The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-24

FIFTH DAY.

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-
lported ON the matter gof disposing of the
Isealed returns of the special election for
State treasurer and secretary of State,
which we're referred to the speaker by Sec
| rotary OF State Power. The committee re-
commended that the speaker should open
ana canvass the returns as provided in the
constitution for general elections Messrs.
Powersand Carlisle the present incumbents,
We're formally declared elected.
Senator George introduced 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 It's IN
vestigation of the management of the pen
itentiary and report.
The resolution was adopted by vote OF
20 to 3.
|. Senator Crawford offered 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
islature were the passage of bill in the
house to increase the appropriation for the
common school fund from 81, 0O0 900 to ST.
go 600 and tbe recent of a special mess
90 from d,ovcrnor1 Ionp,no submitting for
action fbe question of state prohibition.
There ere only about a dozen counties in
the state An which liquor is licensed to be
.I,,% 80. 49,. nroson+ locot ontion nIan
oo uu -. ~, .. So,
ana the proHpitiohists NJ" seeh " sup
the sale in these counties by general pro-
hibitiop. strong delegation of the W. c.
r II ,.sha,o and ,I;ss Ralle Kearney ad.
.a - -, -, ~ ;n+orost ~ tha
ufessed the mouse III ing ih'eie''
measure In the afternoon.
The house took up the resolution of Mr..
NcAlIister of Madison. inviting Admiral
$50. ). ,..s,4 40 aoei+o, aoc,orino him to
ocnies 70 ,isi. INC e" li.i.- rrhe raso,,,.
be the real nero Oh santiago. 1e
tion was passed BY unanimous vote
Roth houses unanimously adopted reso-
n,tion 7docIoring Roar Admiral Schley to be
49,. 49,, u go h.t+Ia If Santiago
the flghtlul nero Oh wy oat'le ~ .i...,.sss e.
and entitled to the unIaiiinS graeituueol MS
country" The resolution indorses the re-
MORT az Admiral Dewey.in the Schley court
- A., .; ,na condemns the ma iority re-
y - ,,,ar,hars nonstitutings tbe
port OF the other hellpeis eons'i'u'ins ~
court. Bysthis same resolution the lesis
lature extends cordial invitation to al
miral Scb,ev ia visit Jackson and receive
.......,,a r,a,,ifastotion 9of the exalted re-
x pupilc lV, IN u,bi.h
spect, confidence ana aqmlratioh III "niPh
he is held by the people OF MISSISSIPPI
/ mn n
Mr. NcAIlister offered two resolutions,
- IL. -, ~ sud,ciarv committee
one Gazing upon the - -
to ascertain the extent OIL lhe uecision -
the United States supreme court onf the
original package law as bearing on the
dispensary system; the other was directed
to che liquor tratie committee. calling upon
South Carolina 9ispensary system
The resolution commenting Admiral
Schiey and censuring the adverse verdict OF
the court OF inquiry, which was passed by
the house, is couched In very strong Ian
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 mlyf3. 1888. in the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba, won one Of the greatest naval vie.
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 di-
vest him of the laurels achieved by his
snlendid naval genius upon the occasion re-
ferred to !: and
Whereas The vast volume of testimony
adduced before said court not only aequt-
ted Admiral Schley 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 humllla-
ton of the public sense of justice. ma
jority of said court made report adverse
to Admiral Schey, which has become
part of the record of naval history and
- Whereas, Admiral George Dewey made