; therefore,
"Resolved, by the Mississippi house of
representatives. That Admiral Schley is the
real hero Of Santiago that he is one of the
worlds greatest naval commanders, and Is
entitled to the unfading gratitude of his
country.
"Resolved. further, That we condemn the
| majority report aforesaid and recoil at the
injustice done Admiral schley; that we In
dorse the report of Admiral Dewey and
commend him to the emulation Of future
ages Of just and enlightened men.
| Resolved, further, That we extend q
most cordial invitation to Admiral Schley
| to visit the State capital during his con-
templated Southern tour and receive
public manifestation of the exalted respect,
| confidence and admiration In which he Is
held by the neople Of Mississippi.
% Resolved. further, That a COPY Of these
resolutions be sent to Admiral Schley."
EIGHTH DAY
The penitentiary investigation matter was
not taken up by the house, but was post
poned until Tuesday and made the special
order for 10 O'Clock a. m. This action was
made necessary because of the fact that
the testimony has not yet been printed
The house has never acted on the senate
| Joint resolution recommitting the matter
to the committee for further and fuller in
| vestigation.
The house passed an amnesty act, vail.
| dating contracts made since March l. 1906
| which would otherwise be void under the
| law because of non-payment of privilege
taxes. The bill does not repeal the existing
| law.
After prolonged debate the senate
passed the bill approprlatlng monev to the
| Industrial Institute and College The
principal opposition was to the committee
amendment apDropriating $4,000 for an
Industrial hall The bill appropriates
S114,0O0 for the expenses Of the college
for the next two years. This, with the
interest on the land fund, makes a total
Of S136,254.
The governor transmitted the report Of
the commission to locate the boundary be.
tween Mississippi and Louisiana. The re.
port states that the greater part of the
Islands and oyster shoals in dispute belong
to Mississippi, but that no agreement couId
be reached with the Louisiana commission
and a friendly suit was arranged TO be
tried In the United States court TO decide
the matter
The senate passed concurrent resoIp.
tlon amending the constitution SO as to let
the legislature at special sessions consider
any matters It NAV desire without asking
leave Of the governor.
The Kinds county grand jury kept
the Jackson clubs on the anxious seat
last week. Judge Powell, in his ex-