Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-01-16
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

| electioneer or become member, Of tho
campaign committee OF any candidate,
or shall in any way endeayor to in.
fluelce the vote Of any elector for any
candidate for office, such judge or
chancellor shall be guilty Of msde-
meanor in Office and subject to i'm
peachment, and. upon conviction, shall
be removed from Office"
In the House.
Speaker Thomas called the house
TO order at 10 O'Clock and
It was led in prayer by Mr.. Duncan
of Tippah. Roll call showed quorum
/ present
On motion Of Mr.. Coleman of lie.
fore the clerk was authorized to cast
one vote for the officers nominated
/ In committee of the whole yesterday,
which was done.
Messrs Bynum and Ethridge ap-
| peared before the bar of the house
and took the oath of office, not hav-
ing been present the day before.
The committee on rules was an
nounced by the speaker as follows:
MIR Thomas, chairman; Brown Of Ad-
ans, Hoyo of Lee, Stelnis OF Lauder
dale and Miller of Slarkey.
| a resolution offered by Mr. Tolbert
was adopted inviting all the ministers
of the city and visiting ministers to
open the house with prayer.
On motion of Mr. Greaves the fol-
lowing committee on the part Of the
| house to cooperate with a like com
mttee from the senate to notify the
| governor that both houses were ready
for business was appointed; Messrs
Sheffield, stevens, George, Kyle and
| Duaney
After the election Of Miss Miller Of
Tishomingo as postmstress Of the
house, an adjournment to 3 o'clock was
| taken.
In the Senate.
Lieut.Goy Harrison called the sen
ate to order at 10 o'clock, after which
Bishop G. Il. Galloway invoked the di,
vine blessing a roll call showed that
there was quorum present. The min
utes of the previous day were read and
approved.
The first business of the morning
proved to be very lively resolution
introduced by Senator W. b. Walker
of Monroe county, expressing the sense
Of the legislature on the Panama canal
proposition.
The Walker resolution instructs the
United States senators to vote for the
Panama canal treaty, The resolution
caused a great deal of discussion.
The resolution was discussed by
quite a number of senator's both for
and against, an amendment and sub
stitute offered. which were both voted
down, and the resolution as offered
was finally passed with hut
one dissenting vote-that OF Senator
Kendrck, who explained that he did
not feel himself competent to instruct
United States senators. Following is
the resolution in full:
"Approciating the tremendous i'm
pOrtance of an itshmian canal TO the
commerce of the world and especially
the benefits that it will be to tho whole
South from the construction Of such
waterway between the Atlantic and
the Pacific oceans, which would make
Of Mississippi an open gateway for
worldwide commerce and traffic, re-
alizing that conditions have so shaped
themselves that the country must
choose between the Panama route
and indefinite and probably permanent
postponement of the elimination Of the
canal at any point across Central
America; and waving all questions of
right or wrong in the recognition of
the government of the republic of
Panama, for which we of Mississippi
are in no way responsible, all OF which
is now an accomplished fact, present
ing condition which must be met by
this country. Therefore be it
Resolved, By the senate, the house
concurring, that it is the sense OF the
Legislature that the treaty touching
the construction Of this canal now
pending beween the government and
the republic of Panama should be
speedily ratified, ald thereby make
certain the only apparently possible
opportunity presented to this country
for the construction Of an isthmian ca
nal.
Second. That Senator's Money
and Mcl.aurin be and are hereby urg-
ed to use their best endeavors 10 Sc
cure the ratification of this treaty"
A concurrent resolution indorsing
the action of the recent leyce conven
ton at New Orleans and urging con
gress to take action on the levee ques-
tiol was tabled subject to call.
BY resolution the senator's over six
ty years Of age We're given their
choice OF seats.
The following bills were introduced:
BY Senator Smith-To divorce the
judiciary from politics.
BY Senator Walker-To create and
establish a department of agriculture
and statistics,
BY Senator Walkcr-To empower
the city of Aberdeen to build and own
its own waterworks and sewerage sys.
tenn
BY Senator Dunl-To empower the
supervisors Of Lauderdale county to
pay j. W. Stenton 81 900
BY Mr.. Dunn-ro amend an act pro
viding for the election of the State
revenue agent and to define his powers
and duties.
BY Senator Walker-To amend code
section in reference to making con
tracts by boards of supervisors for
public works.
The governors meSsale was then
received and pending its reading the
senate adjourned to 3 o'clock
The Joint Session.
The senate and house met In joint
session in the afternoon for the pur-
pose Of cIecting State librarian Both
houses assembled at 4 O'Clock in the
hall OF the house of representatives
All candidates We're withdrawn ex-
cept Miss Plunkett, of Leakc, who was
elected by acclamation
The senate then retired TO its cham
Der, where it received communica-
ton from Secretary of State j. w.
Power asking for an appropriation Of
81, 500 for immediate use il running the
new capitol.
Miss Minor of Macon was elected
postmistress Of the senate, after which
II adjourned.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7.