The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-01-18
NEWS FROM
THE CAPITAL.

jackson, Miss, Jan. 15.-The
first meeting Of the apportion-
ment commmittee appointed by
the two houses of the Legislature
will be held tomorrow and the re-
districting bills that have been in
troduced will be taken under
consideration.
The tendency, in nearly all the
apportionment bills thus far intro
duced is to tie up Yazoo, Warren
Kinds and Madison in the same
district. These are four of the
largest counties in the State and
while redistricting bill will oc-
casionally give some variation Of
the plan, 1t looks very much like
some Of these counties, (which
have heretofore been ID separttle
districts, are to be thrown togeth-
or. Warren ia now in tho third.
Madison and Hinds in the seventh
and Yazoo in the fifth.
Sentiment is shaping itself quite
strongly on this vexatious ques-
ton and the desires Of quite il
number of counties are being
plainly manifested. It's thought
that the committees will probably
be able to reach conclusion in
joint conference within ten days.
A bill has been introduced in
the lower house by Mr.. Loper
which seeks to carry out the sug-
gestion made by Attorney Gene
ral McClurg for the establishment
Of bureau of criminal statistics.
The act provides,that on the 1st
Of October each year the sher-
iffs, chief of police and town
marshals shall make a report
showing the age, name, color sex
nativity and crime Of each prison
ed handled during the year. These
statistics will then he compiled by
the Attorney General and made a
portion of his biennial report. As
no expense is attached to the work
it is very likely that this bill will
pass.
So far as the Senate IS concern
ed, is looks very much like the
penitentiary scandal is settled for
two weeks at least, that body hav-
ing instructed the investigating
committee to continue with It's
work for a period of fifteen days,
which means that the officials
charged with misconduct, care
lessness ETC., in office will be given
an opportunity to make their de-
fense. The controversy is likely
to break out at any time in the
House however, and a spirited
debate is expected when it does,
although the House thus fur has
handled the question very quietly
somewhat 10 contrast to the pro-
ceedings in the upper body.
One of the largest appropria-
ton bills to be passed by the Le-
gisIature and one which is sure of
passage and approval by the Gov
erpor, is the act setting aside
funds to defray the legislative,
executive aud judicial expenses
for the next two years. The bill
was introduced Yesterday by
Chairman Kyle, of the House APP
preparations committee, and car
ries an appropriation Of $755.892.
28 for the next biennial period.
Contingent expenses, such as sta
tiouery. maintenance of buildings,
etc. are not included in this sum,
the bulk Of which goes to pay the
salaries of the various State Off
cials.
Experiment stations conducted
under the auspices Of the A. and
Nj. College are quite expensive,
if the new station just esta-
blished at McNeill, in Pearl River
county, can be taken as cr1te-
rion. Mr.. Rouse has offered a
al5ill in'the,lower house asking for
an appropriation of $4,000 as n
support fund for this station for
1902 and $4,000 for the same
purpose in 1903. In addition
$1,000 is asked to reimburse ex-
peuses already incurred in excess
of the last appropriation.
A special to the Picayupe from